Project Hail Mary opened in theaters last week, introducing the world to Rocky, the alien creature whose friendship with the main character, Ryland Grace, forms the...
Author - Jeff Espiritu
There are many things in this world that seem simple but are actually insanely complex and took humanity thousands of years to figure out. Take, for example, the screw...
Alcatraz. The Rock. The inescapable prison that held some of the most ruthless and colorful criminals the world has ever seen. Some of whom were notorious for escaping...
In the wide pantheon of tough jobs, your friendly neighborhood baker might not be the first thing that comes to mind. But pre-industrialization, bakers had one of the...
Can we ever actually cure cancer? With the explosion of research in mRNA vaccines that can be coded for specific cancer antigens, the answer is more optimistic than you...
Corporate America is full of stories of recalls from products that have injured or killed consumers, but none can touch the scope and cost of the Takata Airbag Recall...
We’ve heard them in movies for decades, but of course we don’t know what they sounded like in real life. But we do have some educated guesses, and today we’re going to...
The Khara-Hora shaft in Russia is one of the most mysterious rock formations ever found, and has become something of an internet mystery. Depending on who you ask, it...
It’s been talked about for a while (in fact I covered this 6 years ago), but a lot of things have been said about the potential collapse of the Atlantic Gulf Stream...
We’ve covered a lot of stories over the years involving the strange and wonderful animals that we share this planet with. So in this month’s compilation, let’s take a...