March 19, 2026
From World Science Festival.
Mussels hold tight, but let go with ease
From Science Magazine. Mussels have strong filaments called byssal threads to help them stick to rocky surfaces with surprising strength, to withstand the crashing waves. When needed, the bivalves can also release these threads with seemingly little effort. Deeper investigation and imaging revealed that friction between cilia in the living tissue and the nonliving byssal…
Why are these 3 letters on almost all of my zippers?
From Veritasium. How do zippers work? Sponsored by Hostinger. Host OpenClaw on a Hostinger VPS plan: https://www.hostinger.com/veritasiumopenclaw – and use code ‘veritasium’ for an extra discount. If you’re looking for a molecular modelling kit, try Snatoms, a kit I invented where the atoms snap together magnetically – https://ve42.co/SnatomsV Sign up for the Veritasium newsletter for…
Why Is This Persian Silver Hoard Buried in Yorkshire?
From SciShow. Support SciShow with a postcard or x-ray crystallography spinner! http://complexly.org/supportscishow SciShow posts a new video 4 times a week, and our science-backed videos were viewed 116 million times / 12.5 million hours last year. But SciShow has always needed your help to keep going, and that’s true now more than ever! We’re selling…
How to build your dragon (training sold separately)
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Trash Batteries & 4 Other Weird Ways to Store Energy
From SciShow. Visit https://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free for a full 30 days and get 20% off their annual premium subscription. From water, to very hot salt, to water (this time, solid), to microbe-filled soil, let’s unpack five ways to store energy that aren’t your typical, sometimes lickable, electrochemical battery. Hosted by:…
Human eyes have never seen the Sun’s south pole—until now
From Science Magazine. Despite decades of solar astronomy, neither robotic nor human eyes had ever seen the Sun’s polar regions. That is, until March 2025, when the Solar Orbiter took the first clear pictures of the Sun’s south pole from an angle of 15° below the solar equator. From that angle, the orbiter’s three instruments…
Is infinity a meaningless output?#infinity #briangreene
From World Science Festival.
The Disappearing Star and The Oldest Story Ever Told
From SciShow. Head to https://www.squarespace.com/scishow to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using SCISHOW ! People all around the world, from North America to Australia, tell the story of a star in the Pleiades disappearing. There’s some evidence to believe this could be a memory of a real astronomical event.…
Who Was This?! Strange Remains Found Wrapped in Metal Rings | Secrets in the Sand | Science Channel
From Science Channel. Archaeologists uncover mysterious remains within a crypt in Israel. The remains have three strange rings around both the ankles and neck of the skeleton. Experts ask the poignant question, who was this person and why were they wrapped in such a way?!
Understanding the universe and its non-obvious patterns. #briangreene
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Triumph of calculation helps resolve particle mystery
From Science Magazine. For decades, particle physicists have longed for something—anything—their prevailing theory, the standard model, cannot explain. Last June, perhaps the most tantalizing sign of a new mystery vanished when a long-running experiment reported that, contrary to its earlier claims, a particle called the muon was not more magnetic than the standard model predicts.…
How to Live in the Harshest Place on Earth
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You’re not gonna believe who invented autotune
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Breakfast Time! How All Your Favorites Are Made! | How It’s Made | Science Channel
From Science Channel. From pancakes to waffles to doughnuts, watch as all your favorite breakfast foods are made! Frozen Pancakes – 00:00 – 04:59 Doughnuts – 04:59 – 09:59 Frozen Waffles – 09:59 – 14:59 Bacon – 14:59 – 19:59 Frosted Cereal – 19:59 – 24:59 Bagels – 24:59 – 29:59 Yogurt – 29:59 –…
This octopus grew a ninth arm—which soon developed a mind of its own
From Science Magazine. When an octopus injures an arm, the appendage can split in two, giving the cephalopod an extra limb. But it’s long been unclear just how functional this ninth arm is, or how octopuses gradually accustom themselves to reusing the arm. In 2025, the first long-term observation of one of the animals in…
The Crisis at the Edge of a Black Hole | World Science Festival
From World Science Festival. Brian Greene sits down with theoretical physicist Raphael Bousso to explore some of the deepest puzzles in modern physics. Their conversation centers on the black hole information paradox, one of the most important challenges in theoretical physics. If quantum mechanics says information can never be destroyed, how can black holes, once…
The Most Important Picture in the History of Science
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Asteroid Big Enough to Destroy ENTIRE City?! | Space’s Deepest Secrets | Science Channel
From Science Channel. New discoveries reveal the apocalyptic consequences of an asteroid strike. Using cutting-edge science, experts are racing to develop tech that can destroy these deadly killers before they unleash Armageddon.
Bees learn to dance
From Science Magazine. The honey bee waggle dance communicates information about resource location from a foraging worker to nestmates. Research in Science shows that this complex dance is, in part, learned by young bees as they observe more experienced bees. Learn more: https://scim.ag/40qMQkk CREDITS: (FOOTAGE) ERIC NERI; (MUSIC) PODINGTON BEAR; (VIDEO PRODUCTION) K. MCLEAN/SCIENCE #Bees…
Plants Have Proprioception and That’s Weird
From SciShow. Thanks to Henson Shaving for sponsoring this video! Head to https://hensonshaving.com/scishow and use code scishow to receive 100 blades for free (2+ years worth). Just make sure both products are in the cart for the code to take effect. Plants need to sense light and gravity and themselves. But how? And when those…
Winter Sports Gear: Skiing, Skating, Curling & More! 🥌 | How It’s Made | Science Channel
From Science Channel. Find out how athletes’ skis, snowboards, speed skates, curling stones, and more are crafted in this Olympic-sized mashup of winter sports equipment! #HowItsMade #ScienceChannel Stream How It’s Made: https://www.discoveryplus.com/show/how-its-made About How It’s Made: Explore the fascinating world of how everyday items are manufactured and produced. From aluminum foil to contact lenses, discover…
The Shadow Illusion
From Veritasium. Cut any shape hole into a piece of cardboard and hold it up to the sunlight. When sunlight shines through this hole, it casts a circular image on the wall regardless of the shape of the hole. Why does this happen? The size of the hole also doesn’t affect the size of the…
When space and time changed forever. #einstein #briangreene #specialrelativity
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What’s the problem with quantum measurement? #quantum
From World Science Festival.
There Are Two Types of Boredom
From SciShow. Visit https://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free for a full 30 days and get 20% off their annual premium subscription. If you ever complained about having nothing to do as a kid, our mom may have told you that being bored is good for you. And it turns out, she was…
How do busy bees avoid overheating from flying?
From Science Magazine. Bumble bees may look clumsy and goofy hovering above a flower, but don’t be deceived: They’re among the hot rods of the insect world and able to fly 22 kilometers per hour. Even while hovering, their powerful wing muscles generate a lot of heat. Like any high-performance vehicle, the bees have ways…
Large language models do science
From Science Magazine. When Google DeepMind unveiled its protein-structure predictor AlphaFold2 in 2020, it upended expectations for what AI could accomplish in science. Few imagined that general-purpose large language models (LLMs), trained on trillions of words and optimized simply to regurgitate humanlike text, might follow suit. That view is now shifting—tectonically—as LLMs scale up. Last…
Why We Still Don’t Have Hypersonic Flights
From SciShow. JMP offers a 30-day free trial for anyone, anywhere. Go to https://www.jmp.com/scishow to see the benefits of visual statistics for yourself. If you’re old enough to remember the Concorde (whether or not you ever flew in one), you might also be wondering why engineers haven’t gotten around to developing an even *faster* commercial…
Traffic Lights Are So Much Weirder Than You Realize
From It’s OK to be Smart. Thank you to Squarespace for supporting PBS. Go to https://www.squarespace.com/besmart for a free trial and use code BESMART to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Support us on Patreon / itsokaytobesmart Why are stop lights red? The…
7 Deadly Epidemics You Didn’t Know Existed
From SciShow. Head to https://www.squarespace.com/scishow to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using SCISHOW ! From the non-bubonic plague that killed a Welsh king, to the deadliest pestilence in 16th century Mexico, to a pandemic we’re currently in the middle of (No, it’s not coronavirus), here are 7 disease outbreaks…
This Paradox Splits Smart People 50/50
From Veritasium. Two boxes, one choice, and $1,000,000. Sponsored by Brilliant – To learn for free on Brilliant for a full 30 days, go to https://brilliant.org/veritasium. Our viewers also get 20% off an annual Premium subscription, which gives you unlimited daily access to everything on Brilliant. If you’re looking for a molecular modelling kit, try…
Chimpanzee drumming may give clues to the roots of rhythm
From Science Magazine. “Drumming” allows chimpanzees to communicate across long distances. Last year, two studies showed the animals also drum to a distinct beat, which varies across chimp societies. The research suggests chimpanzees can learn and develop different rhythms, suggesting this musical ability may have evolved in our shared common ancestor. Read more: https://scim.ag/47q5EE1 FOOTAGE…
Lotions and fragrances hamper the body’s protective oxidation cloud
From Science Magazine. Personal care products such as lotion and perfume can repress the human oxidation field—a beneficial chemical microenvironment formed around the body’s surface that helps protect it from volatile organic compounds (VOCs)—Science Advances research finds. The oxidation field consists of hydroxyl radicals, which effectively neutralize VOCs. The work involving four participants identified ingredients…
6 Times Scientists Were Wrong About the Periodic Table
From SciShow. Visit https://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free for a full 30 days and get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Mendeleev’s original, 1869 version of the Periodic Table featured 63 elements. Now, there are 118. But as scientists worked to extend the Table (and fill in a bunch of holes), not…
Most bees live underground. X-ray images reveal how they build their nests
From Science Magazine. Despite their reputation as nature’s buzziest pollinators, the vast majority of bee species spend most of their lives underground. Thanks to a hospital CT scanner, researchers have revealed insights into how these insects build their subterranean lairs. The method could help scientists learn more about how bees contribute to healthy soil and…
There’s Fresh Water Under the Ocean. Can You Drink It?
From SciShow. Did you know there is water at the bottom of the ocean? If you’re a fan of the band Talking Heads, probably. But back in the 1970s, scientists did actually discover an aquifer beneath the seafloor. So how much water are we talking about…and how drinkable is it, really? Hosted by: Madelyn Leembruggen…
WATCH NOW 🔴 : Pies, Pastries & More | How It’s Made | Science Channel
From Science Channel. From apple pies and Cornish pasties to croissants, lemon tarts, baklava, sticky buns, and more, get into the Pi Day mood by going behind the scenes to see how a variety of pastries are made. 🥧 🥐 #HowItsMade #ScienceChannel Stream How It’s Made: https://www.discoveryplus.com/show/how-its-made About How It’s Made: Explore the fascinating world…
You Can’t Feel Wet
From Veritasium. Put on a glove and dip your hand into icy water. You’ll notice it still feels wet? But the glove is waterproof, how does this work? That’s because wet isn’t a feeling, we use other sensory information to feel water…
The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster and No One Knew
From Veritasium. How a single hack infected the world’s most important operating system. Sponsored by NordVPN – Get exclusive NordVPN deal here: https://NordVPN.com/veritasium It’s risk free with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee! If you’re looking for a molecular modelling kit, try Snatoms, a kit I invented where the atoms snap together magnetically – https://ve42.co/SnatomsV Sign…