Today, a lot of us walk about in leather, cotton, or other boring fabrics. But researchers are working to make the future way cooler, with flame retardant seaweed fabrics, self-healing sea silk, and polar bear inspired de-icing...

The conditions in many medicine cabinets turn out to be detrimental for medicines—some worse than others. <b<br/>r/>

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Weather may be something you associate with life on land, but the ocean has its own version of fronts and storms. <b<br/>r/>

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This October, the launch window opens for NASA's Europa Clipper mission. When it arrives in the Jovian system, this spacecraft will probe the icy moon...and its ocean buried kilometers beneath the surface...for the ingredients of life...

The Pyramids of Giza have fascinated and confused us for hundreds of years, and while we know a lot about who built them and how they were made, one question that has remained is why they are where they are. And the answer to that...

Yellowstone National Park is one of the most famous tourist destinations and nature reserves in the world. And it's also the perfect place for.... geothermal power plants? Let's talk about the weird reason why NASA is all for building...

In 2021, researchers reported a shocking disappearance in the Bering Sea. Not of people, but of Alaskan snow crabs. And it's taken scientists years to understand how tens of billions of crabs disappeared all at once, so let's take you...

In the mid-1990s, a meteorite with the unmemorable name ALH84001 became the most famous rock in the world. Because one team of scientists proposed that it had the evidence of real, if microscopic, Martians.



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In 1327, a monk named Richard of Wallingford drafted plans for an engineering marvel: one of the very first truly mechanical clocks in the world, which helped to usher in a complete reinvention of humanity's perception of time...

The most common substance in the world is literally IN the world. It's a mineral called bridgmanite, and it belongs to a class of minerals (called perovskites) that scientists are trying to use in the next generation of solar...

Back in the Victorian Era, Englanders thought that the famous Roman Baths were so healing because there was radium in the water. And there was, but that wasn't the real secret. Turns out that the baths are teeming with microbes that...

"Water, water, every where"...or so that one poem goes. And it's kinda right, because there's way more water INSIDE the Earth than on the surface. But scientists still don't know with certainty exactly how Earth got all of that...

Coral reefs are fighting for their very survival these days, and scientists are looking for ways to help—including testing underwater AC systems, and 3D printing what one might describe as artificial coral cyborgs.



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From the Great Pyramid at Giza, to one-quarter of the Netherlands, to continent-spanning electrical grids, humans are great at making really BIG things.<b<br/>r/>

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Dams are great for humans, providing hydroelectricity and flood control. They're also horrible for the rivers they block. Here are three success stories of ecosystems that bounced back after a dam was removed.



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One of game theory's most famous quandaries is the Tragedy of the Commons. But, through her years of research, Nobel Prize winner, Elinor Ostrom, showed us that we're not doomed to tragedy after all.



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China's Zhangye Danxia National Geopark is home to strikingly beautiful rainbow mountains -- yes, what you're seeing is real! But the secret to this amazing sight might be something incredibly humble: dirt.



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This lake in Canada sports a stunning summer look - spots! And the weird geology and hydrology that makes these spots is definitely worth talking about. Plus, Spotted Lake may not be the only one of its kind, and might tell us more...

The Chocolate Hills of Bohol, Philippines are so perfectly shaped that local legends say they were crafted by giants. Geologists can't agree exactly what happened, but the answer might be as simple as limestone, water, and...

It's one of the great boomer vs. millennial debates: Do you have to sort your laundry? It's tedious to pull apart lights and darks, hot water and cold water, but thanks to advancements in science, that all may be a thing of the...

This is a love letter to water, life’s solvent, and one of the most wonderful molecules around. In this episode of Crash Course Biology, we’ll learn about how water’s polarity and hydrogen bonding help it sustain life on a larger scale....

Ecology is the study of the interactions of living things with each other and their environment. It’s a field that not only lets us explore the interconnections between living things, but also how our environment affects us, and how we...

Hope isn’t just a feeling, but a skill you can practice, explains climate activist Xiye Bastida. Taking cues from the resilience of nature, she shows why trusting Indigenous leaders who’ve protected the planet for generations can help...

Humans have been transforming seawater into potable freshwater for millennia. Today, billions of people can’t access clean drinking water, and 87 different countries are projected to be “water-scarce” by 2050. So, how can we use seawater...