How Wildfires Generate "Never-Ending" Storms
AdultsEcologyEnvironmentNature...Under the right conditions, wildfires can form clouds and generate firestorms, which last far longer than normal thunderstorms.
Four Reasons Our Brains Suck At Pandemics
AdultsHumanNaturePsychology...You can read Bill & Melinda Gates' 2021 letter at http://gatesnot.es/3opAPWK
Certain cognitive biases cause humans to make unsafe decisions in a pandemic, making a terrible disease even worse.
The Plant That’s Full Of Metal
AdultsEducationEnvironmentNature...The amount of metal some special plants are able to take up from the soil would be toxic enough to an average plant to kill it several times over.
Why Hardwoods Are The Softest Woods
AdultsConstructionEducationNature...Not all hardwood trees have hard wood and softwoods soft wood, because these terms denote their taxonomic ancestry, not the wood's actual hardness.
Is It Too Late To Stop Climate Change? Well, it's Complicated.
AdultsNatureScienceWorld...This video is part of a series about climate change supported by Breakthrough Energy – a coalition founded by Bill Gates, that is working to expand clean-energy investment and support the innovations that will lead the world to net-zero carbon emissions.
Slow Down With Snow Monkeys
AdultsAnimalsEnvironmentNatureTake 3 minutes and slow down with snow monkeys, with this extract from Mindful Escapes.