Frans Lanting: Photos that give voice to the animal kingdom
AdultsAnimalsNaturePhotographyArtNature photographer Frans Lanting uses vibrant images to take us deep into the animal world. In this short, visual talk he calls for us to reconnect with other earthly creatures, and to shed the metaphorical skins that separate us from each other.
Jurassic World - Official Trailer
AdultsFilmMarketingEntertainmentAdventureSteven Spielberg returns to executive produce the long-awaited next instalment of his groundbreaking Jurassic Park series, Jurassic World. Colin Trevorrow directs the epic action-adventure from a screenplay he wrote with Derek Connolly. Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley join the team as producers.
Toronto Maple Leafs fans finish singing US anthem after technical difficulties
AdultsPoliticsSportsCultureEntertainmentThe NHL's Nashville Predators might have creamed the Toronto Maple Leafs on the ice Tuesday night, but ahead of the game, there was a technical difficulty for the U.S. side. The microphone cut out while a woman was singing "The Star Spangled Banner." Instead of taking a moment to fix the sound system, the fans in the Canadian arena barely missed a beat at filling in the rest of the U.S. national anthem.
Will Marshall: Tiny satellites show us the Earth as it changes in near-real-time
AdultsSpaceTechnologyEnvironmentScienceSatellite imaging has revolutionized our knowledge of the Earth, with detailed images of nearly every street corner readily available online. But Planet Labs' Will Marshall says we can do better and go faster - by getting smaller. He introduces his tiny satellites - no bigger than 10 by 10 by 30 centimeters - that, when launched in a cluster, provide high-res images of the entire planet, updated daily.
Scary black seadevil fish caught on video at depth of 1,900 feet
AdultsAnimalsNatureWildlifeScienceBiologyDeep-sea anglerfish are strange and elusive creatures that are very rarely observed in their natural habitat. Fewer than half a dozen have ever been captured on film or video by deep diving research vehicles. This little angler, about 9 cm long, is named Melanocetus. It is also known as the Black Seadevil and it lives in the deep dark waters of the Monterey Canyon.
Why Do Rivers Curve?
AdultsNatureEnvironmentScienceMinuteEarth provides an energetic and entertaining view of trends in earth's environment -- in just a few minutes!
Why can't we see evidence of alien life?
AdultsLifeSpaceSciencePhilosophyStand by for an animated exploration of the famous Fermi Paradox. Given the vast number of planets in the universe, many much older than Earth, why haven't we yet seen obvious signs of alien life? The potential answers to this question are numerous and intriguing, alarming and hopeful.
Why Music Moves Us
AdultsHumanMusicNeurosciencePsychologyEvolutionWhy does music make us feel happy or sad? Or angry or romantic? How can simple sound waves cause so much emotion? I went from my comfy chair to the streets of Austin to investigate how it might be written into our neuroscience and evolution. Modern neuroscience says our brains may be wired to pick certain emotions out of music because they remind us of how people move!
The Secret Social Life of Plants
AdultsEconomyNatureScienceEnvironmentMinuteEarth provides an energetic and entertaining view of trends in earth's environment -- in just a few minutes!
Why Van Gogh's "Starry Night" Is Actually An Art Of Science
AdultsArtSciencePhysicsPhysicist Werner Heisenberg said, "When I meet God, I am going to ask him two questions: why relativity? And why turbulence? I really believe he will have an answer for the first." As difficult as turbulence is to understand mathematically, we can use art to depict the way it looks. Natalya St. Clair illustrates how Van Gogh captured this deep mystery of movement, fluid and light in his work.
How Bees Can See the Invisible
AdultsAnimalsNatureBiologyScienceFeeding and fertilizing. Bees are amazing social insects, and their relationship with flowers is one of nature's coolest examples of "mutualism". It got me wondering: How do bees see the world? Enjoy this look at how bees see in ultraviolet and even sense electric fields!
Save the Arctic
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Why is the Sky Any Color?
AdultsScienceWorldNatureCultureIt's a question that you'd think kids have been asking for thousands of years, but it might not be that old at all. The ancient Greek poet Homer never used a word for blue in The Odyssey or The Iliad, because blue is one of the last colors that cultures pick out a word for.
This Bird Chirps Just Like R2-D2 From "Star Wars"
AdultsAnimalsFilmEntertainmentCultureWe taught Bluey the budgie how to do R2-D2 and now he drives us crazy! He has two other budgies in his cage, and I think he's driving them crazy too!
Epic Hot Air Balloon Rope Swing
AdultsInternet CultureTransportationAdventureEntertainmentYouTube channel Devin Supertramp shows you what you get when you combine a rope with hot air balloons.
Vsauce Breaks Down The Problems Of Naming Everything In Our World
AdultsHistoryLanguageSocietyEducationA misnomer is a word or term that suggests a meaning that is known to be wrong. Misnomers often arise because the thing named received its name long before its true nature was known. A misnomer may also be simply a word that is used incorrectly or misleadingly.
The Science and Beauty of Auroras
AdultsScienceWorldSpaceNatureSpace might seem like an empty place, but the area surrounding Earth is constantly being bombarded by waves of charged particles released by the Sun: The solar wind. Luckily, thanks to Earth's swirling, molten core (and the magnetic field it provides), we are protected from this planet-sterilizing onslaught like an invisible force field.