This Giant Neuron Could Explain Where Consciousness Comes From
AdultsBiologyNeuroscienceSelfSciencePhilosophy... After uncovering three giant neurons, scientists could be one step closer to pinpointing where consciousness lives in the brain.
Ocean Volcanoes May Hold Clues To Alien Life
AdultsBiologyNatureSpaceScience... Scientists think studying 'extremophiles' in toxic hydrothermal vents could teach us about potential extraterrestrial life.
What Magnetizing Cockroaches Can Teach Us About Navigation
AdultsAnimalsHumanScienceBiologyNeuroscience... A new study has found cockroaches can sense the Earth's magnetic field, an ability called magnetoreception. Could humans have this sense, too?
Shredding Bacteria With Technology From Insect Wings
AdultsAnimalsNatureTechnologyScienceBiology... Dragonfly wings are covered in bacteria-killing nanopillars, and scientists are taking inspiration from them to make smarter anti-bacterial surfaces!
What Happens When A Fly Lands On Your Food?
AdultsAnimalsHealthScienceFoodBiology... Have you ever wondered what a fly is doing when it lands on your food? Laci did some research to figure out just what happens.
Weird Things Your Body Does When You're Around Your Crush
AdultsBiologyHumanRelationshipsPsychologyLove... Love has some strong effects on our bodies. From blushing to sweating, why do we react the way we do when facing a crush?
How do animals experience pain?
AdultsAnimalsBiologyHealth Humans know the surprising prick of a needle, the searing pain of a stubbed toe, and the throbbing of a toothache. We can identify many types of pain and have multiple ways of treating it - but what about other species?
How to master your sense of smell
AdultsBiologyHumanScienceHealth... 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.
How These Sea Shells Know the Weather in Greenland
AdultsAnimalsBiologyNatureScienceEnvironment... Foraminifera - tiny, single-celled marine life forms - build gorgeous houses that record how much ice there is on the planet.
How Do Animals See in the Dark?
AdultsAnimalsBiologyNeuroscienceScience... To human eyes, the world at night is a formless canvas of grey. Many nocturnal animals, on the other hand, experience a rich and varied world, bursting with details, shapes, and colors.
What is the biggest single-celled organism?
AdultsAnimalsBiologyScience The elephant is a creature of epic proportions - and yet, it owes its enormity to more than 1,000 trillion microscopic cells.
How a single-celled organism almost wiped out life on Earth
AdultsBiologyLifeWorldScienceHistory... There's an organism that changed the world. It caused the first mass extinction in Earth's history
What Is Life? Is Death Real?
AdultsBiologyGeneticsLifePhilosophyScience... So what is the difference between you and a rock? This seems like an easy, even stupid question. But even the smartest people on earth have no idea where to draw the line between living and dead things.