Google Timelapse Walks You Through Decades of Change in Seconds
AdultsHistoryTechnologyWorldScienceData ScienceThree decades of change in five seconds.
Why doesn't anything stick to Teflon?
AdultsScienceTechnologyHistoryTeflon was in the spacesuits the Apollo crew wore for the moon landing, in pipes and valves used in the Manhattan project, and it may be in your kitchen, as the nonstick coating on frying pans and cookie sheets.
Why do we feel nostalgia?
AdultsHealthHistoryPsychologyNostalgia was once considered an illness confined to specific groups of people. Today, people all over the world report experiencing and enjoying nostalgia. But how does nostalgia work? And is it healthy? Clay Routledge details the way our understanding of nostalgia has changed since the term was first coined in the late 17th century.
Plato's best (and worst) ideas
AdultsHistoryPhilosophyFew individuals have influenced the world and many of today's thinkers like Plato. He created the first Western university and was teacher to Ancient Greece's greatest minds, including Aristotle.
How much of human history is on the bottom of the ocean?
AdultsEcologyHistoryNatureOceanSunken relics, ghostly shipwrecks, and lost cities aren't just wonders found in fictional adventures. Beneath the ocean's surface, there are ruins where people once roamed and shipwrecks loaded with artifacts from another time.
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.
Did The Past Really Happen? Vsauce
AdultsHistoryWorldPhilosophyGreece is full of wonderful new things and wonderful old things. But when WE become old things, will our ruins also be tourist attractions?