Laika the space dog was the commander of Sputnik 2 and the first living being to visit space. The program had no plan to safely return Laika, leading to the first death in the space race.

The migration of birds is a fascinating area of study as some birds travel up to 6,000 miles without stopping for food, water, sleep, or rest. Some birds make roundtrip flights up to 25,000 miles long.

Tornadoes, also known as twisters, are made up of a violently rotating column of air that makes contact with both Earth and a cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud. A tornado can take many forms and are common in the Central United States in springtime.

Weather forecasting has gradually grown in sophistication from its history of almanac algorithms and crowdsourced weather observations to more accurate predictive modeling.

Eugenics is the systematic selection and cleansing of the human gene pool through forced sterilization, euthanasia and more, but is entirely subjective and racially biased. The term “Eugenics” was coined by a cousin to Charles Darwin, Sir Francis Galton, in his 1869 publication of Hereditary Genius.

Every day since November 19th, 1998, the International Space Station or ISS has been orbiting the earth at a speed of 17,100 miles per hour.

A psychology experiment originally conducted at Stanford University, the “marshmallow test” offers the subject more long-term value in exchange for self-control and delayed gratification.