You’re Filled With Microplastics. So What?
AdultsHealthHumanLifeEnvironmentSciencePlastic pollution has been called “one of the greatest environmental challenges of the 21st century.” Billions of tons of it has entered the ecosystem, and entered YOU, in the form of so-called “microplastics.” But are microplastics actually bad?
How do bulletproof vests work? - Max G. Levy
AdultsConstructionScienceChemistryTechnologyExplore the chemistry behind what makes kevlar so strong, and how this essential synthetic fiber was invented.
The Species That Broke Evolution?
AdultsHealthHistoryScienceBiologyEvolutionThe ancestors of gars, horseshoe crabs and coelacanths looked almost the same as their modern relatives. Darwin called species like these “living fossils'' because they seem like they are evolutionarily frozen in time. But Darwin was wrong.
The Fastest Ant on Earth | Earth's Great Seasons | BBC Earth
AdultsAnimalsLifeNatureScienceWith extra long legs to raise their bodies above the hot ground and silver hair to reflect the sun, silver ants are built for life in the desert. But even they have limits, and being the fastest ant on Earth comes in handy when you have to race to beat the heat.
5 Ways CRISPR Is About to Change Everything
AdultsBiologyBiotechnologyHumanScienceHealthCRISPR-based gene therapies are already changing healthcare for things like sickle cell disease. But CRISPR is bigger than just medicine, and it could revolutionize everything from food and agriculture to green energy fuels to plastics.
These Illusions Fool Almost Everyone
AdultsEducationMusicSciencePsychologyA big thank you to Titus Grenyer over at Pep Organ for showing us around the Sydney Town Hall Organ, to Dr. Diana Deutsch for providing her illusions and insight into the field, to Casey Connor for advice on building sound illusions, and to Dr. Michael Bach for providing the motion-bounce illusion.
How close are we to powering the world with nuclear fusion?
AdultsScienceSpaceTechnologyEnergyExplore the possibility of nuclear fusion technology to create limitless, on-demand energy with almost no emissions.
Do You Have a Free Will?
AdultsPsychologyScienceSelfPhilosophyTake control over what occupies your mind with Ground News.
The Last 6 Decades of AI — and What Comes Next | Ray Kurzweil | TED
AdultsLifeScienceTechnologyArtificial IntelligenceFutureHow will AI improve our lives in the years to come?