The Fastest Maze-Solving Competition On Earth
Adults Science
Welcome to Micromouse, the fastest maze-solving competition on Earth.
YouTube’s Science Scam Crisis
Adults Science
There’s a tsunami of science spam on YouTube. Why does it all look the same? How much harm does it do? Do not watch these low-effort, AI-generated, cash grabs.
Burn Your Waste With... Water?
Adults Science
Supercritical water produces fire without flames, which is great for making clean drinking water from our waste in space or breaking down forever chemicals here on Earth.
Why Lightbulbs Might Be The Best Invention Ever
Adults Science
Lightbulbs might be the best idea ever – just not for light.
Corn Shouldn't Be Food, But It Is
Adults Science
You probably have a bag of frozen corn in your freezer, or have chowed down on a buttery ear of corn at a cookout.
The HUGE Problem with ChatGPT
Adults Science
Free-to-use, exceptionally powerful artificial intelligences are available to more people than ever, seemingly making some kind of news every day.
The “afterlife” according to Einstein’s special relativity
Adults Science
Sabine Hossenfelder discusses the physics of… dead grandmothers?
Explaining concrete while getting buried in it
Adults Science
Concrete = cement + sand + gravel. Cement is the most important man-made material on Earth.
You’re Not a Lab Mouse, but You Might Be a Wild Mouse
Adults Science
The lab mice we use for genetic studies are not only closely related, but live out their whole lives in a sterile environment, so they don’t tell us everything we need to know about actual humans.
Why Aliens Might Already Be On Their Way To Us
Adults Science
The universe is magnificent and vast. Hundreds of billions of galaxies, trillions of stars, and even more planets. If even the tiniest fraction are habitable, then the Universe should be teeming with life. And yet we see nothing, only vast emptiness. Where is everyone else?
How NASA Reinvented The Wheel
Adults Science
A huge thanks to everyone at NASA Glenn Research Center for having us at the SLOPE Lab, showing their work on this indestructible tire, and helping with the science and animation.
How to master your sense of smell
Adults Science
Some perfumers can distinguish individual odors in a fragrance made of hundreds of scents; tea-experts have been known to sniff out the exact location of a particular tea; and the NYC Transit Authority once had a employee responsible only for sniffing out gas leaks.
World's Strongest Magnet!
Adults Science
The world's strongest magnet is a million times stronger than Earth's magnetic field. Learn more about sustainability and Google’s efforts at sustainability.google. Part of this video was sponsored by Google.
Your Immune System is More Dangerous than You Think
Adults Science
There is this idea floating around that what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. That surviving a disease leaves you better off. And it seems to make sense because we have all experienced this.
Why Is Our Moon Two-Faced?
Adults Science
The near side of the Moon has a thin crust and is covered in maria. The far side has a thick crust and almost no maria.
Black Holes
Adults Science
Black Holes Aren’t Black or Even Holes. What Are They?
How language shapes the way we think | Lera Boroditsky
Adults Science
There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world -- and they all have different sounds, vocabularies and structures.