Mark Hamill Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED
Adults Industry
Media
Space
"The Machine" star Mark Hamill takes the WIRED Autocomplete interview and answers the web's most searched questions about himself. How did he win the role of Luke Skywalker?
Bear vs Wolves: Battle for Food | Wild Scandinavia | BBC Earth
Adults Animals
Life
Nature
This bear needs to watch his back... Despite being bigger and stronger than any wolf, bears become vulnerable when alone. On a hunt for food, this 10-strong wolf pack work together to intimidate a solo bear whilst he feasts on a carcass. Will the bear escape Scandinavia's rarest carnivore?
Halle Bailey Sits Down with Nat Geo Explorer Aliyah Griffith | National Geographic
Adults Media
Nature
Technology
Executive Editor Debra Adams Simmons sits down with Halle Bailey, “Ariel” in Disney’s new movie The Little Mermaid, and Aliyah Griffith, Marine Scientist, National Geographic Explorer, and Founder of Mahogany Mermaids.
Primitive Technology: Roasted Ore and Shell Flux Smelt
Adults Creativity
Life
Nature
I tested 2 ways of improving iron smelts by treating the ore, roasting the ore and using snail shells as a flux. Then finally I recycled old slag to see if it would produce any more iron.
0:00 / 9:18 • Intro Jamie's Mega Meal Prep | Jamie Oliver
Adults Family
Film
Food
Save time, money, and energy, and create ten delicious meals in under an hour!
Your Body Killed Cancer 5 Minutes Ago
Adults Biology
Health
Human
Somewhere in your body, your immune system just quietly killed one of your own cells, stopping it from becoming cancer, and saving your life. It does that all the time.
Ancient Humans Made Millions Of These - We Don’t Know Why
Adults Construction
Health
Human
The Acheulean handaxe was the most common tool of early humans, but we still don’t know what the heck they used it for.
1816: The year with no summer - David Biello
Adults History
Human
Weather
Dig into geoengineering, which uses technology to manipulate Earth’s environments to counteract climate change.
Corn Shouldn't Be Food, But It Is
Adults Education
Food
Science
You probably have a bag of frozen corn in your freezer, or have chowed down on a buttery ear of corn at a cookout.
The HUGE Problem with ChatGPT
Adults History
Science
Technology
Free-to-use, exceptionally powerful artificial intelligences are available to more people than ever, seemingly making some kind of news every day.
The “afterlife” according to Einstein’s special relativity
Adults Education
Life
Science
Sabine Hossenfelder discusses the physics of… dead grandmothers?
Why I Cook Meat Straight from the Freezer
Adults Film
Food
Media
One of the most annoying and frustrating problems as a home cook, is looking into the fridge on a weeknight and realizing either, the protein you got earlier this week is past the freeze-by date, you have no protein in the first place, or the pack of chicken you threw into the freezer is hours away from being thawed.
Bear Cubs' First Trip to the Seaside | 4K UHD | Seven Worlds One Planet | BBC Earth
Adults Animals
Life
Nature
A mother bear takes her cubs to forage for food on the beach with feisty crabs on the menu – but a nip from those claws are the their worries as a larger bear catches their scent…
Bull Elephant Mines for Salt Buried in the Riverbed
Adults Animals
Life
Nature
Filmed for first time, bull elephant creates salt cocktail using his trunk and the salt buried in the riverbed.
Cheat's Mushroom Pizza
Adults Family
Film
Food
So simple and so delicious, this super-easy method gives you tasty pizza in a flash. We’re talking crispy on the outside, spongy in the middle.
How to Make Money on YouTube with 20M Subs
Adults Industry
Media
Science
In 2023, Kurzgesagt has existed for 10 years (which is insanely long in internet years).
How Caffeine Accidentally Took Over The World
Adults Food
History
Human
Plants don't make caffeine just for us, so what DO they make it for?
Why do we eat popcorn at the movies? - Andrew Smith
Adults Food
History
Human
Trace the history of popcorn, from its origins in the Americas to its explosion of popularity in the 20th century.
Explaining concrete while getting buried in it
Adults Construction
History
Science
Concrete = cement + sand + gravel. Cement is the most important man-made material on Earth.
You’re Not a Lab Mouse, but You Might Be a Wild Mouse
Adults Animals
Nature
Science
The lab mice we use for genetic studies are not only closely related, but live out their whole lives in a sterile environment, so they don’t tell us everything we need to know about actual humans.