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Make Your Brain Work Faster!

Youth Science
The Doctors tell us all about the brain!

Why The Ocean Needs Salt (But Has None)

Adults Science
Our oceans don’t technically contain salt, but the ions salt is made of play a critical role in planet-wide processes that make the Earth habitable.

How Does Your Brain Respond To Pain

Youth Science
Ouch! Everyone experiences pain -- but why do some people react to the same painful stimulus in different ways?

How 3D Printers Work

Kids Science
Kamri Noel is on a quest to understand her 3-D printer with the help of a Nat Geo expert.

Are Our Tendons Stronger Than Steel?

Youth Science
Dr. Chris and Dr. Xand show us what tendons do in our bodies and just how super strong they are!

Walking Water Science Experiment

Kids Science
Children will learn about how water travel up the paper towels through a process called capillary action.

How Playing An Instrument Benefits Your Brain

Youth Science
When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active.

Can Dogs Really Smell When We're Sick?

Youth Science
Dr. Chris and Dr. Xand use the help of a specially trained dog, Daisy, to detect many kinds of serious diseases in humans by smelling breath samples.

What are gravitational waves? - Amber L. Stuver

Adults Science
In September 2015, scientists witnessed something never seen before: two black holes colliding. Both about 30 times as big as our Sun, they had been orbiting each other for millions of years. A fraction of a second before the crash, they sent a vibration across the universe at the speed of light that was picked up by the LIGO detector. So what are these ripples in space? Amber L. Stuver explains.

The Scientific Method

Kids Science
The Scientific Method is a way to ask and answer questions about the world in a logical way.

Why Do Honeybees Love Hexagons?

Youth Science
Honeybees are some of nature's finest mathematicians.

How Imaginary Numbers Were Invented

Adults Science
A general solution to the cubic equation was long considered impossible, until we gave up the requirement that math reflect reality.

Catching Criminals Using Their Relative's DNA

Adults Science
Your genetic code is probably already in a database, without you ever giving a sample or permission.

You could have a secret twin (but not the way you think) - Kayla Mandel Sheets

Adults Science
While searching for a kidney donor, Karen Keegan stumbled upon a mystery. After undergoing genetic testing, it turned out that some of her cells had a completely different set of genes from the others.

Earth's mysterious red glow, explained - Zoe Pierrat

Adults Science
Explore the phenomenon and uses of chlorophyll fluorescence, a small amount of light emitted by plants during photosynthesis.

The Place Where Time Flows Backwards

Adults Science
People all around the world tend to represent time via space, but there’s no consensus on which way time goes.

This Virus Shouldn't Exist (But it Does)

Adults Science
Hidden in the microverse all around you, there is a merciless war being fought by the true rulers of this planet, microorganisms.