Is DNA the future of data storage? - Leo Bear-McGuinness
AdultsGeneticsScienceBiologyTechnologyFutureIn the event of a nuclear fallout, every piece of digital and written information could all be lost. Luckily, there is a way that all of human history could be recorded and safely stored beyond the civilization's end. And the key ingredient is inside all of us: our DNA. Leo Bear-McGuinness explains.
Open offices are overrated
AdultsPhilosophyWorkProductivityBusinessIf you work in an office, there's a good chance it's an open one. How did we get here? And why is it so bad?
Why we really really really like repetition in music
AdultsData ScienceMusicSoftware EngineeringCreativityIt slays all day.
How to Make Kombu Cured Salmon | From the Test Kitchen | Bon Appetit
AdultsCreativityFoodHow-toSenior Editor Chris Morocco shows us how to cure salmon with kombu, and then serves it up with a fresh yuzu kosho.
Kids Try 100 Years of Seafood | Bon Appetit
AdultsFoodHistoryCultureIn this episode of "Kids Try", the kids try 100 years of seafood. Let's see how the kids react to oysters rockefeller, lobster roll, crab cakes, Manhattan clam chowder, tuna casserole, molded salmon mousse, crab rangoon, clam dip, jambalaya, McDonald's Filet-o-Fish, popcorn shrimp, California roll sushi, blackened redfish, scallops, tropical shrimp salad, fried calamari, Stargazy pie, baja fish taco, poke bowl, and sushi burrito.
I Confessed to My Crush - Love Story or Epic Fail?
AdultsArtRelationshipsLoveZarina and her best friend Alicia were just hanging out on a Summer day, just before school started. Typical teenage girls, they were busy on snapchat. Zarina was particularly interested in this one boy - a hockey player - and she had a huge crush on him. Of all the boys in her school, he was her favorite, her school crush.
How aspirin was discovered - Krishna Sudhir
AdultsHistoryScience4000 years ago, the ancient Sumerians made a surprising discovery: if they scraped the bark off a particular kind of tree and ate it, their pain disappeared. Little did they know that what they'd found was destined to influence the future course of medicine. Krishna Sudhir traces the history of aspirin.
Engineers Love to Break Airplanes Before You Fly in Them, Here's Why
AdultsTechnologyTransportationTravelEngineeringAirplane technology has come a long way, but it has limits. Lucky for us, there are teams of people whose job it is to find those limits.
An Asteroid Didn't Kill the Dinosaurs, Here's a New Theory About What Did
AdultsAnimalsGlobal WarmingHistoryScienceA new scientific model has discovered what actually happened to the earth after the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs.
What Are The Chances You'll Die In A Plane Crash?
AdultsLifeTransportationTravelSciencePlanes are incredibly safe, so these are the reasons you shouldn't worry next time you fly.
How To Open Coconuts Without Any Tools
AdultsCreativityFoodHow-toSurvivalIf you're not a coconut cracking ninja from Samoa, then you'll need an easier way to bust coconuts for pleasure, or for survival. This is the easiest and most effective way I've found to do it, when you don't have any tools.
The Importance of Vulnerability
AdultsPsychologyRelationshipsSelfMental HealthWe often imagine that what will win us friends and esteem is strength. But surprisingly, it's vulnerability that's at the core of friendship and likeability. This is an invitation to make friends with one's own weaknesses.
Why do we harvest horseshoe crab blood? - Elizabeth Cox
AdultsAnimalsNatureScienceBiologyEnvironmentDuring the warmer months, especially at night during the full moon, horseshoe crabs emerge from the sea to spawn. Waiting for them are teams of lab workers, who capture the horseshoe crabs by the hundreds of thousands, take them to labs, harvest their cerulean blood, then return them to the sea. Why? Elizabeth Cox illuminates the incredible properties of horseshoe crab blood.