It’s 2019, and yes…you can still get the plague. Between 2000 and 2009, there were more than 21,000 diagnosed cases of the plague worldwide. But despite...
Almost everyone’s diet is out of whack—it’s just a question of how. Nearly every nation fails to get the right balance of nutrients, whether it’s because...
We’ve wasted so much plastic, it’s almost impossible to picture. In 2018, the Royal Statistical Society decided its International Statistic of the Year was 90.5: the...
When the first piece of the International Space Station launched in 1998, the celestial lab was only expected to last until 2015. The ISS was—and still...
If you were on Earth, what would it look like to get sucked into a black hole? Well, it would look like THIS. See the first...
Naked mole rats look like walking steamed spring rolls (with tails). But, beneath their translucent skin, they have a 35 million year old superpower: they are...
P.U.! What’s that smell? Turns out, it’s p-YOU. Body odor starts with sweat—but your perspiration itself isn’t what stinks. Your skin’s microbiome mix and interact with...
What will it be like to live in America in 2080? And what will it feel like? This is what America’s five most populated cities will...
Have you ever noticed those signs in public restrooms that say “Don’t flush anything down the toilet except toilet paper”? Someone had to have done that…...
In 2006, Pluto was reclassified as a “dwarf planet.” This had two main effects on our solar system: it reduced the number of recognized planets to...