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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The Reason Science Still Can't Explain Why Ice Is Slippery
Science is a slippery subject for lots of reasons, and one of those reasons is ice. We all know ice — the cool, refreshing form of water.
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What Happens To Your Body When You Drink Gasoline
Here's what happens if you drink gasoline. But seriously, don't do it.
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The Longest Living Animal In The World
There are animals that effortlessly outlive human beings by a wide margin. And the biggest show-off in the field of long animal lifespans? Get ready.
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What Really Happened In Operation Cyclone?
Operation Cyclone created an environment where money and weapons were free flowing into the hands of those whom foreign powers knew were working in their favor.
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What Happens To Your Body When You Drink Drano
As you might suspect, the human anatomy has very little in common with the u-bend of a bathroom sink. Here's why you should not drink Drano.
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The Surprising Thing That Makes Venus Different From All Other Planets
The reality, of course, is that Venus is a white-hot wasteland of noxious gases, according to NASA, and as such, is completely inhospitable to probes.
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Here's What Would Happen If Everyone Jumped On A Plane At Once
Imagine that aircraft passengers all colluded with one another to disrupt the flight -- not by an act of violence, but by simply applying the laws of physics.
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The Myth About Ostriches You Need Stop Believing
The ostrich is an odd bird. Some specimens can approach 10 feet in height. They can be dangerous; the critter could kill you with a blow to the abdomen.
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Why Scientists Still Can't Explain Dark Matter
Many mysteries of the universe still escape even the world's brightest minds, and there are few mysteries bigger than dark matter.
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The Truth About The Backside Of A Rainbow
Scientifically speaking, a rainbow is formed when light strikes water droplets. When the light is both refracted and reflected by water, a rainbow is born.
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How Hard Is It For A Star To Escape A Galaxy?
Stars are some of the largest non-black hole objects in the known universe. But how hard is it for a star to escape a galaxy?
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What You Might Not Know About The Suzhousaurus Dinosaur
Suzhousaurus dinosaurs, more formally known as Suzhousaurus megatherioides, were discovered in the Lower Cretaceous Xinminpu Group of Gansu Province, China.
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The Truth About The Deadly 1839 Coringa Cyclone
Coringa is a small village on the coast of India that was once a large, bustling port city in the 18th and 19th centuries until disasters changed it forever.
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This Is What Would Happen If There Was No Friction
The role that friction plays in our reality is as mysterious as it is important. Scientists are still researching its complex interactions.
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Why Some Scientists Predict A Gamma-Ray Burst Could End The World
Doomsday scenarios that predict the end of life as we know it date back centuries and include a range of apocalyptic catastrophes.
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