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.
What Can The Most Powerful Satellites Really Do?
AdultsScienceSpaceTechnologyHow powerful are satellites up in space right now? What can they do to help us on Earth?
Is the EU Democratic? Does Your Vote Matter?
AdultsHumanPoliticsWorld...Being a citizen of the European Union means that many aspects of our lives are regulated by a weird entity. It feels like a huge bureaucracy is making decisions over our heads. How democratic is the EU really and does your vote actually affect anything?
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
AdultsCultureHumanPsychology...The Dunning-Kruger Effect was first described in a 1999 paper by David Dunning and Justin Kruger.
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.
Can you solve the troll's paradox riddle?
AdultsCreativityMental HealthFun...You and your brother have discovered another realm and set off exploring the new wonderful world. Along the way, you see a troll catching creatures in an enormous net. The troll agrees to release the creatures if you can come up with a statement that is both truth and false. Can you come up with the correct sentence and force the troll to release them?