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Why do some artists become famous?

AdultsArtHistoryHuman...
Success in the art world can mean different things to different artists. While some artists work solely for the pleasure of producing art, others seek external recognition, such as being shown in prestigious galleries or museums, and selling their craft. The latter — profitability, recognition, demand — is how success is traditionally defined in the field.
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4 epidemics that almost happened (but didn't) - George Zaidan

AdultsHistoryIndustryLife...
What makes for an effective outbreak response? Explore successful systems from around the world that prevented epidemics.
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Ancient Humans Made Millions Of These - We Don’t Know Why

AdultsConstructionHealthHuman...
The Acheulean handaxe was the most common tool of early humans, but we still don’t know what the heck they used it for.
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1816: The year with no summer - David Biello

AdultsHistoryHumanWeather...
Dig into geoengineering, which uses technology to manipulate Earth’s environments to counteract climate change.
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Why Lightbulbs Might Be The Best Invention Ever

AdultsHistoryScienceTechnology
Lightbulbs might be the best idea ever – just not for light.
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The HUGE Problem with ChatGPT

AdultsHistoryScienceTechnology...
Free-to-use, exceptionally powerful artificial intelligences are available to more people than ever, seemingly making some kind of news every day.
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How Caffeine Accidentally Took Over The World

AdultsFoodHistoryHuman...
Plants don't make caffeine just for us, so what DO they make it for?
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Why do we eat popcorn at the movies? - Andrew Smith

AdultsFoodHistoryHuman
Trace the history of popcorn, from its origins in the Americas to its explosion of popularity in the 20th century.
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Explaining concrete while getting buried in it

AdultsConstructionHistoryScience...
Concrete = cement + sand + gravel. Cement is the most important man-made material on Earth.
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The Amazing AI Super Tutor for Students and Teachers

AdultsEducationHistoryHuman...
Sal Khan, the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, thinks artificial intelligence could spark the greatest positive transformation education has ever seen.
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How Can We Respond to Climate Change?

AdultsHealthHistoryLife...
Now that we know how complex and interwoven climate change is with society globally, we can begin to see it everywhere.
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Why We Haven’t Learned More In 101 Years Of Trying

AdultsHistoryHumanLife...
Almost everything we know about the reproductive practices of European eels comes from a genius study conducted more than 100 years ago.
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Why do we have crooked teeth when our ancestors didn’t?

AdultsGeneticsHistoryHuman...
Explore the prevailing scientific theory of why crooked teeth and impacted wisdom teeth are recent developments in human evolution.
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The Business Behind Kurzgesagt

AdultsHistoryMediaTechnology...
In 2023, Kurzgesagt has existed for 10 years (which is insanely long in internet years).
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Porcelain in the Wreckage | Drain the Oceans

AdultsHistoryLifeNature...
Vanessa Litzenberg discusses the porcelain from the wreck. Drain the Oceans dives deep into the unknown; a truly epic, original series that takes underwater adventure and earth science illustration into a whole new era.
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This one weird trick will get you infinite gold - Dan Finkel

AdultsHistoryMathPsychology...
A few years ago, the king decided your life would be forfeit unless you tripled the gold coins in his treasury.
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Truth Decay

AdultsHistoryLifePsychology...
Trust is eroding, in part, due to the over-abundance of opinion-based content; we must all develop better tools and habits for consuming information to regain a shared understanding of what is true.
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What if you experienced every human life in history?

AdultsHistoryHumanLife...
Examine the ethical stance known as longtermism, which is the idea that we should be doing more to protect future generations.
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160,439 People Agree With Me, 64,831 Disagree

AdultsHistoryHumanPsychology
For decades, the Sleeping Beauty Problem has divided people between two answers.
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Why New Zealand is Finally Getting its First Subway

AdultsCreativityHistoryLife...
New Zealand is building its biggest ever transport infrastructure project.
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What causes cavities? - Mel Rosenberg

AdultsEducationHealthHuman...
When a team of archeologists recently came across some 15,000-year-old human remains, they made an interesting discovery: the teeth of those ancient humans were riddled with holes.