The empire of the micro
Directed by Austrian artist Clemens Wirth, this two-minute film takes you into the realm of the micro.
No more hiding
Scientists at MIT Media Lab have develop a new imaging system that gathers information from opaque objects. This has helped in the development of a new camera that can peer around corners.
Mysteries of the human mind
Since the 1920s, researchers have been trying to understand why we can’t walk straight without a visible guide point. Are we doomed to walk in circles? NPR finds the answer in this video.
A view from above: Australian Outback
Astronaut and World Wide Fund for Nature ambassador André Kuipers took this picture of the Australian Outback in March 2012. It was release during Earth Hour to raise awareness about climate change.
‘Robosquirrel’ helps scientists understand rattlesnakes
When adult squirrels come face-to-face with a rattlesnake, they approach it head-first in an elongated posture, making flagging movements with their tails, but when squirrels want to fend of rattlesnakes, they heat their…
Aurora borealis uncovered
The northern lights are messages from the Sun — and Dr Jim Wild, from the University of Lancaster, teaches us how to read them.
From flying pigeons and cats
This video from the Aerospace Medical Division Hq 657Oth Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories includes scenes from an F-104 seat ejection trial and the effects of weightlessness on cats and pigeons in a C-131.
