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  • 10:26 Tiny meteorites are everywhere. Here's how to find them.

    Tiny meteorites are everywhere. Here's how to find them.

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    Tons of tiny meteorites fall to Earth every day, but are next to impossible to find once they land. At least, thats what the science community thought. In this pilot episode of our Trial & Error experiment series, we go on a hunt for micrometeorites with

  • 07:57 Popular The real reasons the US refuses to go metric

    The real reasons the US refuses to go metric

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    In 1975, the US had their shot at going metric... but we blew it. Over 40 years later, were still entangled in mass confusion. In this video, we take a look at why our old system of measures has held out for so long, why Americans are so hesitant to make

  • 08:06 NASA needs your help to improve its space laser

    NASA needs your help to improve its space laser

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    NASA recently launched a new satellite with an ambitious goal: it will measure the height of every forest on the planet. Its part of an effort to figure out how much carbon is locked up in trees across the Earth. But, NASAs not totally sure how accurate t

  • 08:23 The cosmic secrets inside this tiny meteorite

    The cosmic secrets inside this tiny meteorite

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    Earlier this year, Verge Science went hunting for space dust on a rooftop in Brooklyn. The hunt turned up some promising samples, but looking at them under a microscope led to inconclusive results even from the worlds foremost micrometeorite hunter. To ge

  • 09:15 Is the insect apocalypse real?

    Is the insect apocalypse real?

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    This week, we hit the road in rural Texas for our weirdest experiment yet. Were collecting all the bugs that splat on our cars windshield. Its a silly project that hints at a very serious issue: the decline of insect populations around the world. Its myst

  • 06:37 Should your phone push you to take your pills?

    Should your phone push you to take your pills?

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    Theres a surprising problem in American health care that doesnt get discussed much: up to 50% of patients dont take long-term medication properly. Medicine non adherence costs money and lives every year, and recently, technology is swooping in to help. Mo

  • 07:59 On board Virgin Orbits flying launchpad

    On board Virgin Orbits flying launchpad

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    Richard Bransons Virgin Orbit is taking an unusual approach to putting satellites in space: the company wants to launch them in midair off the wing of a Boeing 747. We toured the prototype jet thatll send the first satellites into space, and asked Virgin

  • 07:19 Popular This is what sea level rise will do to coastal cities

    This is what sea level rise will do to coastal cities

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    Sea level rise is already redrawing coastlines around the world. What happens when the coast retreats through a major city? We look at how the world map will change in the year 2100, and what coastal cities can do to defend themselves.Correction: An early

  • 06:23 Unlocking the secrets hidden inside your voice

    Unlocking the secrets hidden inside your voice

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    Your voice says a lot about you, and it has nothing to do with what youre saying. Your voices tone, pitch, pace, and other vocal biomarkers can reveal much about your mood, and even your decision-making process. Here are a few ways that researchers and co

  • 07:59 How astronauts train for a worst-case spacewalk

    How astronauts train for a worst-case spacewalk

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    Underwater space stations, Mars rover simulators, and space walk VR: NASA has built quite the futuristic playground to help its astronauts prepare for missions. Loren Grush visits NASAs simulations lab and tries some scary space scenarios out for herself.

  • 06:47 Moon exploration is coming back in a big way

    Moon exploration is coming back in a big way

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    You might think of old Apollo missions as the heyday of moon exploration, but that may soon change. After years of relative quiet in lunar missions, many governments have their sights set on some exciting new science on Earths satellite. But this time, th

  • 06:37 Popular The kilogram has changed forever. Here's why.

    The kilogram has changed forever. Here's why.

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    In November, scientists from around the world met in Paris to do something remarkable: they redefined the kilogram. This standard of measure was once based on a hunk of metal under lock and key in France but in 2019, it will officially be defined by somet

  • 09:13 How deaf researchers are reinventing science communication

    How deaf researchers are reinventing science communication

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    Science is a language unto itself, and scientists rely on precise, standard terminology for common ground in their work. But for deaf researchers and students, American Sign Language isnt up to date with terms for new concepts and ideas. The solution? Cre

  • 09:04 This algorithm decodes rat squeaks and could revolutionize animal research

    This algorithm decodes rat squeaks and could revolutionize animal research

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    Rats are social and chatty critters, but most of their chatter is above the frequency that human ears can hear. If researchers could listen to what rats are saying, it could change countless experiments. This week, we try our hand at recording ultrasonic

  • 08:54 We decoded NASA’s messages to aliens by hand

    We decoded NASA’s messages to aliens by hand

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    In 1977, twin golden records were sent into space on the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft. Still sailing through space at nearly 60,000 km per hour, the records contain sound, songs, and images from earth. But how did NASA include images on an analog record? He

  • 07:58 What the world looks like to an algorithm

    What the world looks like to an algorithm

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    Artificial intelligence is governing more and more of our lives, but the way it sees and understands the world is completely different from you or me. For this video, we found a way to look around inside AI’s “brain.” First, we asked fellow humans to gues

  • 10:23 Old nuclear bomb tests are still haunting us today

    Old nuclear bomb tests are still haunting us today

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    In 1946, the American military detonated a nuke underwater in the Pacific Ocean to see what would happen to abandoned warships nearby. In this video, we trace the far-reaching consequences of that test. It leads all the way to the present day; to a major

  • 06:11 Popular Building a lunar base out of Moon dust

    Building a lunar base out of Moon dust

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    Welcome to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Here, engineers are dreaming up new technologies that will help build settlements on the Moon or Mars via NASA’s experimental “Swamp Works” lab. With everyone from NASA to Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos looking to send pe

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  • 06:03 How NYC plans to survive the next superstorm

    How NYC plans to survive the next superstorm

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    Sandy hit New York City almost six years ago and the city is still recovering. As storms grow even more frequent and severe, cities around the world are struggling to prepare themselves for the worst. We took a behind-the-scenes look at New York’s subway

  • 06:09 Popular Sea level rise is so much more than melting ice

    Sea level rise is so much more than melting ice

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    While researching climate change, we heard something confusing: the sea level in New York City is rising about one and a half times faster than the global average. We couldn’t figure out what that meant. Isn’t the sea level...flat? So we called up an expe

  • 06:27 Are diamonds still precious if we can make them in a lab?

    Are diamonds still precious if we can make them in a lab?

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    Diamonds have always been extremely rare and valuable...but that might change soon. Over the past five years, the synthetic diamond industry has exploded, producing large and perfect diamonds to rival anything that comes out of the Earth. We look at the t

  • 06:29 Why wildfire season never stops

    Why wildfire season never stops

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    In the Western United States, “fire season” isn’t seasonal anymore — it’s year-round. Because more and more, wildfires are a thoroughly man-made disaster and are technically a misnomer. Here, we take a car and drone tour through some of the most fire-pron

  • 09:57 We met the world’s first domesticated foxes

    We met the world’s first domesticated foxes

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    This week, we meet the very cute and very bizarre result of an almost 60-year-long experiment: they’re foxes that have been specially bred for their dog-like friendliness toward people. We do a little behavior research of our own, and discover what

  • 07:28 A microscopic look at why the world is running out of sand

    A microscopic look at why the world is running out of sand

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    Humans are using more sand than the Earth is naturally producing, and that’s a problem for the global construction industry. But it turns out that the usefulness of sand depends on the science of each tiny little grain. We went on a sand scavenger hunt to

  • 07:39 Popular 88,000 tons of radioactive waste – and nowhere to put it

    88,000 tons of radioactive waste – and nowhere to put it

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    The United States produces 2,200 tons of nuclear waste each year…and no one knows what to do with it. The federal government has long promised, but never delivered, a safe place for nuclear power plants to store their spent fuel. This means that radioacti

  • 06:15 Why Tesla is building city-sized batteries

    Why Tesla is building city-sized batteries

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    We talked to the co-founder of Tesla, JB Straubel, about why giant batteries are crucial to the future of power grids everywhere. Batteries are becoming more useful at powering bigger things like bikes, cars, and soon, entire cities. We explore some of th

  • 07:55 This monster plant is trying to take over. What if we let it?

    This monster plant is trying to take over. What if we let it?

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    Silicon Valley is home to tech giants, venture capital…and a years-long battle between an invasive species, a tiny bird, and a bunch of scientists trying to decide what counts as “nature.” We put on the biggest boots we could find and headed out to the st

  • 07:43 What zero gravity really feels like in the “vomit comet”

    What zero gravity really feels like in the “vomit comet”

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    We cover a lot of space stories at The Verge, but this is the closest we’ve gotten to actually going there. Join Loren Grush as she takes a ride on the infamous “vomit comet” and experiences true weightlessness. This video is part of The Verge series Spac

  • 07:21 Why we need all-new space suits to survive Mars

    Why we need all-new space suits to survive Mars

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    Not all space suits are created equal! Verge space reporter Loren Grush tries on a prototype suit that’s custom-made for survival on the Moon, and a totally different model for Mars. It isn’t easy. This video is part of the Verge’s Space Craft series, and

  • 07:43 Why graphene hasn’t taken over the world...yet

    Why graphene hasn’t taken over the world...yet

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    Graphene is a form of carbon that could bring us bulletproof armor and space elevators, improve medicine, and make the internet run faster — some day. For the past 15 years, consumers have been hearing about this wonder material and all the ways it could

  • 05:09 Digging precious metals out of your old phone

    Digging precious metals out of your old phone

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    E-waste is more than phones and laptops. There’s gold, silver, copper, and lots of other precious metals powering your electronics, and that makes for some valuable “e-waste”. And a recent study proposed that it’s now more cost-effective to dig minerals o

  • 07:30 What self-driving cars can learn from brainless slime mold

    What self-driving cars can learn from brainless slime mold

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    Slime mold is a single-celled bit of goo that you’d find under a log in the woods. It’s also a master decision-maker, capable of weighing risk and reward in ways that make scientists question what intelligence really is. We grew slime mold of our own, and

  • 05:34 Testing the limits of human vision

    Testing the limits of human vision

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    That big “E” at the top of your doctor’s eye chart tells you whether you need glasses - but it also tells you a lot about the physics happening inside your eyes. We put human visual acuity to the test - in our office, and across a city. Subscribe: http://

  • 04:26 How this 50-year-old NASA invention could kill cancer

    How this 50-year-old NASA invention could kill cancer

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    Ferrofluid is a bizarre, NASA-engineered material that was created for spaceships but never used. In this “lab practical” video, we’ll put ferrofluid through its paces, and explore some of the even stranger places it may yet be useful. Wanna know how we s

  • 06:38 The microbial truth of how your cheese gets made

    The microbial truth of how your cheese gets made

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    Cheese is delicious, beloved by many, and a teeming mess of microbes. Which microbes, exactly, has long been a mystery, but modern DNA sequencing tech is allowing researchers to take a peek behind the microscopic curtain. We visit a professional cheese ca

  • 07:17 NASA's InSight spacecraft just launched to Mars

    NASA's InSight spacecraft just launched to Mars

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    NASA’s InSight spacecraft just launched to Mars. Equipped with cutting-edge instruments to study Mars’ crust, mantle, and core, InSight will provide a never-before-seen look at the red planet’s inner workings. The Verge’s Loren Grush visited Vandenberg Ai

  • 06:54 Popular Bees are going extinct...but not the ones you think

    Bees are going extinct...but not the ones you think

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    You’ve probably heard for years that bees are in dire straights. Which is true…but it’s probably not the bees you’re thinking of. We talk to a bee researcher about what’s really at stake for bees, global agriculture, and all the almonds you’ve ever eaten.

  • 04:47 Popular Blood types are a 20-million-year mystery

    Blood types are a 20-million-year mystery

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    Do you know what your blood type is? It’s a pretty basic health question with a pretty bizarre history. We take a look at some ill-fated blood experiments from yesteryear, and try to figure out why it is that all blood isn’t alike. And, our intrepid video

  • 05:42 How to memorize 70,000 digits of Pi

    How to memorize 70,000 digits of Pi

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    The “memory palace” is a famous technique that makes incredible feats of memory possible (the world record for “number of digits of Pi memorized” is a whopping 70,000). And yet, most of us struggle to remember a new phone number. We perform some simple te


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