Happy Holidays! Here are your favorite carols with a science twist! [ASAP Science]

From The Royal Institution: Perpetual motion machines are tantalising. Videos of contraptions claiming to have achieved the impossible goal of endless free motion rack up millions of views on YouTube. But they’re not real. Perpetual motion machines violate the fundamental laws of our universe. In this video, we teamed up with YouTuber Tom Scott to […]

There are many ways to describe the first law of thermodynamics, and many ways to explain it. In this unique animation, chemist Andrea Sella recalls one of Richard Feynman’s descriptions of the law. In a classic analogy, Feynman imagines a child with a set of building blocks, and a mother struggling to ensure he doesn’t […]

In this episode of Humans+, we meet Nicky Ashwell to learn about the technology behind her bionic hand and what the prosthetics of the future could look like. Here’a another episode of Humans+ about another incredibly advanced prosthetic: [Motherboard]

In 1967, a star was discovered that seemed to be different than most stars: it looked like it was blinking at a regular interval. First, they thought it might be of extraterrestrial origin, but clearly, it was not. Watch this episode of SciShow Space to find out more! [SciShow Space]

These mind tricks might blow your mind and convince you that your eyes aren’t always telling the truth! [AsapSCIENCE]

I’m a HUGE fan of Destin from Smarter Every Day, and seeing him giggle like a small boy while firing a tesla coil gun totally made my day. Be sure to check the whole video out! [Source: SmarterEveryDay]

There are a group of parasites extremely disgusting and mean. Humanity declared war on them. [Source: Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell]