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Can We Really Touch Anything?

Adults Science
Can we really touch things? Well if by touch we mean exchange a force-carrying particle with, then yes.

The science of skin - Emma Bryce

Adults Science
Between you and the rest of the world lies an interface that makes up 16% of your physical weight. This is your skin, the largest organ in your body: laid out flat, it would cover close to 1.7 square metres of ground.

String Theory Explained - What is The True Nature of Reality?

Adults Science
This video was funded by SNSF under Agora Grant n. 171622 and through the NCCR SwissMAP: The Mathematics of Physics.

COLD HARD SCIENCE: SLAPSHOT Physics in Slow Motion

Adults Science
I shot the skaters with a Phantom MIRO LC320S made by Vision Research.

Is It Safe To Get Your DNA Tested?

Adults Science
Once it's out of your body, your genetic information is valuable to a variety of people, but you can keep it safe(ish) with a few simple steps.

What Is Light?

Adults Science
We are so used to some things that we stopped wondering about them. Like light. What is light? Some kind of wavy thing, right? Kind of.

NEW Gravitational Wave Discovery!

Adults Science
Scientists have JUST published this new observation.

Why Alien Life Would be our Doom - The Great Filter

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Finding alien life on a distant planet would be amazing news - or would it? If we are not the only intelligent life in the universe, this probably means our days are numbered and doom is certain.

Could we clone humans? - Earth Lab

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Dom Burgess investigates whether we could clone humans in the future.

Could Lab-Grown Meat Make Eating Human O.K.? (Part 2 of 3)

Adults Science
Lab grown meat has been making headlines recently, but is it actually a better alternative to the traditional meat industry?

How does your immune system work? - Emma Bryce

Adults Science
The immune system is a vast network of cells, tissues, and organs that coordinate your body's defenses against any threats to your health. Without it, you'd be exposed to billions of bacteria, viruses, and toxins that could make something as minor as a paper cut or a seasonal cold fatal. So how does it work? Emma Bryce takes you inside the body to find out.

You Think You Know What Meat Is... But You Have No Idea (Part 1 of 3)

Adults Science
Eating meat has been part of the human identity for 2.5 million years, but according to science, what exactly is meat?

Where does all the snot come from? - James May's Q&A (Ep 3) - Head Squeeze

Adults Science
James May tells us exactly where that green snot in our nostrils comes from. He also delves into how mucus helps prevent harmful foreign objects from entering our bodies.

The Napkin Ring Problem

Adults Science
Do you ever come across a math problem that you know is right but no matter how hard you try, you can't wrap your mind around it?

This Particle Breaks Time Symmetry

Adults Science
Increasing entropy is NOT the only process that's asymmetric in time.

The Cheerios Effect

Adults Science
Who knew there was so much science in a bowl of cereal?

Inside an ICE CAVE! - Nature's Most Beautiful Blue

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Where do glaciers and icebergs get their beautiful blue color? This unique blue might be nature's most brilliant, and the color arises in a very special way thanks to some surprising interactions between light and water molecules.