The urgent case for antibiotic-free animals | Leon Marchal
AdultsAnimalsHealthScienceBiologyEnvironmentFood The UN predicts that antimicrobial resistance will be our biggest killer by 2050. "That should really scare the hell out of all of us," says bioprocess engineer Leon Marchal. He's working on an urgently needed solution: transforming the massive, global animal feed industry.
Volcanoes 101 | National Geographic
AdultsEnvironmentNatureWorldScienceGeology About 1,500 active volcanoes can be found around the world. Learn about the major types of volcanoes, the geological process behind eruptions, and where the most destructive volcanic eruption ever witnessed occurred.
What Happens If You Breathe In Mold Spores?
AdultsBiologyHealthHumanScience Mold can be dangerous, but what happens when you breathe in the spores it may release?
What Mud From Glacial Lakes Can Tell Us About Our History | National Geographic
AdultsHistoryHumanScienceEnvironment See what challenges face a team of scientists gathering core sediment samples from a glacial lake in the Himalayas.
How Could We Get To Mars In Only 28 Hours?
AdultsConstructionScienceSpaceFuture There's a cheat code to getting to Mars. Can humans handle the harsh conditions that space will throw at them?
How To Turn Poop Into Power
AdultsAnimalsHumanScienceEnvironmentEnergy We could generate a lot of usable energy from human and animal poop through greater adoption of a process for using microbes to break down poop into methane gas.
How to Fall from ANY HEIGHT and Survive
AdultsHealthPhysicsScienceNature Some creatures can theoretically survive a fall from ANY height. How? Kyle explains the science of fall damage.
Could a breathalyzer detect cancer? - Julian Burschka
AdultsHealthHistoryTechnologyScience Discover how scientists are analyzing compounds in the breath to create a versatile breathalyzer capable of detecting disease.
Can You Survive A Nuclear Blast In A Fridge? DEBUNKED
AdultsHealthScienceWorldSurvival f you were seconds away from a nuclear blast, where would you hide? Indiana Jones opted for the fridge and survived, but just how safe would it be?
How to Move the Sun: Stellar Engines
AdultsScienceSpaceTechnology Nothing in the Universe is static. In the milky way, billions of stars orbit the galactic center.
Some, like our sun, are pretty consistent, keeping a distance of around 30,000 light years from the galactic center, completing an orbit every 230 million years.
You Have More Bones Than You Think
AdultsBiologyHealthHumanScience Because the ossification process can differ so much from human to human, we have a wide range of potential bone numbers.
How Many Times Can You Break The Same Bone?
AdultsBiologyHealthHumanScience Same Bone. Different accident. Can you really break the same bone over and over?
Nobody Really Knows What A Concussion Is
AdultsBiologyHealthScience Experts can't agree on the definition of the term "concussion," which makes it difficult to diagnose, treat, and research this important brain injury.
How to Slow Aging (and even reverse it)
AdultsBiologyHumanScienceHealth Scientists like Prof Sinclair have evidence of speeding up, slowing, and even reversing aging.
How To Levitate | The Edge of Science
AdultsHumanPsychologyScienceFuture Is levitation possible? YouTube Originals and BBC Studios bring you The Edge of Science, a scientific dive into the outer reaches of our understanding.