A Nuclear War Could Starve 5 Billion People
A full-scale nuclear war could trigger a global famine capable of killing billions of people — including people thousands of miles from any explosion.In this episode of Divergent Files, we follow the ...
23 Sep 13min
Crop Circles: What If We Only Debunked the Fakes?
Crop circles were supposedly solved decades ago when people proved they could make them.But proving some were fake never proved they all were.In this episode, we look at the cases that refuse to disap...
20 Sep 33min
Your Job Is at Risk From A.I.—But That's Only the Beginning
AI taking jobs is the obvious fear. But what happens when AI also starts replacing the work that teaches humans how to become skilled in the first place?In this episode of Divergent Files, Ralph explo...
18 Sep 17min
A 3,000-Room Labyrinth May Still Be Under Egypt — The Lost Labyrinth of Hawara
Ancient writers described a massive Egyptian labyrinth at Hawara with thousands of rooms, temples, courts, and underground chambers. Then most of it disappeared.But modern surveys have detected organi...
15 Sep 13min
Does Free Will Exist? Your Brain Decides Before You Do
Does free will actually exist?In this episode of Divergent Files, we look at the science and philosophy behind one of the oldest human questions: are you really making your own choices?From Benjamin L...
12 Sep 24min
What If Egypt Didn’t Build the Great Pyramid?
What if the Great Pyramid was already ancient when dynastic Egypt arrived?In this episode of Divergent Files, we examine the evidence and theories behind that possibility — from the Sphinx water-erosi...
10 Sep 16min
What Happens After the Last Human Dies? | Earth Without Us
What happens when the final human is gone—but civilization is still standing?In this episode of Divergent Files, we follow what happens when the systems we depend on stop being maintained. Cities rema...
8 Sep 15min
Why No One Can Find the Grand Canyon’s Hidden City
In 1909, the Arizona Gazette reported that explorer G.E. Kincaid had discovered a massive underground complex inside the Grand Canyon containing carved chambers, hieroglyphic-style writing, copper art...
6 Sep 26min
