How Does Earth's Pulse Work?

Following World War II, Austrialia became embroiled in another war -- with a population of emu. Learn how the Emu War unfolded in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/ridiculous-history-emu-war.htmSee omnystudio.co ...  Show more

Neurologists and philosophers alike may argue that altruism doesn't exist because no act is ever completely unselfish. Learn why -- and why humans may have evolved this way -- in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/evolutio ...  Show more

Encore episode. The surface of the Earth is constantly recycled through the motion of plate tectonics. So how do researchers study what it used to look like? Planetary scientist Roger Fu talks to host Maddie Sofia about hunting for rocks that can tell us what Earth looked like a ...  Show more

Sixty years ago, geologists tried to drill down through the Earth’s crust to pull up a piece of the Earth’s mantle. Their mission didn’t go exactly as planned. But it sowed the seeds for a new field of science that’s helped us rewrite not only the history of the planet, but, pote ...  Show more

Rediffusion On sait que la Terre est constamment bombardée par des rayons cosmiques. Ces minuscules particules subatomiques, surtout des protons et des noyaux d'atomes, nous viennent de l'espace.En temps ordinaire, notre planète est préservée de ces rayons, dont les effets peuven ...  Show more

Learn how scientists induced an out-of-body experience in a human without using drugs; and Earth’s geological “pulse.”Scientists induced an out-of-body experience in mice and a human without using drugs by Grant CurrinScientists Say A Mind-Bending Rhythm In The Brain Can Act Like ...  Show more