Fritz Haber is the scientist who arguably most transformed the world, saving billions of people throughout the years, but also killed millions. Here is his story. [Veritasium]

Representation of asteroid impacts of different sizes, what would be their destruction and consequences for the planet? Scientific data provided by Ignacio R. Ferrín, Ph. D. [MetaBallStudios]

Zoom Into the Southern Ring Nebula Captured by NASA James Webb Space Telescope. [thebhp | Via BIS]

Astronomers have detected radio waves with the longest distinct “heartbeat” pattern on record. They say it’s more likely coming from a neutron star than it is a sign of life. Writing in Nature, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers describe a fast radio burst, a batch of intense radio waves. The “clear periodic pattern” repeats […]

Remember when Elon Musk launched a car into space? It’s not just peacefully drifting through a vacuum–it’s hurtling around the sun at 63,592 mph, being bombarded by solar radiation. It might be in pieces. But, not the same pieces it would be in if it was down here on Earth. The environment of space breaks […]

The molecule responsible for hangovers is ethanol, which we colloquially refer to as alcohol. Ethanol is present in all alcoholic beverages, and generally speaking, the more ethanol, the greater the potential for a hangover. So, how exactly does alcohol cause a hangover— and is there any way to prevent one? Judy Grisel explores the surprising […]

A silo of sand could be the key to using renewable energy more efficiently according to an experiment in Finland. The first commercial “sand battery” could store heat for several months before using it to heat water. The project aims to tackle one of the big problems with energy generation methods such as solar and […]

The future of humanity seems insecure. Rapid climate change, political division, our greed and failings make it hard to look at our species with a lot of optimism and so many people think our end is in sight. But humans always thought they lived in the end times. Every generation assumes they’re important enough to […]

Whether they’re belting Beyoncé, head-banging to classic rock, or rattling off curse words at zoo-goers, parrots are constantly astounding us. They are among the only animals that produce human speech, and some parrots do it almost uncannily well. How is this possible? Grace Smith-Vidaurre and Tim Wright dig into the anatomy that allows parrots to […]