The Truth About The 'Broken Arm' Of The Milky Way
Scientists know that the Milky Way is a spiral-shaped galaxy, and in the arm of one of these spirals, lies a "break" that was discovered in August 2021.
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Why Neil deGrasse Tyson Thinks We'll Never Go To Mars
Astronomer and author Neil deGrasse Tyson is on the record as saying humans will probably never go to Mars -- except when he says they will.
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The Mystery Of Jupiter's Great Red Spot
Beyond Saturn's rings and the craters of the moon, no feature in our solar system is as widely recognized as Jupiter's Great Red Spot.
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What Would Happen If Your Brain Was Split In Half
As each half of the brain has a greater specialty than the other, disconnecting them can lead the now independent organs to perceive the world very differently.
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Here's What Makes Poison Dart Frogs So Dangerous
Hailing from the rainforests of Central and South America, the poison dart frog is a colorful amphibian that mostly lives on the forest floor.
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Is This The Largest Creature Ever To Walk On Earth?
In recent months, paleontologists have unearthed not one, not two, but three new dinosaur species, and one was the largest to ever walk the Earth.
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The Real Reason Earth Is Considered A Giant Magnet
This might sound hard to believe, but every day, you get up and walk around on a giant magnet that is both spinning and rotating.
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The Truth About Indonesia's "Jurassic Park" Project
The 700-square-mile island is a refuge-from-humanity for flora and fauna, particularly one of Earth's last living, actual pseudo-dinosaurs, the Komodo Dragon.
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Deadliest Cats In The World
Let's talk about deadly cats - all of them, from disease carrying stray house cats to Bengal tigers. These are the deadliest cats in the world.
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How The Challenger Space Shuttle Explosion Could've Been Avoided
Seventy-three seconds after liftoff, the space shuttle Challenger was engulfed in flames. Seven astronauts were on board; none of them survived.
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What You Might Not Know About The Pegomastax Dinosaur
While the first Pegomastax fossils were discovered in an African dig during the 1960s, no one truly appreciated what the find represented.
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Deadliest Poisons In The World
Different poisons kill in different ways, so let's look at some of the deadliest poisons humankind has ever discovered or created.
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Respected Scientists Who Were Actually Terrible People
Scientists are way smarter than most people, but sometimes they change the world for the worse. Here are respected scientists who were terrible people.
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The Real Reason Elon Musk Wants To Go To Space
Elon Musk has been criticized for wanting to go to the stars, but it's not escape that the billionaire is after. Here's why he really wants to go to space.
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Deadliest Mushrooms In The World
Mushrooms can be complete a great meal, or they can kill you. Here are the deadliest mushrooms in the world.
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Times Fertility Clinics Implanted The Wrong Embryo
Infertility is devastating and life-altering. But in-vitro fertilization (IVF) is a complicated procedure. Here are times that fertility clinics goofed up.
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How Long Will Those Boot Prints Remain On The Moon?
One of humanity's greatest achievements in the 20th century was the Apollo program, which put a dozen men on the moon and returned them back home to Earth.
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The Real Reason Some Female Hummingbirds Look Like Males
Hummingbirds might be small, but they're kind of the badasses of the bird world when it comes to flying tricks. But why do some females look like males?
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The Real Reason A Bot Read Romance Novels
If you're a romance novelist, you can hang up your velvet pen and your 50 shades of provocative synonyms right now — you're being replaced.
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Here's How Volcanos Go Extinct
Oftentimes, when we think about extinction, we think only about animals. How quickly we forget that everything around us is alive, including vocanoes.
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How Dubai Is Using Drones To Make It Rain
Yes, Dubai is "making it rain." But shockingly enough for the United Arab Emirates' wealthiest, oil-flush desert city, we don't mean it'll be raining money.
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Why Some Scientists Predict Artificial Intelligence Might End The World
If the "Terminator" movies taught us anything, it's that taking artificial intelligence too far is a dangerous, dangerous notion.
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Does Earth Have Extra Hidden Moons?
For over five decades, scientists and astronomers have debated the possibility that Earth's moon is not the only natural satellite orbiting our planet.
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Can You Live Longer Without Sleeping Or Without Eating?
Although our bodies can do without food or sleep for brief periods of time, going without one or the other (or both) for an extended period is a death sentence.
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Do The Great Lakes Have Tides?
The Great Lakes have been a part of the historical and economic fabric of the United States and Canada since the first explorers arrived in the region in 1615.
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The Reason Physicists Still Can't Explain Why Time Moves Forward
Time moving forward is one of the myriads of unexplained phenomena within the scientific realm, along with consciousness and the unknown species of our planet.
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Do People Really Have A Soul? Scholars Weigh In
Whether people have a soul is virtually impossible to prove, though many believe it. The idea that humans have a soul is an integral part of most religions.
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