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."
Why Scientists Launch Fish With Cannons
AdultsEnvironmentScienceWildlifeThat 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.
The Time We Asked Carl Sagan to Nuke the Moon
AdultsHistoryScienceSpaceCould 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.
Solving Mass Effect’s Gravity Problem
AdultsGamingScienceSpaceMass 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.
Why Is MIT Making Robot Insects?
AdultsCreativityScienceTechnologyWhat 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.
AdultsCookingScienceIf 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.
Surprise: There was a universe before the Big Bang | Ethan Siegel
AdultsAstronomyPhilosophyPhysics..."Asking the question of, where did the entire universe come from, is no longer a question for poets and theologians and philosophers.
Why Isn’t Thorium Changing the World?
AdultsEnergyScienceTechnologyIf Thorium molten salt reactors (MSRs) offer a safer, more efficient, and more scalable alternative to traditional nuclear power, then why isn’t there a single commercial reactor in operation today?
We Know Exactly Who This Guy Is
AdultsHistoryScienceIn the 1930s, a skeleton was discovered at the bottom of a well at the site of a medieval Norwegian fortress, severely injured and buried under large rocks. And to uncover his story, we need a combination of carbon dating, genetics, and Norse sagas.