Watch this neuroscientist brilliantly explain neural connections in 5 different ways
If there’s an award for being able to explain complex science in a simple way, no matter who’s in the audience, our nomination would be for Bobby Kasthuri from the…
Let the 10th Doctor teach you Einstein’s general relativity in 3 minutes
On 14 March 2017, the world celebrated what would have been Albert Einstein’s 138th birthday. But while all of us know and love the revolutionary physicist by name, how many…
This Calcium Isotope is So Rare, It Costs $500,000 For Just 2 Grams
If you’re looking for a really dumb thing to spend your money on, look no further than calcium-48, an extremely rare isotope of calcium that carries such an astronomical pricetag,…
WATCH: This is the most difficult place to get to on Earth
With all this talk about colonising Mars, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Earth and all its mysteries have been well and truly uncovered by the year 2017. But as…
WATCH: Your ears can actually tell the difference between hot and cold water
You’ve got a super-cool ability you probably didn’t even know you had: how to tell the difference between hot running water from cold running water – through sound alone. If…
These Gravity-Defying Hills Are One of The Strangest Natural Phenomena We’ve Seen
Scattered across the world are a number of bewildering ‘mystery spots’ that appear to defy gravity – places where cars seem to drift uphill, and cyclists struggle to push themselves…