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How the popsicle was invented | Moments of Vision 11 - Jessica Oreck

Adults Food History Creativity
Each year, approximately 2 billion popsicles are sold worldwide. But where did the idea for this tasty treat come from? In the eleventh installment of our 'Moments of Vision' series, Jessica Oreck shares the distracted origins of the popsicle.

BLADE RUNNER 2049 - Official Trailer

Adults Film Future Marketing
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

Check your intuition: The birthday problem - David Knuffke

Adults Math Society
Imagine a group of people. How big do you think the group would have to be before there's more than a 50% chance that two people in the group have the same birthday? The answer is ... probably lower than you think. David Knuffke explains how the birthday problem exposes our often-poor intuition when it comes to probability.

What humans will look like in 1,000 years

Adults Future Human
There will eventually be a day where prosthetics are no longer just for the disabled. However, it's not just our outside appearance that will change - our genes will also evolve on microscopic levels to aid our survival. For example, an Oxford-led study discovered a group of HIV-infected children in South Africa living healthy lives. It turns out, they have a built-in defense against HIV that prevents the virus from advancing to AIDS.

Climate Lab - Climate Lab - Why your old phones collect in a junk drawer of sadness

Adults Gadgets Global Warming Technology
Smartphones shouldn't be so disposable. Could fixing the way we make our phones help solve climate change?

Oxygen's surprisingly complex journey through your body - Enda Butler

Adults Biology Human Science
Oxygen forms about 21% of the air around us. In your body, oxygen forms a vital role in the production of energy in most cells. But if gases can only efficiently diffuse across tiny distances, how does oxygen reach the cells deep inside your body? Enda Butler tracks the surprisingly complex journey of oxygen through your body.

Are You Thinking About Breathing While You Read This? (Now You Are)

Adults Health Human Science
What really drives us to breathe? And how dangerous is it to hyperventilate and hold your breath?

Thin underwater cables hold the internet. See a map of them all.

Adults Internet Culture Technology World
Your internet isn't just underwater. It's also covered in Vaseline.

What are the challenges of nuclear power? - M. V. Ramana and Sajan Saini

Adults Global Warming Technology
Our ability to mine great amounts of energy from uranium nuclei has led some to bill nuclear power as a plentiful, utopian source of electricity. But rather than dominate the global electricity market, nuclear power has declined from a high of 18% in 1996 to 11% today. What happened to the great promise of this technology? M.V. Ramana and Sajan Saini detail the challenges of nuclear power.

What Are The Best Universities In The World?

Adults Culture Education
Ivy League schools may be famous, but none of them make it in the top three. So what are the world's best universities?

What happens when you bring meditation to public schools

Adults Education Spirituality
Classrooms all over the country are trying something new: sitting and breathing.

GoPro Karma: Desert Canyons with Dad

Adults Family Film
Join Dorothy and her Dad Garrett as they adventure to the Great American Southwest for a day of exploring some of Earth's most majestic desert landscapes. Whether they're capturing beautiful aerials with Karma, or running through the canyons with Karma Grip, smooth cinematic shots have never been this easy.

What is entropy? - Jeff Phillips

Adults Physics Science
There's a concept that's crucial to chemistry and physics. It helps explain why physical processes go one way and not the other: why ice melts, why cream spreads in coffee, why air leaks out of a punctured tire. It's entropy, and it's notoriously difficult to wrap our heads around. Jeff Phillips gives a crash course on entropy.

Your Brain Changes all the time, but Being a Mom Changes It Forever

Adults Family Human Neuroscience
Mother's bodies go through tons of changes before and after giving birth, but so do their brains! What really makes a mom's brain different?

What Is Vocal Fry & Is It Bad For You?

Adults Science Work
Is vocal fry bad for your voice? Does it hurt your chances of getting a job?

Using GPS to Get Around Is Making Us Dumber

Adults Human Science Technology
GPS services have made getting from point A to point B a lot easier, but what effects does this have on our brains?

Meet the Man Who Strapped Himself to a Rocket, For Science

Adults Health Physics Technology
One man's quest to test the human limits of gravity on the human body.

Hackers Can Now Break Into Your Phone Using Music

Adults Music Software Engineering Technology
New research shows sound waves can manipulate the accelerometer in your phone; what implications does this have for data security?

How You Can Survive With Only One-Third of Your Blood

Adults Health Human Science
How much blood can a human lose without dying, and how does the body replenish that blood once it's gone?

Graphene Could Solve the World's Water Crisis

Adults Future Nature Technology
Turning saltwater into clean drinking water is an expensive, energy-intensive process, but could the wonder material graphene make it more accessible?

Why Some Old People Act Half Their Age: It's in the Brain

Adults Human Mental Health
Scientists are studying people over 80 whose memories are just as good as someone in their 50s. What sets these 'SuperAgers' apart?