Christian Ashford 
If you use a compass, it will not point to the very top of the planet, but instead will point to the magnetic north. This is a specific location where Earth’s magnetic field lines up straight to the ground. The one thing about this direction is that it is not static. It constantly shifts and … Read more
If you look at images of the sun, it really does look like it is on fire: a giant burning ball that lights up the sky and space around it. However, on Earth, we do know that you need oxygen to create and maintain fire, but space is a vacuum that does not have that … Read more
Did it really rain on Earth for 2 million years? A period of just dark skies, cloudy atmosphere, and a planet drowning in rain with no break at all. However, is that really what happened, and when did it occur? The truth is not actually as simple as it has been continuously raining on the … Read more
When people think of a dangerous animal, they often think of sharks, lions, snakes, and other predators. It is hard to think a bird could make that list, mostly because we usually encounter them just singing and minding their own business in trees. However, there is a particular bird that is considered the most dangerous … Read more
Imagine sleeping in one day of the calendar only to wake up 10 days after it. That’s exactly what happened in different parts of Europe in the year 1582. There were literally no people who were recorded to be born on those missing days, and no significant events were officially written. However, this strange jump … Read more
Have you ever seen a picture of a capybara calmly chilling with a bunch of crocodiles? These photos often raise the question of whether crocodiles or other predators even eat capybaras intentionally. Because there are instances where they are even riding the back of the reptiles as if they were best friends. But what really … Read more
At first glance, a human being, a mushroom, and a giant tree may all look like different lifeforms that have completely different origins. But scientists may have found that they share a single ancient ancestor. In other words, a fungus that feeds by absorbing nutrients, a plant that makes its own food from sunlight, and … Read more
When people imagine what Earth looked like in its ancient days, they often picture the time of the Dinosaurs: a planet filled with strong and big animals with huge teeth, long necks, and giant predators that could easily stomp a human. However, the time of the dinosaurs arrived around 245 million years ago, but Earth … Read more
When people imagine the scariest place on the planet, it may often involve the ocean. The mystery, the sharks, the deep-sea monsters, all of them make the waters an especially dangerous place to live in. Moreover, for much of the history of this planet, this idea has actually been correct. The seas were home to … Read more
If you look in the mirror, you will see a modern human being, but hidden underneath are clues of traits that have existed for millions of years. Our bodies, up to this day, still carry these pieces of a much older story. Some of these features may have come from our mammal genome, primate lineage, … Read more
