You think you know what strange looks like? Think again. The ocean’s deep zones, those pitch-black layers of crushing pressure and near-freezing cold that begin just a few hundred meters below the surface, are home to life forms so alien in design that even seasoned marine biologists occasionally stop and stare. We know remarkably little ...
Look up on a clear night and you’ll see it – that single, steady glow hanging in the darkness. Your moon. It’s been there every night of every human life ever lived. So familiar, so constant, that most of us never stop to ask: what if there were two of them? It sounds like science ...
You probably walk past plants every single day without giving them a second thought. They just sit there, quiet, green, doing their thing. But here’s the thing – some of these plants are doing things that would make your jaw drop if you actually knew what was happening at a microscopic, biological, or even behavioral ...
You might think shipwrecks belong exclusively at the bottom of the ocean, but nature has a way of surprising us in the most extraordinary ways. From desert sands to mountain lakes, these maritime disasters have ended up in locations that seem absolutely impossible for ocean vessels. Some of these discoveries challenge everything we thought we ...
Living on a volcano sounds like the kind of dangerous decision that only happens in movies. Yet millions of people worldwide wake up each morning with an active volcano as their neighbor, from the slopes of Mount Vesuvius in Italy to the volcanic fields beneath New Zealand’s Auckland. You might wonder what drives communities to ...
Picture yourself waking up from a vivid dream, only to discover that someone else experienced the exact same narrative down to the smallest details. This isn’t the plot of a science fiction movie. Various reported mutual dream narratives have been analyzed, suggesting that shared dreaming might be more than just an urban legend. Throughout history, ...
You’ve probably driven past them countless times without a second glance. Dotting the harsh landscapes of the American West, mysterious stone towers rise from canyon rims and desert floors like ancient sentinels frozen in time. These enigmatic structures, scattered across Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico, represent one of archaeology’s most intriguing puzzles. Who built ...
You would think that in 2026, with all our satellites, AI models, laser scanning technology, and centuries of accumulated scientific knowledge, we would have figured out how ancient people built their most astonishing structures. Spoiler: we really haven’t. Not completely. There is something almost humbling about standing at the foot of a monument thousands of ...
Right now, as you read this, you are moving. Not just because your heart is beating or the air is stirring around you. You are hurtling through space at a speed so staggering it would make your head spin if you truly stopped to feel it. Your planet is spinning, your solar system is orbiting ...
You’ve probably asked yourself, while staring up at a night sky full of stars, whether all of this is really all there is. Trillions of galaxies, billions of light-years of observable space, and yet some of the world’s sharpest minds in physics are convinced that our universe, spectacular as it is, might be nothing more ...
Maria Faith Saligumba
Nelleke van Niekerk, BSc Food Science (Biochemistry)
