How to Make an Elephant Explode with Science - The Size of Life 2
AdultsAnimalsGeneticsScienceBiologyExperiments... Life on this planet is based on cells. Cells do vary in size. But they are pretty similar in their dimensions across all species. A blue whale doesn't have bigger cells than a hummingbird, just a lot more of them.
Could Lab-Grown Meat Make Eating Human O.K.? (Part 2 of 3)
AdultsFoodIndustryScience Lab grown meat has been making headlines recently, but is it actually a better alternative to the traditional meat industry?
How Airlines Price Flights
AdultsEconomyIndustryTravelScience... Airline ticket pricing probably seems like a crapshoot. The numbers change seemingly arbitrarily every week, day, or hour, but there is some real science behind these prices.
You Think You Know What Meat Is... But You Have No Idea (Part 1 of 3)
AdultsFoodScienceHistory Eating meat has been part of the human identity for 2.5 million years, but according to science, what exactly is meat?
The Truth About the Titanic Has Been Revealed
AdultsHistoryTransportationTravelScience... Recent findings reveal the truth that has been buried for over one hundred years. Scientists have debunked the theory that the cause of the Titanic sinking was an iceberg.
What are mini brains? - Madeline Lancaster
AdultsBiologyHumanScience Shielded by our thick skulls and swaddled in layers of protective tissue, the human brain is extremely difficult to observe in action. Luckily, scientists can use brain organoids - pencil eraser-sized masses of cells that function like human brains but aren't part of an organism - to look closer. How do they do it? And is it ethical? Madeline Lancaster shares how to make a brain in a lab.
Where does all the snot come from? - James May's Q&A (Ep 3) - Head Squeeze
AdultsHealthHumanScience 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.
Emergence - How Stupid Things Become Smart Together
AdultsAnimalsNatureSciencePhilosophy... How can many stupid things combine to form smart things? How can proteins become living cells? How become lots of ants a colony? What is emergence?
Where Do Our Drugs Come From?
AdultsAnimalsHealthHumanScience... The incredible chemical weapon-making abilities of fungi, bacteria, and plants have created a diverse array of compounds that are useful to humans.
The Napkin Ring Problem
AdultsMathScience 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?
Why do animals form swarms?
AdultsAnimalsNatureScience When many individual organisms come together and move as one entity, that's a swarm. From a handful of birds to billions of insects, swarms can be almost any size.
The Cheerios Effect
AdultsFoodScience Who knew there was so much science in a bowl of cereal?
Why Pets Have Surprisingly Small Brains
AdultsAnimalsPetsScience When we domesticate an animal species, their brains shrink and they freak out less.
Inside an ICE CAVE! - Nature's Most Beautiful Blue
AdultsEcologyNatureScience 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.
How do fish make electricity? - Eleanor Nelsen
AdultsAnimalsBiologyNatureScience... Nearly 350 species of fish have specialized anatomical structures that generate and detect electrical signals. Underwater, where light is scarce, electrical signals offer ways to communicate, navigate, find, and sometimes stun prey. But how do these fish produce electricity? And why? Eleanor Nelsen illuminates the science behind electric fish.