Paper cuts are tiny compared to other injuries you may have experienced, but they hurt… A LOT! This has to do with your hands being pretty sensitive, and the fact that the edges of paper are like tiny saws.

Should we bring back the wooly mammoth? Or edit a human embryo? Or wipe out an entire species that we consider harmful? The genome-editing technology CRISPR has made extraordinary questions like these legitimate — but how does it work? Scientist and ...

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Light, bright, and cheerful, "The Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi is some of the most familiar of all early 18th century music, featured in numerous films and television commercials. But what is its significance, and why does it sound that ...

Published on Oct 21, 2016 What if there is a way to destroy the universe so fundamentally that life as we know it will be impossible forever?

A highly symbolic tower in honor of Supreme Leader Kim Il-sung's personal philosophy.

This spiritual landmark for practicers of Shamanism is drenched in milk and vodka and covered in blue scarves.

Telsa was a wacky guy with some far-fetched ideas, but many of theories about how electricity could work would eventually prove to be dead on.

Mmmm, bacon and mushroom festivals.

So, a mantis shrimp's claws are pretty strong... so strong that they can produce a bubble that's about as hot as the sun and collapses with a flash of light when they snap... and scientists aren't quite sure how they do it!

Published on Oct 10, 2016 Do you think animals can be divided into two biological sexes: female and male? Well, it’s way more complicated that that!　

Rather than surrender to the Red Army, citizens of Demmin committed ‘selbstmord’

Published on Oct 6, 2016 Gav and Dan usually blow stuff up in regular air, but did you know you can also blow stuff up in other places?

Published on Oct 4, 2016 Male jumping spiders perform courtship dances that would make Bob Fosse proud. But if they bomb, they can wind up somebody's dinner instead of their mate.

They have some of the best caterpillars in Peru.

Despite the end of the Cold War, many countries still gather together in the Non-Aligned Movement. So what is this coalition of neutrality?

Meteorologist Ari Sarsalari shares a rare view of Sprites forming in Hurricane Matthew.