Never Consume the ‘Clean’ Part of Moldy Bread
A viral Tech Insider video outlined the hazards of eating mold-contaminated bread. Many individuals eat the “clean” half of a
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Do we Need Nuclear Energy to Stop Climate Change?
Do we need nuclear energy to stop climate change? More and more voices from science, environmental activists and the press
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How Deep Down Is the Earth’s Core?
How many layers does the Earth have? Have you ever wondered what lies beneath Earth’s crust? Well, our planet is
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What Do Alien Civilizations Look Like?
The observable universe is a big place that has been around for more than 13 billion years. Up to two
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Animated History of Physics
Dara O Briain takes us on a whistle stop tour of the history of Physics and the physicists that defied
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The Science of Wonder
That beautiful sense of wonder you feel sometimes? Yeah, it’s just chemicals firing in your brain. Via Life Noggin
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Why is the Solar System Flat?
It’s no mystery that the planets, moons, asteroids, etc. in the Solar System are arranged in a more-or-less flat, plate-like
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The History of Japan Explained in the Most Fun Way Possible
If we canceled history classes in high schools across the world and replaced them with YouTube videos about history, kids
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The Science of Spiciness
When you take a bite of a hot pepper, your body reacts as if your mouth is on fire —
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Emergence – How Stupid Things Become Smart Together
How can many stupid things combine to form smart things? How can proteins become living cells? How become lots of
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Could a Space Elevator Work?
So. Space elevators. Are they are thing that we should talk about? Support us on Patreon so we can make
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How Deep Humans Have Dug?
If we were to journey to the center of the Earth, it would take a lot longer than you might
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What is the Placebo Effect?
Medicine helps patients recover from their diseases and ailments. But sometimes not getting medicine has the exact same effect. And
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How long will Human Impacts Last?
Imagine aliens land on Earth a million years from now. What will these curious searchers find of us? They will
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The Physics of the “Hardest Move” in Ballet
In the third act of “Swan Lake”, the Black Swan pulls off a seemingly endless series of turns, bobbing up
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How Do Fish Make Electricity?
Nearly 350 species of fish have specialized anatomical structures that generate and detect electrical signals. Underwater, where light is scarce,
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The “Antibiotic Apocalypse” Explained
Kurzgesagt details the “antibiotic apocalypse” in their latest video and it’s a doozy. Basically, our willy nilly use of antibiotics
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How Machines Learn
YouTuber CGP Grey is known for breaking down complex subjects so that they can be understood by just about anyone.
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How Newton’s Laws of Motion Work in Space
Join our Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers as they go on an epic journey to find out how Newton’s Laws of
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The Size of Life
We don’t really want to see an elephant explode, unless it’s in colorful yet fictional graphics from Kurzgesagt. In other
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How Much Radiation is Dangerous?
When we hear the word radiation, it’s tempting to picture huge explosions and frightening mutations. But that’s not the full
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