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Art Aquarium: Hidetomo Kimura's fishy installation

Adults Animals Art Creativity
One of Tokyo's most popular summer attractions features LED light displays, impressive glass sculptures, an immersive soundscape and, most importantly, thousands of sea creatures. Japanese artist Hidetomo Kimura's Art Aquarium combines the movements of about 5,000 goldfish with light shows, beautifully crafted fishbowls, and projection mapping.

The Paralysed Beauty Blogger Inspiring Others With Her Beauty Tips | Living Differently

Adults Disability Internet Culture
Tess Daly is completely paralyzed but she has gained tens of thousands of followers online because of the amazing make up she can apply with the limited movement in her hand.

What happens to your body when you binge-watch too much TV

Adults Health TV
Watching hours of TV at a time creates an astounding cocktail of bad side-effects. But there are ways to binge responsibly.

LITERATURE - Goethe

Adults Books Creativity Culture
Goethe is one of the great minds of European civilisation, though his work is largely unknown outside of the German speaking countries. He deserves our renewed attention.

Can you find the next number in this sequence? - Alex Gendler

Adults Creativity Math Science
1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221. These are the first five elements of a number sequence. Can you figure out what comes next? Alex Gendler reveals the answer and explains how beyond just being a neat puzzle, this type of sequence has practical applications as well.

It's not you. Claw machines are rigged.

Adults Business Technology
If you have played a claw machine you probably haven't won many prizes and maybe even thought they are rigged. Find out what really happened to your allowance.

The real secret to sushi isn't fish

Adults Creativity Food
Here's how it rolled from rice paddies into your burrito.

Stretchy Batteries Are Coming... Here's How They Work

Adults Future Technology
Researchers have developed a way to make a battery and its casing stretchy, enabling future advancements in wearable electronics.

Card Throwing Trick Shots | Dude Perfect

Adults Art Creativity
Is card throwing the new water bottle flipping?

How does caffeine keep us awake? - Hanan Qasim

Adults Addiction Food Health
Over 100,000 metric tons of caffeine are consumed around the world every year. That's equivalent to the weight of 14 Eiffel Towers! Caffeine helps us feel alert, focused, and energetic, even if we haven't had enough sleep - but it can also raise our blood pressure and make us feel anxious. So how does it keep us awake? Hanan Qasim shares the science behind the world's most widely used drug.

This Woman Is Helping Grieving Parents To Heal | Amazing Humans

Adults Mental Health Society
Funeral Director LeighAnne helps parents through one of the most difficult experiences they can face - the loss of a miscarried or stillborn baby.

Vincent van Gogh's long, miserable road to fame

Adults Art Creativity History
Van Gogh's travels informed the works we revere today.

Binging with Babish: Game of Thrones

Adults Creativity Food
This weekend we're welcoming back the show that has the monopoly on lurid violence, epic battles, and wholly unnecessary nudity: Game of Thrones. George R.R. Martin's ability to describe the crunching of a skull is rivalled only by his ability to describe the crunching of a pastry, so it's only fitting that this sexy saga is home to some serious food porn. I'm a main character in this show, so my life is decidedly in danger this week.

The Hunt for Patient Zero Is Important But Impossible

Adults Health Science
Finding the source of a disease outbreak requires intensive detective work from health experts. But is finding Patient Zero even possible?

How does fracking work? - Mia Nacamulli

Adults Global Warming Nature Technology
Deep underground lie stores of once-inaccessible natural gas. There's a technology, called hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," that can extract this natural gas, potentially powering us for decades to come. So how does fracking work and why is it a source of such heated controversy? Mia Nacamulli explains the ins and outs of fracking.

Why We Only Learn When We Repeat

Adults Human Psychology
Our education system is based on the idea that we can learn things once, and that they'll then stay in our minds throughout our lives. That's far too optimistic. Our brains are like sieves. If anything is going to remain in them, we need regular reminders of what really matters. Fascinatingly, religions always understood that.

The Dangers of the Good Child

Adults Human Psychology Society
Good children don't cause problems; they always do what others expect. They seem to be on track. But there are real problems with people who never have a chance to be a little bad.

Superblocks: How Barcelona is taking city streets back from cars

Adults Cities Global Warming Transportation
Modern cities are designed for cars. But the city of Barcelona is testing out an urban design trick that can give cities back to pedestrians.

What to Do About Being Clumsy

Adults Psychology Relationships Society
Being clumsy is one of the most humiliating of scenarios. We need to learn to make friends with our 'inner idiot'.

Why people think they see ghosts

Adults Psychology Spirituality
Even though there is no scientific evidence that ghosts exist, you may not be crazy if you see one.

Pay-It-Forward Pizza | Rosa's Fresh Pizza // 60 Second Docs

Adults Food Personal Finance Society
At Rosa's Fresh Pizza in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pies aren't just for paying customers. In a pay-it-forward pizza initiative that began three years ago, people who lunch at the neighborhood pizzeria can donate a dollar and provide a slice for homeless people who otherwise can't afford it, using a system of Post-It notes to keep track of slices that can be redeemed. So far, says owner Mason Wartman, the community has given away more than 150,000 free slices -- plus an immeasurable amount of dignity -- to the homeless.