Imagine a civilization that outnumbers humanity by six orders of magnitude. By one and a half million times. And it's not some bacteria.

posted by BSR 1 month ago • 24 views • 28:47

Probably

posted by newtboy 2 months ago • 89 views • 19 secs

Just over 50 years ago, paleontologist Donald Johnson unearthed the remains of "Lucy," an ancient human relative who lived more than 3 million years ago. Now, another group of scientists have found new... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 months 1 week ago • 38 views • 7:47

Petrichor is the smell of rain on dry land, and humans can smell it better than anything else.

posted by newtboy 2 months 3 weeks ago • 220 views • 1:31

"Wake me up when spring is here ... Nature has had to come up with some crazy ways to survive harsh winters. But none are weirder than hibernation. Turns out there is more than one kind of hibernation,... continue reading

posted by ant 5 months ago • 14 views • 12:02

"... Have you ever looked at the front of a car and seen a face? Or an electrical outlet and seen a face? You definitely have. We all see faces everywhere we look thanks to a fun quirk of the human brain... continue reading

posted by ant 7 months 1 week ago • 51 views

In the wilderness of New Caledonia, scientists have discovered a living organism with the largest genome in the world. New research shows that the genome size of this fork fern species is estimated to... continue reading

posted by newtboy 9 months 1 week ago • 65 views • 3:01

The endless expanse of the ocean’s midnight zone offers plenty of room to stretch out. Here, some animals can grow to great lengths. Siphonophores are gelatinous animals composed of specialized parts... continue reading

posted by newtboy 12 months ago • 129 views • 3:36

Pareidolia is the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern (Merriam-Webster) This one minute film uses pareidolia as a tool to convey the importance... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year ago • 231 views • 1:01

In this video Jonathan from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses sperm production, storage, as well as a common question he gets from students: What happens to sperm cells if they are not not released? ... continue reading

posted by BSR 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 95 views • 10:30

Few of the monsters that evolution created have been so successful at hurting us as the variola virus, responsible for smallpox. The carnage it caused was so terrible and merciless that it compelled humankind,... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 year 7 months 1 week ago • 143 views • 11:09

2023 Florida is home to about 800,000 undocumented immigrants, and many work in the kinds of businesses that would be impacted by the law, known as SB 1718. Many of those affected are also members of mixed-status... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 9 months ago • 98 views • 7:32

*Not for those with weak constitutions* In this video, Jonathan from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses the anatomy of the lungs, and how vaping can affect it.

posted by BSR 2 years ago • 474 views • 14:48

Sam Harris speaks with Matt Ridley and Alina Chan about the origins of the COVID pandemic. They discuss the evidence of a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, media and academic censorship of... continue reading

posted by eric3579 2 years 2 weeks ago • 275 views • 58:27

"Slim Goodbody shows teaches kids about the amazingly powerful human heart and the system of circulation. We take a trip back in history to see Dr. William Harvey and we see what an actual heart looks like."

posted by ant 2 years 2 months 1 week ago • 2 views • 13:35

"Discover how alcohol impacts your body’s processes and causes hangovers, and find out what causes the most common hangover symptoms. The molecule responsible for hangovers is ethanol, which we colloquially... continue reading

posted by ant 2 years 2 months 1 week ago • 5 views • 4:52

The Scientist's Warning is a film about the journey one scientist takes after one of his research papers sparks a global movement to address the challenges facing our planet. Both scientists and citizens... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 120 views • 35:36

From YouTube, "The Earth is a gigantic ball of semi-molten rock, with a heart of iron as hot as the surface of the Sun. Titanic amounts of heat left over from its birth and the radioactive decay of trillions... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 2 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 354 views • 11:59