Watch as a single-celled zygote becomes an alpine newt in six pulsing minutes of timelapse. A film by photographer / filmmaker Jan van IJken. [Aeon Video | Via BoingBoing]

Fusion power is supposed to save us from fossil fuels, so when is nuclear fusion going to be a viable option and why has it been so elusive? [SciShow]

People have been using silkworm silk to make stuff for thousands of years, but spider silk could potentially be even more useful. It’s stronger than steel, super stretchy, and could be made into anything from bridge cables to biodegradable water bottles… if only we could figure out how to cultivate it. [SciShow]

Youtuber Magnetic Games used magnetite sand and a poweful magnet to show us (in slow motion) how magnetif fields work. The result is quite hypotizing! [Magnetic Games | Via LS]

Good reason to stay inside during this Polar Vortex! [ASAP Science]

We all know that many planets have moons orbiting them, but is it possible for those moons have little moons of their own? [SciShow]

Not all of the naturally occurring elements were discovered here on Earth. Helium was discovered by examining sunlight, and that same technique is now teaching us about the composition of distant galaxies. [SciShow Space]

Are you able to tell what is real and what is fake? [AsapSCIENCE]

From bioprinting to growing organs in non-human animals, doctors and scientists are looking at different ways to make organ transplants a less challenging procedure. [SciShow]

You probably know not to lick something unfamiliar. But there are actually a surprising number of discoveries that have been made because scientists licked things… [SciShow]