Why Blue in Japan Looks Like Green to Americans
Adults Culture
Life
Society
Do you think green should be blue? Wait... what?
Accent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents - (Part One)
Adults Education
Human
Listening
Dialect coach Erik Singer takes us on a tour of different accents across English-speaking North America.
Who decides how long a second is?
Adults Culture
History
Human
Discover how scientists developed atomic clocks, which use the vibrations of atoms to measure and maintain a globally consistent time.
Would Living on the Moon Suck? - Dear Blocko #31
Adults Human
Life
Space
Animation by Steven Lawson
Written by Michael Sago
These squids can fly... no, really - Robert Siddall
Adults Animals
Education
Nature
Dive into the incredible flying capabilities of squids, and how they use flight as a survival tactic.
Why should you read Toni Morrison’s “Beloved”? - Yen Pham
Adults Books
Creativity
Writing
Dig into Toni Morrison’s novel, "Beloved," which tells the story of a family of former slaves whose home is haunted by an abusive spirit.
Does It Pay To Cheat?
Adults Economy
Human
Justice
For some birds, trying to cheat your neighbors into raising your babies is just as much work - and is no more successful - than doing it yourself.
What if We Nuke the Moon?
Adults Nature
Science
Space
What would happen if we were to detonate a very very powerful nuclear weapon on the moon?
The strange history of the world's most stolen painting
Adults Art
History
Justice
Discover Jan van Eyck’s masterpiece, the Ghent Altarpiece, and explore how it became the world’s most stolen artwork.
The Plant That’s Full Of Metal
Adults Education
Environment
Nature
The amount of metal some special plants are able to take up from the soil would be toxic enough to an average plant to kill it several times over.
These SCP’s Could End The World
Adults Biotechnology
History
Human
The SCP Foundation has been responsible for keeping not only our world, but our universe safe. They contain some of the most deadly SCPs known to man, because if just one of these vicious SCPs got loose, it could spell the end of the world!
Christmas Turkey Stew | Jamie Oliver
Adults Family
Film
Food
Jamie’s serving up one big comforting hug of a dish, turkey stew! This super-easy, one-pot wonder, is getting the old-school Oliver treatment with the added bonus of golden dumplings to the gorgeous stew.
How Investments Scams Work | Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
Adults Human
Industry
Society
Mariana van Zeller travels to Israel to speak with a big player in the investment scam business, and learns more about how prevalent these scams are.
Building the world's largest (and most controversial) power plant - Alex Gendler
Adults Construction
Design
Industry
Explore the creation of China’s Three Gorges Dam, and find out how the hydroelectric plant generates its power.
How to Harvest Pecans (In Slow Motion) - Smarter Every Day 248
Adults Food
Human
Nature
I hope you enjoyed learning about Pecan Harvesting as much as I did!
Can You Upload Your Mind & Live Forever? feat. Cyberpunk 2077
Adults Education
Human
Technology
The desire to be free from the limits of the human experience is as old as our first stories. We exist in an endless universe, only bound by the laws of physics and yet, our consciousness is trapped in mortal machines made of meat.
Best Of Spring | BBC Earth
Adults Ecology
Nature
World
In the first of our seasonal specials, we bring you the best spring moments from the BBC Earth archive.