My little pony vs. 46" Fresnel death ray!

The administration has proposed a cut of nearly $6 billion to the NIH budget in 2018. They say that no research will be directly affected because the NIH budget will trim –inefficient,” "wasteful" overhead payments. But what are those...

Microwave oven transformer

Mercury Bottle Flip

Just produces O2, Cl2, and HCl gasses. A lot of it. I only used 5 grams TCCA.

Event: October 1921. Scientist Marie Curie, winner of two Nobel prizes, visits the White House to accept a gift of one gram of radium. Story: Marie Curie worked hard to study science and was sometimes rejected because of her gender. She...

Copper Catalytic Cyrolysis of Acetone, Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK), Ethanol, Methanol. Catalyst.

Looks dangerous, but its not. Nothing in the vicinity is particularly flammable, and i have tall ceilings. The high voltage transformer is more dangerous!



I don't think the color has anything to do with what goes off first...

We hope you enjoy this totally-accurate-not-at-all-made-up glimpse into what it's like to be a neuroscience graduate student. Seriously though, this was a lot of fun to create!

Not everybody has the equipment to melt aluminum, but pewters low melting point makes metal-casting available to everybody! Its melting point is so low, you can melt it in your kitchen.



Pewter is mostly tin, with a little...

You know about neurons. Theyêre the superstars. But have you heard about its crew? In this episode of Neuro Transmissions, weêre embarking on a mini series about the brainês entourage - glia! This episode highlights Alieês favorite cell...

Hey everybody! I've wanted to make one of these forever. Well, i have made one before but it was not a 'good' fresnel lens. If you want to learn more about fresnel lenses this is a good website.

I've always wanted to make my own induction heater, but this one is only the beginning. Im planning to make a more powerful one to do more stuff with molten steel!

Doctor. Madman. Scientist. God. Mary Shelley's Victor Frankenstein has been described as playing many roles. Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller tell us about inhabiting the character in the National Theatre's stage adaptation.

What is OPAL?



OPAL (Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy) is a project to obtain long time baseline observations of the outer planets in order to understand their atmospheric dynamics and evolution as...

Bioethicist Arthur Caplan, winner of the National Science Board's 2014 Individual Public Service Award, discusses the importance and potential of bioethics. Caplan is director of the Division of Medical Ethics at New York University...

The video discusses the concept of problems and solutions, highlighting how scientists and engineers spend their time designing solutions to various problems. Designing Solutions part 2/7

Creating zinc chloride, and hydrogen gas. Just a warning don't put your face close like I did! I got a couple drops of hydrochloric acid on my face from the bubbles. I was wearing glasses but scary.

Event: September 1962. Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring is published and word of how industrial chemicals harm nature begins to spread. Story: Rachel Carson is an author, scientist and environmentalist. Her books were praised as both...

Easy DIY chemistry project, great for science fairs because its a great demonstration! This is great for the chemistry beginner.

I used 150ml of a 10% ammonia sol
ution
and 50ml

of 30% HCl

After they reacted, i boiled...

This video is answering the question of who invented electricity.

A POD of hungry orca descended upon a lone minke whale, ripping it to shreds in just a few short minutes. The rare footage was filmed in Avacha Gulf, Kamchatka, in the Russian Far East by Mikhail Korostelev. The founder of Team Trip, a...

Journey through both the alphabet and history with ten-year-old animated character Alex, as he explores famous and fun people from A to Z! Each upper-case letter of the alphabet gets presented several times then linked to a corresponding...

What does a neuroscientist do? Of course any neuroscientist studies the brain, but in what way? You may be surprised to learn that some of them, like Zachary Cohen, develop video games! That's right, take a look at this video game that...