Up in the Air

In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the alien creature known as the Hollow on the series “Scavenger’s Reign.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

In this series from Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe turn their attention to the innermost hellworld of our solar system: Mercury. Join them as they discuss the planetary science, exploration history, mythology and sci-fi of Earth’s smallest sibling.See omnystudio.com/list ...  Show more

What is the rocket equation? How do airplanes fly? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic Chuck Nice go through some things you thought you knew about how airplanes fly, x-rays, and how to fuel a rocket. 

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Have you ever watched birds soaring in the sky and wondered... How do they fly like that? Our guest,  Alex Troutman, wildlife biologist and science communicator, is here to explain it all. A lifetime birding enthusiast, Alex turned his interest in birds into a job as a scientist. ...  Show more

It's a bird! It's A Plane! IT'S… Tyler!?!? This week, Tyler recounts his adventure soaring high above the ground when he went paragliding, while Markiplier cleans the dust off his totally existent engineering degree to explain the physics & engineering that allows humans to fly. ...  Show more

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… an ad for cigarettes?! For the past 102 years, people have been using airplanes to turn exhaust into ads, political slogans, birthday greetings, and more. But where did this strangely brilliant idea come from? What kind of sorcery do pilots use to ...  Show more