Videos
Why the North Pole Is Really a South Pole (and Vice Versa)
If you go out hiking this weekend and somehow find yourself hopelessly lost in the wilderness, but suddenly remember you…
Two Beautiful Timelapse Videos of the 2013 Perseid Meteor Shower
We're still swooning over the great images and videos coming in from this year's Perseid Meteor Shower. Here are a…
Beautiful Noctilucent Clouds 2013 — The Movie
Intrigued by mysterious noctilucent, or night-shining clouds? This beautiful new film from TWAN (The World At Night) photographer P-M Hedén…
Are There an Infinite Number of Charlies?
Charlie McDonnell is a phenomenally successful YouTube blogger, with more than 2 million subscribers. And from time to time he…
Could We Move The Sun?
An idea that really captures my imagination is what kinds of future civilizations there might be. And I’m not the…
What Happens To Your Skin in Space
The microgravity environment of the ISS poses many challenges to the human body -- some more expected than others --…
Whimsical and Beautiful New Timelapse: Borrego Stardance
Just outside of Borrego Springs, California, monsters lurk. Life-size metal statues of dinosaurs, dragons, and wooly mammoths stand among giant…
Get Your Own 1960’s Moon Rocket Kit
This 1960's commercial is full of awesome (except I can't imagine combining Cheerios and V-8), and I certainly would have…
How Can We Stop An Asteroid?
"It's like looking for a charcoal briquette in the dark," says Bill Nye the Science Guy in this new video…
The New Trailer for “Gravity” Depicts a Dizzying Disaster… in Orbit!
If you've ever been involved in one, you know that even a minor vehicle accident is a confusing and scary…