Do Cell Phones Really Give Off Radiation?
The idea that cell phone's give off radiation that can lead to cancer is somewhat of an urban myth. But do they really give off radiation?
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The Craziest Shark Attack Survival Stories
These shark attack survivors have some of the craziest survival stories you'll hear. Let's dive in.
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The Truth About The World's Most Dangerous Fly
In a contest to crown the world's deadliest little critters, mosquitoes would win hands-down. But if you restrict the category to animals that old ladies swallow, the tsetse fly is the killer queen. Though, you could also call it the goodnight king because these pests spread sleeping sickness.
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Here's What You Don't Know About Japan's Adorable Flying Squirrels
Cute, fluffy, full of personality ... and airborne? Japanese flying squirrels come in jumbo and fun-sized packages, and could just make you love rodents.
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Stud Tortoise Saves Species From Extinction By 'Getting Busy'
The Galapagos tortoise was critically endangered, until recently. Enter the San Diego Zoo's resident stud, Diego, who did enough entering to father an estimated 1,700 offspring over the course of a few decades. Luckily, giant tortoises have really long lives.
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How Fast Can A Kangaroo Really Go?
Nature's majesty is nothing to us if it isn't drenched in hot, nasty speed. The quicker the animal, the greater its chances of receiving public adoration. What, then, of the kangaroo? Is it speedy and sultry? Here's how fast a kangaroo can go.
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Why Some Scientists Predict Comets Might End The World
Earth's lifetime is not infinite, as the Blue Marble will eventually be swallowed up by the Sun millions of years into the future. If we make it that long.
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What Happens To Your Body When You Drink Mouthwash
In a disturbingly literal instance of picking your poison, instead of swishing Listerine, some people swig it like booze. Here's what happens when you drink mouthwash.
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Why The Dead Sea Is Dying
Located at the lowest point on Earth's surface, per Britannica, the Dead Sea -- or "Sea of Death" (Al-Baḥr Al-Mayyit) as it's called in Arabic -- isn't a lake of fire, but it burns like hell. And it's not doing too well. In fact, it's dying... so to speak.
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Why People Think We're Living In The Matrix
The notion that we are all organic life forms existing in a universe created through natural processes may seem like an unassailable fact. But there's evidence that points to a different possibility: like Neo before he took the red pill, we might be living inside an artificial simulation.
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Ancient 'Hummingbird' Dinosaur Fossil Discovered In Amber
It might be hard to imagine legendary Jurassic dinosaurs lording over Earth alongside dinosaurs the size of small hummingbirds. Luckily, you don't have to imagine because scientists have unearthed physical proof of a super tiny flying dino.
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What's The Biggest Object In The Universe?
All the vastness of space is really, really big. And it's filled with really, really big stuff. Individual objects in space are enormous in and of themselves.
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The Truth About The Cows Who Are Living In The Matrix
Music certainly has soothing charms. Some workplaces play music to relax workers, make them more productive. What cows? How about virtual reality?
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Why Some Believe 2050 Will Spell The End Of The World As We Know It
If we've learned anything during the coronavirus pandemic, it's that things that we thought would likely never happen in our lifetime can and will.
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The Asteroid That Could Unlock The Mysteries Of Our Early Solar System
On December 3, 2014, the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 was launched and set out on a four-year journey to the asteroid Ryugu (162173).
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The Truth About The 'Stelliferous Era' Of The Universe
The Stelliferous Era is the era we are living in right now, the only era in which the stars and life as we know it can exist, before the cosmos comes to an end.
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How Big Can A Black Hole Get?
How big is big? When it comes to the size of black holes, the numbers are almost inconceivably large -- billions upon billions upon billions.
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How Generation Z Got Its Name
There are Baby Boomers, and Millennials, as well as Gen X and Gen Y. Clearly, there really is something in a name, as well as in a birth year.
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The Fascinating Story Of The Ray Cat Solution
Animals have long served useful purposes, aiding human beings in various tasks, or just providing companionship. How about detecting radiation?
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The Truth Behind Elon Musk's Humanoid Robot Plan
Elon Musk is planning to create humanoid robots named "Optimus," using the same technology as the self-driving car. Here's the truth behind these robots.
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Scientists Who Were Ahead Of Their Time
Sometimes scientists notice things that no one else notices, and the world thinks they're crazy. Here are the scientists who were ahead of their time.
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The Most Painful Ways To Die, According To Science
There are infinite ways to die, but some are worse than others. Here are the most painful ways to die, according to science.
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The Tragic Truth About The Ordovician-Silurian Mass Extinction
The Ordovician-Silurian mass extinction event took place 400 million years earlier than the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) extinction event. Here's what happened.
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Why The Past, Present, And Future May Exist All At Once
Time might fly, time might run out, time might drag, but no matter what, it only exists as we experience it in the present. Unless, possibly, it doesn't.
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The Truth About The Black Box Recording The End Of Civilization
The way things are going, humanity may well be headed for extinction. Here is the truth about the black box recording the end of civilization.
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The Real Reason Snake Venom Is More Valuable Than Gold
According to the World Health Organization, there are over 3,000 species of snakes in the world, but only 600 of them are venomous.
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How An Attempt At Disproving Einstein Led To Robert Millikan's Nobel Prize
Millikan was very much an engineer whose Nobel Prize derived from two separate contributions: the "oil drop experiment" and the "photoelectric experiment."
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