New UFO "Evidence" vs. SCIENCE
AdultsCultureMediaPoliticsScienceSpace Are we alone? Have aliens visited Earth? An age-old question that has been reignited by recent
declassified UFO/UAP footage and intriguing ‘whistleblower’ congressional hearings.
Eclipses Used To Be Terrifying
AdultsLifeScienceAstronomy Because eclipses are powerful and frightening events, ancient cultures went to great lengths to understand eclipses, leading to remarkably accurate predictions and helping invent the science of astronomy.
Why Korea is Dying Out
AdultsHistoryHumanScienceSocietyPolitics Every two years one million Japanese disappear, China’s population will halve by the end of the century, the median age in Italy has reached 48. All around the world birth rates are crashing – Is humanity dying out? What is going on and how bad is it?
How One Line in the Oldest Math Text Hinted at Hidden Universes
AdultsEducationHistoryHumanScienceAstronomy A huge thank you to Prof. Geraint Lewis and Dr. Ashmeet Singh for helping us understand the applications of Non-Euclidean geometry in astronomy/cosmology.
Astronaut Tells The Story Behind Iconic Space Photos | WIRED
AdultsEducationHistorySpaceSciencePhotography ESA Astronaut Tim Peake visits WIRED to have a look back at pivotal moments in the history of human space flight, captured in 8 unforgettable photographs.
How Did Life Begin? (Evolutionary History): Crash Course Biology #16
AdultsEducationScienceSelfBiologyEvolution Humans may have been around for a long time, but life has existed for way longer. In this episode of Crash Course Biology, we’ll journey through deep time to uncover the history of life on Earth.
Brian Cox on how black holes could unlock the mysteries of our universe
AdultsEducationPhysicsScienceSpace When black holes disappear, what happens to the stuff that fell in? Physicist Brian Cox explains.
The Truth About Space Combat
AdultsEducationPhysicsScienceEntertainmentMedia George Lucas and the release of Star Wars in the 1970s unintentionally set a precedent for how almost every single piece of sci-fi media would depict space combat.
The Woman Who Saved the World
AdultsHistoryLifeScienceHealth On her way to winning the 2023 Nobel Prize for her pioneering work on mRNA vaccines, Katalin Karikó lived a life made for the big screen.
Why Did It Take Us So Long?
AdultsLifeNatureScienceBiologyEcology We've long known that animal pollination is an important way plants reproduce on land, but we're only JUST finding out animals also pollinate plants underwater.
Ancient Life as Old as the Universe
AdultsEducationNatureScienceEvolutionHistory Life has existed on one planet for about 4 billion years, for all we know. But it might have started right after the Big Bang, when the universe was much stranger and more fantastic than today.
The Man Who Killed Millions and Saved Billions (Clean Version)
AdultsHistoryHumanLifeScience A huge thanks to Dan Charles for writing a fantastic biography of Fritz Haber, for taking the time to talk to us about it, and providing valuable feedback.
How To Make The Best Coffee, According To Science
AdultsEducationFoodScience If you drink coffee, you might wonder if you're doing the most to make your absolute best cup of coffee.
The best pregnancy test used to be this frog ... no, really - Carly Anne York
AdultsAnimalsNatureScienceBiologyHealth Dig into how African clawed frogs can help detect human pregnancy, and how their use in experiments had unintended consequences.
Why Do Weeping Willows Weep?
AdultsLifeNatureScience Most trees reach for the sun – but not the weeping willow. Why?
How The Most Useless Branch of Math Could Save Your Life
AdultsEducationMathScience There is an entire branch of math simply devoted to knots
0:12 / 12:36 The Future of Botany: Crash Course Botany #15
AdultsEnvironmentLifeNatureScienceEducation We’ve learned a lot about plants throughout this series, but there’s much more to discover. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll peek into the future of botany.
Yes, this is how we know the Earth is slowing down
AdultsEducationScienceSpacePhysics Without eclipses, our world would be a lot different because eclipses give us the ability to do science we otherwise wouldn’t be able to.
You're a Dream of the Universe (According to Science)
AdultsEducationScienceSpacePhilosophy Absolutely everything you think about yourself and the universe could be an illusion. As far as you know, you are real and exist in a universe that was born 14 billion years ago and that gave rise to galaxies, stars, the Earth, and finally you. Except, maybe not.