A 900-Year-Old Vatican Prophecy Says the World Ends in 2027—And It’s Weirdly Tied to Pope Francis’ Health
A scrap of medieval Latin buried in the Vatican’s archives claims to predict the literal end of the world. It was supposedly written by Saint Malachy, an Irish bishop with an apparent talent for cosmic spoilers. The prophecy—if it’s real and not just the...
The Science of Aliens Needs a Name—And It’s Not What You Think
Somewhere in the universe, something strange is watching—bacteria lurking under alien ice, fungi creeping through Martian dust, or maybe something much smarter, wondering if it’s alone. Humans, being the control freaks we are, want to name this pursuit: the study of...
Yellowstone’s Next Supervolcanic Tantrum Might Already Be on the Map
The Yellowstone Caldera doesn’t just sit under a national park—it broods. A geological behemoth spanning Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana, it has erupted three times in the last two million years, leaving behind craters big enough to make entire cities vanish. If it ever...