Porcelain – A Short Fantasy Story

When you live alone way out in the woods, a knock at the door at eight p.m. is unusual and cause for a wary glance. Rapid pounding and screams for help? I nearly shat myself.

Leaping from my couch, my book dropped, forgotten, I was guided purely by instinct. I grabbed my handgun from its box on my bookshelf before rushing to my front door, flicking on the porch light before unlocking the door and swinging it open. Instinct once again made me take action before I could fully comprehend what I was looking at, my feet stepping back two full paces and raising my gun to aim it unwaveringly in front of me.

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Can Gray Hair be Reversed? Exploring the Possibility of Reversal Through Science

Researchers have successfully pinpointed the processes responsible for causing gray hair and conducted experiments aimed at its reversal. Surprisingly, some of these potential solutions have been available for several decades. Watch this episode of SciShow to learn more about how one day, people with grey hair could go reverse their greying condition.

Do We REALLY Need Pesticide? [Video]

From TED Education:

Annually, we shower over 5 billion pounds of pesticides across the Earth to control insects, unwanted weeds, funguses, rodents, and bacteria that may threaten our food supply. But is it worth it, knowing what we do about the associated environmental and public health risks? Fernan Pérez-Gálvez weighs the pros and cons of pesticides.

Lesson by Fernan Pérez-Gálvez, animation by Mighty Oak.

[Source: Ted Education on Youtube]