The Crazy Way Scientists Launch Rockets From Balloons
Adults Space TechnologyLarge chemical rockets are needed to launch payloads into space from the ground, but could rockoons, rocket balloons, be a more efficient alternative?
The economics of beard popularity in the US
Adults Economy Philosophy SocietyWe may have reached "peak beard."
This Giant Neuron Could Explain Where Consciousness Comes From
Adults Biology Neuroscience SelfAfter uncovering three giant neurons, scientists could be one step closer to pinpointing where consciousness lives in the brain.
We Could Back Up The Entire Internet On A Gram Of DNA
Adults Genetics Internet Culture TechnologyNature's code for life is stored in DNA, but what if we could code anything we wanted into DNA? Scientists are figuring out how.
Saito: The Sushi God of Tokyo
Adults Creativity FoodSushi Saito is a 3 Michelin Star sushi restaurant, and many regard it as the best in Japan. We got to spend the day with Saito, to ask him about his work, and to eat his soul shattering sushi.
Food Truck for the Homeless | Share a Meal // 60 Second Docs
Adults Food SocietyAfter a life-changing epiphany in 2009, Ravi Singh, along with his wife Jacquelin, started Share a Meal, a non-profit program that delivers fresh meals to the homeless on Los Angeles' Skid Row. For five days a week, the Sikh man and his team of volunteers make and deliver hundreds of vegan burritos out of their food truck as a way to serve and share with the community. Out here, it's more than just a free meal - it's a way to show others that they have not been forgotten.
Disney Invented A Room Where Your Phone Will Never Die
Adults Gadgets TechnologyResearchers have created a room that can charge your phone wirelessly. Could this be the future of charging technology?
Why cartoon characters wear gloves
Adults Art Creativity FilmAnimators had a few tricks up their slee...err gloves.
Ryan's Recycling | Kid Entrepreneur // 60 Second Docs
Adults Global Warming Leadership SocietyWhen Ryan Hickman was just 3 years old, he went with his father to recycle for the first time. After sorting his bottles and cans, he became obsessed with recycling, and how it can help save the environment, and decided to start his own business - Ryan's Recycling Company. Now 7, Ryan has disposed of more than 200,000 bottles and cans and earned about $21,000. It's all in a hard day's work.