From a bad hair day to a tragic natural disaster, wind can be extremely disruptive. Wind can be a formidable foe. But what if this powerful force just didn’t exist...
A century of history flashes before your eyes. Not the past, but the future. And now you know how life would unfold over the next 100 years. What changes would happen to...
An exoplanet is a planet outside our Solar System. As of March 2020, we’ve discovered over 4000 different ones. So, it sounds like we have some options for our...
Time travel sounds like a gift until you look at the destinations. Earth has spent 4.5 billion years cycling through conditions that would kill a modern human within...
It’s the oldest question on Earth. Where did we come from? Some people may thank a creator from above, but what if the hand that created humanity wasn’t...
Imagine your entire neighborhood under the ever-watchful gaze of a swarm of silent drones. Creepy, right? Now, all conspiracies aside, more and more drones are fighting...
One quadrillion gauss. A one with fifteen zeros behind it. That is the magnetic field strength of a magnetar, and to put it in perspective, Earth’s own field...
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Billions of Cicadas Just Emerged for the First Time in 17 Years, and Here’s Why It Matters
For the first time in 17 years, billions of cicadas are crawling out of the ground across parts of the United States. Their sudden appearance may look like the beginning...
We’ve heard about terraforming the Moon and Mars as we attempt to colonize space, but what about Venus? Could we live here one day? How different would it...
Let’s face it. We’re hooked on the stuff. Most of us can’t even start our day without a nice cup of joe. According to the International Coffee Organization, over 1...
Personal hygiene is important. That includes washing your feet on a regular basis. But from now on, not a single drop of soap will touch your weary hooves. How soon...
What if we took everything that sustains life on this planet, and shrunk it down to one small bubble? Earth’s biosphere stretches about 20 km (12 mi). From the...
It’s dawn, it’s dark, and you don’t what kind of weather is waiting for you outside your tent. It doesn’t matter anyway. In rain, hail, sleet...
Whether it’s an act of war or terrorism, all that really matters in the moments after the blast is that there are ways to save yourself and your loved ones...
Termites are some of the oldest insects on Earth, with fossils dating back around 130 million years to the Early Cretaceous period. Today, they can be found on six of...
The Solar System is far more diverse in size than it appears from Earth. From tiny rocky worlds to massive gas giants, each planet differs dramatically in scale. To...
Everyone knows what a sunset looks like. Reds and oranges bleeding across the horizon, the day fading out the way it always has. Then you visit Mars, where the exact...
Even if Titan were much closer to Earth, creating a permanent settlement there would still be one of humanity’s greatest engineering challenges. But among all the...
Humans have a knack for changing the environment. Often, these projects have effects we didn’t plan for. Sometimes, it’s disastrous. And other times, it gives us energy...
For over half a century, we’ve searched for radio signals from extraterrestrial civilizations. But it’s, been, well, a little quiet. Are they ignoring us? Or...
