Airbags are designed for a single deployment, but real-world car crashes are rarely that simple.

A stunt driver slams the brakes on three slick surfaces.

How the people of Rapa Nui—also known as Easter Island—constructed the giant Moai statues is shrouded in mystery, as well as what happened to their civilization afterwards.

Beneath every forest lies a living network of fungi, quietly connecting and sustaining the trees above.

A team of experts puts an 18th-century musket to the test — revealing how deadly it really was.

Follow scientists in a quest to understand how complex forest ecosystems can help cool our planet.

Could restoring lost forests help slow climate change?

Their experiment isn't illegal, but it raises ethical questions.

Its nickname was the “Turtle.”

In 1887, the men working on the Eiffel Tower reported bleeding, difficulty breathing, and partial paralysis after being in pressurized air chambers. Today, we know this illness as the bends.