Christian Ashford 
Chimpanzees, also known as chimps, are a very closely related species to modern humans. They are homo sapiens’ closest living relative, who shares 98% of their DNA. Scientists think that we share the same evolutionary path up until about a few million years ago, and that divergence over time made up the difference in our … Read more
Have you ever experienced seeing yourself from outside of your body? These are called Out-of-Body experiences, and a new study suggests that they may be clues to understanding human consciousness and whether it truly exists only in our brains. What Are Out-of-Body Experiences? Out-of-body experiences (OBEs) are rare phenomena in which individuals perceive themselves to … Read more
Before humans discovered fire about 400,000 years ago, most people lived half of their lives in the dark. The only source of light that allows human eyes to see during the night is the moon and the stars on a good, clear sky. Then we discovered fire, and thousands of years later, Thomas Edison invented … Read more
The universe is so unbelievably large that we will never run out of unique planets to discover. One of the most recent ones that NASA has found that is more unique than everything else is a planet that might entirely be made of diamonds, and it is 5 times larger than Earth. If the existence … Read more
Have you ever imagined that you are capable of time travel? Some scientists argue that we are all capable of it. However, not the time travel you are thinking of, we are talking about our mind’s ability to project itself to the past or the future. One of the most unique things to humans and … Read more
When we think of light, we imagine the fastest thing in the universe that is untouchable and full of energy. It travels at around 300,000 kilometers per second in the vacuum of space, and it is untouchable in the sense that we cannot grasp it or manipulate it physically like matter, or can we? The … Read more
Have you ever thought about whether you would choose to live forever if given the chance? Well, that day when we have to decide might be closer than we think. AI is accelerating everything that we are currently working on. Someday, science might be able to keep on increasing humanity’s life span faster than time … Read more
During the time of the dinosaurs, the plants and trees that they had were way different in the current period that we are living in. Then the major asteroid impact happened, and together with the dinosaurs majority of the tree species of the Mesozoic era, the time of the dinosaurs’ dominance on the planet, approximately … Read more
Mushrooms are the fleshy bodies of fungi that usually grow above ground, on some trees, or soil. If you are not familiar with fungi, they are still considered living organisms that belong to their own kingdom, separated from our own animal kingdom. They are also not plants; they are their own thing, with unique characteristics … Read more
Octopuses are some of the most intelligent creatures on Earth after humans. They have a very large brain compared to their body mass, and they have a unique genetic makeup that allows them to learn. It is no surprise that they will be one of the few animals that would be able to take on … Read more
