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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?

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.

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?

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?

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?

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.

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 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 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.

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.

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?

The Truth About the Titanic Has Been Revealed

AdultsHistoryTransportationTravel...
Recent findings reveal the truth that has been buried for over one hundred years. Scientists have debunked the theory that the cause of the Titanic sinking was an iceberg.

How to master your sense of smell

AdultsBiologyHumanScience...
Some perfumers can distinguish individual odors in a fragrance made of hundreds of scents; tea-experts have been known to sniff out the exact location of a particular tea; and the NYC Transit Authority once had a employee responsible only for sniffing out gas leaks.