A recent study has concluded that people all over the world are probably ingesting microscopic plastic all the time. Now scientists want to know where this plastic is coming from, how it ends up inside of us, and the damage it could do to our bodies and our world. [SciShow]
Patient P.S. suffered a stroke that damaged the right side of her brain, leaving her unaware of everything on her left side. If someone threw a ball at her left side, she might duck. But she wouldn’t have awareness of the ball or know why she ducked. Where does consciousness come from? Michael Graziano explores […]
This Valentine’s Day, send a little love to your bacterial buddies! Our microbes keep us healthy, but some bacteria give their animal companions superpowers, like immunity to poison, or even invisibility! [SciShow]
Watch as a single-celled zygote becomes an alpine newt in six pulsing minutes of timelapse. A film by photographer / filmmaker Jan van IJken. [Aeon Video | Via BoingBoing]
Fusion power is supposed to save us from fossil fuels, so when is nuclear fusion going to be a viable option and why has it been so elusive? [SciShow]
People have been using silkworm silk to make stuff for thousands of years, but spider silk could potentially be even more useful. It’s stronger than steel, super stretchy, and could be made into anything from bridge cables to biodegradable water bottles… if only we could figure out how to cultivate it. [SciShow]
Youtuber Magnetic Games used magnetite sand and a poweful magnet to show us (in slow motion) how magnetif fields work. The result is quite hypotizing! [Magnetic Games | Via LS]
Good reason to stay inside during this Polar Vortex! [ASAP Science]
We all know that many planets have moons orbiting them, but is it possible for those moons have little moons of their own? [SciShow]
Not all of the naturally occurring elements were discovered here on Earth. Helium was discovered by examining sunlight, and that same technique is now teaching us about the composition of distant galaxies. [SciShow Space]