The world has ended. The sky has fallen. Doomsday has come and gone. So now what? Let’s start rebuilding civilization, of course. How would you begin to come back from...
Latin America today is not a single country, but a vast and diverse region made up of over 20 independent nations and territories spread across Central and South...
Across the world, ancient legends often spoke of magnificent cities that vanished without a trace, swallowed by time, war, or nature itself. For centuries, these places...
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Humanity Just Learned to Harness the Full Power of the Sun, and Here’s What Changed
For thousands of years, humanity has depended on energy to build civilizations, develop technology, and improve the way we live. From burning wood in ancient times to...
Mountains can seem eternal, but they are constantly changing. They rise through geological forces, slowly erode, and eventually become part of the landscape around them...
Experimenting on animals is a dark side of science and research. And most of us try not to think about the animals that experienced the horrors of testing when we buy...
South Africa’s Kruger National Park is huge and includes about five million acres of wild land; within it are some of the world’s most protected animals...
Back in 1846, whaling was one of the most booming industries in the whole world. It was the fifth largest sector in the United States economy, raking in a cool $10...
What if you walked into your favorite fast food place, and instead of chicken and beef burgers, they only had Woolly Rhinoceros on the menu? Well, it might not sound...
As thrill-seekers, we like to do a lot of extreme, gravity-defying stunts to push our limits. If base jumping or caving is your thing, how about taking a tumble all the...
What if there was another version of you? Somewhere out there in the Universe. A you that could be anything. Imagine a version of you where you’re the Batman. Or...
For Cindy Waldron and her longtime friend Leeann Mitchell, a peaceful night in the Australian rainforest suddenly became a fight for survival. The two women had known...
Russia already takes up one-eighth of all of the inhabited land on the planet. And now it has its eyes on one of its European neighbors, Ukraine. Historically, Ukraine...
There’s a giant, peanut-shaped object orbiting the Sun, and it’s name is Halley’s comet. Like all comets, it’s a cosmic mashup of frozen ice, gases, and dust...
With no shock to anyone, Donald Trump is pushing his way onto the list of the authoritarian leaders of the 21st century. Does he want to become a dictator? The United...
As Earth’s population multiplies each year, we’re quickly running out of resources to feed the planet. Before long, we’re going to need more space to...
Hidden among the millions of rocks orbiting our Sun are resources worth unimaginable amounts of money. Some estimates suggest that the minerals locked inside asteroids...
What are the ingredients for an industrial revolution? It’s simple! Take some new energy sources, add a dash of cutting-edge communications technology, and...
When people think about space threats, they usually imagine asteroid impacts, solar storms, or distant supernova explosions. But some scientists warn that the most...
