There’s a factory inside you that weighs about 1.4 kilograms and runs for 24 hours a day. It’s your liver: the heaviest organ in your body, which simultaneously acts as a storehouse, a manufacturing hub, and a processing plant. Emma Bryce gives a crash course on the liver and how it helps keep us alive. […]
A scientifically accurate song to express your love…straight from the aorta! I’ll be the spark, if you’ll be the flame Start a reaction that can’t be contained Balance your pH by sharing my base I’ll be your star, if you’ll be my space [AsapSCIENCE]
Destin from Smarter Every Day is one of the most interesting people on Youtube. I mean, the guy could be talking about a simple rock in a 10-minute video and he would keep me listening till the end. In this video, he uses the scientific method to pick the right cologne for him among a […]
Edit: Launch postponed to tomorrow. Sigh. Watch as a Delta IV Heavy rocket with Orion attached on top is waiting to be launched at at Space Launch Complex 37 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. It’s happening in about an hour, but you can watch the whole launch process live right now! NASA’s Orion spacecraft is built […]
Washington State University staff are working on an equivalent to an alcohol breathalyzer to check whether people are driving while under the influence of cannabis. They say it will help innocent drivers as well as law enforcement officers. The test would be based on ion-mobility spectrometry, which uses an electric charge to force a material […]
A very special ode to curiosity… with LEGO. My tribute to Curiosity, both the NASA rover and the human desire to discover, featuring words from some of science’s greatest minds and LEGO’s special edition Mars rover set. Buy the LEGO Curiosity Rover Featured in this video right here. [It’s Okay To Be Smart]
Comic adapted from a statement by Neil DeGrasse Tyson by Gavin Aung Than from Zen Pencils. [Zen Pencils]
This short video explains the difference between gravity and g-force, and how you can experience zero-g in space even when it’s not zero gravity! [SciShow]
Well, we’ve recently shared videos on what happens if you eat too much on Thanksgiving, and what to do if you can’t eat everything. But exactly how much can you eat (and what can’t you eat)? With the aid of science, Jake Roper investigates…
We already had “cloud” printing that lets people print documents from thousands of miles away. Now NASA has sent a print out of this world — and with an extra dimension. After astronaut Barry “Butch”Wilmore installed a 3D printer in the International Space Station, NASA ground crew sent remote commands for two test calibration prints, […]