The aluminum-air battery has made headlines on the promise of giving a car up to 1500 miles of range, which would be amazing. But there’s one big catch – you can’t recharge it. Today we talk about the pros and cons of the aluminum-air battery, how it works, what...
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Here we go again. I recently covered the Victorian Era but today I want to point out the incredibly weird health and beauty practices that Victorians were into back in the day. As I say in the video, Victorian medicine was a mix of terrible old ideas and terrible new ideas, from people...
We all know you need oxygen to live. But why? What happens to oxygen in our bodies? Why does it keep us alive? And maybe most importantly, why does it slowly kill us? In today’s video, I explore the process of respiration, how it’s weirdly similar to fire, and why we rely on...
Blue Origin has stated their long-term goal is to move all heavy, polluting industry to space. But what would that look like? How could we get there? And maybe the biggest question… why?
With the Inspiration4 mission in the books, hot on the heels of Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic launching their first crewed missions, we’ve seen a bit of a backlash against this new space race. So today I just wanted to share my opinion on why space travel is important and the...