The Invisible Creatures That Keep You Alive! [Science Video]
In this episode of “It’s Okay to Be Smart”, host Joe Hanson takes a look at our Microbiome, the system of invisible (to us) Microbes that keeps us alive. [It’s Ok To Be Smart]
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Why Don’t Oil and Water Mix While Salt and Water Does? [Science Video]
Salt dissolves in water; oil does not. But why? You can think of that glass of water as a big, bumpin’ dance party where the water molecules are always switching dance partners — and they’d much rather dance with a salt ion. John Pollard explains how two chemistry principles, energetics and entropy, rule the dance […]
How Exactly Do You Hear Things? [Science Video]
Sound is a beautiful thing, but do you know we actually hear? This video takes a look at how our ears process sound. [Life Noggin]
How YOU Will Die According to Science [Video]
Have you ever wanted to know how & when you will die? Science might have an answer… [AsapSCIENCE]
‘Mars Visitors’ Return After Year-Long Mission
Six people have finished a year of isolation designed to replicate life on Mars. The crew have been inside a 36 by 20 foot dome near a Hawaiian volcano. It’s the third and longest such mission following previous experiments lasting four and eight months. While similar studies have concentrated on the long journey inside a […]
Why Do My Eyes Glow Red in Photos? [Science Video]
You know how sometimes your eyes glow bright red in photos, making you look like a scary demon and ruining a priceless family memory? Well, there’s a pretty cool reason it happens and ways to stop it! Learn all about it in this episode of SciShow! [SciShow]
Meteorite or Meteorwrong: A Self-Test Check-List [Flowchart]
Is it a meteorite or is it not? A handy flowchart from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences of the Washington University in St. Louis: Oh, and for those too lazy to Google it, here’s the definition of a regmaglypt: A shallow indentation or pit on the surface of a meteorite, resembling a thumbprint […]
Aurora Borealis Scientists Embarrassed By Lawnmower Fail
A university’s prediction that the Northern Lights would be widely visible turned out to be a mistake caused by a lawnmower. The Aurora Watch service, based at Lancaster University in the UK, forecasts likely sightings of the Aurora Borealis, a natural colored light show caused by solar winds disturbing the Earth’s magnetosphere. Forecasting is of […]