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The Last Star

YouthSpaceScienceAstronomy
The last star in the universe will be a red dwarf.

How Playing An Instrument Benefits Your Brain

YouthScienceMusicHealthNeuroscience
When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active.

Walking Water Science Experiment

KidsScienceExperimentsEducation
Children will learn about how water travel up the paper towels through a process called capillary action.

Can Dogs Really Smell When We're Sick?

YouthScienceAnimalsHealth
Dr. Chris and Dr. Xand use the help of a specially trained dog, Daisy, to detect many kinds of serious diseases in humans by smelling breath samples.

The Colours Of Stars

KidsScienceNatureAstronomy
Sam the Bat noticed that some stars are different colors, so Mister Brown teaches him about what colors stars can be, and what all the colors mean!

How We Are Going To The Moon

YouthSpaceScienceFuture
While Apollo placed the first steps on the Moon, Artemis opens the door for humanity to sustainably work and live on another world for the first time.

How Imaginary Numbers Were Invented

AdultsHistoryHumanScienceMath
A general solution to the cubic equation was long considered impossible, until we gave up the requirement that math reflect reality.

Why Do Honeybees Love Hexagons?

YouthScienceNatureBiology
Honeybees are some of nature's finest mathematicians.

The Scientific Method

KidsScienceEducation
The Scientific Method is a way to ask and answer questions about the world in a logical way.

What are gravitational waves? - Amber L. Stuver

AdultsPhysicsScienceSpace
In September 2015, scientists witnessed something never seen before: two black holes colliding. Both about 30 times as big as our Sun, they had been orbiting each other for millions of years. A fraction of a second before the crash, they sent a vibration across the universe at the speed of light that was picked up by the LIGO detector. So what are these ripples in space? Amber L. Stuver explains.

Why is this 2,500 year old shipwreck so well-preserved?

AdultsConstructionHistoryScience
Discover the unique conditions that make the Black Sea host to dozens of shipwrecks that date back thousands of years.

What Dinosaurs ACTUALLY Looked Like?

AdultsHistoryLifeNatureScienceEducation
The past is a vast and mysterious land that begins at the big bang and ends in the present, expanding with each passing moment. It is the home of everything that came before, the key to understanding our present.

Catching Criminals Using Their Relative's DNA

AdultsBiologyHumanScienceGeneticsPrivacy
Your genetic code is probably already in a database, without you ever giving a sample or permission.

The Rain Shadow Effect

AdultsEnvironmentNatureWorldScienceWeather
Here’s how mountains control the weather.

How to Photograph the Night Sky | National Geographic

AdultsCreativityEducationHumanPhotographyScience
NASCAR driver and photography enthusiast, Bubba Wallace, and National Geographic Photographer Babak Tafreshi demonstrate how to take nighttime photos of the sky. Paid Content for Columbia.

You could have a secret twin (but not the way you think) - Kayla Mandel Sheets

AdultsBiologyHumanScienceGeneticsHealthFamily
While searching for a kidney donor, Karen Keegan stumbled upon a mystery. After undergoing genetic testing, it turned out that some of her cells had a completely different set of genes from the others.

Earth's mysterious red glow, explained - Zoe Pierrat

AdultsEducationScienceSpaceNatureBiology
Explore the phenomenon and uses of chlorophyll fluorescence, a small amount of light emitted by plants during photosynthesis.

This Virus Shouldn't Exist (But it Does)

AdultsBiologyEducationScience
Hidden in the microverse all around you, there is a merciless war being fought by the true rulers of this planet, microorganisms.

The Place Where Time Flows Backwards

AdultsEducationScienceSpacePhilosophySociety
People all around the world tend to represent time via space, but there’s no consensus on which way time goes.

How Distant Galaxies Mess With Our Lives

AdultsLifeScienceSpacePhysics
Tiny particles from distant galaxies have caused plane accidents, election interference and game glitches. This video is sponsored by Brilliant.

How the Kushites Took Over Egypt | Flooded Tombs of the Nile

AdultsHistoryHumanScienceCulture
The Kushites and the Egyptians have a long history that is often forgotten about. Archeologist excavating a Kushite tomb discuss just how interconnected the two cultures were as they discover new artifacts within the tomb.