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The Woman Who Saved the World

Adults Life
On her way to winning the 2023 Nobel Prize for her pioneering work on mRNA vaccines, Katalin Karikó lived a life made for the big screen.

Why Did It Take Us So Long?

Adults Life
We've long known that animal pollination is an important way plants reproduce on land, but we're only JUST finding out animals also pollinate plants underwater.

The Man Who Killed Millions and Saved Billions (Clean Version)

Adults Life
A huge thanks to Dan Charles for writing a fantastic biography of Fritz Haber, for taking the time to talk to us about it, and providing valuable feedback.

Why Do People Hate Koalas?

Adults Life
On the Internet, koalas get an unnecessary amount of hate, so let's debunk some of the most pervasive koala myths!

Experiencing the currents of the coral reef

Adults Life
Jeff Jenkins goes drift diving at Palancar Gardens, learning how to go with flow.

Financial Literacy For Kids: Borrowing Versus Saving

Youth Life
In this installment of the Financial Literacy series, your kids and students will learn about the difference between borrowing money or saving money to buy something.

Primitive Technology: Undercover Brick Workshop

Adults Life
I built a thatched shelter to make bricks in so that they are protected from the rain before they are fired. Despite it being the dry season, it still rains unpredictably in this climate...

How Species Make and Break Friendships

Adults Life
Community ecology is the study of interactions between different species of living things, and lets ecologists examine the effects of predator-prey relationships, parasites, and mutually beneficial interactions.

Creating a Food Forest | Farm Dreams

Adults Life
National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that matter and past the edge of what's possible.

Life in Alaska: Keeping an eye out for salmon and bears | Alaska: The Next Generation

Adults Life
Joel Jacko checks the waterways filled with spawned salmon that are attracting an abundance of nearby animals and predators.

The Future Of Trees Is Liquid

Adults Life
We love trees, but the main problem is that they aren't exactly travel-sized. However, new technology wants to bring the fresh-air benefits of trees to places that the real deal just can't thrive, like dense urban areas!

Humans Living Alongside Brown Bears

Adults Life
In the remote Japanese island of Hokkaido, salmon is abundant, attracting both brown bears and fishermen alike.

How To Get Venom From The World's Deadliest Spider

Adults Life
The deadliest is probably the funnel-web spider and its relatives. The Sydney funnel web spider (Atrax robustus) can kill a toddler in about 5 minutes and a 5-year-old in about 2 hours.

Bask in An Ancient Forest I Relax with Nature I The Wild Place | BBC Earth

Adults Life
Soak up the soothing sounds of this Ancient Patagonian forest, brimming with 1000-year-old billowing trees and colourful birds.

4 epidemics that almost happened (but didn't) - George Zaidan

Adults Life
What makes for an effective outbreak response? Explore successful systems from around the world that prevented epidemics.

Burn Your Waste With... Water?

Adults Life
Supercritical water produces fire without flames, which is great for making clean drinking water from our waste in space or breaking down forever chemicals here on Earth.

Are Life-Saving Medicines Hiding in the World’s Coldest Places?

Adults Life
Could the next wonder drug be somewhere in Canada's snowy north? Take a trip to this beautiful, frigid landscape as chemist Normand Voyer explores the mysterious molecular treasures found in plants thriving in the cold.

What Are Plants Made Of? Crash Course Botany

Adults Life
When you eat a salad for lunch, you’re digging into a giant pile of plant organs. That’s right—plants are made up of organs, only theirs follow a totally different set of rules from our own.

Bear vs Wolves: Battle for Food | Wild Scandinavia | BBC Earth

Adults Life
This bear needs to watch his back... Despite being bigger and stronger than any wolf, bears become vulnerable when alone. On a hunt for food, this 10-strong wolf pack work together to intimidate a solo bear whilst he feasts on a carcass. Will the bear escape Scandinavia's rarest carnivore?

Primitive Technology: Roasted Ore and Shell Flux Smelt

Adults Life
I tested 2 ways of improving iron smelts by treating the ore, roasting the ore and using snail shells as a flux. Then finally I recycled old slag to see if it would produce any more iron.

The “afterlife” according to Einstein’s special relativity

Adults Life
Sabine Hossenfelder discusses the physics of… dead grandmothers?