Can We Really Touch Anything?
AdultsBiologyScience Can we really touch things? Well if by touch we mean exchange a force-carrying particle with, then yes.
The science of skin - Emma Bryce
AdultsBiologyHumanScience Between you and the rest of the world lies an interface that makes up 16% of your physical weight. This is your skin, the largest organ in your body: laid out flat, it would cover close to 1.7 square metres of ground.
What Happens In One Lifetime?
AdultsHumanLife A lot can happen during your trips around the sun!
British Diver Exposes Sea Of Plastic Rubbish Off Bali Coast
AdultsGlobal WarmingNature The ocean currents brought us in a lovely gift of a slick of jellyfish, plankton, leaves, branches, fronds, sticks, etc.... Oh, and some plastic.
How Do You Actually Understand Language?
AdultsGeneticsLanguage Language is fascinating, but how do we understand it?
How We Know Black Holes Exist
AdultsScienceSpace Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Space Telescope Science Institute for supporting this video.
Why Don't Sheep Shrink In The Rain?
AdultsAnimalsNatureScienceBiology... Getting wet isn't REALLY what makes wool shrink; it merely exacerbates the friction between the wool fibers, which is stronger in one direction than another, so when agitated in the washer or dryer, they migrate in relation to each other in a process called "felting."
String Theory Explained - What is The True Nature of Reality?
AdultsMathScienceSpace This video was funded by SNSF under Agora Grant n. 171622 and through the NCCR SwissMAP: The Mathematics of Physics.
The myth of King Midas and his golden touch - Iseult Gillespie
AdultsHistoryReligionSocietyMythologyCulture... In Greek mythology, King Midas is known as a rogue ruler whose antics bemused his people and irritated the Gods.
Why BEAVERS Are The Smartest Thing In Fur Pants
AdultsAnimalsNatureEnvironment Beavers have done more to shape North American landscapes than any animal beside humans. We don't notice them much today because there aren't many left, but before colonization, North America was home to hundreds of millions of these furry engineers.
COLD HARD SCIENCE: SLAPSHOT Physics in Slow Motion
AdultsFilmScienceSportsPhysics... I shot the skaters with a Phantom MIRO LC320S made by Vision Research.
Is It Safe To Get Your DNA Tested?
AdultsFamilyGeneticsScienceHealthPrivacy... Once it's out of your body, your genetic information is valuable to a variety of people, but you can keep it safe(ish) with a few simple steps.
Pink Shirt Day takes a stand against bullying
AdultsCultureRelationshipsSocietyJustice... Today thousands of people across Canada will be wearing bright pink shirts. Pink Shirt Day, initiated by Vancouver-based radio station CKNW, is a day where participants across the country wear pink to raise awareness about bullying.
The myth of Thor's journey to the land of giants - Scott A. Mellor
AdultsHistoryReligionMythologyCulture... Thor - son of Odin, god of thunder, and protector of mankind - struggled mightily against his greatest challenge yet: opening a bag of food.
Why Are There As Many Males As Females?
AdultsAnimalsBiologyNatureScience... In almost every animal species on Earth, equal numbers of males and females are conceived. Why is that?
What it Feels Like to Slide Downhill at 90 M.P.H.
AdultsHumanSportsHealth John Daly is an American skeleton racer and a two-time Olympic athlete. Sliding face-down, head-first on a slick bobsled track at 90 mph might sound insane, but for Daly, it's the thrill that keeps him coming back.