How Does A Tiger Go To The Dentist?
YouthAnimalsHealthScience We went to visit Elton, a tiger at Woburn Safari Park, to see him get a check-up from a pretty special dentist.
Eclipses Used To Be Terrifying
AdultsLifeScienceAstronomy Because eclipses are powerful and frightening events, ancient cultures went to great lengths to understand eclipses, leading to remarkably accurate predictions and helping invent the science of astronomy.
Why Korea is Dying Out
AdultsHistoryHumanScienceSocietyPolitics... Every two years one million Japanese disappear, China’s population will halve by the end of the century, the median age in Italy has reached 48. All around the world birth rates are crashing – Is humanity dying out? What is going on and how bad is it?
How One Line in the Oldest Math Text Hinted at Hidden Universes
AdultsEducationHistoryHumanScienceAstronomy... A huge thank you to Prof. Geraint Lewis and Dr. Ashmeet Singh for helping us understand the applications of Non-Euclidean geometry in astronomy/cosmology.
What Is Dust?
YouthEducationScience Are your kids wondering: What is dust? This question came from Deago, a student from the United States.
Astronaut Tells The Story Behind Iconic Space Photos | WIRED
AdultsEducationHistorySpaceSciencePhotography... ESA Astronaut Tim Peake visits WIRED to have a look back at pivotal moments in the history of human space flight, captured in 8 unforgettable photographs.
How Did Life Begin? (Evolutionary History): Crash Course Biology #16
AdultsEducationScienceSelfBiologyEvolution... Humans may have been around for a long time, but life has existed for way longer. In this episode of Crash Course Biology, we’ll journey through deep time to uncover the history of life on Earth.
Brian Cox on how black holes could unlock the mysteries of our universe
AdultsEducationPhysicsScienceSpace... When black holes disappear, what happens to the stuff that fell in? Physicist Brian Cox explains.
The Truth About Space Combat
AdultsEducationPhysicsScienceEntertainmentMedia... George Lucas and the release of Star Wars in the 1970s unintentionally set a precedent for how almost every single piece of sci-fi media would depict space combat.
Dumbo Octopus Sighting
YouthAnimalsScienceOcean Scientists exploring the deep Pacific Ocean were delighted by a rare sighting of the Dumbo octopus during a 27-day expedition in September, 2023.
The Woman Who Saved the World
AdultsHistoryLifeScienceHealth... On her way to winning the 2023 Nobel Prize for her pioneering work on mRNA vaccines, Katalin Karikó lived a life made for the big screen.
Why Did It Take Us So Long?
AdultsLifeNatureScienceBiologyEcology... We've long known that animal pollination is an important way plants reproduce on land, but we're only JUST finding out animals also pollinate plants underwater.
Ancient Life as Old as the Universe
AdultsEducationNatureScienceEvolutionHistory... Life has existed on one planet for about 4 billion years, for all we know. But it might have started right after the Big Bang, when the universe was much stranger and more fantastic than today.
Is The "5-Second Rule" Real?
YouthFoodScienceNutrition What is the ‘5 second rule’ exactly, and is there actually any truth to it?