Building a dinosaur from a chicken | Jack Horner
Renowned paleontologist Jack Horner has spent his career trying to reconstruct a dinosaur. He’s found fossils with extraordinarily well-preserved blood vessels and soft tissues, but never intact DNA. So, in a new approach, he’s taking living descendants of the dinosaur (chickens) and genetically engineering them to reactivate ancestral traits — including teeth, tails, and even […]
A Swarm of One Thousand Robots
A thousand-robot swarm created by Harvard researchers can self-assemble into different shapes. Learn more: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/ro…SHOW MORE
The Geometry of Causality | Space Time
In this episode we dive deeper into the relationship between space and time and explore how we can geometrically map the causality of the universe and increase our understanding of how time and distance relate to one another.
Superluminal Time Travel + Time Warp Challenge Answer | Space Time
By choosing the right path and the right reference frames, any superluminal motion can lead to information or objects returning to their origin before they depart. Matt O’Dowd will show you how to navigate such a path.
Why String Theory is Wrong
There’s this idea that beauty is a powerful guide to truth in the mathematics of physical theory. String theory is certainly beautiful in the eyes of many physicists. Beautiful enough to pursue even if it’s wrong.
How Humans Can Cheat Extinction
If Earth is ever threatened by an apocalyptic event, how can we ensure the survival of the human species? The answer may be to move to Mars. Here’s how it could happen.
The Sixth Extinction
This time, we’re the asteroid
Quantum Entanglement and the Great Bohr-Einstein Debate | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios
Albert Einstein strongly disagreed with Niels Bohr when it came to Bohr’s interpretation of quantum mechanics. Quantum entanglement settled the argument once and for all.
How to Raise Smarter Children | Neil deGrasse Tyson | Goalcast
World-renowned cosmologist Neil deGrasse Tyson shares one profoundly simple piece of parenting advice about a child’s innate desire for exploration.
Shake those bees back and forth: Smart swarm intelligence
Impossible Foods updates its plant-based meat recipe
This next-generation Impossible Burger contains no gluten, zero cholesterol and as much bioavailable iron and high-quality protein as conventional beef from cows.SHOW MORE
Why the Wage Gap Is Very Real But Shouldn’t Be – Desi Lydic Womansplains | The Daily Show
Marc Raibert shows off a close-to-production Spot Mini
Boston Dynamics’ Marc Raibert shows off a close-to-production Spot Mini.SHOW MORE
Testing Solar Orbiter
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft is undergoing important pre-launch tests at the IABG National Space Centre in Ottobrunn, Germany, ahead of its launch, scheduled for February 2020.