How to Fight a DRAGON with Science
AdultsAnimalsMediaScienceMythology... How do you defeat a dragon? With science, of course! Kyle breaks down this mythological battle in this week's Because Science!
The World War of the Ants
AdultsEcologyHistoryNatureScience... Every day billions of soldiers fight a merciless war on thousands of fronts, that has been going on for over one hundred million years: The world war of the ants.
How do viruses jump from animals to humans?
AdultsBiologyHealthHumanScience... Discover the science of how viruses can jump from one species to another and the deadly epidemics that can result from these pathogens.
Frogs Come Alive After Winter Thaw | National Geographic
AdultsAnimalsHealthScienceNature... These frogs froze for the winter, but remained alive - now they are thawing out.
Tiny Bombs in your Blood - The Complement System
AdultsBiologyHumanScienceHealth... One of the key players of our immune system is the complement system. An army of millions and trillions of tiny bombs, which work together in a complex and elegant dance to stop intruders in your body.
Can Aquaman Drown?
AdultsBiologyMediaScienceFilm... Even if you aren't a huge Aquaman fan, most people still know that he's a superhero that is capable of surviving and fighting crime both on land and underwater.
Why Apollo Astronauts Trained at a Nuclear Test Site
AdultsHistoryHumanScience Apollo astronauts trained in nuclear bomb craters at the Nevada National Security Site. But why?Thanks Audible!
This Country Has Something Everyone Else Wants
AdultsFoodHumanIndustryScienceEconomy... Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/
Morocco has 3/4 of the world’s known reserves of rock phosphate, our main source of phosphorus, so Morocco may be key to our long-term ability to grow food.
Your body vs. implants - Kaitlyn Sadtler
AdultsBiologyHealthScienceBiotechnology... Why do medical implants like insulin pumps and prosthetic knees need replacement? Explore how the immune system fights implants and how new devices are trying to help.
Can You Swim in Shade Balls?
AdultsEducationIndustrySciencePhysicsFun... 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.
World's Lightest Solid!
AdultsConstructionMediaSciencePhysicsSpace... 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.