The Biology Behind The Last of Us | WIRED
AdultsFilmMediaTVScienceBiology... The infection from HBO's The Last of Us is actually based on a real parasitic fungus. This fungus turns insects into zombies. The creators of the game and the show were inspired by zombie carpenter ants.
Your Immune System is More Dangerous than You Think
AdultsBiologyEducationScienceHealth... There is this idea floating around that what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. That surviving a disease leaves you better off. And it seems to make sense because we have all experienced this.
Why Is Our Moon Two-Faced?
AdultsLifeScienceSpaceAstronomy... The near side of the Moon has a thin crust and is covered in maria. The far side has a thick crust and almost no maria.
Can We Capture Greenhouse Gases?
AdultsEnvironmentNatureWorldScienceEconomy... It’s one thing to say a business is carbon neutral. It’s another to be able to truly account for that carbon at all stages of the production process.
rimitive Technology: Decarburization of iron and forging experiments
AdultsConstructionCreativityLifeScienceEngineeringDIY... I took a brittle, high carbon/iron alloy (cast iron) made from local ore and used a decarburization method to reduce it's carbon content making it malleable and forged it flat by hammering.
The continents are moving. When will they collide?
AdultsEnvironmentLifeWorldScienceGeology... Dig into the science of plate tectonics to find out when the next supercontinent will emerge— and how it could affect Earth’s environment.
What causes cavities? - Mel Rosenberg
AdultsEducationHealthHumanScienceHistory... When a team of archeologists recently came across some 15,000-year-old human remains, they made an interesting discovery: the teeth of those ancient humans were riddled with holes.
The 3 Reasons This Tree Has Lived 5000 Years
AdultsHistoryLifeNatureScienceEnvironment... Methuselah’s environment lacks nutrients, water, and oxygen. In other words, it’s the perfect place to grow very very old.
How language shapes the way we think | Lera Boroditsky
AdultsEducationHumanScienceLanguageCulture... There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world -- and they all have different sounds, vocabularies and structures.
How Can We Store Renewable Energy?
AdultsConstructionScienceTechnologyEnvironmentEnergy... Decarbonizing our power production is vitally important if we want to curtail climate change, but there are some major logistical issues we’re going to have to overcome before we can do that.
Primitive Technology: Cane Water Filter/Siphon
AdultsConstructionEducationNatureDIYHow-toScience... I made a water filter from cane that siphons clean water from a dirty water while simultaneously using the xylem present in the the cane as a filter.
Why Do Heart Attacks Cause *Arm* Pain?
AdultsHealthHumanScience When the brain receives pain from an internal organ, it often projects the pain in the wrong place because of the way sensory nerve paths converge.
The Science Behind James Cameron’s Avatar
AdultsCreativityMediaTechnologyScienceFilmEnvironment... James Cameron is diving into the deep: this time, into the oceans of an alien world. The director shares how Earth's oceans inspired The Way of Water—and his hope it will motivate viewers to protect our own planet.
How To Terraform Mars - WITH LASERS
AdultsDesignScienceSpaceFuture... Mars is a disappointing hellhole lacking practically everything we need to stay alive. It looks like we’ll only ever have small crews spend a miserable time hidden underground.
When Was The Worst Time In History To Die?
AdultsHealthHistoryHumanScience... 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.
AdultsHealthHistoryHumanScience... 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.