The History and Future of Everything -- Time
Adults History WorldTime makes sense in small pieces. But when you look at huge stretches of time, it's almost impossible to wrap your head around things. So we teamed up with the awesome blog "Wait but Why" and made this video to help you putting things in perspective with some infographics!
This Is How Your Brain Powers Your Thoughts
Adults Biology NeuroscienceScientists have figured out how our brains process thoughts and the explanation will blow your mind.
Ping Pong Trick Shots 3 | Dude Perfect
Adults Internet Culture Media SportsWe take Ping Pong Trick Shots to the next level!
The Beginning of Everything -- The Big Bang
Adults History Physics SpaceHow did everything get started? Has the universe a beginning or was it here since forever? Well, evidence suggests that there was indeed a starting point to this universe we are part of right now. But how can this be? How can something come from nothing? And what about time? We don't have all the answers yet so let's talk about what we know.
14-Year-Old Prodigy Programmer Dreams In Code
Adults Education Software EngineeringFourteen-year-old programmer and software developer Santiago Gonzalez might just be the next Steve Jobs. He already has 15 iOS apps to his name and dreams of designing for Apple. At age 12, Santiago became a full-time college student and is on track to earn his bachelor's degree in computer science and electrical engineering by age 16. By 17, when most teenagers are excited to just have their driver's license, Santiago will have his masters degree.
Can you solve the three gods riddle? - Alex Gendler
Adults Creativity MathYou and your team have crash-landed on an ancient planet. Can you appease the three alien overlords who rule it and get your team safely home? Created by logician Raymond Smullyan, and popularized by his colleague George Boolos, this riddle has been called the hardest logic puzzle ever. Alex Gendler shows how to solve it.
Can you solve the virus riddle? - Lisa Winer
Adults Creativity MathYour research team has found a prehistoric virus preserved in the permafrost and isolated it for study. After a late night working, you're just closing up the lab when a sudden earthquake hits and breaks all the sample vials. Will you be able to destroy the virus before the vents open and unleash a deadly airborne plague? Lisa Winer shows how.
5-Yr-Old Pool Prodigy
Adults Human SportsMeet Keith O'Dell, a bonafide pool playing prodigy. At just five years old, Keith pockets balls like a pro. The sport is in Keith's genes - his parents play pool, his grandparents play pool, the family even eats dinner on the pool table. His father says Keith was "born to play pool." The question is, how will his incredible talent effect the life ahead of him?
How this guy found 83 messages in bottles
Adults Creativity Global Warming ScienceClint Buffington has found 83 messages in bottles - and you could probably do it too. Vox's Zachary Crockett and Phil Edwards found out how.
Minecraft isn't just a game. It's an art form.
Adults Art Creativity GamingMinecraft maps are unique worlds, but they can also be an art form.
How does your body know what time it is? - Marco A. Sotomayor
Adults Human Mental Health ScienceBeing able to sense time helps us do everything from waking and sleeping to knowing precisely when to catch a ball that's hurtling towards us. And we owe all these abilities to an interconnected system of timekeepers in our brains. But how do they work? Marco A. Sotomayor details how human bodies naturally tell time.