Indigenous Panamanians protect their forests with drones
AdultsEcologyNatureTechnologyEnvironmentSettlers are illegally clearing trees on their land. So indigenous people are employing modern technology to stop them.
The Crazy Way Scientists Launch Rockets From Balloons
AdultsSpaceTechnologyScienceLarge chemical rockets are needed to launch payloads into space from the ground, but could rockoons, rocket balloons, be a more efficient alternative?
The economics of beard popularity in the US
AdultsEconomyPhilosophySocietyCultureWe may have reached "peak beard."
Take Augmented Reality Onto the Squash Court
AdultsSportsTechnologyImprove your squash game in a surprising way.
This Giant Neuron Could Explain Where Consciousness Comes From
AdultsBiologyNeuroscienceSelfSciencePhilosophyAfter uncovering three giant neurons, scientists could be one step closer to pinpointing where consciousness lives in the brain.
What Ever Happened To Saving The Rainforest?
AdultsEnvironmentGlobal WarmingNatureSocietyPoliticsThe efforts to save the Amazon rainforest actually did save it. However, new threats have arisen to combat conservation efforts.
We Could Back Up The Entire Internet On A Gram Of DNA
AdultsGeneticsInternet CultureTechnologyScienceData ScienceNature's code for life is stored in DNA, but what if we could code anything we wanted into DNA? Scientists are figuring out how.
Saito: The Sushi God of Tokyo
AdultsCreativityFoodCultureTravelSushi Saito is a 3 Michelin Star sushi restaurant, and many regard it as the best in Japan. We got to spend the day with Saito, to ask him about his work, and to eat his soul shattering sushi.
Food Truck for the Homeless | Share a Meal // 60 Second Docs
AdultsFoodSocietyCharityAfter a life-changing epiphany in 2009, Ravi Singh, along with his wife Jacquelin, started Share a Meal, a non-profit program that delivers fresh meals to the homeless on Los Angeles' Skid Row. For five days a week, the Sikh man and his team of volunteers make and deliver hundreds of vegan burritos out of their food truck as a way to serve and share with the community. Out here, it's more than just a free meal - it's a way to show others that they have not been forgotten.
Ryan's Recycling | Kid Entrepreneur // 60 Second Docs
AdultsGlobal WarmingLeadershipSocietyBusinessEnvironmentWhen Ryan Hickman was just 3 years old, he went with his father to recycle for the first time. After sorting his bottles and cans, he became obsessed with recycling, and how it can help save the environment, and decided to start his own business - Ryan's Recycling Company. Now 7, Ryan has disposed of more than 200,000 bottles and cans and earned about $21,000. It's all in a hard day's work.
IKEA to introduce furniture that snaps together in minutes without requiring tools
AdultsBusinessDesignTechnologyThe fiddly ritual of assembling IKEA products is set to become a thing of the past as the furniture giant introduces products that snap together "like a jigsaw puzzle".
Why cartoon characters wear gloves
AdultsArtCreativityFilmHumorAnimators had a few tricks up their slee...err gloves.
Disney Invented A Room Where Your Phone Will Never Die
AdultsGadgetsTechnologyResearchers have created a room that can charge your phone wirelessly. Could this be the future of charging technology?