Under the Dark Skies
AdultsHumanNatureSpaceScienceEnvironment... National Geographic partnered with the International Dark-Sky Association to provide families with a true ‘dark sky’ observatory experience, free from the artificial light prevalent in city and suburban communities.
Amphibians Face Mass Extinction as Fungus Spreads Across the World
AdultsAnimalsEnvironmentNatureScience... Results from a recent global survey of amphibians shows that chytrid fungus has threatened twice as many species than previously thought.
Why are earthquakes so hard to predict?
AdultsEnvironmentNatureScienceNatural Disasters... Take a look at the theories behind why earthquakes occur, what makes them so hard to predict and the warning system technologies we rely on today.
What If We Detonated All Nuclear Bombs at Once?
AdultsLifeScienceWorldHumanHistory... What happens if we make a huge pile from all 15,000 nuclear bombs and pull the trigger? And what happens if we make an even bigger pile?
Why Can't We Get Power From Waves?
AdultsNatureScienceTechnologyEnergy... Wave power hasn’t yet made a splash because it’s hard to use waves to spin turbines, and because the sea is a harsh place to build things.
100 Gallons of Spider Silk | Because Science Footnotes
AdultsNatureScienceWeatherEntertainment... Kyle discusses exactly how much spider silk Peter Parker would need to stop that train, responds to your comments, and more!
Can Humans Sense Magnetic Fields?
AdultsNeurosciencePsychologyScienceBiology... Research has found some human brains can pick up on rotations of geomagnetic-strength fields as evidenced by drops in alpha wave power following stimulus.
You Are A Fish
AdultsAnimalsHumanNatureScienceEvolutionBiology... With our current understanding of evolutionary history and our strategy of cladistic naming, if we wanted to have both goldfish and sharks under a single group called "fish", then mammals must also be called fish.
How Do You Survive Being Trapped In Space? ft. William Osman
AdultsHealthHumanSpaceScienceSurvival... William Osman and Blocko are trapped on the international space station for this episode of Deblocked! How do you survive trapped in space?
What Eating Rotten Food Really Does To Your Body
AdultsFoodNatureScienceHealth... Food poisoning is awful, but what's actually happening inside your body when you eat rotten food?
The Origin of Consciousness
AdultsHumanPhilosophyPsychologyScience... Consciousness is perhaps the biggest riddle in nature. In the first part of this three part video series, we explore the origins of consciousness and take a closer look on how unaware things became aware.
The physics of surfing - Nick Pizzo
AdultsNatureScienceSportsPhysics... Wondering how you can catch the perfect wave? Dive into the fascinating and complex physics of surfing.
How Captain Marvel Survives in Space
AdultsFilmScienceSpace Carol Danvers received a plethora of powers when she hybridized with the Kree space aliens, but her most extraordinary is the ability to survive in space.