This is the natural disaster to worry about
AdultsEnvironmentGeologyNatural DisastersThe strange natural material that reshaped the world.
What Would Happen If We Just Kept Digging?
AdultsEnvironmentGeologyPhysicsScienceThe deepest hole we've ever been able to dig is just 0.2 percent of the way to the center of the Earth. What would we encounter if we could drill all the way?
You've Never Heard of the World's Most Common Mineral
AdultsEducationScienceWorkWorldEnergyEnvironmentTechnologyGeologyBiologyThe most common substance in the world is literally IN the world. It's a mineral called bridgmanite, and it belongs to a class of minerals (called perovskites) that scientists are trying to use in the next generation of solar panels.
Why the Hardest Rocks Can Be Easy to Break
AdultsEducationMathPhysicsScienceGeologySo, rocks are hard. But the scale we use to rank them, the Mohs scale, is only really good at quantifying that for one kind of hardness, and topaz is a perfect stone to talk about to explain that. And you can check it out in our SciShow Rocks Box subscription!
Coastal Geohazards
YouthEnvironmentNatureWorldScienceGeologyNatural DisastersDid you know that one geohazard can domino into another, creating a cascade of chaos?