Astronaut Chris Hadfield on 13 Moments That Changed His Life | WIRED
Astronaut Chris Hadfield reflects on 13 important moments from his life and career, from learning to fly to being blinded temporarily in space to recording his famous cover of David Bowie’s «Space Oddity.»
Doctor Debunks Medical Myths | WIRED
Medical doctor Seema Yasmin helps debunk (and confirm!) some common myths about medicine and health. Does your heart really skip a beat when you sneeze? Is it safe to eat genetically modified foods? Is hand sanitizer the best way to clean your hands? Dr. Seema Yasmin is the Director at the Stanford Center for Health […]
Overpopulation & Africa
Durante la mayor parte de nuestra historia, la población mundial creció lentamente. Hasta que nuevos descubrimientos nos trajeron más alimento y nos permitieron vivir por más tiempo. En solo una centena de años, la población humana se cuadriplicó. Esto condujo a una visión apocalíptica de una Tierra sobrepoblada. Pero, de hecho, la tasa de crecimiento […]
What If Alien Life Was Silicon-Based?
Thanks CuriosityStream for sponsoring this episode! Go to http://bit.ly/whatif-curiositystream for unlimited access to the world’s top documentaries and nonfiction series. Enter the promo code ‘whatif’ during the signup process and your membership is completely free for the first 30 days. There are billions of planets in the Universe that, theoretically, can support life. But so […]
How Machine Learning Drives the Deceptive World of Deepfakes
Deepfakes are spreading fast, and while some have playful intentions, others can cause serious harm. We stepped inside this deceptive new world to see what experts are doing to catch this altered content.
How Close Are We to a Complete Tree of Life?
Nearly 90% of all life on Earth is unaccounted for, but how close are we to discovering all life on Earth before it disappears?
Did Time Start at the Big Bang?
Our universe started with the big bang. But only for the right definition of “our universe”. And of “started” for that matter. In fact, probably the Big Bang is nothing like what you were taught. A hundred years ago we discovered the beginning of the universe. Observations of the retreating galaxies by Edwin Hubble and […]
How bridges are built over water (marvels)
Bridges built over water are marvels of engineering no matter how shallow or deep the water may be. But how exactly are these bridges built, particularly over deep water? It turns out there are three main techniques for the construction of such bridges and they are battered piles, cofferdams, and caissons. #Engineering#Bridges#Architecture
How Close Are We to Reinventing Plastic?
Our dependence on plastic is so extreme that we have microplastics not only floating through the ocean, but also in the atmosphere, in our food, and in our bodies. So how close are we to reinventing plastic?
Quarks Explained in Four Minutes – Physics Girl
Protons and neutrons are made of three quarks, right? Wrong! Explore the particle they should have told you about when you were a kid!
This Superheavy Atom Factory Is Pushing the Limits of the Periodic Table
As we push the Periodic Table of the Elements further and further into the unknown, its familiar columns and rows are threatening to crumble. What’s next for this science icon?
Neutron Stars – The Most Extreme Things that are not Black Holes
Neutron stars are one of the most extreme and violent things in the universe. Giant atomic nuclei, only a few kilometers in diameter but as massive as stars. And they owe their existence to the death of something majestic.
Could We Terraform Mars?
Humanity’s future is glorious. As we master space travel, we’ll hop from one lifeless world to the next. Life will blossom in our path and the galaxy with shimmer with beautiful Earth-like orbs. Hmmm… maybe. This won’t sound so far fetched if we prove we can do it at least once. If we successfully terraform […]
Why Our Solar System Is Weirder Than You’d Think
Research suggests that nearly every star has at least one planet, but we haven’t found any other solar systems that look quite like ours.
