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This Number is Illegal

Adults Cybersecurity Math Technology
85650789657397829 + 1402 more digits is an illegal number. To understand why this is, we need to learn a little bit of cryptology, a little bit of math, and a little bit of programming.

Could anyone make a Jackson Pollock painting?

Adults Art Creativity
If you visit a museum with a collection of modern and contemporary art, you're likely to see works that sometimes elicit the response, "My cat could make that, so how is it art?" But is it true?

How Does An Owl Fly So Silently?

Adults Animals Nature
Using sensitive sound equipment the team try to find out how an owl can fly so silently compared to other birds.

Woven bark fiber

Adults Construction Nature Technology
I made a rough type of textile from bark fibre. This is the same tree I use for making cordage though I don't know its name. It has been raining a lot here lately (the video also shows how well the hut stands up to rain) and this caused a large wattle tree to fall down taking a few smaller trees with it.

Smarter Every Day

Adults Technology Transportation Physics
Can You Land A Helicopter Without Engine Power?

Did The Past Really Happen? Vsauce

Adults History World
Greece is full of wonderful new things and wonderful old things. But when WE become old things, will our ruins also be tourist attractions?

Can You Hear Colors?

Adults Psychology Science
Have you ever heard of synesthesia?

Why is being scared so fun?

Adults Human Science
At this very moment, people are lining up somewhere to scare themselves, be it with a thrill-ride or a horror movie. In fact, in October of 2015 alone, about 28 million people visited a haunted house in the US.

How To Perfectly Grill Fish

Adults Creativity Food
Jamie gives a lesson in how to grill fish fillets perfectly ensuring crispy skin and juicy, succulent meat. All in one minute flat.

James Webb Space Telescope

Adults Space Technology
Known as Hubble's successor, it uses 18 mirror segments to collect light from galaxies billions of light years away.

Where Does the Smell of Rain Come From?

Adults Nature Science
I smell a science storm a-comin'!!

The Turing test: Can a computer pass for a human?

Adults Artificial Intelligence Language Technology
What is consciousness? Can an artificial machine really think? For many, these have been vital considerations for the future of artificial intelligence.

5000 COLOURS

Adults Creativity Visual Design
It's insanely satisfying to watching them finish it.

Behind the scenes at a McDonald's photo shoot

Adults Food Marketing Visual Design
Isabel M from Toronto asked "Why does your food look different in the advertising than what is in the store?"

NASA | A Year in the Life of Earth's CO2

Adults Technology World
An ultra-high-resolution NASA computer model has given scientists a stunning new look at how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere travels around the globe.

Frozen Breakfast Burritos

Adults Creativity Food
In a large skillet over medium heat, cook bacon (in batches if necessary) until crispy. Remove the bacon to a paper towel lined plate - leave to cool...

The reason you feel awful when you're sick

Adults Health Neuroscience Wellness
It starts with a tickle in your throat that becomes a cough. Your muscles begin to ache, you grow irritable, and you lose your appetite. It's official: you've got the flu. It's logical to assume that this miserable medley of symptoms is the result of the infection coursing through your body - but is that really the case? Marco A. Sotomayor explains what's actually making you feel sick.

This Video Has Consumed 30.1 Household-Days of Electricity!

Adults Global Warming Technology
The title of this video is changing every 10 seconds to reflect an estimate of the actual energy used just by people (like you!) watching it. Thanks to Jasper Palfree for doing the computer magic that makes that possible!

How To Make A Roux

Adults Creativity Food
A roux is great for thickening soups, stews and sauces and French Guy Cooking shows you how to do it in just one minute.

Should you trust unanimous decisions?

Adults Psychology Society
Imagine a police lineup where ten witnesses are asked to identify a bank robber they glimpsed fleeing the scene. If six of them pick the same person, there's a good chance that's the culprit.

Tasty

Adults Creativity Food
Pesto Asparagus & Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta