For most of the year, the Gulf of Mexico is teeming with marine life, from tiny crustaceans to massive whales. But every summer, disaster strikes. Around May, animals begin to flee the area. And soon, creatures that can’t swim or can’t swim fast enough begin to suffocate and die off in massive numbers. What’s going […]
Sets, logic, proof, functions, stats, and more! Master the backbone of mathematics and computer science with The Discrete Mathematics course! Just $15.99 instead of the MSRP of $199. Discrete Mathematics is the backbone of Mathematics and Computer Science. It’s the study of topics that are discrete rather than continuous, for that, the course is a […]
The complete process of publishing a scientific paper explained in a comic-style infographic by Katie Everson. For those interested, the infographic is available as a poster on Data Worth Seeing. “I mentioned scientific journals to a friend recently and they asked “oh like National Geographic?” And I realized lots of people might not be familiar […]
Getting rare materials from the ground into your phone is ugly. The mining industry is responsible for air and water pollution and the destruction of entire landscapes. But what if we could replace the mining industry on Earth with a clean process that can’t harm anyone? Well, we can. All we need to do is […]
There’s a lot of confusion about tear gases—what they are, what they do, and whether they can cause long-term harm. Here’s what we know. [SciShow]
“What if we built a bridge, between and above all nations, to jointly discover the galaxy’s great unknowns?” Join us this fall as we prepare to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the International Space Station. As a global endeavor, 240 people from 19 countries have visited the unique microgravity laboratory, which has hosted more than […]
The sun is essential plant food that’s heating our planet, but we don’t often think about the wild things happening on and below its surface. In this episode of #Untold, a new #YouTubeLearning series from ACS, PBS, and YouTube, we talk about those wild things, and how they can affect us all the way down […]
The Great Filter is a coin-flip. Is it ahead us, or behind us? There’s plenty of things that the Great Filter could be, let’s look into them and into what the Fermi Paradox is. The Great Filter is whatever event would prevent inanimate matter from forming into expanding, lasting life. [Aperture | Via Nerdist]
A comparison of some of the natural satellites of our solar system, from the smallest to the largest compared to New York City and Earth. [MetaBallStudios | Via Born in Space]
Youtuber BeyondSlowMotion filmed some popcorn kernels popping at 100,000 frames per second, which will give you the best look possible at the popping process. Check it out! [BeyondSlowMotion | Via Neatorama]