They are massive, and extremely dense. They rip apart anything and everything that gets close to them. Their gravity is so strong that even light can’t escape. We can’t see black holes directly, but we know they have the destructive power to wipe everything out of existence. Transcript and sources: […]
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Within the vastness of the Universe, humanity is not that big of a deal. We’re not here because we’re meant to be here, we’re just… here. If mathematical predictions are correct, we might only have 760 years left. What would be the cause of our extinction? What would we do […]
What if the Universe is an illusion? What if your reality is not what it seems to be? What if you are you’re just a 2D projection stretched on the surface of a black hole? And what does a black hole have to do with all this? I know what […]
Even from space, you can see that the planet Earth is full of life. When you take a closer look, you’ll discover a delicate balance of millions of different life forms co-existing, and relying on each other to survive. But what if these aren’t all unique individual organisms? What if […]
CRISPR gene-editing technology is advancing quickly. What can it do now—and in the future? The revolutionary gene-editing tool known as CRISPR can alter, add, and remove genes from the human genome. The implications are immense: It could help eliminate illnesses like sickle cell disease and muscular dystrophy, and could even […]
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They’re the deadliest thing on Earth. They suck your blood and spread disease, killing nearly one million people each year. Are we talking about vampires? Lions? Gorillas? Actually, none of these things. We’re talking about mosquitoes. Are mosquitoes really this deadly? What would happen if they all disappeared? Would humanity […]
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With the vastness of the Universe, everything in it seems so spread out. But some objects are closer than you might realize. Every now and then, a random interstellar asteroid passes through the Oort cloud, the wall of icy debris at the very edge of our Solar System. But what […]
