How Will You Die?
AdultsData ScienceLifeScienceHealthScience, statistics and lifestyle can help predict how you will die!
How Do Animals See in the Dark?
AdultsAnimalsBiologyNeuroscienceScienceTo human eyes, the world at night is a formless canvas of grey. Many nocturnal animals, on the other hand, experience a rich and varied world, bursting with details, shapes, and colors.
Interactive Dynamic Video
AdultsFilmPhysicsTechnologyScienceImage-Space Modal Bases for Plausible Manipulation of Objects in Video" ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia 2015) by Abe Davis, Justin Chen, Fredo Durand
Is Most Published Research Wrong?
AdultsSocietyData ScienceSciencePsychologyMounting evidence suggests a lot of published research is false.
Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever
AdultsBiotechnologyFutureGeneticsScienceDesigner babies, the end of diseases, genetically modified humans that never age. Outrageous things that used to be science fiction are suddenly becoming reality. The only thing we know for sure is that things will change irreversibly.
Real life sunken cities
AdultsCitiesHistoryScienceNatureThough people are most familiar with Plato's fictional Atlantis, many real underwater cities actually exist. Peter Campbell explains how sunken cities are studied by scientists to help us understand the lives of our ancestors, the dynamic nature of our planet, and the impact of each on the other.
Which sunscreen should you choose?
AdultsGlobal WarmingHealthEnvironmentScienceSunscreen comes in many forms, each with its own impacts on your body and the environment. With so many options, how do you choose which sunscreen is best for you?
Why do we hiccup?
AdultsBiologyScienceHealthThe longest recorded case of hiccups lasted for 68 years ... and was caused by a falling hog. While that level of severity is extremely uncommon, most of us are no stranger to an occasional case of the hiccups. But what causes these 'hics' in the first place? John Cameron takes us into the diaphragm to find out.
One Year on Earth
AdultsFilmSpaceWorldScienceTechnologyOn July 20, 2015, NASA released to the world the first image of the sunlit side of Earth captured by the space agency's EPIC camera on NOAA's DSCOVR satellite. The camera has now recorded a full year of life on Earth from its orbit at Lagrange point 1, approximately 1 million miles from Earth, where it is balanced between the gravity of our home planet and the sun.
GoPro: Creating Fire Rain - A Steel Wool Experiment
AdultsPhotographyScienceTechnologyExperimentsRob Nelson and Jonas Stenstom from Untamed Science take us through the process of using steel wool and long exposure to create a fire rain photo.