Mysteries

Black holes may eventually evaporate and erase all information about the stars they consumed

Visible matter accounts for only five percent of the total mass in the universe

Physicists cannot yet mathematically explain why subatomic particles have mass without the Higgs boson

A simple arithmetic sequence has baffled mathematicians for decades by always returning to one

Mathematical equations describing flowing water may contain points where fluid velocity becomes infinite

Deep sea hydrothermal vents provide the chemical energy required to spark self-replicating life

Life on Earth exclusively uses left-handed amino acids despite right-handed versions existing in nature

Neuroscience can explain how the brain processes data but not why we experience feelings

The act of observing a subatomic particle forces it to choose a single state

Proteins fold into complex shapes in microseconds despite having nearly infinite possible configurations

A sudden surge in ocean oxygen levels triggered the rapid evolution of complex animals

Philosophers have proven that a belief can be both true and justified without being knowledge

Science relies on the unprovable assumption that the future will behave like the past

A fifteenth century manuscript contains an unknown language that has never been deciphered

Statistically the Bermuda Triangle is no more dangerous than any other high-traffic ocean region