What happens when we drop a water balloon filled with mercury? Since mercury is SO dense, will it just burst the balloon? Mercury is a hazardous material, and we use all precautions to handle it safely. Do not handle mercury if you are not fa...

Author and Skeptic Society President Michael Shermer talks about free will and moral responsibility in a secular society. Michael Shermer is the Editor-in-Chief of Skeptic Magazine and Founder of The Skeptics Society. He is an adjunct professor at Clarem...

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https://www.youtube.com/THORnews This is huge. We've got a new type of planet in our official science dictionaries. Gas Dwarf. So we now have 3 types of Planets! Rocky Worlds, Gassy Worlds and Gas Dwarfs. Like a half Saturn and Half Earth planetary hybrid...

Scientists could be one step closer to creating organs for transplant using 3D printing technology. A group of researchers from South Carolina in the USA, together with their Chinese colleagues from Zhejiang University, have made headway in understanding...

The dangers that asteroids pose to Earth isn't just the stuff of disaster movies. The damage caused by asteroids depends on much more than their mere size. Learn about these factors and see a terrifying demonstration of the devastating damage that can b...

Is science our only way of knowing & explaining the world? Must science be empirical? Can physics possibly help us understand a dollar bill? In this talk, Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci discuss such issues surrounding the nature & limits of scientific...

Febuary 2014 Susan Krumdieck explaining (EROEI) energy returned on energy invested.

Make time for SCIENCE News!  http://twis.org Dr. Kiki, Justin, and Blair explore the world of science news with a few of the week popular stories:  Do you know of a really cool story? Think we should talk about it? Let us know below! Watch live here ...

In the Pacific Northwest, people are stripping moss for the horticultural trade at such an alarming rate that it now illegal to harvest it. Ecologist Nalini Nadkarni knows that moss is a key component to the eco-system of the region, which makes it import...