You've Never Heard of the World's Most Common Mineral
AdultsEducationScienceWork...The 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.
There Is Something Hiding Inside Earth
AdultsEducationScienceBiology...We’ve found a new planet, home to octillions of the most extreme beings living in the most absurd and deadly hellscape. In absolute darkness, crushed by the weight of mountains, starved of oxygen, cooked alive, bathed in acid, salt or radiation.
The Sweet Future of Vertical Farming | Hiroki Koga | TED
AdultsFoodLifeTechnology...Can strawberries grown inside a building taste sweeter than those grown in a field?
How do QR codes work? (I built one myself to find out)
AdultsScienceTechnologyHow-toHow do QR codes work? The checkerboard patterns taking over the world, demystified.
We Traveled Back in Time. Now Physicists Are Angry.
AdultsLifeScienceTechnology...Time travel is possible. In fact, you’ve been doing it since the day you were born.
How Nine Nuclear Saboteurs Changed WWII
AdultsHistoryHumanTechnology...In Germany in 1939, the Uranverein, or “uranium club,” was trying to beat Oppenheimer to the bomb.
Can Dogs Detect the Next Pandemic Before It Begins? | Glen J. Golden | TED
AdultsAnimalsNatureScience...What if animals like dogs, ferrets, mice and raccoons could help sniff out the next pandemic? Exploring the science of smell, neurobiologist Glen J. Golden delves into the development of a "mechanical nose" that could detect diseases by identifying specific odor profiles.
Primitive Technology: Water Bellows smelt
AdultsCreativityEducationNature...I tested the water bellows with a smelt and it produced a small amount of iron from the ore. The concept has a lot of potential but is having some issues.
Baby Penguins Take a Mud Bath | Narrated by Andrew Scott | BBC Earth
AdultsAnimalsLifeNature...In the height of summer, adult penguins are able to take a swim to beat the heat. But their babies still have their winter coats, and can't swim yet. Instead, they resort to slightly messier methods to cool down.
Groundbreaking chemist defines all of life in 2 words | Lee Cronin
AdultsLifePhilosophyScience...What is life, really? Despite our scientific advancements, we still don’t really know.