50 years ago, we phoned E.T… here's what we said
Why this camouflage is so easy to see
Where does lost weight ACTUALLY go?
This is the Most Detailed Brain Map EVER 🧠🤯
Earth just made a new space friend!
Why EQUILUX is better than the equinox
Guess the animal poop! Serengeti edition 💩
We need to talk about scallop eyes 😱
You’re not good enough for the Olympics. Here’s why you think you are.
Did we just figure out the whale alphabet?
The line that no river can cross (except one)
These weird footprints 👣 rewrite the history of North America
I figured out how much wood a woodchuck could actually chuck
Something weird happens when you look at this bug in a mirror
Who was the loneliest person ever?
This Apollo mission almost ended in MUTINY
This is why astronauts look so WEIRD in zero g
TRILLIONS of cicadas are emerging. Math can tell us why…
This is how to tag a BLUE WHALE 🐋 with a drone (for science!!)
The Science Behind The Masters' Strange Secret Sand ⛳️🏌️♂️
The fastest animal on Earth? It’s not what you think!
We were completely WRONG about starfish
Probably the worst idea in the history of the space age
Why this venomous caterpillar looks like Donald Trump’s hair
When Matter Goes Faster Than Light Speed… THIS Happens
Why doesn’t ❤️ look like an ACTUAL HEART 🫀 ?!
This Kid Named an Asteroid (then NASA went there!)
The Law of Urination
Climate change is turning sea turtles FEMALE?!
That one time the CIA spied on climate change 🤫
The Navy has video game-playing sea lions?! 🦭 🎮
This is how air conditioners ❄️ make Earth warmer 🔥
The revolution that saved a BILLION lives
It’s autumn everywhere except under this streetlight
This is why coral reefs are in BIG trouble 😳
Do space rocks ever actually hit people?! ☄️
Can this apple defy gravity? 🍎
This physics trick will blow people's minds
Can you explain the falling coffee cup trick?
This is what space sounds like
Making 🔥 by Smashing Balls
Has AI Surpassed Human Creativity?
Engineering SUPERPLANTS to fight climate change
Is Shrimps Bugs? A scientist’s take
Why ROYGBIV is Wrong 🌈
The world’s oldest dog is HOW OLD?!
The REAL reason moths fly towards light 💡
This famous climate graph is hiding a secret 🤔
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