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All the nasty things inside a pimple

Adults Biology Health Human
What is in a pimple?

How to Start a Business

Adults Business Creativity Work
We're often encouraged to think that the secret to starting a business is to have a bold and entirely original idea. But the suggestion here is that all we really need is to LOVE something a little more than most other people do: that will be enough to help us stand out from the competition.

If The Sun Goes Out For 24 Hours

Adults Life Space World
What will happen to the planet Earth?

Why Do You Love Your Family?

Adults Family Human Society
Why do we love people we're related to? Compared to strangers, why do we feel such a deep sense of connection with our family members? Sure, they're nice to us, we take care of each other, and we often live with them, but there has to be a deeper biological reason. That reason, unsurprisingly is evolution. In this video, I explain why taking care of our family, or even dying for them, makes sense in the eyes of evolution.

Andy Makes Seafood Pasta | From the Test Kitchen

Adults Creativity Food
If you don't have a large enough pot to toss all the shellfish and pasta together, you can always transfer everything to the largest bowl or platter you have, or go old-school and just pour the sauce over the pasta at the table.

Emergence - How Stupid Things Become Smart Together

Adults Animals Nature
How can many stupid things combine to form smart things? How can proteins become living cells? How become lots of ants a colony? What is emergence?

How To Design A Comic Book Page

Adults Art Visual Design
A closer look at how Art Spiegelman designed pages in his comix masterpiece Maus.

The Dangers of Thinking Too Much; And Thinking Too Little

Adults Human Psychology Self
There are dangers associated both with thinking too much - and thinking too little. The trick is to use our minds to access our most sincere, authentic and original thoughts.

Where Do Our Drugs Come From?

Adults Animals Health Human
The incredible chemical weapon-making abilities of fungi, bacteria, and plants have created a diverse array of compounds that are useful to humans.

What Is It Like To Be Deaf?

Adults Disability Health Society
Deafness is not a one size fits all, but what are some things Deaf people might experience?

The Napkin Ring Problem

Adults Math Science
Do you ever come across a math problem that you know is right but no matter how hard you try, you can't wrap your mind around it?

What If You Only Ate Meat?

Adults Food Health
This would take your high protein, paleo, keto diet to a new level

This Particle Breaks Time Symmetry

Adults History Physics Science
Increasing entropy is NOT the only process that's asymmetric in time.

Why do animals form swarms?

Adults Animals Nature
When many individual organisms come together and move as one entity, that's a swarm. From a handful of birds to billions of insects, swarms can be almost any size.

The Cheerios Effect

Adults Food Science
Who knew there was so much science in a bowl of cereal?

Why Pets Have Surprisingly Small Brains

Adults Animals Pets
When we domesticate an animal species, their brains shrink and they freak out less.

Swiss Supermarket's Christmas Ad

Adults Creativity Film
Explore the secret world of grocery store checkout scanners.

World's First Car!

Adults History Technology Automotive
I got to drive the world's first car (replica), patented by Benz in 1886

Why is Herodotus called "The Father of History"? - Mark Robinson

Adults History Society
500 years ago, the writing of history as we know it didn't exist. The past was recorded as a list of events, with little explanation for their causes beyond accepting things as the will of the gods.

Inside an ICE CAVE! - Nature's Most Beautiful Blue

Adults Ecology Nature Science
Where do glaciers and icebergs get their beautiful blue color? This unique blue might be nature's most brilliant, and the color arises in a very special way thanks to some surprising interactions between light and water molecules.

Chicken Breasts That Don't Suck | Basics with Babish

Adults Creativity Food
Chicken breasts: one of the most perplexing pieces of poultry for a new chef in the kitchen. Here's the Basics on how to make juicy, tender, flavorful, and crispy chicken breasts with a rich, lemony pan sauce.