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When Was The Worst Time In History To Die?

AdultsHealthHistoryHuman...
By combining historical demography and epidemiology, we can (sort of) determine how people throughout history have died.

Explore the three main ways viruses can be driven to extinction, and dig into the possibility of COVID-19 dying out.

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Viruses are wildly successful organisms. There are about 100 million times as many virus particles on Earth as there are stars in the observable universe.

I tested the US Military’s secret space weapon

AdultsConstructionHistoryScience...
An engineer came up with a plan to drop tungsten telephone poles from space - the idea has been seriously considered on multiple occasions, so we tested it.

Anthropology’s Greatest Hoax

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Scientists are sometimes deemed objective observers of the world in which we live, but that’s not entirely true. They’re still human and can find themselves victim to fraudsters just like the lot of us.

Why Do We Release So Much Gas?

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The carbon dioxide we’re pumping into the air every day is causing unprecedented global warming and climate change.

Black Hole Star – The Star That Shouldn't Exist

AdultsEducationScienceSpace
Black hole stars may have been the largest stars to ever exist. They burned brighter than galaxies and were Larger than any star today or that could ever exist in the future.

What Is The Best Shape For A Farm?

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The shape of a farm can tell you a surprising amount about the land it's on and the people that use it.

Why do you want to squeeze cute things?

AdultsHumanPsychologyScience
Explore the psychology of the phenomenon known as cute aggression, which is the urge to squeeze, bite or pinch something cute.

Intro to Geology

AdultsEducationLifeScience...
Geology is the study of planet Earth, its origin and evolution, its fundamental structure, the properties of minerals, rocks, and fluids of which it is composed, and the evolution of its biosphere.

The Most Extreme Explosion in the Universe

AdultsLifeScienceSpace
Supernovae are the most powerful explosions in the universe, unleashing enough energy to outshine galaxies. We have no real metaphor for their power – if the sun were to magically go supernova it would feel like you were being hit by the energy of a nuclear explosion, every second. For weeks.

How We Learned That Water Isn't An Element

AdultsEducationScienceChemistry
For thousands of years, water was thought to be an element. That is, until some of the greatest chemists in the world managed to crack it open.

The world depends on a strange collection of items. They're not cheap

AdultsEducationLifeScience...
This government warehouse keeps our entire society up to standard.

Veritasium's Derek Muller Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED

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Veritasium's Derek Muller answers the web's most searched questions about himself. Where did the name 'Veritasium' come from? Is Veritasium a real element? Where does Derek live? Is he married? What was Veritasium's first video? Derek answers all these questions and much more!

What if We Replaced Nuclear With Potatoes

AdultsEducationScienceEnergy...
Energy 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

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I might upgrade my car horn to this.

Flavor Science: What's Really in a Pumpkin Spice Latte

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If you take a look at an ingredients list, odds are you’ll find natural and artificial flavors somewhere in there.

Civilian Tries on NASA Spacesuit For the First Time

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How 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)

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I 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.

Why Weather Forecasts Suck

AdultsLifeNatureWeather...
There are two types of rain, and one of them is almost impossible to forecast.

The Deadliest Virus on Earth

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In the 1970s thousands of Chickenheads rained from the sky in Europe, making foxes and other wildlife confused and very happy. Why?

Tagging Tiger Sharks | SharkFest | National Geographic

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To uncover the secret gathering of Maui tiger sharks, a team of scientists dive in and collect crucial data to help crack the case.