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A day in the life of an ancient Athenian

AdultsHistorySociety
It's 427 BCE, and the worst internal conflict ever to occur in the ancient Greek world is in its fourth year.

Bill Nye Teaches You Science Slang

AdultsLanguageScience
Bill Nye teaches you scientific slang words and terms. Find out what "arsole," "hinny," "champagne tap" and more words mean.

How Does A Boomerang Work?

AdultsGadgetsScience
A boomerang can execute its unique roundtrip flight by making use of three fundamental physics principles: lift, relative velocity, and gyroscopic precession.

Primitive Technology: Wattle and Daub Hut

AdultsConstructionNature
I built this hut in the bush using naturally occurring materials and primitive tools.

Crocodile Feeding FRENZY!

AdultsAnimalsNature
On this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote feeds a GIANT Saltwater Crocodile!

What If You Didn't Sleep For A Week?

AdultsHealthHuman
We all know sleep is important, but what if you just.... stopped doing it?

Family Minestrone Soup

AdultsCreativityFood
We've raided the archives for a cracking soup at this time of the year.

A Dragon Torched My Hand

AdultsCreativityGaming...
There are tons of things I had never considered about how difficult it is to fool your brain into thinking it's touching something it's not.

A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place

AdultsPhilosophyPsychology...
Why should you care about the well-being of people half a globe away?

Cannibalism in the animal kingdom - Bill Schutt

AdultsAnimalsNature
Until recently, scientists thought cannibalism was a rare response to starvation or other extreme stress.

How Smart Are You? (TEST)

AdultsHumanMental Health
Are you actually a genius? Test your intelligence.

What Could Survive An Atomic Bomb?

AdultsGlobal WarmingLife...
Modern weapons are vastly more powerful than the relatively small bomb, so fewer cockroaches would survive today's nukes.

5 Things... Quick and Easy

AdultsCreativityFood
Want some tasty and delicious food without having to spend long in the kitchen? Jamie has selected some of his favourite dishes from his book '5 Ingredients' to help you quickly rustle up some mouthwatering dishes.

Primitive Technology: A-frame hut

AdultsConstructionNature...
I built an A frame hut as a large work space for projects. First I made a celt hatchet to cut timber for the hut.

Could You Be Immune To Everything?

AdultsBiologyHealth
Do you remember having a cold in 5th grade? Or the flu a couple years ago? Your immune system does.

Why Biodiversity Is Good For The Economy

AdultsEcologyEconomy...
Research suggests that more diverse ecosystems are better for the bottom line.

Can We Really Touch Anything?

AdultsBiologyScience
Can we really touch things? Well if by touch we mean exchange a force-carrying particle with, then yes.

The science of skin - Emma Bryce

AdultsBiologyHuman...
Between you and the rest of the world lies an interface that makes up 16% of your physical weight. This is your skin, the largest organ in your body: laid out flat, it would cover close to 1.7 square metres of ground.

What Happens In One Lifetime?

AdultsHumanLife
A lot can happen during your trips around the sun!

British Diver Exposes Sea Of Plastic Rubbish Off Bali Coast

AdultsGlobal WarmingNature
The ocean currents brought us in a lovely gift of a slick of jellyfish, plankton, leaves, branches, fronds, sticks, etc.... Oh, and some plastic.

A Real Life Haptic Glove

AdultsGamingTechnology
I'm a huge fan of Ready Player One.