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.
Read MoreThis might sound hard to believe, but every day, you get up and walk around on a giant magnet that is both spinning and rotating.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreLet'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.
Read MoreSeventy-three seconds after liftoff, the space shuttle Challenger was engulfed in flames. Seven astronauts were on board; none of them survived.
Read MoreWhile the first Pegomastax fossils were discovered in an African dig during the 1960s, no one truly appreciated what the find represented.
Read MoreDifferent poisons kill in different ways, so let's look at some of the deadliest poisons humankind has ever discovered or created.
Read MoreElon 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.
Read MoreMushrooms can be complete a great meal, or they can kill you. Here are the deadliest mushrooms in the world.
Read MoreThe Earth's surface is over 70% water, but the National Ocean Service states that more than 80% of the sea remains unexplored.
Read MoreThe allure of the great animals of Africa is exciting. But don't get too close, since many of these animals are quite dangerous.
Read MoreOne 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.
Read MoreHummingbirds 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?
Read MoreIf 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.
Read MoreOnce thought of something out of a Marvel comic book movie, some scientists are convinced of the existence of multiple parallel universes.
Read MoreOftentimes, when we think about extinction, we think only about animals. How quickly we forget that everything around us is alive, including vocanoes.
Read MoreYes, 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.
Read MoreIf the "Terminator" movies taught us anything, it's that taking artificial intelligence too far is a dangerous, dangerous notion.
Read MoreFor over five decades, scientists and astronomers have debated the possibility that Earth's moon is not the only natural satellite orbiting our planet.
Read MoreAlthough 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreTime moving forward is one of the myriads of unexplained phenomena within the scientific realm, along with consciousness and the unknown species of our planet.
Read MoreWhether 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.
Read MoreScience 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.
Read MoreFrom venomous spiders and snakes to aggressive crocodiles and sharks, Australia is home to some of the most dangerous animals in the world.
Read MoreOperation 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreImagine 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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