Is It Safe To Get Your DNA Tested?
Adults Science
Once it's out of your body, your genetic information is valuable to a variety of people, but you can keep it safe(ish) with a few simple steps.
What Is Light?
Adults Science
We are so used to some things that we stopped wondering about them. Like light. What is light? Some kind of wavy thing, right? Kind of.
NEW Gravitational Wave Discovery!
Adults Science
Scientists have JUST published this new observation.
What If Your Airplane Door Burst Open Mid-Flight?
Adults Science
Flying may be more horrifying than you think.
Why Alien Life Would be our Doom - The Great Filter
Adults Science
Finding alien life on a distant planet would be amazing news - or would it? If we are not the only intelligent life in the universe, this probably means our days are numbered and doom is certain.
Could we clone humans? - Earth Lab
Adults Science
Dom Burgess investigates whether we could clone humans in the future.
Could Lab-Grown Meat Make Eating Human O.K.? (Part 2 of 3)
Adults Science
Lab grown meat has been making headlines recently, but is it actually a better alternative to the traditional meat industry?
How does your immune system work? - Emma Bryce
Adults Science
The immune system is a vast network of cells, tissues, and organs that coordinate your body's defenses against any threats to your health. Without it, you'd be exposed to billions of bacteria, viruses, and toxins that could make something as minor as a paper cut or a seasonal cold fatal. So how does it work? Emma Bryce takes you inside the body to find out.
You Think You Know What Meat Is... But You Have No Idea (Part 1 of 3)
Adults Science
Eating meat has been part of the human identity for 2.5 million years, but according to science, what exactly is meat?
What are mini brains? - Madeline Lancaster
Adults Science
Shielded by our thick skulls and swaddled in layers of protective tissue, the human brain is extremely difficult to observe in action. Luckily, scientists can use brain organoids - pencil eraser-sized masses of cells that function like human brains but aren't part of an organism - to look closer. How do they do it? And is it ethical? Madeline Lancaster shares how to make a brain in a lab.
Where does all the snot come from? - James May's Q&A (Ep 3) - Head Squeeze
Adults Science
James May tells us exactly where that green snot in our nostrils comes from. He also delves into how mucus helps prevent harmful foreign objects from entering our bodies.
The Napkin Ring Problem
Adults Science
Do you ever come across a math problem that you know is right but no matter how hard you try, you can't wrap your mind around it?
This Particle Breaks Time Symmetry
Adults Science
Increasing entropy is NOT the only process that's asymmetric in time.
The Cheerios Effect
Adults Science
Who knew there was so much science in a bowl of cereal?
Inside an ICE CAVE! - Nature's Most Beautiful Blue
Adults Science
Where do glaciers and icebergs get their beautiful blue color? This unique blue might be nature's most brilliant, and the color arises in a very special way thanks to some surprising interactions between light and water molecules.
Does It Matter Which Color Egg You Buy? (Why Are They Different?)
Adults Science
Ever wondered why some eggs are different colors? There's a lot more science behind it than you might think.
Why do you need to get a flu shot every year? - Melvin Sanicas
Adults Science
All year long, researchers at hospitals around the world collect samples from flu patients and send them to top virology experts with one goal: to design the vaccine for the next flu season. But why do we need a new one every year? Vaccines for diseases like mumps and polio offer a lifetime of protection with two shots early in life; what's so special about the flu? Melvin Sanicas explains.
The Nuclear Waste Problem
Adults Science
Nuclear energy is one of the cleanest, most efficient, and most available sources of power on earth.
Which Way Is Down?
Adults Science
Vsauce host Michael Stevens digs deep into the ever-changing concept of the direction "down," what causes things to fall, and digs into how masses really, really want to pull towards each other in our universe, thanks to gravitational forces.
How to Cure Aging - During Your Lifetime?
Adults Science
What if we could stop aging forever?
The U.S. & Russia Are Building a Deep Space Gateway, Here's What You Need to Know
Adults Science
The U.S. and Russia have announced plans to put a new structure in the orbit of the moon. What will it look like?