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The Truth About Toilet Swirl

Adults Physics World
We each repeated the experiment 3 times, and got the same results every time. For those of you who might be skeptical, great! A right circular prismatic kiddie pool is only $10 and you can do the experiment for yourself at your latitude. There's really no reason you shouldn't do it for yourself.

The Martian

Adults Film Marketing
THE MARTIAN | Official Trailer: During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet.

Misconceptions about Sharks

Adults Animals Psychology Society
A weekly show where we debunk common misconceptions. This week, Elliott discusses some misconceptions about sharks!

How to Turn Water into Wine - Science Trick

Adults Food Science
Turn water into wine! This simple science experiment demonstrates how fluids with different density can switch places. Fun to use as a magic party trick or as a demonstration for a physics experiment. Watch as the water switches place with the wine, because water has a higher density then wine. You could try using a playing card instead of the thin plastic spacer.

World's First Wireless MIDI Guitar Controller for Acoustic Guitar - ACPAD

Adults Music Technology
Is this world first wireless MIDI guitar controller for acoustic guitar gonna change the music world? Keep an eye on it!

Chasing Waterfalls

Adults Film Nature Sports
GoPro Athlete Dane Jackson ventures to a kayaker's paradise in Veracruz, Mexico to chase some of the most challenging waterfalls in the world.

Just a nice fluteboxing

Adults Creativity Internet Culture Music
Because Beatboxing Is Too Mainstream, He Presents You The "Fluteboxing"

The Surprising Places We Waste Energy

Adults Global Warming Science Technology
We use a LOT of energy, but we waste a lot too. Where that waste happens might surprise, you though. We don't just waste energy when we leave the lights on or the thermostat cranked down too low. It happens at the dinner table and the water faucet as too!

Miniature Origami Robot

Adults Art Technology
"An Untethered Miniature Origami Robot that Self-folds, Walks, Swims, and Degrades," by Shuhei Miyashita, Steven Guitron, Marvin Ludersdorfer, Cynthia R. Sung, and Daniela Rus from MIT and TU Munich, was presented at ICRA 2015 in Seattle.

The secret life of plankton

Adults Environment Nature
New videography techniques have opened up the oceans' microscopic ecosystem, revealing it to be both mesmerizingly beautiful and astoundingly complex. Marine biologist Tierney Thys teamed with Christian Sardet (CNRS/Tara Oceans), Noe Sardet and Sharif Mirshak to use footage from the Plankton Chronicles project to create a film designed to ignite wonder and curiosity about this hidden world that underpins our own food chain.

Weather Box

Adults Gadgets Software Engineering Weather
Ken Kawamoto, a software engineer by day and gadget inventor by night, likes to "break the barrier between the digital world and the real world ," and he has done just that with his latest invention - the Tempescope. This little box can create real raindrops and clouds and simulate lightning and sunlight to show you the weather forecast or real-time weather display. Photos

5 Year Old Moto Girl

Adults Sports Women
Taylor Joyce isn't your average 5 year old girl... Watch as she shreds the boys in the world of racing Minis.

Ice Spikes Explained

Adults Nature Science
Why do spikes form on ice cubes? Without them the world would be vastly different.

What's The Loudest Possible Sound?

Adults Physics Science
It's definitely higher than "11"

The Essentials of Energy

Adults Physics Science
The world of energy is a confusing place. What's better, nuclear or solar? What's the difference between fluorescent bulbs and LEDs? What's the difference between energy and power? And what the heck is a kilowatt-hour?!

The wars that inspired Game of Thrones

Adults Books Film History
Beginning around 1377, medieval England was shaken by a power struggle between two noble families, which spanned generations and involved a massive cast of characters, complex motives and shifting loyalties. Sound familiar? Alex Gendler illustrates how the historical conflict known as the Wars of the Roses served as the basis for much of the drama in Game of Thrones.

Are You Consuming Your Coffee Correctly?

Adults Biology Food Health
Have you been doing it wrong?

Batkid Begins

Adults Film Health
It's November 15, 2013.Twenty-five thousand people descend on San Francisco. Online, two billion others join in. This massive crowd erupts with a collective display of public emotion rarely seen. With a Beatlemania-like intensity, people take to the streets and screens. They are all united to fulfill the wish of 5-year-old Miles Scott, who is recovering from Leukemia. It is his dream to become Batkid and save Gotham City. Batkid Begins chronicles the making of the overnight international phenomenon that is Batkid.

How batteries work

Adults History Physics Technology
Batteries are a triumph of science-they allow smartphones and other technologies to exist without anchoring us to an infernal tangle of power cables. Yet even the best batteries will diminish daily, slowly losing capacity until they finally die. Why does this happen, and how do our batteries even store so much charge in the first place? Adam Jacobson gives the basics on batteries.

Wheel of Musical Impressions with Jamie Foxx

Adults Music TV
Jimmy challenges Jamie to a game of random musical impressions, such as John Legend singing the Toys "R" Us jingle.

Jet Ski Motosurf with Mark Gomez

Adults Sports Transportation
Surfing meets Freestyle Motocross as Professoinal Jet Ski Freerider, Mark Gomez, takes us along for an epic shred session in Southern California.