Why you procrastinate even when it feels bad
AdultsHealthHumanPsychologyExplore what happens in the brain to trigger procrastination, and what strategies you can use to break the cycle of this harmful practice.
A Molecule-Thick Coating Changes What a Surface Does, Thanks to Nanoscience
AdultsCreativityEducationScienceThis episode was made in partnership with The Kavli Prize. The Kavli Prize honors scientists for breakthroughs in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience — transforming our understanding of the big, the small, and the complex.
King Penguins and Melting Glaciers I Our Frozen Planet I BBC Earth
AdultsAnimalsLifeNature...Melting glaciers in South Georgia have opened up new habitat for penguin colonies, but the impacts of ice loss globally are far-reaching – with potentially devastating consequences. If Greenland’s ice sheet were to fully melt, global sea levels could rise by seven metres. Can we work together for a different future?
Exploring the Active Volcano of Mauna Loa | National Geographic
AdultsFoodLifeNature...National Geographic Explorer Andrés Ruzo joins chef Melissa King in Hawaii to summit the world's largest active volcano, source local ingredients, and create a dish inspired by the island. Paid Content for Mazda.
Primitive Technology: Smelting Iron In Brick Furnaces
AdultsEducationLifeNature...I made 3 furnaces from bricks using different configurations to test their effectiveness. The benefit of using bricks to make a furnace is that it's quicker, easier, re-useable and portable relative to a furnace constructed in-situ from clay.
Whiskey Lamb Shanks | Friday Night Feast | Jamie Oliver
AdultsFamilyFilmFood...It's friday night and we've got an incredible recipe for you to try this weekend. This dish is inspired by Scotland, using the delicious flavours of haggis. The lamb is so tender it just falls off the bone, served with a rish sauce and cheesey mash. What more could you want!
What Happens if a Supervolcano Blows Up?
AdultsLifeNatureWorld...The Earth is a gigantic ball of semi-molten rock, with a heart of iron as hot as the surface of the Sun. Titanic amounts of heat left over from its birth and the radioactive decay of trillions of tons of radioactive elements find no escape but up.
Is capitalism actually broken?
AdultsBusinessEconomyIndustry...People have become increasingly worried that the threats we face today, like climate change and rising inequality, can’t be solved by a capitalist economic system. So, is that true? And if it is, can we fix capitalism or do we need to tear the system down and build a new one from scratch? Explore the different types of capitalism and the role it plays in our society.
World's Largest Horn Shatters Glass
AdultsConstructionCreativityScience...I might upgrade my car horn to this.
Civilian Tries on NASA Spacesuit For the First Time
AdultsConstructionScienceSpace...How does WIRED's Brent Rose feel about being the first person outside of the space program to try on a pressurized space suit?
Primitive Technology: Rock-Throwing Catapult (Trebuchet)
AdultsCreativityEducationNature...I built a trebuchet, a type of catapult that uses a counter weight to store gravitational potential energy which is then used to fire a projectile via a sling.