You can complain about having the longest day ever today, and here is the science to prove it!

A new strain of bird flu has been detected in North American birds for the first time in seven years. And U.S. President Biden is temporarily lifting the country's summertime ban on E15 gasoline.

Everyone loves bananas. But because banana trees die and grow back every year, researchers want to find ways to recycle all that biomass -- from bioplastic, to solar panels, to skateboards.

Cats are known for having fantastic night vision, but why is it during the day my cats can't see the treat that I'm putting right in front of them?

Their signature black and white color scheme is part of what makes pandas instantly recognizable - but not many mammals are black and white, so... why do they look like that?

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Computer scientist Yejin Choi is here to demystify the current state of massive artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, highlighting three key problems with cutting-edge large language models (including some funny instances of them...

More than 30 million people in the US are eligible to have their arrest and conviction records cleared -- but most people who qualify either can't afford it or simply don't know it's an option. In this gripping talk, second chance...

As Arctic ice melts, polar bears are being forced on land -- and they're hungry. With the apex predators frequently turning to human junkyards for a snack, northern towns have had to get creative in order to keep both their people and...

Let's learn all about the waves that we play in at the beach!

With winter in full swing, Jessi and Squeaks are snowed in for the day and passing the time with their favorite game: Guess That Animal!

Squeaks and Mr. Brown are taking a break from working in the garden to learn about bunches of cool insects that live there and other places in the world!

When the world goes fully electric, what happens to the cars, tools and livelihoods that rely on fossil fuels? Civil engineer and environmental sociologist Emily Grubert visualizes what a clean energy future will look like, outlining the...

What if leadership at work wasn't for a select few, but rather shared among many? Management consultant Gitte Frederiksen gives us the recipe for "distributed leadership" -- dynamic, multidimensional networks of leaders that tap into...

Eighty percent of the world's biodiversity is within Indigenous territories, yet these communities often don't have a say when it comes to protecting the lands they inhabit. Environmental activist Jupta Itoewaki explains why Indigenous...

Several crises are set to define the next century -- but journalist Aaron Bastani believes we have the technological ability to meet our biggest challenges and create unprecedented levels of prosperity for all. He shows how we could get...

There's something simple we can all do to help the planet -- and it's probably not what you think. With one-third of all the food we produce globally each year being thrown away, entrepreneur Tessa Clarke believes that sharing more and...

A few years ago, the king decided your life would be forfeit unless you tripled the gold coins in his treasury. Fortunately, a strange little man appeared and magically performed the feat. Unfortunately, you promised him your first-born...

A quick way to compute eigenvalues of a 2x2 matrix

Eigenvalues and eigenvectors are one of the most important ideas in linear algebra, but what on earth are they?

Eigenvalues and eigenvectors are one of the most important ideas in linear algebra, but what on earth are they?

Welcome to the Neighborhood! Humans need a lot of things to survive (I'm sure you've noticed). We need food, water, and shelter and it takes a lot of resources to get all of those things. What are resources? In this episode of Crash...

What exactly is Consciousness? Well... that's kind of a gray area. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank gives you the basic ideas of what Consciousness is, how our attention works, and why we shouldn't text and...

What is a change of basis, and how do you do it?