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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!

AdultsHealthHistoryHuman...
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.

Your Time Machine Broke - At The Worst Time In History

AdultsAdventureEducationHistory...
What happens when your time machine breaks and you end up stranded millions of years ago?

What if you just keep zooming in?

AdultsEducationScience
Here’s what happens when you just keep zooming in.

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.

The Science Of Slipperiness

AdultsChemistryPhysicsScience
We've all had an experience where soap has made a wet thing slippery, but...why?

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.

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?

AdultsEnergyScienceTechnology
If 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

AdultsHistoryScience
In 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.