James Cameron Answers Sci-Fi Questions From Twitter
Director James Cameron uses the power of Twitter to answer some common questions about the science fiction genre. [Wired]
Category Archives: Science
7 Animals with Really Wild Tongues
They’re sticky, they’re stretchy, they’re just plain long—here are seven of the most interesting tongues in the animal kingdom! Find out more about 7 animals with really wild tongues in this episode of SciShow. [SciShow]
What Your Tongue Looks Like When You Talk (From the Inside) [Video]
If you’ve ever wondered what speaking looks like from the inside of your mouth, this video shows you just that! The European Patent Office nominated physicist and MRI pioneer Jens Frahm at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry as one of the three finalists for its European Inventor award, in the field of research. […]
The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant [Video]
This short film is based on a story by Nick Bostrom. The moral of the story: The ethical argument that the fable presents is simple: There are obvious and compelling moral reasons for the people in the fable to get rid of the dragon. Our situation with regard to human senescence is closely analogous and […]
Why Can’t You Divide by Zero?
In the world of math, many strange results are possible when we change the rules. But there’s one rule that most of us have been warned not to break: don’t divide by zero. How can the simple combination of an everyday number and a basic operation cause such problems? [TED Ed]
Astronaut Chris Hadfield Debunks Space Myths
Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield helps debunk (and confirm!) some common myths about space. Is there any sound in space? Does space smell like burnt steak? Is NASA working on warp speed? [Wired]
TESS: NASA Just Launched a New, Planet-Hunting Telescope This Week!
From launching a new satellite, to finding diamonds from a lost world, researchers have been hard at work transforming how we think about our planet, the solar system, and the rest of the universe. [SciShow Space]
The Black Hole Bomb and Black Hole Civilizations
Everything you think you know about the weirdest thing in the universe (black holes) is about to get weirder for one simple reason: black holes are spinning! [Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell]