Why We Haven’t Learned More In 101 Years Of Trying
AdultsHistoryHumanLifeScience... Almost everything we know about the reproductive practices of European eels comes from a genius study conducted more than 100 years ago.
How to master your sense of smell
AdultsBiologyHumanScienceHealthFood... Some perfumers can distinguish individual odors in a fragrance made of hundreds of scents; tea-experts have been known to sniff out the exact location of a particular tea; and the NYC Transit Authority once had a employee responsible only for sniffing out gas leaks.
The man who lost his sense of touch
AdultsBiologyHealthHumanNeuroscienceScience... Explore the science behind how your body and brain process different sensations like touch, pain, temperature, and spatial awareness.
How Wildfires Spawn Deadly Firenadoes
AdultsLifeNatureWeatherEnvironmentScience... Climate change is causing wildfire season to get worse every year. And our models of wildfires can't keep up with the things fires can do... like spawn devastating fire tornadoes.
Porcelain in the Wreckage | Drain the Oceans
AdultsHistoryLifeNatureScienceArt... Vanessa Litzenberg discusses the porcelain from the wreck. Drain the Oceans dives deep into the unknown; a truly epic, original series that takes underwater adventure and earth science illustration into a whole new era.
You Can’t Actually Die Of Old Age
AdultsBiologyHealthHumanScienceMythology... Despite centuries of death records to the contrary, “dying of old age” is not medically possible; instead, it’s just a convenient catch-all.
World's Strongest Magnet!
AdultsDesignEducationScienceTechnologyEnvironment... The world's strongest magnet is a million times stronger than Earth's magnetic field. Learn more about sustainability and Google’s efforts at sustainability.google. Part of this video was sponsored by Google.
How Smart Are Crows Actually?
AdultsAnimalsLifePsychologyScience... Have you seen that adorable clip of a raven sledding down a snowy roof? We have, so we took a deep dive into how crows and other corvids exhibit tool use, intelligence, and maybe even consciousness.
The Biology Behind The Last of Us | WIRED
AdultsFilmMediaTVScienceBiology... The infection from HBO's The Last of Us is actually based on a real parasitic fungus. This fungus turns insects into zombies. The creators of the game and the show were inspired by zombie carpenter ants.
Your Immune System is More Dangerous than You Think
AdultsBiologyEducationScienceHealth... There is this idea floating around that what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. That surviving a disease leaves you better off. And it seems to make sense because we have all experienced this.
Why Is Our Moon Two-Faced?
AdultsLifeScienceSpaceAstronomy... The near side of the Moon has a thin crust and is covered in maria. The far side has a thick crust and almost no maria.
Can We Capture Greenhouse Gases?
AdultsEnvironmentNatureWorldScienceEconomy... It’s one thing to say a business is carbon neutral. It’s another to be able to truly account for that carbon at all stages of the production process.
rimitive Technology: Decarburization of iron and forging experiments
AdultsConstructionCreativityLifeScienceEngineeringDIY... I took a brittle, high carbon/iron alloy (cast iron) made from local ore and used a decarburization method to reduce it's carbon content making it malleable and forged it flat by hammering.
The continents are moving. When will they collide?
AdultsEnvironmentLifeWorldScienceGeology... Dig into the science of plate tectonics to find out when the next supercontinent will emerge— and how it could affect Earth’s environment.