The curious minds at What If explore terrifying depths on a Mariana Trench mission, revealing unknown species, pressure, and temperature extremes.

The captain sounds the alarm. The waters around the ship rumble. Strange lights from deep below inch closer and closer to you. Something is emerging from the Mariana Trench, and it does not belong on ...

More than 71% of Earth is covered by oceans, but about 95% of them remain unexplored. Only about 20% of the seafloor has been ...

The tiniest life forms are also among Earth’s toughest, from near-invincible tardigrades to extremophilic microbes that ...

Over 70% of Earth's surface is covered by oceans, but most of it remains unexplored. In contrast, we have detailed surface ...

For the last 20 years, LACMA director Michael Govan has faced off with billionaires and bureaucrats to reinvent the ...

Scientists demonstrated that an Earthly extremophile might withstand being ejected from the Red Planet on debris spewed into ...

From space orbits to icy trenches, discover the world's most expensive thrills that only the super-rich can afford to buy.

Trained in materials chemistry at Nankai University, Yan found inspiration in the university's motto — dedication to public interests, acquisition of all-round capability, and aspiration for progress ...

Scientists tested whether microbes can survive the shock of a planetary impact and found some may endure the violent launch into space.

Somewhere along the way, the bar for romantic effort did not simply lower. It was gently placed on the floor, stepped over, and then celebrated as though it were an Olympic high jump. Welcome to The ...

In February 2026, the solid-state battery industry accelerated its transition from pilot-scale trials to mass production, with sulphide electrolytes becoming the primary technological focus, and the ...