Feeling stuck in the middle of a project? You’re not alone! Motivation often peaks at the beginning and end, but the middle can feel like a slog. Psychologists call this the “stuck in the middle” effect, where progress feels slow and discouraging. But there’s a way out!

This insightful video explores the psychology behind motivation and offers practical tips to overcome obstacles, from breaking goals into smaller steps to finding a supportive community. Whether you’re working on a term paper or tackling global challenges, the key to progress is taking action—no matter how small.

Every day, planes drop millions of sterilized flies over the Panama-Colombia border. It sounds like a sci-fi horror plot, but it’s actually a decades-long strategy to stop screwworms—flesh-eating pests that once ravaged livestock across North America.

The plan? Raise screwworm flies, sterilize them with radiation, and release them into the wild. Since female screwworms only mate once, pairing with a sterile male means no offspring, gradually crashing the population. This technique eradicated screwworms from the U.S. by 1966, and today, a barrier in Panama keeps them from returning.

But now, scientists are exploring a game-changing alternative: gene drives. Using CRISPR, they aim to create a self-spreading genetic modification that makes female screwworms sterile, potentially wiping them out for good.

Could this finally end the battle against one of nature’s nastiest pests? SciShow explains it all—watch here: