No more vast, barren deserts. Because we are going to turn them all into lush, green farmlands. How would we go about bringing new life to hot deserts? How much would...
What would happen if the largest country on Earth decided it needs more territory and power? It might just go to war over it. What country could Russia invade first...
You’re wading in a pond in the Amazon Rainforest when something slimy brushes against your leg. Then you feel another one. And another. You look down to see that...
First up, it’s the star-spangled nation that is no stranger to battle. It’s the United States of America! The U.S. spends so much on its military that its...
It starts with one bite. Then, one hundred. Soon, one thousand. Now a swarm of one million bloodsucking mosquitoes descends on you. Why is your blood their favorite...
A massive earthquake knocks you off your feet. There’s a blinding flash of white, and then you see a tsunami of lava rising on the horizon. A nuclear reaction has...
It looks like something from another planet. Rough skin, strange shapes, and a bright reddish shell that splits open like it is alive. If you saw it on a tree, you might...
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Squeezing Every Planet Into the Goldilocks Zone Sounds Perfect, Until Jupiter Ruins Everything
Earth sits in the one narrow band of our Solar System where liquid water can exist on a surface. Astronomers call it the habitable zone, or the Goldilocks zone, because...
Earth can be full of extremes. But today, there is only one extreme. Non-stop earthquakes that last an entire year. What would it be like to live under such shaky...
Love can make us do some pretty crazy things. When we’re in love, our brains release a cocktail of neurochemicals that not only affect our moods and our well...
The Kardashev Scale, first proposed by Russian astronomer Nikolai Kardashev, measures the technological advancement of civilizations by the amount of energy they can...
Black holes are dense and scary. They suck up everything in their way. Their gravity is so strong it bends light and warps time. But what if I told you we might have...
Millions of years ago, the Earth looked very different. A huge landmass, called Pangea, covered about a third of our planet. But about 175 million years ago, the Earth...
What is the deadliest animal on Earth? A shark? A lion? A snake? Think smaller. Much smaller. The answer is the mosquito. Despite their tiny size, mosquitoes are...
Waves moving across the ocean at incredible speeds. Walls of water reaching 30 meters (100 feet) high. Enough force to tear apart forests, destroy buildings, and carry...
A massive asteroid just hit Earth, right in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Thanks to NASA’s new infrared telescope, we were able to detect it and prepare for the...
She had come a long way for the view, and the view was worth it. So she unhooked the harness for a moment, just long enough to get the photograph without a cable in the...
Imagine landing on a planet where the surface looks frozen but burns hotter than your oven. Welcome to Gliese 436b, one of the strangest known planets in the universe...
Most of us grew up learning that humans have five senses: sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell. These senses help us experience the world every day, whether we are...
It’s been 100 Earth years since you settled on Mars. You’ve been through pain, loneliness and a lot of hard work. And now Mars is the new promised land everyone...
