Why Is Our Moon Two-Faced?
Adults Science
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.
Black Holes
Adults Science
Black Holes Aren’t Black or Even Holes. What Are They?
How language shapes the way we think | Lera Boroditsky
Adults Science
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?
Adults Science
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.
Why Do Heart Attacks Cause *Arm* Pain?
Adults Science
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.
How to deal with rejection
Adults Science
Dig into the psychology of why rejection causes us pain, and explore strategies to cope with this common experience.
The Stickiest Non-Sticky Material
Adults Science
Adhesives based on gecko skin can hold huge weights – without sticking to anything.
How To Terraform Mars - WITH LASERS
Adults Science
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.
Anthropology’s Greatest Hoax
Adults Science
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?
Adults Science
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
Adults Science
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.
Why do you want to squeeze cute things?
Adults Science
Explore the psychology of the phenomenon known as cute aggression, which is the urge to squeeze, bite or pinch something cute.
Intro to Geology
Adults Science
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
Adults Science
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
Adults Science
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
Adults Science
This government warehouse keeps our entire society up to standard.
Veritasium's Derek Muller Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED
Adults Science
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!
Why Don't We Shoot Nuclear Waste Into Space?
Adults Science
Here in the Kurzgesagt labs we test very important ideas to see what happens when you blow things up or play with black holes. Many of you suggested that we look into an idea that sounds reasonable: Shooting nuclear waste into space.
What if We Replaced Nuclear With Potatoes
Adults Science
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.
What Happens If A Star Explodes Near The Earth?
Adults Science
People have witnessed supernovae for millennia, but what threat do they pose to life on Earth?
World's Largest Horn Shatters Glass
Adults Science
I might upgrade my car horn to this.