How do crystals work? - Graham Baird
AdultsLifeNatureScienceBiology... What makes crystals grow into their signature shapes? Dig into the atomic patterns and unique properties of crystals.
Your body vs. implants - Kaitlyn Sadtler
AdultsBiologyHealthScienceBiotechnology... Why do medical implants like insulin pumps and prosthetic knees need replacement? Explore how the immune system fights implants and how new devices are trying to help.
What Happens To Your Memories After You Die?
AdultsBiologyLifeSciencePsychology... When we're no longer on this earth, what happens to all the memories in our heads? Do people remember their passing if they're brought back to life?
You Don’t Want to Live Forever
AdultsBiologyHumanSciencePhilosophyLife... The idea of immortality has long been a prominent fixture in storytelling, and serves as a much sought after goal even here in real life.
The mysterious science of pain
AdultsBiologyHealthSciencePsychology... Explore the biological and psychological factors that influence how we experience pain and how our nervous system reactions to harmful stimuli.
The Secrets of Extreme Breath Holding
AdultsBiologyHealthHumanPsychology... Humans can hold our breath longer than we think by taking advantage of our body’s innate survival instincts - and then ignoring them.
The wild world of carnivorous plants
AdultsBiotechnologyLifeNatureBiologyScience... Venus fly traps, bladderworts and sundews, oh my! Learn about carnivorous plants and their predatory antics to lure, trap and digest prey.
How to biohack your cells to fight cancer
AdultsBiologyHumanScienceHealthBiotechnology... Check out the science of biohacking, where biologists go into a patient’s genetic code and reprogram their immune system to recognize and fight cancer cells.
Can Humans Sense Magnetic Fields?
AdultsNeurosciencePsychologyScienceBiology... Research has found some human brains can pick up on rotations of geomagnetic-strength fields as evidenced by drops in alpha wave power following stimulus.
You Are A Fish
AdultsAnimalsHumanNatureScienceEvolutionBiology... With our current understanding of evolutionary history and our strategy of cladistic naming, if we wanted to have both goldfish and sharks under a single group called "fish", then mammals must also be called fish.
Could A Plant Grow Inside You?
AdultsBiologyHumanNature Plants can live in all kinds of environments...even inside the your body?
Aliens under the Ice – Life on Rogue Planets
AdultsNatureScienceSpaceBiology... Out in the vast coldness of outer space, there are planets that travel alone through darkness without the boundaries of a system. Here’s how this can happen – and why these frozen deserts might secretly harbor alien life.
Why Is The Very Hungry Caterpillar So Dang Hungry?
AdultsAnimalsNatureScienceBiology... Because it's hoarding protein. Not just for itself, but for the butterfly it will become and every egg that butterfly will lay. And it's about to lose its mouth... as it wriggles out of its skin during metamorphosis.