OK Go Sandbox - Illusions
YouthLearningNeurosciencePsychologyScienceVisionYouth 110Youth 115Join the OK Go team to learn the neuroscience behind illusions and how they trick our brains.
You're Washing Your Dishes Wrong
AdultsCookingEnvironmentLifestyleScienceWe all do dishes. And we think we do it the best way. But should you rinse the suds off? Is hand-washing better on germs and the environment than machines? Does the two-tub technique reign supreme? We dug into the science.
The Heaviest Part of a Forest Is NOT What You Think
AdultsEcologyScienceIn the 1850s, German scientists were trying to figure out how to weigh a forest – but they weren’t particularly interested in the trees. Because as it turns out, forests are much more than trees, and trees aren't the heaviest – or even the second heaviest – part of a forest.
This Woman Cured Her Cancer with an Insane Method
AdultsHealthScienceTechnologyIn a battle against cancer, could viruses be our allies? When Croatian virologist Dr. Beata Halassy’s breast cancer returned for the third time, she made a bold decision: to experiment on herself using millions of viruses grown in her own lab.
Let's Build A City
YouthEngineeringProblem-SolvingScienceTechnologyYouth 110Youth 115Youth 120Youth 125Youth 130In this episode, Sabrina shows us what we need to think about when we start engineering something as huge and full of problems as a city!
Oobleck And Non-Newtonian Fluids
YouthPhysicsScienceYouth 110Youth 115Youth 120Youth 125Youth 130Ever heard of Oobleck? How about non-Newtonian fluids? Well, today Sabrina is going to show us that things can sometimes behave like a solid, and sometimes like a liquid depending on how much force is applied to them.