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Movies love quicksand. And why not? It’s exotic, it’s dramatic, and it’s highly exaggerated. Fun fact: it’s impossible to...
How many snakes do you need to fill a pool?
The responses to a suspenseful film clip are similar between some people with brain injuries and healthy patients. That finding has researchers...
You asked for it. #area51
What would life be like inside such a dense clump of stars?
What would happen if you poured liquid nitrogen all over your car? Or used it to fight a fire? Or even tried to cool down with it on a hot day...
Antarctica has mystified adventurers, wreaked havoc upon sailors, and been the subject of many territorial disputes, but the world's fifth largest...
Wouldn't it be a good idea to cover every house with solar panels?
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...
What will happen to us when the Sun turns into a red giant?
Before there were bicoastal battles over rap styles or international incidents about comma use, there was a gentlemanly but sometimes biting standoff...
It's 2019, where are all the flying cars?
Let’s be honest: we take science and technology for granted. Just be glad that these women didn’t, because they changed our world forever with their...
At least they didn’t believe the world was flat.
What’s a lonely Japanese pufferfish to do when he’s in search of a mate and needs to make a spectacular first impression? Get artistic, of course.
We require oxygen to live. So would an atmosphere composed of 100% oxygen be good thing?
What's at the center of the Milky Way galaxy and what would be different if Earth was positioned there?
Can trees talk to one another? Researchers believe it makes a lot of sense; now it’s teaching humans their language that’s the issue.
What would happen if we created something far smarter than humans?
The tallest man to ever walk the Earth was 2.72 m (8’9″) tall, and he quickly became an international sensation. So can you imagine what...
Should we put the kids in charge?
The strongest magnet in the universe enters our solar system. What would happen?
You're the first person to land on Mars. All of humanity is watching. What do you say as you step on the red planet?
Of all the superpowers, this isn't the one you want to have, trust us.
The world gets 80% of its energy from fossil fuels. But based on our current levels of consumption, we could run out of oil and gas in the next 50...
At any moment of any day, the odds are that someone around the world is having an orgasm. We don’t really like to talk about them, but...
Mother Nature has her fair share of troublemakers, including teeny moth larvae named the wax worm who like to feast on the wax of beehives.
If you ever find yourself falling into a volcano, there are a couple of things you should know. First off, when you reach the bottom, the...
If you had a device designed to freeze time for everything but you, life wouldn’t be anything like what you’d expect. You wouldn’t...
