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Category: Human World
Party at Stonehenge. Date 2,500 B.C.
Stonehenge may be older and may have had a different function than previously thought, according to new research from British archaeologists.
Deborah Byrd
March 11, 2013
Video: 15,000 volts of electricity into a plywood board
What happens when you apply 15,000 volts of electricity to a wooden board? Something quite spectacular.
Chris Comfort
March 6, 2013
Video: Harlem shake lab edition
Video of students at Northwestern University doing the Harlem Shake in lab.
David Callejas
March 5, 2013
Man reunites with gorilla after five years apart
Conservationist Damien Aspinall reunites with the gorilla he raised, five years after the gorilla was released into the wild.
Emily Howard
March 4, 2013
Scientists describe case of child born with HIV, now cured
It's the first documented case of a child born with HIV and later cured with aggressive drug treatment.
Deborah Byrd
March 4, 2013
Where does our sense of time come from?
Our sense of time is mutable, stemming at least in part from our ongoing experience of the external world.
Deborah Byrd
February 28, 2013
What exploded over Russia? Watch two videos with new answers
Two videos present the latest results - as of February 26, 2013 - on the meteor that exploded over Russia on February 15.
Deborah Byrd
February 27, 2013
This date in science: Co-discoverer of insulin is born
Charles Herbert Best, along with Frederick Banting, discovered a way to manage diabetes and help millions.
Elizabeth Howell
February 27, 2013
The wisdom of astronauts
This amazing video features footage of Earth from space and astronauts speaking on how their experience changed their lives.
Mike Brennan
February 26, 2013
Video: A 1967 version of the Office of the Future
In this 1967 video clip, Walter Cronkite shows us the office of the future. His predictions, though visually dated, are more accurate than you might expect.
Emily Howard
February 24, 2013
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