Why do you need to get a flu shot every year? - Melvin Sanicas
Adults Health ScienceAll year long, researchers at hospitals around the world collect samples from flu patients and send them to top virology experts with one goal: to design the vaccine for the next flu season. But why do we need a new one every year? Vaccines for diseases like mumps and polio offer a lifetime of protection with two shots early in life; what's so special about the flu? Melvin Sanicas explains.
The Nuclear Waste Problem
Adults Global Warming Science TechnologyNuclear energy is one of the cleanest, most efficient, and most available sources of power on earth.
What is the tragedy of the commons? - Nicholas Amendolare
Adults Ecology Global Warming SocietyIs it possible that overfishing, super germs, and global warming are all caused by the same thing? In 1968, a man named Garrett Hardin sat down to write an essay about overpopulation. Within it, he discovered a pattern of human behavior that explains some of history's biggest problems. Nicholas Amendolare describes the tragedy of the commons.
Google Pixel Buds review
Adults Creativity Design TechnologyGoogle's Pixel Buds get a few of the basics right when it comes to wireless earbuds. Language translation via the Google Translate app is helpful in a pinch, and the Google Assistant experience is genuinely fast and fun. But these $159 earbuds are fussy, from the way that they fit in your ears to the way that they fit in the case. And not everyone will love the open design, which lets lots of outside noise in. The Pixel Buds are Google's first attempt at making wireless earbuds, and it shows.
Star Wars: Jedi Challenges puts you into an AR lightsaber duel
Adults Gaming TechnologyStar Wars: Jedi Challenges is a recently released augmented reality toy created by Disney and Lenovo, where you can use your phone to fight lightsaber duels and play Holochess.
Elon Musk's Basic Economics
Adults Economy TechnologyImagine a $2,000 car... or a $100 laptop... or a $70 iPhone... or imagine any product, ten times cheaper than it was.
Should You Eat Every Day?
Adults Food Health PhilosophyAn intermittent fasting diet is one of the hippest new nutrition and fitness philosophies, based around the idea that going hungry can be good for your health.
All Hollywood VFX Removed! What Movies Really Look Like
Adults Film Technology Visual DesignIt used to be that what you saw on a movie set would pretty much be what you saw in the final movie. If you wanted to have a mountain in the background, you'd have to go to one.
Mexico Earthquake Hit My School
Adults Ecology Nature WorldMarie was a victim of the Central Mexico (Puebla) Earthquake on September 19th 2017. While so many lost their lives, were injured, or lost their homes and property, Marie was lucky - her house didn't crumble, just a few cracks here and there, and her loved ones and family were all okay, and obviously, she didn't die. But it was one of the scariest moments in her life and one she will never forget. This is a scary story, a scary TRUE story.