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Why Apollo Astronauts Trained at a Nuclear Test Site

AdultsHistoryHumanScience
Apollo astronauts trained in nuclear bomb craters at the Nevada National Security Site. But why?Thanks Audible!

Superheroes are Saving Us WRONG

AdultsFilmMediaScience...
What's more classic than seeing a hero swoop in at the last minute to catch a civilian falling through the air?

What If You Were Sent Back To The Ice Ages?

AdultsEnvironmentHealthNature...
What would happen if you traveled to the ice ages? Would you be able to survive the earth in it's dangerous icy state?

This Country Has Something Everyone Else Wants

AdultsFoodHumanIndustry...
Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ Morocco has 3/4 of the world’s known reserves of rock phosphate, our main source of phosphorus, so Morocco may be key to our long-term ability to grow food.

Your body vs. implants - Kaitlyn Sadtler

AdultsBiologyHealthScience...
Why do medical implants like insulin pumps and prosthetic knees need replacement? Explore how the immune system fights implants and how new devices are trying to help.

Can You Swim in Shade Balls?

AdultsEducationIndustryScience...
I bought 10,000 shade balls and tried to swim in them. They appear to act like a non-Newtonian fluid: rigid under high shear stress, but they flow like a liquid under low shear.

How to Sail on Sunlight | Because Space

AdultsHistoryNatureScience...
Sails have been helping us travel across water for centuries, but could this same idea help us travel across space?

Why Do We Talk In Our Sleep?

AdultsBiologyHumanScience...
Sleepy time!

World's Lightest Solid!

AdultsConstructionMediaScience...
Aerogels are the world's lightest (least dense) solids. They are also excellent thermal insulators and have been used in numerous Mars missions and the Stardust comet particle-return mission.

The mysterious science of pain

AdultsBiologyHealthScience...
Explore the biological and psychological factors that influence how we experience pain and how our nervous system reactions to harmful stimuli.

What Can The Most Powerful Satellites Really Do?

AdultsScienceSpaceTechnology
How powerful are satellites up in space right now? What can they do to help us on Earth?

What If Earth Only Had One Season?

AdultsScienceWeatherWorld...
Everyone loves the summer season, but what if it was gone? What if Earth only experienced winter?

The Side Effects of Vaccines - How High is the Risk?

AdultsHealthHumanScience
Vaccines are one of our best tools to prevent dangerous diseases, but they come with side effects. So would it be safer not to vaccinate?

How do self-driving cars “see”?

AdultsCreativityScienceTechnology...
Take a look at the LIDAR and integrated photonics technologies that help self-driving cars navigate obstacles, no matter the environment, weather or light.

Why Are 96,000,000 Black Balls on This Reservoir?

AdultsConstructionDesignScience...
I took a boat through 96 million black plastic balls on the Los Angeles reservoir to find out why they're there.

Why Is The Very Hungry Caterpillar So Dang Hungry?

AdultsAnimalsNatureScience...
Because it's hoarding protein. Not just for itself, but for the butterfly it will become and every egg that butterfly will lay. And it's about to lose its mouth... as it wriggles out of its skin during metamorphosis.

Could we clone humans? - Earth Lab

AdultsBiologyHumanScience...
Dom Burgess investigates whether we could clone humans in the future.

Could Lab-Grown Meat Make Eating Human O.K.? (Part 2 of 3)

AdultsFoodIndustryScience
Lab grown meat has been making headlines recently, but is it actually a better alternative to the traditional meat industry?

How Airlines Price Flights

AdultsEconomyIndustryTravel...
Airline ticket pricing probably seems like a crapshoot. The numbers change seemingly arbitrarily every week, day, or hour, but there is some real science behind these prices.

How does your immune system work? - Emma Bryce

AdultsBiologyHealthScience
The immune system is a vast network of cells, tissues, and organs that coordinate your body's defenses against any threats to your health. Without it, you'd be exposed to billions of bacteria, viruses, and toxins that could make something as minor as a paper cut or a seasonal cold fatal. So how does it work? Emma Bryce takes you inside the body to find out.

You Think You Know What Meat Is... But You Have No Idea (Part 1 of 3)

AdultsFoodScienceHistory
Eating meat has been part of the human identity for 2.5 million years, but according to science, what exactly is meat?