Why do we eat popcorn at the movies? - Andrew Smith
AdultsFoodHistoryHuman Trace the history of popcorn, from its origins in the Americas to its explosion of popularity in the 20th century.
Why We Haven’t Learned More In 101 Years Of Trying
AdultsHistoryHumanLifeScience... Almost everything we know about the reproductive practices of European eels comes from a genius study conducted more than 100 years ago.
Porcelain in the Wreckage | Drain the Oceans
AdultsHistoryLifeNatureScienceArt... Vanessa Litzenberg discusses the porcelain from the wreck. Drain the Oceans dives deep into the unknown; a truly epic, original series that takes underwater adventure and earth science illustration into a whole new era.
This one weird trick will get you infinite gold - Dan Finkel
AdultsHistoryMathPsychologyHumorGaming... A few years ago, the king decided your life would be forfeit unless you tripled the gold coins in his treasury.
What if you experienced every human life in history?
AdultsHistoryHumanLifePhilosophySociety... Examine the ethical stance known as longtermism, which is the idea that we should be doing more to protect future generations.
What causes cavities? - Mel Rosenberg
AdultsEducationHealthHumanScienceHistory... When a team of archeologists recently came across some 15,000-year-old human remains, they made an interesting discovery: the teeth of those ancient humans were riddled with holes.
The 3 Reasons This Tree Has Lived 5000 Years
AdultsHistoryLifeNatureScienceEnvironment... Methuselah’s environment lacks nutrients, water, and oxygen. In other words, it’s the perfect place to grow very very old.
When are you actually an adult? - Shannon Odell
AdultsHistoryHumanLifePsychology... Explore how scientists define adulthood, and find out if there’s a specific age at which we reach maturity.
Saving Wild Salmon Populations
AdultsAnimalsHistoryHumanEnvironmentWildlifeFilm... In her film 'Salmon Reflection' Norwegian and Unangax̂ filmmaker Anna Hoover explores the effects of a changing world on the communities of Bristol Bay, one of the last surviving wild salmon ecosystems.
When Was The Worst Time In History To Die?
AdultsHealthHistoryHumanScience... By combining historical demography and epidemiology, we can (sort of) determine how people throughout history have died.
Explore the three main ways viruses can be driven to extinction, and dig into the possibility of COVID-19 dying out.
AdultsHealthHistoryHumanScience... Viruses are wildly successful organisms. There are about 100 million times as many virus particles on Earth as there are stars in the observable universe.
I tested the US Military’s secret space weapon
AdultsConstructionHistoryScienceSpaceTechnology... An engineer came up with a plan to drop tungsten telephone poles from space - the idea has been seriously considered on multiple occasions, so we tested it.
Anthropology’s Greatest Hoax
AdultsHistoryHumanScienceCulture... Scientists are sometimes deemed objective observers of the world in which we live, but that’s not entirely true. They’re still human and can find themselves victim to fraudsters just like the lot of us.