This Bird Chirps Just Like R2-D2 From "Star Wars"
AdultsAnimalsFilmEntertainment...We taught Bluey the budgie how to do R2-D2 and now he drives us crazy! He has two other budgies in his cage, and I think he's driving them crazy too!
Epic Hot Air Balloon Rope Swing
AdultsInternet CultureTransportationAdventure...YouTube channel Devin Supertramp shows you what you get when you combine a rope with hot air balloons.
Vsauce Breaks Down The Problems Of Naming Everything In Our World
AdultsHistoryLanguageSociety...A misnomer is a word or term that suggests a meaning that is known to be wrong. Misnomers often arise because the thing named received its name long before its true nature was known. A misnomer may also be simply a word that is used incorrectly or misleadingly.
The Science and Beauty of Auroras
AdultsScienceWorldSpace...Space might seem like an empty place, but the area surrounding Earth is constantly being bombarded by waves of charged particles released by the Sun: The solar wind. Luckily, thanks to Earth's swirling, molten core (and the magnetic field it provides), we are protected from this planet-sterilizing onslaught like an invisible force field.
Stardust
AdultsArtMusicTechnology...The performers Saya Watatani and Maki Yokoyama look like two Tinker Bells dancing together!
Lyrebird
AdultsAnimalsTechnologyNature...This Bird Can Mimic Laser Gun Sounds And It's Very Impressive
The Fear That Everything Has Already Been Done
AdultsPhotographySocietyCreativity...The frustration of photographing something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist-the same sunset, the same waterfall, the same curve of a hip, the same closeup of an eye-which can turn a unique subject into something hollow and pulpy and cheap, like a mass-produced piece of furniture you happen to have assembled yourself.
Katana Fight Between Two ABB Robots
AdultsGadgetsTechnologyArtA katana fight between two ABB robots during an exhibition.
Astronauts Grow a Water Bubble in Space
AdultsGadgetsPhysicsSpace...During Expedition 40 in the summer of 2014, NASA astronauts Steve Swanson and Reid Wiseman - along with European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst - explored the phenomenon of water surface tension in microgravity on the International Space Station. The crew "submerged" a sealed GoPro camera into a floating ball of water the size of a softball and recorded the activity with a 3-D camera.
The language of lying
AdultsLanguageSocietyPsychologyWe hear anywhere from 10 to 200 lies a day. And although we've spent much of our history coming up with ways to detect these lies by tracking physiological changes in their tellers, these methods have proved unreliable. Is there a more direct approach? Noah Zandan uses some famous examples of lying to illustrate how we might use communications science to analyze the lies themselves.
Preparing for #CometLanding
AdultsScienceSpaceTechnology...After a ten-year journey, Rosetta and Philae had finally reached their destination, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Rosetta spent many weeks studying the comet, sending lots of information back to Earth. But where was Philae going to land? Eventually the scientists on Earth found the best place on the comet for Philae to land. Soon it was time to make the final preparations for Philae's great adventure. Both spacecraft couldn't wait any longer. The whole world would be watching as Rosetta and Philae prepared for their biggest challenge yet.
Life by the Numbers
AdultsAnimalsBiologyNature...There are now more than 7 billion human beings on Earth, and that got me wondering: How successful are we compared to other species? I take a look at out how our numbers stack up to some other domains of life. It turns out that biomass, or what things weigh, can be more important than how many of something there are. Find out how our numbers stack up against everything from bugs to bacteria, and get ready for some mind-blowing numbers!
Comfortable: 50 People 1 Question
AdultsSelfSocietyPsychologyThese days it is so easy to feel insecure about our appearance. Whether it is because of the mean comment that comes our way or the photoshopped image we see in magazines, it can be so easy to feel self conscious about our body. When was the last time you felt comfortable in your own skin?
Why Are Some People Left-Handed?
AdultsData ScienceScienceSociety...We've got two perfectly good hands attached to two perfectly good arms, so why do most people prefer to use one over the other for common tasks?
Minions Official Trailer
AdultsFilmMarketingEntertainmentGru is recruited by an organization to stop Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.