Sewers are a great way to make pooping safe, but they’re not always the right solution because they require specific resources that many places just don’t have.

Humans can go inside or put on clothes, but trees spend winter naked in the cold. Why don't they all die?

During long, cold winters in medieval Europe, church organs grew gray, sickly-looking circles that spread over their pipes. People back then believed that this was the work of the devil, but as it turns out, it’s just some pretty simple...

Pipe organs have a storied history throughout Western civilization, but demand for the king of instruments has seen a steady decline in recent decades. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one attempt to change that. It's...

Flappy Bird was quite the gaming craze, but what about this super simple game appealed to our brains so much?

Ancient civilizations developed clever solutions to their unique challenges and environments, and learning from those engineers can help us build a greener world today.

We've known for millennia that lead pipes could make us sick, so why are we still drinking from them?

If you hear a loud bang in the middle of the night, it is probably your radiator. But how does a hollow hunk of metal make such a loud noise?

During long, cold winters in medieval Europe, church organs grew gray, sickly-looking circles that spread over their pipes. People back then believed that this was the work of the devil, but as it turns out, it’s just some pretty simple...

Across the world, and throughout history, different peoples have developed different ways to deal with their own waste. And while they didn’t always nail the design, their efforts to keep themselves safe have led to the thrones and...

Have you ever turned on a faucet in your sink or shower and wondered where that water comes from? Jessi and Squeaks explore how we get water to our homes!

The water crisis in Flint, Michigan is a prime example of science being ignored, unknown, or even misused. Here's the chemistry behind how so many things went wrong.

A lot of work goes into managing our impact on the environment and its impact on us. That work is the work of environmental engineers. In this episode we’ll explore water quality, air quality, noise pollution, waste management, and more.

If you lined up all the blood vessels in your body, they'd be 60 thousand miles long. And every day, they carry the equivalent of over two thousand gallons of blood to the body's tissues. What effect does this pressure have on the walls...

Humans can go inside or put on clothes, but trees spend winter naked in the cold. Why don't they all die?

The Pipe Connection That Won’t Fail – Ever.

Combine multiple commands using pipes, a powerful feature for executing complex tasks efficiently.

Howcast - Check out part 7 and beat "I Am Alive" with the walkthrough for Ubisoft's new third person survival game!

Howcast - Learn how to fix common leaks from Master Plumber John Wood in this plumbing repair video from Howcast.

Howcast -If you can't hang your heavy bag from a solid ceiling beam, construct this sturdy stand and get a great workout wherever you need it.

A frozen pipe doesn't have to mean major trouble. You can keep your water flowing all winter long.

Now that you've laid the groundwork in part 1, finish the sprinkler system installation with part 2 of the process.

The robots are washing windows at the airport. The purple robot's very bored. He wants to play. He kicks around a ball and manages to break a window. The windows at the airport are very big. To replace the broken windows, the group are...

Fast Food Freddy sneaks into the Lunch Lab and sabotages its plumbing system by stuffing the pipes with his greasy Freddy Burgers. Sully introduces us to a pair of Fiber Cowboys herding toxins in the intestines.