Would you sacrifice one person to save five?
Adults Life
Imagine you're watching a runaway trolley barreling down the tracks, straight towards five workers. You happen to be standing next to a switch that will divert the trolley onto a second track.
How Will You Die?
Adults Life
Science, statistics and lifestyle can help predict how you will die!
How a single-celled organism almost wiped out life on Earth
Adults Life
There's an organism that changed the world. It caused the first mass extinction in Earth's history
What Is Life? Is Death Real?
Adults Life
So what is the difference between you and a rock? This seems like an easy, even stupid question. But even the smartest people on earth have no idea where to draw the line between living and dead things.
The Death Of Bees Explained
Adults Life
In 2015 the bees are still dying in masses. Which at first seems not very important until you realize that one third of all food humans consume would disappear with them. Millions could starve.
Can You Start a Fire with a Sandwich Bag?
Adults Life
Did you know you can start a fire with a ziploc bag, a bit of water, and the power of the sun? Here's how to do it step-by-step.
Why is Mt. Everest so Deadly? | Mashable Explains
Adults Life
Here's a rundown of the most common ways people have died attempting to summit Mt. Everest.
Is life a video game? | Elon Musk | Code Conference 2016
Adults Life
Is our life a simulation? Elon Musk has thought about this a lot.
The Deadliest Ice Age Ever
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Minute earth talks about the deadliest ice age ever.
What Happens When You Die?
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What happens after you die?
A simple way to break a bad habit | Judson Brewer
Adults Life
Can we break bad habits by being more curious about them? Psychiatrist Judson Brewer studies the relationship between mindfulness and addiction - from smoking to overeating to all those other things we do even though we know they're bad for us. Learn more about the mechanism of habit development and discover a simple but profound tactic that might help you beat your next urge to smoke, snack or check a text while driving.
Descending A Huge Chimney In Pitesti
Adults Life
The palms of my hands never stopped sweating.
Mass Extinctions
Adults Life
How Many Mass Extinctions Have There Been?
What's Your Biggest Regret?
Adults Life
A chalkboard stood in the middle of New York City asking passersby to write down their biggest regrets. As the board filled up, we noticed that all of these responses had one alarming thing in common.
Simple Survival Life Hacks
Adults Life
We've put together an amazing list of Simple Survival Life Hacks! We'll show you how to make emergency candles, coffee can stoves, waterproof your gear, get rid of mosquitos plus lot's more!
Aircraft with a capsule to save passengers
Adults Life
This Newly Invented Capsule For Aircraft Can Save Passengers During Catastrophe
57 Years Apart
Adults Life
Precocious 7-Year-Old And Witty 64-Year-Old Talk About Aging
Skydiving Without Parachute
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Watch Daredevil Jump From Hot Air Balloon Without Parachute Will Make Your Palm Sweat
How Long Will You Live?
Adults Life
Cell biology gives clues to why we age and lobsters don't.
How do you know you exist?
Adults Life
How do you know you're real? Is existence all just a big dream? Has some mad scientist duped us into simply believing that we exist? James Zucker investigates all of these questions (and more) in this mind-boggling tribute to Rene Descartes's "Meditations on First Philosophy."
What makes a hero?
Adults Life
What trials unite not only Harry Potter or Frodo Baggins but many of literature's most interesting heroes? And what do ordinary people have in common with these literary heroes? Matthew Winkler takes us step-by-step through the crucial events that make or break a hero.