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Is red wine actually healthy?

Is red wine actually healthy?

Debunking a long-standing myth.

Jul 12

How iOS 18 Will Solve Carsickness

How iOS 18 Will Solve Carsickness

Vehicle Motion Cues will bring motion your phone screen.

May 27

How Many Balloons Would it Take to Lift a Human?

How Many Balloons Would it Take to Lift a Human?

And how much it would cost.

May 21

How is a Black Hole Created?

How is a Black Hole Created?

A step-by-step tutorial on how to turn the Earth into a black hole.

May 7

Why do you faint when you see blood?

Why do you faint when you see blood?

How vasovagal syncope works.

Mar 27

How do we sense temperature?

How do we sense temperature?

How our brain knows what’s hot and what’s not.

Feb 21

How to Make Your Dragon

How to Make Your Dragon

Recipe: a pinch of controversy, 1 tbsp of fire, 1/2 cup of science, and a whole lot of optimism.

Jan 14

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A tissue box with tissues scattered on the desk its placed on.

Stuffy nose? Watch a horror movie.

How to treat a stuffy nose without medicine.

Saturn’s Marriage Story

Before and after rings.

I’m universally proclaiming that we all like Saturn…

Photo of a clock with a dark background.

Time Travel is Real.

And why it‘s (partially) impossible.

The Extinct Star—Quasi-Stars.

And why we should be glad they’re not around anymore.

A photo of a monkey with a mirror.

What Colour is a Mirror?

Spoiler alert: it’s not silver.

Picture of the immortal jellyfish.

Immortality Already Exists

But it’s not what you think…

Image of a soccer penalty kick.

A Physically Unstoppable Penalty

Using science and math to beat bad luck.

Waterbending demonstration.

How to Waterbend!

Ft. Static Electricity

The Use of Cyanide in Gold Mining

And why it’s a problem.

FC Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué is helped off the pitch after suffering an ACL injury.

ACL Injuries — Simplified

Sports Injuries | Vol. 1

The sun.

We’re all stars!

No, seriously. Here’s how.

A pair of glasses are held under direct sunlight to start a fire on a newspaper.

Ryan Started the Fire!

Arsons, glasses and optics. And a case to solve.

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