Your Body Killed Cancer 5 Minutes Ago
Adults Science
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 Science
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 Science
Dig into geoengineering, which uses technology to manipulate Earth’s environments to counteract climate change.
Why Lightbulbs Might Be The Best Invention Ever
Adults Science
Lightbulbs might be the best idea ever – just not for light.
Corn Shouldn't Be Food, But It Is
Adults 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 Science
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 Science
Sabine Hossenfelder discusses the physics of… dead grandmothers?
How to Make Money on YouTube with 20M Subs
Adults Science
In 2023, Kurzgesagt has existed for 10 years (which is insanely long in internet years).
How Caffeine Accidentally Took Over The World
Adults Science
Plants don't make caffeine just for us, so what DO they make it for?
Explaining concrete while getting buried in it
Adults 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 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.
Why Aliens Might Already Be On Their Way To Us
Adults Science
The universe is magnificent and vast. Hundreds of billions of galaxies, trillions of stars, and even more planets. If even the tiniest fraction are habitable, then the Universe should be teeming with life. And yet we see nothing, only vast emptiness. Where is everyone else?
Why We Haven’t Learned More In 101 Years Of Trying
Adults Science
Almost everything we know about the reproductive practices of European eels comes from a genius study conducted more than 100 years ago.
Why do we have crooked teeth when our ancestors didn’t?
Adults Science
Explore the prevailing scientific theory of why crooked teeth and impacted wisdom teeth are recent developments in human evolution.
How NASA Reinvented The Wheel
Adults Science
A huge thanks to everyone at NASA Glenn Research Center for having us at the SLOPE Lab, showing their work on this indestructible tire, and helping with the science and animation.
How to master your sense of smell
Adults Science
Some perfumers can distinguish individual odors in a fragrance made of hundreds of scents; tea-experts have been known to sniff out the exact location of a particular tea; and the NYC Transit Authority once had a employee responsible only for sniffing out gas leaks.
The man who lost his sense of touch
Adults Science
Explore the science behind how your body and brain process different sensations like touch, pain, temperature, and spatial awareness.
How Quantum Computers Break The Internet
Adults Science
A quantum computer in the next decade could crack the encryption our society relies on using Shor's Algorithm.
How Wildfires Spawn Deadly Firenadoes
Adults Science
Climate change is causing wildfire season to get worse every year. And our models of wildfires can't keep up with the things fires can do... like spawn devastating fire tornadoes.
Porcelain in the Wreckage | Drain the Oceans
Adults Science
Vanessa Litzenberg discusses the porcelain from the wreck. Drain the Oceans dives deep into the unknown; a truly epic, original series that takes underwater adventure and earth science illustration into a whole new era.
Primitive Technology: Iron Bacteria Cement
Adults Science
I developed a cement made from iron bacteria, then made pots from it to test its ability to set and not dissolve in water.