The name “E. coli” is enough to strike terror into the stomachs of anyone who has experienced food poisoning. But some strains of this bacteria don’t actually make you sick, and have turned out to be useful tools for bioengineers. [SciShow]
Florida might seem like a bad place to launch rockets from, especially because of the terrible weather, but there’s actually two very good reasons why NASA is doing it from there. First, as our planet rotates on its axis, it generates kinetic energy, and as you get closer to the equator, this kinetic energy increases. […]
Carbon nano-onions aren’t the latest craze in molecular gastronomy, but they might represent the future of medicine and electronics… [SciShow]
If you drop a penny from the Empire State Building, will it kill you? Science educator Derek Muller from Veritasium, with the help of Adam Savage, decided to put the old urban myth to the test by dropping a bucket of pennies on Muller from a helicopter. Needless to say, he survived the experiment. Watch […]
If your coffee is too bitter, add a pinch of salt. If your salad isn’t sour enough, add a pinch of salt. If your beer is too bitter, add a pinch of salt. Salt has a seemingly magical ability to enhance good flavors and dampen bad ones. Come along with us on an epic journey […]
Watch as NASA’s DART Mission Attempts the World’s First-Ever Test of Planetary Defense. Description: Countdown to impact as NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) attempts humanity’s first-ever test of planetary defense! The DART spacecraft will intentionally crash into asteroid Dimorphos at 7:14 p.m. ET on Monday, September 26, 2022 to see if kinetic force can […]
Watch as James J. Orgill uses a 5G radiation detector to see how strong the radiation is from a phone and then an actual 5G tower. As you’ll see, 5G will never kill you. [Action Lab Shorts]
In the wealthiest circles of Victorian England, dieters would swallow an unhatched tapeworm and let it grow inside them by consuming undigested meals. And while modern fad diets aren’t usually this extreme, they do promise similar results; specifically, losing weight fast. So, are there any fast diets that do work? And are any of them […]
Engineer Mark Rober built 5 robots to beat 5 of the most popular “scam” arcade games out there. [Mark Rober]
From NASA: NASA’s InSight lander detected seismic waves from a meteoroid and was able to capture the sound of the space rock striking the surface of Mars for the first time. The meteoroid – the term used for incoming space rocks before they hit the ground – entered Mars’ atmosphere on Sept. 5, 2021, exploding […]