Here's What Happens When You Crack An Egg Underwater
What happens to eggs when you crack them underwater? Amid the many questions in the universe, scientists have been able to answer this one.
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The Oldest Living Land Animal Is Almost 200 Years Old
There are some species, we aren't necessarily positive how long they live in the wild, or in captivity. But one tortoise is setting records all his own.
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The Science Behind The Egg Drop Experiment Explained
The egg drop experiment is a staple of the school classroom, but how how is it executed successfully? Here'd the science behind the egg drop experiment.
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Can Smells Really Go Extinct?
Nothing quite jogs the memory or warms the soul like our sense of smell. Arguably, smell is as much a preserver of history as it is a warning of looming danger.
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The Real Reason Turkmenistan Is Closing Its Gate To Hell
Much of Turkmenistan is covered in the Karakum Desert, and the main selling point of the desert is its "Gate to Hell," or "Door to Hell."
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The Moon Is Actually Shaped Like A Lemon. Here's Why
Earth and its moon both have bulges around the equators. They're a bit squashed, like an ultra fluffy pancake, a spinning water balloon, or a fallen lemon.
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This Is Why The Earth Doesn't Have Rings
When gazing out into the universe through a telescope at Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter, or Uranus, you may find yourself asking why the Earth doesn't have rings too?
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What You Need To Know About A Nor'easter
Giant storms called nor'easters are famously common in the northeast region of the North American continent, with 20 to 40 battering the area each year.
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The Truth About Space Junk
With an estimated 50,000 additional satellite launches anticipated in the next few years, managing space junk grows increasingly urgent.
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The Only Animal That Went Extinct Twice
Countless animals have gone extinct over the years, but only one has gone extinct twice. The Pyrenean ibex came back from extinction, only to die out again.
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The Scientific Reason Vodka Doesn't Freeze
Vodka doesn't freeze in the freezer, but why not? Here's the scientific reason vodka doesn't freeze, and why you shouldn't freeze some vodkas at all.
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What A Kangaroo Pouch Is Really Like
Kangaroos are known for how they raise their young — in a pouch on the mother's abdomen, where the baby kangaroo, a joey, can safely grow and hide from danger.
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What Causes Glowing Snow In The Arctic?
Arctic researchers in the remote north have occasionally noticed a strange sight in the snows around their field stations: glowing blue lights.
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The Revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope Explained
Launched on Christmas Day 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope is the single most advanced marvel of engineering ever produced by human hands.
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What Happens To Your Brain With A Lack Of Sunshine?
A lack of exposure to sunlight can be detrimental to your health.
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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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