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Can Humans Sense Magnetic Fields?

AdultsNeurosciencePsychologyScience...
Research has found some human brains can pick up on rotations of geomagnetic-strength fields as evidenced by drops in alpha wave power following stimulus.

You Are A Fish

AdultsAnimalsHumanNature...
With our current understanding of evolutionary history and our strategy of cladistic naming, if we wanted to have both goldfish and sharks under a single group called "fish", then mammals must also be called fish.

Could A Plant Grow Inside You?

AdultsBiologyHumanNature
Plants can live in all kinds of environments...even inside the your body?

The Most Important Dinosaur

AdultsBiologyHistoryScience
Dinosaurs!

Aliens under the Ice – Life on Rogue Planets

AdultsNatureScienceSpace...
Out in the vast coldness of outer space, there are planets that travel alone through darkness without the boundaries of a system. Here’s how this can happen – and why these frozen deserts might secretly harbor alien life.

Can animals be deceptive?

AdultsAnimalsNatureScience...
A male firefly emits a series of enticing flashes. He hopes a female will respond and mate with him.

Do Fish Pee?

AdultsAnimalsNatureScience...
You know you’ve wondered. Do fish actually pee? And what does that make the ocean… one big toilet?

Jellyfish Acceleration | Because Science Live

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How Jellyfish move.

Non-Invasive Brain Surgery

AdultsBiologyScienceTechnology...
Scientists have combined ultrasound, viruses and synthetic drugs to control regions of the brain.

What If You Only Ate Chips?

AdultsBiologyFoodScience...
What if you only consumed potatoes forever?

Can We Get Older Without Aging?

AdultsBiologyScienceSelf...
Nothing is guaranteed in life except death, taxes, and entropy. What do other life forms have to teach us about staying alive as we get old, and will we ever conquer death?

Why Are Fewer People Getting Appendicitis?

AdultsBiologyHealthHistory...
There are many other unforeseen health changes that seem to be related to the forces of modernization, like the increase in rates of diabetes, Crohn’s disease, and ADHD.

This Strange Condition Keeps You Looking Young Forever

AdultsBiologyGeneticsScience
What if you were forever stuck in the aging process? Could you actually stay looking young for the rest of your life? What problems would you face if you had a growth hormone deficiency that caused you to never actually age?

This Rare Mutation Gives You Massive Muscles At Birth

AdultsBiologyHealthHuman
This RARE mutation can make you VERY muscular, but what exactly is happening to cause this? Is it harmful?

The Largest River On Earth Is In The Sky

AdultsNatureScienceEnvironment...
What’s the largest river on Earth? If you said “the Amazon”… you’re only half right. Scientists have discovered an even bigger river in South America, and it’s in the sky above the Amazon rainforest.

Where Do Teeth Come From?

AdultsBiologyBiotechnologyScience
Teeth. We’ve all got ‘em (most of us, anyway). But how do they grow? Teeth are made from some biological nanotechnology that will blow your mind.

Why Snakes Are Disappearing From Southeast Asia’s Largest Lake

AdultsAnimalsEnvironmentScience...
Some vulnerable species of water snakes are disappearing due to overfishing in the world’s most biodiverse lake—the Tonle Sap, in Cambodia.