How Nuclear Flies Protect You from Flesh-Eating Parasites
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Something Strange Happens When You Trust Quantum Mechanics
AdultsPhysicsScience A massive thank you to Dr. Andrew Mitchell for all his help and expertise.
Can This Robotic Suit Make An Average Guy Run Faster? | WIRED
AdultsHumanRoboticsScience Are we entering a new era where technology can help everyday runners break through their natural barriers?
We have the tools to fix our food system. Why aren’t we using them? | Hannah Ritchie
AdultsScienceTechnology "Our food systems are the leading driver of deforestation, the leading driver of biodiversity loss, the leading driver of fresh water use, and the leading driver of water pollution."
This Room is Lethally Radioactive...For SCIENCE!
AdultsHealthHistoryHumanScience... Deep in the deserts of Idaho sits a giant box. It was made for nuclear science. It’s the most radioactive room on Earth.
Why Scientists Launch Fish With Cannons
AdultsEnvironmentScienceWildlife That cannon that shoots salmon across dams is more than just a meme. It's a real way scientists are trying to help fish return from their breeding grounds... and it's not even the silliest one.
Which Planet Has The Strongest Quakes?
AdultsAstronomyScience Earth might be the only planet with tectonic plates, but it is not the only one with quakes because quakes can be caused by a ton of different things in the solar system.
What If It Rains Bananas For A Single Day? (Spoiler: It's Bad)
AdultsHumanScienceWorld Can jellyfish power Tokyo? What would happen if it rained bananas for a day? We're taking two of your most absurd (and brilliant) questions and answer them with real science.
Why are there two tides a day? - Elise Cutts
AdultsAstronomyNatureScience Dig into how the Sun and Moon are responsible for the tides on Earth, and what this force looks like on other celestial bodies.
Doctor Answers Physical Therapy Questions
AdultsEducationHealthScience Board-certified orthopedic clinical specialist Dr. Courtney Mears joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about physical therapy.
Physicist Brian Cox explains quantum physics in 22 minutes
AdultsEducationPhysicsScience Quantum mechanics and quantum entanglement are becoming very real. We're beginning to be able to access this tremendously complicated configuration space to do useful things.
The Time We Asked Carl Sagan to Nuke the Moon
AdultsHistoryScienceSpace Could you see a nuclear explosion on the moon with the naked eye? That was the question posed by the United States military in the 1950s as the cold war was heating up and the space race between the US and the Soviet Union was in full swing.
The Science Of Slipperiness
AdultsChemistryScience We've all had an experience where soap has made a wet thing slippery, but...why?
Why Super Glue Is Perfect For Gluing Skin
AdultsChemistryHumanScience Why does superglue always stick to your hands and never what you want it to?
Solving Mass Effect’s Gravity Problem
AdultsGamingScienceSpace Mass Effect is known for its incorporation of real world space science, more so than most other sci-fi games. This certainly has pleased the ‘sci-fientists’ of science and gaming enthusiasts like model scientist Salarian Zaddy, Kyle Hill.
How Ancient Glass Could Transport Life Between Planets
AdultsScienceSpace There's a rare material called Darwin Glass that Tasmanian Aboriginals have prized for centuries.
Why Is MIT Making Robot Insects?
AdultsCreativityScienceTechnology What happens when you shrink robots down to the size of insects? Let’s explore the mind-bending physics behind their superpowers!
How to make Perfect Rice at home, according to science.
AdultsCookingScience If you have ever struggled with cooking rice at home, or have ever wondered when, if, or how much you should wash your rice. It's not your fault...the way we’ve conventionally been taught how to cook rice at home is completely backwards.