How do solar panels work?
AdultsGlobal WarmingTechnologyScience...The Earth intercepts a lot of solar power: 173,000 terawatts. That's 10,000 times more power than the planet's population uses. So is it possible that one day the world could be completely reliant on solar energy? Richard Komp examines how solar panels convert solar energy to electrical energy.
Transporters and Quantum Teleportation
AdultsPhysicsTransportationScience...How Transporters and Quantum Teleportation Work
Alaska Airlines Solar Eclipse Flight
AdultsNatureSpaceTransportation...You can't help but get excited when you fly with us and see a solar eclipse. We adjusted Flight #870 from Anchorage to Honolulu on March 8, 2016 just so our passengers could catch the solar eclipse from 35,000 feet.
What is deja vu? What is deja vu?
AdultsNeurosciencePsychologyScienceYou might have felt it -- the feeling that you've experienced something before, but, in reality, the experience is brand new. There are over 40 theories that attempt to explain the phenomenon of deja vu. Michael Molina explains how neuroimaging and cognitive psychology have narrowed down the theories that could explain that feeling you're having...again.
4 Logical Paradoxes!!
AdultsInternet CulturePhilosophyScience4 Logical Paradoxes That Will Boggle Your Mind
This Is the Most Amazing Biomimetic Robot Hand You've Ever Seen
AdultsBiotechnologyHumanScienceThird arm? Robot tentacle? My dreams of having extra tentacles may come true!
How do dogs "see" with their noses?s
AdultsBiologyPetsScienceYou may have heard the expression that dogs 'see with their noses.' But these creature's amazing nasal architecture actually reveals a whole world beyond what we can see. Alexandra Horowitz illustrates how the dog's nose can smell the past, the future and even things that can't be seen at all.
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.
The Specious Present
AdultsHumanNeurosciencePsychology...What is the specious present? And how do our brains perceive time?
The benefits of a good night's sleep
AdultsHealthNeuroscienceScienceIt's 4am, and the big test is in 8 hours. You've been studying for days, but you still don't feel ready. Should you drink another cup of coffee and spend the next few hours cramming? Or should you go to sleep? Shai Marcu defends the latter option, showing how sleep restructures your brain in a way that's crucial for how our memory works.
The Science of Internet Trolls
AdultsInternet CultureSciencePsychologyTime to troll the trolls with some SCIENCE!
The Science Of Motivation
AdultsPsychologyProductivityScienceWhat's the best way to stay motivated?