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.
Read MoreScientists are way smarter than most people, but sometimes they change the world for the worse. Here are respected scientists who were terrible people.
Read MoreBut many of these technologies will be obsolete not in just a couple short decades. Here are technologies that probably won't exist in 20 years.
Read MoreThere's no two ways about it: snakes are terrifying. Here are terrifying true stories of encounters with deadly snakes.
Read MoreTechnology changes our lives so quickly that in 50 years​ everything will be really different.
Read MoreSpace is a pretty cool place. But we haven't been able to explore much of space because of the limits of the human body. Here's what space does to your body.
Read MoreLeft unchecked, climate change will have a catastrophic impact on the world. But climate change is also going to alter our world in small but very bizarre ways.
Read MoreUnhealthy people still get misdiagnosed. Some of the medical treatments for the unhealthy people of the past were awful.
Read MoreAstronauts​ are the pillars of American society, chosen for their intelligence and physical stamina. But there are always a few outliers.
Read MoreEveryone wants to leave their mark on history, and there's no better way to do that than having something important named after you. Sometimes, that thing is a medical condition. What do you do to earn that? Here are real-life people who had medical conditions named after them.
Read MoreScientists tend to be more adventurous than the average politician or grunt; some scientists had to go to places so remote that they mysteriously vanished.
Read MoreSome tribes are called "uncontacted," but these aren't ignorant people. Many have had communication with other tribal people who do live in the modern world.
Read MoreHumans lock animals up, and then the animals escape. It's a tale as old as time. Here are the craziest animal escape stories.
Read MoreLet's all get a little smarter today, shall we?
Read MoreAstronauts are heroes, but we all need a bit of a reality check when it comes to astronaut stuff, because we get some things wrong.
Read MoreWhere did a comic book character like Elon Musk come from? What's his story?
Read MoreCats are adorable, loving little floofballs, but some people say all that love comes at a price: brain-dwelling parasites and mind control.
Read MoreAs technology and society evolves, the jobs of today might not still be the jobs of tomorrow.
Read MoreAwful diseases like smallpox and bubonic plague don't haunt us the way they once did, but it's also true that dangerous diseases are still out there.
Read MoreIf you've ever regarded your toaster with suspicion or found it difficult to get through The Polar Express without shuddering, don't plan on sleeping tonight.
Read MoreYes, outer space is mostly empty ... well ... space. But don't think it's going to stay that way! The fact is that, thanks to human meddling (it's what we do best!) there's a whole lot of really bizarre stuff floating out among the stars. This is only some of it.
Read MoreSo you want to donate your body to science...
Read MoreThese crazy side effects come from medicines you can still somehow buy. Yes, from your doctor, who is supposed to take care of you.
Read MoreThese dinosaurs may never have actually existed. In the rush to discover all kinds of dinosaurs in the American West, scientists and backyard diggers threw dino bones together into whatever shapes they could think of. And they thought of some crazy dino shapes.
Read MoreAs the air gets thinner and the heavens loom ever closer, things can get strange atop Mt. Everest.
Read MoreThese celebs want to be cryongenically frozen when they die.
Read MoreThese statistics will completely freak you out.
Read MorePeople returning from the dead: it isn't just for TV and the movies.
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