What if We Replaced Nuclear With Potatoes
AdultsEducationScienceEnergyTechnologyEnergy use can be confusing – I mean, how do you compare gasoline in your car to electricity piped to your house? That's why we made these things spud-tacularly simple.
World's Largest Horn Shatters Glass
AdultsConstructionCreativityScienceGadgetsFunI might upgrade my car horn to this.
Civilian Tries on NASA Spacesuit For the First Time
AdultsConstructionScienceSpaceTechnologyHow does WIRED's Brent Rose feel about being the first person outside of the space program to try on a pressurized space suit?
Primitive Technology: Rock-Throwing Catapult (Trebuchet)
AdultsCreativityEducationNatureDIYEngineeringScienceI built a trebuchet, a type of catapult that uses a counter weight to store gravitational potential energy which is then used to fire a projectile via a sling.
Food Scientist Breaks Down Every Plant-Based Milk
AdultsEducationFilmFoodScienceNutritionood scientist Rosemary Trout analyzes each and every plant-based milk. From household staples like almond milk and oak milk to the lesser-known hazelnut and banana milk, watch as Rosemary explains not only where these milks are drunk, but how they're cultivated and bottled.
Why Water Dissolves (Almost) Everything
AdultsEducationEnvironmentScienceChemistryWater can dissolve more substances than anything else on earth...so why doesn't it dissolve everything away?
Mineral Extraction: Crash Course Geography #44
AdultsConstructionHumanScienceEducationEnvironmentToday we're going to take a look at mineral extraction -- or the removal of rocks and minerals from the Earths' crust -- and examine how this human activity impacts all aspects of Geography.