Does swearing get a bad rap? There’s evidence that the shouting obscenities has an evolutionary purpose… and may be good for your psyche! Watch this episode of Otherwords to find out why swearing is actually good for your brain! [Storied]
Over the past two years, you’ve likely taken a Covid rapid antigen test. A unique, biochemical reaction involving saline, tiny particles of gold, and paper with antibodies, is helping to give us quick and relatively accurate results. Dr. Kate Biberdorf, a chemist and author, explains the chemical process of the at-home tests (while taking one!) […]
You might have heard that bones are stronger after they break, which sounds ridiculous, but for a short period of time, it might be true! Find out more in this episode of SciShow! [SciShow]
A detailed look at how toilets work by the folks from the Science Channel. With over 40 components, did you know that most toilets can flush and reset themselves within four seconds flat? [Science Channel]
Your professor has accidentally stepped through a time portal in his physics lab. You’ve got just a minute to jump through before it closes and leaves him stranded in history. Your only way back is to grab enough colored nodules to create a new portal to open a doorway through time. Can you take the […]
Today we are answering an age-old very scientific and important question: What if the moon crashes into earth? It’s more interesting and weird than you probably think. Let’s start with the basics: Why isn’t the Moon on its way to crash into us already? [In a Nutshell]
From SciShow: A lot of the adaptability of children’s brains diminishes as they age. But researchers are looking for ways they might be able to restore some of that flexibility later in life. [SciShow]
In an effort to protect us from getting killed by something we’ve ingested, our brain’s vomit control center processes a lot of information from several different places … and sometimes is a little overly cautious. [Minute Earth]
Peering into the eyes of different animals, you’ll see some extraordinarily shaped pupils. House cats, for one, are twilight hunters with vertically elongated pupils. Many grazing animals, like goats, have rectangular pupils. Other animals have crescent- or heart-shaped pupils. So, what’s going on? Why are there so many different pupil shapes? Emma Bryce digs into […]
Aging is inevitable, but what if it wasn’t? Let’s take a look at the latest science and how it might be possible to slow our own aging. What’s the difference between our chronological age, and our biological age? Dr. Morgan Levine, an expert on aging, sits down to explain. [Wired]