Great Big storyteller Leland Melvin is back in another installment of “The Astronaut Life.” When you go to outer space, your body changes. Your spine gets longer, your heart doesn’t work as hard and your vision gets worse. Leland lets us in on his body-morphing experiences as a NASA astronaut. [Great Big Story]
What does it mean to be blue? The wings of a Morpho butterfly are some of the most brilliant structures in nature, and yet they contain no blue pigment — they harness the physics of light at the nanoscale. Watch this video from Deep Look to learn more about the science behind these magnificent wings. […]
Your cell phone is mainly made of plastics and metals. It’s easy to appreciate the process by which those elements add up to something so useful. But there’s another story we don’t hear about — how did we get our raw ingredients in the first place, from the chaotic tangle of materials that is nature? […]
Is there a border we will never cross? Are there places we will never be able to reach, no matter what? It turns out there are. Far, far more than you might have thought… [Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell]
Throughout history, there has been much speculation about what the fate of the universe would be. Many theorized that the universe would eventually succumb to the pull of gravity, and reverse its expansion in what was being called ‘The Big Crunch.’ However, with the help of mathematical equations from Newton, Einstein, and Alexander Friedmann, we […]
This is fantastic, and if you observe closely, you’ll notice that the video is running backwards to fit with the theme of the song, the arrow of time. [acapellascience]
Do you have weight in space? Is weightlessness an absence of gravity, or actually an absence of forces pushing against it? Let’s take a look at weight really is. [The Royal Institution]
Is Jupiter ultimately responsible for preserving life on Earth? In this video, Youtuber Life Noggin takes a look at this possibility. [Life Noggin]
An informative video by PHD comics explaining what we know so far about the Zika virus. The best protection against the spread of a virus, is a spread of information. [Piled Higher and Deeper (PHD Comics)]
Scientists at MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital, Living Proof, and Olivo Labs have developed a new material that can temporarily protect and tighten skin, and smooth wrinkles. With further development, it could also be used to deliver drugs to help treat skin conditions such as eczema and other types of dermatitis. [Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) […]