Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument
AdultsHumanSciencePhilosophy...What if we are not creators, but creations?
The Plane of the Future
AdultsFutureTechnologyTransportationWhat's Actually the Plane of the Future looks like?
China's Amazing Water Canal | China's Future MEGAPROJECTS: Part 2
AdultsConstructionFutureTechnology...South-to-North Water Transfer Project: The huge populations filling China's northern megacities have a shortage of the single most necessary resource for life: water. To solve that problem, the Chinese will soon be moving 44.8 billion cubic meters of fresh water each year from the wetter South to the dryer North.
Jing-Jin-Ji, A MEGALOPOLIS | China's Future MEGAPROJECTS: Part 1
AdultsConstructionFutureTechnology...Jing-Jin-Ji: China is in the midst of a construction spree unparalleled in human history. These are the Megaprojects that will lift China into the future. China wants to make its capital, Beijing, the center of the world's largest supercity, by merging three provinces into one continuous megalopolis of 130 million people.
Stretchy Batteries Are Coming... Here's How They Work
AdultsFutureTechnologyGadgetsResearchers have developed a way to make a battery and its casing stretchy, enabling future advancements in wearable electronics.
Four inventions that might change the world
AdultsCreativityFutureScience...Tiny lab-grown organs. A spongy cloth that absorbs oil spills. Sure, why not. These are some of the finalists for the European Inventor Award.
Moore's Law Is Ending... So, What's Next?
AdultsFutureSoftware EngineeringTechnology...Scientists are engineering a new, more efficient generation of computer chips by modeling them after the human brain.
What humans will look like in 1,000 years
AdultsFutureHumanScience...There will eventually be a day where prosthetics are no longer just for the disabled. However, it's not just our outside appearance that will change - our genes will also evolve on microscopic levels to aid our survival. For example, an Oxford-led study discovered a group of HIV-infected children in South Africa living healthy lives. It turns out, they have a built-in defense against HIV that prevents the virus from advancing to AIDS.
Graphene Could Solve the World's Water Crisis
AdultsFutureNatureTechnology...Turning saltwater into clean drinking water is an expensive, energy-intensive process, but could the wonder material graphene make it more accessible?
Why Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium Matters: Future MEGAPROJECTS
AdultsConstructionSportsTechnology...Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium is the most expensive stadium ever built. The $1.6 billion price tag was driven by a spectacular retractable roof design, an LED video board that is by far the world's largest, and the pursuit of LEED platinum certification.
Charge Your Cell Phone In 5 Seconds
AdultsGadgetsTechnologyFutureSupercapacitors: They'll enable you to charge your cell phone in 5 seconds, or an electric car in about a minute. They're cheap, biodegradable, never wear out and as Trace'll tell you, could be powering your life sooner than you'd think.
The History and Future of Everything -- Time
AdultsHistoryWorldScience...Time makes sense in small pieces. But when you look at huge stretches of time, it's almost impossible to wrap your head around things. So we teamed up with the awesome blog "Wait but Why" and made this video to help you putting things in perspective with some infographics!
The Sky Is the Limit for Drone Technology
AdultsGadgetsTechnologyFuture...It's one of the most important technologies of our time.
Look Into The Future With These Stylish AR Glasses
AdultsFutureGadgetsTechnologyThese augmented reality glasses are a standalone computer.
Can machines read your emotions?
AdultsFutureMachine LearningSoftware Engineering...Computers can beat us in board games, transcribe speech, and instantly identify almost any object. But will future robots go further by learning to figure out what we're feeling?