Imagine a world where you’re not even human. You can create universes with ease and control time. This could be a reality in an incredibly advanced, and I mean an...
A total solar eclipse is one of the most breathtaking spectacles in the universe. While we experience them on Earth roughly every year and a half, these events happen in...
Every time you watch a thunderstorm outside your window, you’re witnessing the energy of an atomic bomb. Now imagine harvesting that raw energy and using it to...
The recipe for a star is shockingly simple. Take hydrogen, add mass, and wait for the crush of gravity to ignite the fire. Jupiter has the hydrogen. Jupiter has enormous...
If modern snakes already make your skin crawl, you should be thankful you never had to share the planet with their prehistoric ancestors. Millions of years ago, Earth...
This is carbon. And of all chemical elements in the Universe, it’s one of the most plentiful. So what would happen if all of it suddenly disappeared for five...
Is alien life really out there? For decades, humanity has looked at the night sky and asked the same question. Now, according to scientists, we may be closer than ever...
Sixty five million years ago, a massive asteroid crashed into Earth and ended the age of the dinosaurs. But what if that never happened? What if dinosaurs had continued...
Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System. It’s 300 times more massive than Earth. But it’s less dense than our home. With no solid surface, this planet is...
Our Universe was born billions of years ago. And since that time, it’s given birth to millions of galaxies, our Solar System, and who knows what else. Our Universe...
When most people imagine dinosaurs, they picture giant reptiles covered in thick scales, with rough skin similar to modern lizards or crocodiles. But an extraordinary...
Nuclear weapons are the most powerful and frightening tools ever created by humanity. With over twelve thousand warheads spread across the globe, these devices hold...
NASA’s Perseverance rover has found complex carbon based molecules in ancient dried up river deposits on Mars, adding to growing evidence that the planet once had the...
Imagine a time of scientific and mathematical innovation, magic, and fertile land irrigated by the great Nile River. Ancient Egypt was a successful and intelligent...
Forget everything you know about the United States of America. It is not united anymore, but divided into several independent nations. No, this isn’t the result of...
Few inventors in history have become as famous as Thomas Edison. With more than 1,000 patents attached to his name, Edison helped shape the modern world through...
Imagine waking up one day to find that every human on Earth has vanished. No warning. No survivors. Cities stand exactly as they were the day before, but every street is...
Human beings have existed for 300,000 years and have managed to live in many unstable environments. We’ve survived ice ages, devastating pandemics and world wars...
There’s nothing better than being in the mountains. The air is fresh and cool. The scenery is like the Lord of the Rings movies. What could be better? Suddenly...
It’s almost as old as the Universe, and as massive as 34 billion Suns. It eats stars for breakfast. And now it’s about to consume our own. Behold, the great...
