FarmBot Genesis
AdultsEnvironmentFoodTechnologyFarmBot Genesis is humanity's first open-source CNC farming machine designed for at-home automated food production.
This Farm of the Future Uses No Soil and 95% Less Water
AdultsFoodTechnologyEnvironmentAs urban populations continue to rise, innovators are looking beyond traditional farming as a way to feed everyone while having less impact on our land and water resources. Vertical farming is one solution that's been implemented around the world.
Why do some people have seasonal allergies?
AdultsHealthHumanBiology...Ah, spring. Grass growing, flowers blooming, trees budding. For those with allergies, though, this explosion of new life probably inspires more dread than joy. So what's behind this annual onslaught of mucus? Eleanor Nelsen explains what happens when your immune system goes rogue.
Orchids: The Masters Of Lying, Cheating & Stealing
AdultsEnvironmentNatureThanks to Curtin University and the University of Western Australia for sponsoring this video. Also, special thanks to Kingsley Dixon and the Orchid Specialist Group of the IUCN's Species Survival Commission.
Cardboard House
AdultsBusinessConstructionEnvironment...Customize and Build Your Own Cardboard-Based House
Air Into Drinking Water
AdultsBusinessStartupsTechnology...This Ingenious Water Bottle Is Designed To Convert The Air Into Drinking Water
The Real Reason Leaves Change Color In the Fall
AdultsEnvironmentNatureThe chlorophyll breaks down, the green color disappears, and the yellow to orange colors become visible and give the leaves part of their fall splendor.
Electric Cars Could Wreak Havoc
AdultsGlobal WarmingTechnologyTransportation...February 24 -- There are more than one billion cars on the road worldwide today, and only one tenth of one percent of them have a plug. OPEC contends that even in the year 2040, EVs will make up just one percent.
The threat of invasive species
AdultsEnvironmentNatureScienceMassive vines that blanket the southern United States, climbing high as they uproot trees and swallow buildings. A ravenous snake that is capable of devouring an alligator. Rabbit populations that eat themselves into starvation.
NASA | A Year in the Life of Earth's CO2
AdultsTechnologyWorldScience...An ultra-high-resolution NASA computer model has given scientists a stunning new look at how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere travels around the globe.
Edible Cutlery
AdultsEnvironmentGlobal WarmingHealth...India is one of the world's largest consumers of disposable plastic cutlery, which has the makings of a huge health and environmental crisis written all over it.
How I found a mythical boiling river in the Amazon
AdultsEnvironmentNatureScience...When Andres Ruzo was a young boy in Peru, his grandfather told him a story with an odd detail: There is a river, deep in the Amazon, which boils as if a fire burns below it.
Rain's Dirty Little Secret
AdultsEnvironmentNatureScienceMinuteEarth provides an energetic and entertaining view of trends in earth's environment - in just a few minutes!
Future Of Practical Power
AdultsEnvironmentScienceTechnology...The Wendelstein 7-X was a nightmare to build, but if it works it may light a new path to fusion energy.
How Fighting Wildfires Makes Them Worse
AdultsEnvironmentNatureToday's wildfires burn, on average, twice the amount of land they did in 1970. The reason? We've been working too hard to put them out.
Jaguar Cub Makes Public Debut at San Diego Zoo
AdultsAnimalsEnvironmentThe San Diego Zoo's jaguar cub makes its public debut on March 28. The cub was born on March 12 and has spent most of its time away from the public exhibit since birth.
Evolutionarily Stable Strategies ft. Richard Dawkins
AdultsEnvironmentNatureWhen evolution favours a stable ratio of traits rather than one dominant trait.
How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change
AdultsEnvironmentGlobal WarmingNature"Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert," begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And terrifyingly, it's happening to about two-thirds of the world's grasslands, accelerating climate change and causing traditional grazing societies to descend into social chaos. Savory has devoted his life to stopping it.
How Does A Canyon Become Grand?
AdultsEnvironmentHistoryNatureI was in Arizona recently for Phoenix Comic-Con, and had the amazing pleasure of seeing one of Earth's greatest natural wonders... the Grand Canyon. More than a mile deep, and several miles across, it just defies belief. But I couldn't help but think, the Colorado River down at the bottom isn't that big. How did it cut a canyon so massive? How old is the Grand Canyon?