YouTube’s Science Scam Crisis
AdultsIndustryScienceTechnologyCybersecurityInternet CultureThere’s a tsunami of science spam on YouTube. Why does it all look the same? How much harm does it do? Do not watch these low-effort, AI-generated, cash grabs.
Burn Your Waste With... Water?
AdultsLifeNatureScienceEnvironmentSupercritical water produces fire without flames, which is great for making clean drinking water from our waste in space or breaking down forever chemicals here on Earth.
Are Life-Saving Medicines Hiding in the World’s Coldest Places?
AdultsEnvironmentLifeNatureScienceBiologyCould the next wonder drug be somewhere in Canada's snowy north? Take a trip to this beautiful, frigid landscape as chemist Normand Voyer explores the mysterious molecular treasures found in plants thriving in the cold.
Halle Bailey Sits Down with Nat Geo Explorer Aliyah Griffith | National Geographic
AdultsMediaNatureTechnologyScienceCultureExecutive 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
AdultsCreativityLifeNatureScienceExperimentsI 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.
1816: The year with no summer - David Biello
AdultsHistoryHumanWeatherEnvironmentScienceGlobal WarmingDig into geoengineering, which uses technology to manipulate Earth’s environments to counteract climate change.
Why Lightbulbs Might Be The Best Invention Ever
AdultsHistoryScienceTechnologyLightbulbs might be the best idea ever – just not for light.
The HUGE Problem with ChatGPT
AdultsHistoryScienceTechnologyArtificial IntelligenceFree-to-use, exceptionally powerful artificial intelligences are available to more people than ever, seemingly making some kind of news every day.
Explaining concrete while getting buried in it
AdultsConstructionHistoryScienceEngineeringConcrete = cement + sand + gravel. Cement is the most important man-made material on Earth.
Why Aliens Might Already Be On Their Way To Us
AdultsLifeScienceSpaceThe 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?