You’ve seen this trope in every form of media, but is there any way radiation could actually give you superpowers?

Almost half of the people who worked on John Wayne’s “worst” film – The Conqueror – eventually died of cancer. Was it because the movie was shot downwind of an infamous nuclear test site? Or is there something more to the statistics?

When the world runs out of resources, how will we sustain humanity's expansion across the cosmos? DEAD SPACE has an answer: we crack planets. But how viable is it to mine space?

HBO’s THE LAST OF US is a critically acclaimed adaptation of a beloved video game, but it does make some big changes. Is there real science behind fungus that can…talk?

ATOMIC HEART’s alternative Soviet past relies on a number of incredible scientific advancements, including the most important: “Cold Fusion.” This is the history of the most infamous experiments in all of science.

On a snowy day in 2001, three men from Lia, Georgia stumbled across two metal cylinders. The ground was steaming beneath them. It would take the work of over 50 people and two years of intensive hospital treatment before the radiological incident was finally over.

In a universe with more than a hundred billion billion planets, why have we only found life on one? DEAD SPACE offers a terrifying reason why: gigantic “Brethren Moons” made of meat with an unrelenting hunger for biomass.

Can a real bulletproof suit straight out of the John Wick-iverse actually stop bullets before they get to your body? Kyle heads to where they trained Keanu Reeves himself to find out.

In 2019, HBO’s “Chernobyl” mini-series exploded in popularity, directly causing a huge increase in tourism in and around the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. But this wasn’t just another social media gold rush. It was dangerous. This [HALF-LIFE HISTORY] is the story from the inside.

If a nuke goes off and you make it past the first few milliseconds, is there anything you can do? Where is the “safest” place to be? A new study answers that question.

Free-to-use, exceptionally powerful artificial intelligences are available to more people than ever, seemingly making some kind of news every day. The problem is, the public doesn’t realize the problem in ascribing so much power to systems we don’t actually understand.

In late 2022, a video of an apparent nuclear accident spread rapidly on Twitter and Tumblr. Was it modern history’s first “viral” nuclear accident? Or was it faked for the lolz? This [HALF-LIFE HISTORY] attempts an investigation.

There’s a tsunami of science spam on YouTube. Why does it all look the same? How much harm does it do? Do not watch these low-effort, AI-generated, cash grabs.

ChatGPT is now the fastest-growing consumer app in human history. Problem is, almost no one knows how it actually works. This is everything you need to know.

Can DEAD SPACE’s intrepid engineer really smash his way through hordes of necromorphs with just his boots?

On August 6th, 1945, the people of Hiroshima, Japan became some of the only humans to ever witness firsthand the awesome and terrible power of an atom split for offensive purposes. Today, the city is a thriving metropolis. Why isn’t it radioactive? Why isn’t it abandoned like Chernobyl? This [HALF-LIFE HISTORY] travels to Japan to explain why.

On June 18th, 2023, OceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded near the wreck of the Titanic. Why? This simple experiment that you can do at home demonstrates the terrifying power of the ocean that ultimately ended Titan’s expedition.

We can’t ignore it any longer. Generative A.I. like ChatGPT is going to change everything. It already is. Here’s what the future looks like from my vantage point.

Fifteen seconds before 5:30 a.m. on Monday, July 16, 1945, J. Robert Oppenhemier and his team of Manhattan Project scientists ushered in the nuclear age. And thankfully, after the Trinity test, the Earth was still there. This [HALF-LIFE HISTORY] is the true story of the day we almost set the world on fire.

Modern roped rock climbing, one of the nerdiest sports, relies almost entirely on a single type of knot for safety: the figure eight knot. It’s been said that the knot has never failed, and is taught to every beginning climber on the planet. But what makes this knot so strong? Kyle once again explores the physics of his favorite sport.

In 2011, a tsunami engulfed the Japanese coastline and precipitated the second worst nuclear accident in history. This year, Japan is planning on releasing some of this catastrophe – water contaminated with tritium – back into the ocean. Is it safe? Does it make sense? This [HALF-LIFE HISTORY] traveled to Fukushima Daiichi to find out.

Thirty seven years after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, an incredible population of dogs remains in Chernobyl. The descendants of pets left behind, these animals represent a unique opportunity to study how mammals are affected by low-level radiation. YOU can help this effort RIGHT NOW.

Are we alone? Have aliens visited Earth? An age-old question that has been reignited by recent declassified UFO/UAP footage and intriguing ‘whistleblower’ congressional hearings. Before jumping to interstellar conclusions, join us as we examine the latest 'evidence' and evaluate the credibility of these claims, seeking a grounded perspective on whether aliens have truly touched down on our planet.

Original Title: Why Sci-Fi Space Combat is WRONG George Lucas and the release of Star Wars in the 1970s unintentionally set a precedent for how almost every single piece of sci-fi media would depict space combat. Small spaceships fighting each other above in the atmosphere is synonymous with the genre, but does the science support this World War II style of dog-fighting in SPACE?

Original Title: One-Punch Man Breaks Physics AGAIN! Saitama, one-punch man, and or baldy has shown some truly ridiculous feats of strength, from sneezing away half of Jupiter to punching backwards through time. But the relatively simple cover of Issue 192 has to be near the top. How strong do you have to be to bench press a black hole!?