A neuroscientist’s guide to protecting your brain, in 58 minutes | Lisa Genova: Full Interview
AdultsHealthHumanScience A retired Japanese engineer once memorized pi to over 111,000 digits using nothing but storytelling and visualization.
Nuclear Policy Just Changed Forever
AdultsScienceWorld This is probably the biggest thing to happen to the American nuclear industry in our lifetimes. Linear No-Threshold (LNT) and ALARA are being functionally discarded as the scientific basis of nuclear regulatory policy. If you don’t know what that is or why it’s important, don’t worry, we’re going to explain it all, step-by-step.
How High Can Birds Fly?
AdultsAnimalsScience In 1973, an airliner struck a bird called a Rüppell's griffon vulture – which, on its own, isn't that weird; planes hit birds pretty regularly during takeoffs and landings.
How Are Memories Stored Inside Your Brain?
AdultsBiologyHumanScience Memory is one of the strangest abilities you possess. Your brain uses an incredibly complex biological system to preserve moments from your past that no longer exist, allowing you to revisit experiences from years ago.
How To Kill A Volcano
AdultsEducationScience Volcanoes are one of the most powerful forces on Earth; their lava can destroy cities and their ash clouds can blot out the sun. And there is basically nothing we can do to make sure a volcano will never erupt again – except wait for it to die. So while we wait, what is it, exactly, that kills a volcano?
The Real Reason We Should Revive Extinct Animals
AdultsAnimalsHistoryScience The Tasmanian tiger was declared extinct in 1982. But now… scientists are trying to bring it BACK.
Will NASA’s Nuclear Rocket Make it to Mars?
AdultsScienceSpace NASA just announced a crazy new mission with an incredibly ambitious schedule: the agency wants to fly the first nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft to Mars in late 2028.
The Weird Reason Rabies Is So Deadly
AdultsBiologyHealthScience Rabies is the one of the deadliest diseases we know of; if you don’t get treatment soon after getting exposed, you’re almost certain to die. But rabies’ intent isn’t actually to kill – it's to control.
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AdultsEducationScienceSpace Most of the universe is not made of stars, galaxies, or beautiful glowing nebulae.
The biggest red herring in our search for alien life | Sara Seager
AdultsScienceSpace This interview is an episode from The Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the John Templeton Foundation.
The “Empty Atom” Myth
AdultsEducationScience If you know one thing about atoms, it’s probably that they’re “mostly empty space.” but that’s not
really true.
We Have Spent Millions of Dollars on Blue Roses
AdultsNatureScience We all know that roses are red and violets are blue. But how come you never see blue roses, too?
There’s Really Only One Way To Die
AdultsHumanScience Even though there are a lot of causes of death out there, they all actually boil down to one thing.
Has Proof of Dark Matter Been Hiding on Ganymede?
AdultsAstronomyDiscoveryScienceSpace Astronomers might not know what dark matter is made of, and they might not be able to see it, but they know that it exists.
Will laser blasters ever be possible? - Christopher Baird
AdultsPhysicsScienceSpaceTechnology A fleet of rebel spaceships is greeted by a frenzy of laser blasts – illuminating the sector with brilliant bursts of light.