40 km (25 mi) off the coast of Brazil lies an island so dangerous it’s illegal to visit. But rules don’t apply to you. You’re a thrill-seeking...
Today, more people are alive on Earth than at any other point in human history. That sounds like an enormous number, but there is one figure that puts it into...
For Todd Orr, an outdoorsman, what started off as a calm morning hike in the Montana mountains soon turned into a struggle for his life; he never anticipated that the...
Space is full of treasures. Literally. If we were able to extract the resources from the rocks in the asteroid belt alone, we could give $100 billion to every person on...
Eight legs, eight eyes, sharp fangs, and bullet-proof webs. They’re hairy, they’re scary, and now, they’re human-sized. As many as 427 million people...
This would be the journey of a lifetime, if you don’t mind riding through molten rock and crushing pressure. What would you see along the way? How long...
Dogs are often called humanity’s best friend, but even the friendliest animals can become dangerous in certain situations. Every year, millions of people are...
What if you could time-travel a hundred years from now. How would the planet look like? Would human beings still be in the picture? Only in the past year, our...
Unlike the world wars of the twentieth century, the next global conflict might not begin with soldiers crossing borders. It could start inside computer networks. A...
Spiders are prolific. There are 45,000 species of spiders that we currently know of, and scientists estimate that there are twice that amount we haven’t discovered...
Swipe Down for Full Video Story Most of us learned that the Solar System has eight planets. For many years, Pluto made it nine before being reclassified as a dwarf...
For centuries, humanity has searched for new ways to produce more energy. We have used fire, coal, oil, nuclear power, wind, and sunlight to fuel our progress. Every...
Cape buffalo are among the most dangerous animals found in Africa. These massive mammals can stand up to 1.5 meters (5 feet) tall and weigh as much as 870 kilograms...
Would you spend a night at the top of the first tower to space? At 100 km above sea level, it would be the highest structure that humans have ever built. This tower...
As you walk up to the correctional facility, you remember reading an article that said, “Chances are, you will remember your first day in prison for the rest of your...
Under the pressure of crushing economic sanctions, Russia’s straining to play its own intimidation game. This time, they are threatening to take the International...
Imagine opening your door and coming face to face with one of the deadliest snakes on Earth. You have only seconds to react. A bite from a highly venomous snake can send...
Settling on the Moon or Mars may be all the buzz. But how about we all move to an icy dwarf planet in the middle of the Solar System? To Ceres. What would make this a...
Scientists theorize that many millions of years ago, Mars had rings, just like Saturn. And it looks like the red planet could be due for a new set of rings in the future...
A small but incredibly fast unwanted guest is about to swing past Earth at the speed of light. Yeah, this is the tiniest black hole in the Universe. But despite its...
