In this ‘I Wonder Why’ episode from World by Charlie, Casey and Charlie Engelman find out why goats have rectangular pupils.
…if you’re the kind of animal that gets hunted, “you
In 1895, John Medley Wood discovered a cluster of peculiar Encephalartos Woodii on the fringe of the oNgoye Forest in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A basal
It is, in fact, the very last of its kind on Earth.
Underneath the University of Arizona’s football stadium are the beginnings of the Giant Magellan Telescope, set to be the largest optical telescope in the
to manufacture gigantic 27-foot tall mirrors, the kind
„Every single monkey in South America is a descendant of African monkeys. We know that because we’ve looked at their DNA. But—and this is going to sound
Though it sounds impossible (and kind of ridiculous
Kapla blocks, marbles, steel ball bearings, a few dominoes, sticks, and magnetic neocubes or buckyballs power this incredible series of elegant and
I like this kind of video when I can’t do what I want
Coprolites in Choteau, Montana have revealed „unique insights into the climate, ecology, and behavior of the species who created it“: hadrosaurs.
But the area is also known for another kind of secret-spilling
Camouflage is common in cephalopods like squid, octopuses, and cuttlefish, but these pharaoh cuttlefish, hatched in a lab for a University of Ryukyus
[This] kind of brings up an interesting question about
Scorpions fluoresce—they glow a bright green color—in ultraviolet light, „such as an electric black light or natural moonlight.“ Professor Carl Kloock of
Are they a kind of photon detector?
As concerns about air pollution and fire risks associated with traditional fireworks displays grow, many communities are exploring healthier alternatives.
like something out of Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Bioengineer and Stanford researcher Manu Prakash has developed another inexpensive scientific device. The Paperfuge is a hand-spun, ultra low-cost, paper
parts of the world that don’t have access to this kind
