Holding and Explosion at 20,000 fps
AdultsFilmTechnologyScienceExperimentsI always thought firing from the center was the best way to do it. Turns out I'm probably wrong.
How the food you eat affects your brain
AdultsFoodHealthNeuroscienceScienceWhen it comes to what you bite, chew and swallow, your choices have a direct and long-lasting effect on the most powerful organ in your body: your brain.
How Do Lie Detectors Work?
AdultsPsychologyWorkScienceCan you tell whether or not someone is lying? Greg Foot explains whether or not lie detectors actually work.
We Can Now Edit Our DNA. But Let's Do it Wisely
AdultsBiologyGeneticsScienceBiotechnologyGeneticist Jennifer Doudna co-invented a groundbreaking new technology for editing genes, called CRISPR-Cas9. The tool allows scientists to make precise edits to DNA strands, which could lead to treatments for genetic diseases.
What Is Something?
AdultsPhysicsSpacePhilosophyScienceWhat is something? On the most fundamental level thinkable, what are things? Why are things? And why do things behave the way they do?
What Happens When Your Brain Is Split
AdultsHumanMental HealthNeuroscienceScienceWhat Happens When Your Brain Is Split In Two - And You Survive?
Why do some people have seasonal allergies?
AdultsHealthHumanBiologyScienceEnvironmentAh, spring. Grass growing, flowers blooming, trees budding. For those with allergies, though, this explosion of new life probably inspires more dread than joy. So what's behind this annual onslaught of mucus? Eleanor Nelsen explains what happens when your immune system goes rogue.
Backwards Brain Bike
AdultsSportsGadgetsScienceExperimentsDestin from Smarter Every Day challenged me to learn to ride the Backwards Bran Bike for 50 meters.
How do we separate the inseparable?
AdultsPhysicsScienceTechnologyYour cell phone is mainly made of plastics and metals. It's easy to appreciate the process by which those elements add up to something so useful.
Flavored Oxygen Taste Test
AdultsHumorInternet CultureScienceCan we figure out what flavor oxygen we're breathing?
The threat of invasive species
AdultsEnvironmentNatureScienceMassive vines that blanket the southern United States, climbing high as they uproot trees and swallow buildings. A ravenous snake that is capable of devouring an alligator. Rabbit populations that eat themselves into starvation.