How does your body know what time it is? - Marco A. Sotomayor
AdultsHumanMental HealthScienceNeuroscienceBeing able to sense time helps us do everything from waking and sleeping to knowing precisely when to catch a ball that's hurtling towards us. And we owe all these abilities to an interconnected system of timekeepers in our brains. But how do they work? Marco A. Sotomayor details how human bodies naturally tell time.
Why do people get so anxious about math? - Orly Rubinsten
AdultsMathPsychologyEducationMental HealthHave you ever sat down to take a math test and immediately felt your heart beat faster and your palms start to sweat? This is called math anxiety, and if it happens to you, you're not alone: Researchers think about 20 percent of the population suffers from it. So what's going on? And can it be fixed? Orly Rubinsten explores the current research and suggests ways to increase math performance.
A Huge Advancement in Mind-Controlled Tech
AdultsDisabilitySoftware EngineeringTechnologyHealthThis tech helps paralyzed people type with their minds, but the sky's the limit.
5 CARTOONS THAT LOOK DIFFERENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES
AdultsArtCreativityCultureIn several countries, some famous scenes from different animated films look quite different from the way they look in other countries. You might not know this, but people working in animated films love their work and their audience, and sometimes change their films to include some important aspects for this or that culture. So, here are 5 animated films that look different in other countries.
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.