The Bizarre Behavior of Rotating Bodies, Explained
AdultsConstructionCreativityScience...Spinning objects have strange instabilities known as The Dzhanibekov Effect or Tennis Racket Theorem - this video offers an intuitive explanation.
What’s Hiding at the Most Solitary Place on Earth? The Deep Sea
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Shark Tagged From Submarine For First Time In History | National Geographic
AdultsAnimalsEnvironmentHistory...For the past year, a research team has developed a new strategy to study the near threatened bluntnose sixgill shark in deep waters.
Flamethrower vs Aerogel
AdultsConstructionDesignScience...We put aerogel to the test vs 'not-a-flamethrower', a huge 2000°C flame to a large fiberglass blanket infused with silica aerogel - formerly the lightest solid (that title is now held by graphene aerogel).
The Egg - A Short Story
AdultsCreativityEducationScience...A Big Thanks to Andy Weir for allowing us to use his story.
First Flight on Another Planet!
AdultsConstructionScienceSpaceThe Mars Helicopter aims to make the first powered flight on another planet when it takes off on Mars as part of the Mars 2020 mission.
1950s vs. NOW: Did Mid-Century Futurism Flop?
AdultsCreativityFutureScience...What kind of future did the people of the 1950s predict? Did people get the tech they wanted?