What’s in the air you breathe? - Amy Hrdina and Jesse Kroll
AdultsHealthHumanNature Together, nitrogen, oxygen and argon make up 99.93% of our air. So what’s the other .07%? Find out what makes up the air you breathe.
Why We Faint (When Other Animals Don't)
AdultsAnimalsHealthHumanScienceBiology Humans are the only animals known to faint due to triggers like shock, fear, or pain; this is due to a combination of our massive brains and upright stance.
Brad Makes Fermented Pasta Sauce | It's Alive | Bon Appétit
AdultsFilmFoodHumanCooking It's Alive with Brad Leone is back for episode 80 and this time Brad is making fermented pasta sauce.
Why every world map is wrong - Kayla Wolf
AdultsHistoryHumanWorldScience Dig into the inaccuracies of flat maps and how different map designs can shift our point of view.
Can you solve the fantasy election riddle? - Dennis E. Shasha
AdultsEducationHumanMathPoliticsSociety After much debate, the realm has decided dragon jousting may not be the best way to choose its leaders, and has begun transitioning to democracy.
World’s Most Expensive Mango
AdultsFoodHumanIndustryCulture A friend from out of town gifts you with a delicious-looking mango. An odd gift but who can deny a bite of the juicy fruit! You cut into only to find out that this mango cost $3,600!
The Problem With Life Expectancy
AdultsHealthHumanPsychologyBiologyScience In order to truly understand differences among animal lifespans, we need to stop thinking about a specific number and start thinking about a distribution.
Four Reasons Our Brains Suck At Pandemics
AdultsHumanNaturePsychologyMental HealthHealthScience You can read Bill & Melinda Gates' 2021 letter at http://gatesnot.es/3opAPWK
Certain cognitive biases cause humans to make unsafe decisions in a pandemic, making a terrible disease even worse.
Can loud music damage your hearing?
AdultsHealthHumanMusicScience Dig into the properties of sound to find out just how bad loud music is for your hearing.
I Asked Bill Gates What's The Next Crisis?
AdultsHistoryHumanLifePoliticsHealthSociety I got the chance to interview Bill Gates so I asked him: Will Covid-19 be the last pandemic? How does he deal with misinformation and conspiracy theories? And what is the next disaster?
The artist who won a Nobel Prize... in medicine - Melanie E. Peffer
AdultsEducationHistoryHumanArtScienceNeuroscience Explore how a scientist and artist discovered how our brains transmit signals throughout the body, and laid the foundation for modern neuroscience.
What if every satellite suddenly disappeared? - Moriba Jah
AdultsHumanLifeWorld Explore what would happen if all of humanity’s satellites disappeared and the real-life scenarios that could lead to such a catastrophe.
Accent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents - (Part One)
AdultsEducationHumanListening Dialect coach Erik Singer takes us on a tour of different accents across English-speaking North America.
Most Spoiled Kids in the World
AdultsHealthHumanPsychology Some parents spoil their kids with whatever they want, but when your parents are Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey being spoiled gets taken to a whole new level.
The rise of the Ottoman Empire - Mostafa Minawi
AdultsHistoryHumanWorld Explore the early days of the Ottoman Empire, as shrewd political rulers grew the principality into an intercontinental empire.
Would Living on the Moon Suck? - Dear Blocko #31
AdultsHumanLifeSpace Animation by Steven Lawson
Written by Michael Sago
Who decides how long a second is?
AdultsCultureHistoryHuman Discover how scientists developed atomic clocks, which use the vibrations of atoms to measure and maintain a globally consistent time.