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The time of the uu's is over!
Which one is your favorite?
It turns out you don't have to look further than gold jewelry to experience Einstein's relativity.
Unlike the speed of light, this one isn't constant.
Bacteria learned there's strength in numbers. These communities are called biofilms.
Megabyte, Gigabyte, Trilobite.
Rare or not, lobsters are intriguing enough to grab our attention.
It's a recipe that requires lots of dead plants, cooked at high pressure and temperature for millions of years.
One's always beneath the surface, the other is steaming outside.
So many different kinds!
Prime numbers are one of the most fascinating mysteries of mathematics, and the more we look at them, the weirder they get.
The mantle is a whopping 2,900 km (1,802 miles) thick, and it's by far the thickest layer of the Earth.
Osmosis -- the natural movement of water into a solution through a semipermeable membrane -- is central to all of biology.
Our world is a strange and awesome place - but some things are just hard to believe!
Their diet is mostly plant-based!
Borax is a versatile mineral that has been used for centuries for a variety of purposes, from cleaning to preserving food.
There are about six times more wild birds than humans on planet Earth.
In Cameroon, some frogs are nothing like the benign variety we're used to.
From humble beginnings as caterpillars, these insects undergo a remarkable metamorphosis that turns them into one of nature's most elegant creatures.
Lithium mining is essential for supplying the world with batteries. But there's a dark side to it.
Mitochondrial DNA is inherited only from the mother, and there's a lot we can learn starting from this basic fact.
These are some of the most eerie jellyfish on the planet.
We're still just scractching the surface of the planet.
Sure they look similar, but are daddy long legs spiders? Mmmm no.
They provide us with many important services.
Knowing the difference between the two may be a matter of life and death!
If this doesn't make you go 'aww' then I don't know what will.
You're not going to believe some of these are real.
Animals that hibernate undergo extreme drops in their body temperature, heart rate, and metabolism.
They are among the oldest reptiles in the world and have a varied, species-dependent diet.
Describing where you are on a sphere can be a bit weird.
This has got to be one of the strangest places on Earth- - but you couldn't make much of it if you were just walking by.
Counting the number of countries in the world can be surprisingly complicated.
A natural wonder where many Texas come to literally chill during the scorching summer heat. It's also a dangerous diving spot.
The magnetic compass is one of the most important instruments for navigation.
This is the story of the last in a breed of geological titans, a supercontinent we named Gondwana.
The oldest tree is between 5,000 and 80,000 years ols, depending on what you consider a 'tree'.
From ancient civilizations to modern day, the allure of gold has never waned. But where does this precious metal actually come from?
Spoiler: It wasn't Ben Franklin.
Not all icebergs are white and pure.
All of them are light -- but not quite.
Earth has different types of climate produced by numerous factors, including differences in radiation, geology, and latitude.
It's like Shazam for plants -- you identify plants based on just taking a picture.
Lava is very hot. But exactly how hot? The answer isn't straightforward.
Imagine the biggest wave you can imagine. Now make it bigger.
When summer draws to an end and autumn creeps in, leaves start changing colors and falling from the trees. But why do the leaves fall down?
If you’re asking yourself what the world’s biggest reptile is, then the answer is a bit complicated because we have to make a significant distinction – do you want to know the largest living reptile or the largest reptile ever? For the former, the answer is pretty straightforward: the saltwater crocodile takes the crown, with […]
Despite having some things common, the two can be considered polar opposites.
We are leaving a big mark on the planet. But there’s still time to change.
There are more than 500 different species of shark swimming in the world’s oceans.
