How To Survive The First Hour Of A Nuclear Blast
Adults Nature
The situation has played out in TV and movies for years, but what should you really do if a nuke detonated near you?
Primitive Technology: Fired Clay Bricks
Adults Nature
Creating fired clay bricks from scratch.
Hummingbird in a Rain Storm | Hostile Planet
Adults Nature
In the cloud forest a booted racket-tail braves a rain storm to find enough food to survive.
The wild world of carnivorous plants
Adults Nature
Venus fly traps, bladderworts and sundews, oh my! Learn about carnivorous plants and their predatory antics to lure, trap and digest prey.
Under the Dark Skies
Adults Nature
National Geographic partnered with the International Dark-Sky Association to provide families with a true ‘dark sky’ observatory experience, free from the artificial light prevalent in city and suburban communities.
Amphibians Face Mass Extinction as Fungus Spreads Across the World
Adults Nature
Results from a recent global survey of amphibians shows that chytrid fungus has threatened twice as many species than previously thought.
How to grow your own glacier
Adults Nature
Explore the ancient methods of growing glaciers, the homemade bodies of ice used as water sources, and how they can be used to combat climate change.
Why are earthquakes so hard to predict?
Adults Nature
Take a look at the theories behind why earthquakes occur, what makes them so hard to predict and the warning system technologies we rely on today.
Climate Research Offers Coffee Farmers Hope For Their Crops
Adults Nature
Guatemala's third largest export after raw sugar and bananas is coffee.
Why Can't We Get Power From Waves?
Adults Nature
Wave power hasn’t yet made a splash because it’s hard to use waves to spin turbines, and because the sea is a harsh place to build things.
Primitive Technology: Grass thatch, Mud hut
Adults Nature
Primitive Technology: Grass thatch, Mud hut - Creating a grass thatch, mud hut from scratch.
100 Gallons of Spider Silk | Because Science Footnotes
Adults Nature
Kyle discusses exactly how much spider silk Peter Parker would need to stop that train, responds to your comments, and more!
A brief history of dogs - David Ian Howe
Adults Nature
Trace the history of how wolves, one of humanity’s oldest rivals, evolved into the domesticated dogs we call “man’s best friend.”
You Are A Fish
Adults Nature
With our current understanding of evolutionary history and our strategy of cladistic naming, if we wanted to have both goldfish and sharks under a single group called "fish", then mammals must also be called fish.
He Tastes Water Like Some Taste Wine. Meet a Water Sommelier
Adults Nature
Martin Riese is part of a very small pool of sommeliers who have made a profession out of tasting and judging water.
What Eating Rotten Food Really Does To Your Body
Adults Nature
Food poisoning is awful, but what's actually happening inside your body when you eat rotten food?
The physics of surfing - Nick Pizzo
Adults Nature
Wondering how you can catch the perfect wave? Dive into the fascinating and complex physics of surfing.
The Biggest Lie About Climate Change
Adults Nature
You were lied to about climate change.
Descending Into Greenland's Ice Sheets
Adults Nature
Join Will Gadd as he descends into the Greenland ice sheet in the name of exploration and research with University of South Florida professor Jason Gulley.
Blue Planet II
Adults Nature
Giant fish catches birds, on part 2 of blue planet.