How to Fight Fire or Flooding on a Nuclear Submarine - Smarter Every Day 244
AdultsConstructionCreativityScience The US Navy put no restrictions on me about what I should say or how I should present what I learned on this trip. Other than making sure my footage was cleared for Operational Security, I am free to say whatever I want about this experience.
Is It Too Late To Stop Climate Change? Well, it's Complicated.
AdultsNatureScienceWorldEnvironment... 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.
The Infinite Pattern That Never Repeats
AdultsCreativityEducationScience Simples rules of geometry meant that 5-fold symmetry was impossible as were crystals without a periodic structure.
The surprising effects of pregnancy
AdultsBiologyHealthHumanScience... Discover how pregnancy changes every organ in the body— from the heart, to the brain and kidneys— and what we still don’t know about it.
How to Only Sleep 2 Hours Per Day
AdultsHealthHumanScienceProductivitySelf... You've decided it's time you accomplished some of those life goals you've talked about, but with your crammed schedule of scrolling social media and video games, it leaves you with little time to do much else.
How Kodak Detected the Atomic Bomb
AdultsEducationHistoryHumanScience... Kodak detected the first atomic bomb before anyone else figured it out. Then they made a deal not to tell anyone. Thanks to HBO Max, and their new show raised by Wolves for sponsoring this video!
Is life meaningless? And other absurd questions - Nina Medvinskaya
AdultsEducationScienceWorldPhilosophy... Dive into Albert Camus’ philosophy of the absurd, and explore the question: if the world is meaningless, could our lives still hold value?
When Trees Go Nuts
AdultsAnimalsLifeNatureScienceEnvironment... Every once in a while, all the oaks or spruces or other plants in a region suddenly produce a tremendous bounty of seeds – up to 100 times more than usual. But why do they do it, and how do they all manage to sync up?
A brief history of plastic
AdultsEnvironmentHistoryHumanScience... Trace the history of the invention of plastic, and how the material ushered in what became known as the plastics century.
Why Don’t Sheep Shrink In The Rain?
AdultsAnimalsEducationScienceBiology... Getting wet isn’t REALLY what makes wool shrink; it merely exacerbates the friction between the wool fibers, which is stronger in one direction than another, so when agitated in the washer or dryer, they migrate in relation to each other in a process called “felting.”
Is the weather actually becoming more extreme?
AdultsScienceWeatherWorldEnvironment... Explore the differences between weather and climate – what they are, how we predict them, and what those predictions can tell us.
The last living members of an extinct species - Jan Stejskal
AdultsAnimalsHistoryNatureScienceWildlifeBiology... Dig into how scientists are attempting to revive the functionally extinct northern white rhino through artificial reproduction.
Can you outsmart the fallacy that fooled a generation of doctors? - Elizabeth Cox
AdultsHealthHistoryHumanPsychologyScience... Dig into the false cause fallacy, which assumes that one event causes another, and learn how to distinguish between correlation and causation.
What Do Alien Civilizations Look Like?
AdultsEducationHumanSpaceScience... The observable universe is a big place that has been around for more than 13 billion years. Up to two trillion galaxies made up of something like 20,000 billion billion stars surround our home galaxy.
The big-beaked, rock-munching fish that protect coral reefs - Mike Gil
AdultsAnimalsLifeNatureScienceWildlife... Discover the quirky creature known as the parrotfish, and the key role it plays in keeping coral reefs healthy and thriving.