Whether the topic is popcorn or particle physics, you can count on BrainStuff to explore -- and explain -- the everyday science in the world around us.
Should You Eat A 106-Year-Old Fruitcake?
Sept. 20, 2017
00:05:53
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Why Goldfish Make Their Own Alcohol
Sept. 18, 2017
00:05:46
Separating Ninja Facts From Ninja Fiction
Sept. 13, 2017
00:05:54
Can NASA Hit An Asteroid with a DART?
Sept. 11, 2017
00:06:23
Millennials Buy Homes For Their Dogs
Sept. 6, 2017
00:04:57
How Many People Take and Misuse Prescription Opioids?
Sept. 4, 2017
00:05:31
Why Is Friday the 13th Considered Unlucky?
Aug. 30, 2017
00:07:31
Why Do We Have Eyebrows?
Aug. 28, 2017
00:04:38
Why Can't We Breathe Underwater?
Aug. 23, 2017
Is Chocolate Poisonous To Dogs?
Aug. 21, 2017
00:05:09
Why Are There 60 Minutes In An Hour Instead of 100?
Aug. 16, 2017
00:05:35
Why is Dry Ice Dangerous?
Aug. 14, 2017
00:04:50
Is Dry Cleaning Actually Wet?
Aug. 9, 2017
00:04:43
Why Is It Painful To Bite Aluminum Foil?
Aug. 7, 2017
00:04:46
Are Some People Immune To Mosquitoes?
Aug. 2, 2017
00:08:21
What are Sea Monkeys?
July 31, 2017
00:03:55
What's the Best Place To Sit In A Movie Theater?
July 26, 2017
00:04:54
What is the Birthday Paradox?
July 24, 2017
00:04:36
How Fuel Efficient Is An Airplane?
July 19, 2017
00:06:29
Why Are You Farting?
July 17, 2017
00:06:40
Where Do Bullets Go When Fired Into The Air?
July 12, 2017
00:04:07
Can Water Go Bad?
July 10, 2017
00:05:27
Why Do People Talk Weird in Old Movies?
July 5, 2017
Why is Blood Red?
July 3, 2017
How Does Anxiety Work?
June 28, 2017
00:06:38
Can Animals Predict Natural Disasters?
June 26, 2017
00:06:26
Why Don't All Skeletons Become Fossils?
June 21, 2017
00:07:11
Does TV Resolution Matter?
June 19, 2017
00:07:21
What's The Most Expensive Book In The World?
June 14, 2017
00:06:11
How Will You Most Likely Die?
June 12, 2017
00:05:39
Did the Brontosaurus Exist?
June 7, 2017
00:06:59
Why is Bird Poop White?
June 5, 2017
00:05:26
Can Your Eyes Pop Out Of Your Head When You Sneeze?
May 31, 2017
00:06:57
How Crowds Can Kill You
May 29, 2017
00:09:02
How Does Agoraphobia Work?
May 24, 2017
00:09:34
How Do Fire Extinguishers Work?
May 22, 2017
00:07:04
Do Juice Cleanses Work?
May 17, 2017
00:05:49
What Is The Dwarf Planet Ceres?
May 15, 2017
00:06:48
Why Does Coffee Make You Have To Poop?
May 10, 2017
00:05:42
How Does The Placebo Effect Work?
May 8, 2017
00:06:42
How Do Antiperspirants Work?
May 3, 2017
00:06:41
Can You Reach The End of a Rainbow?
May 1, 2017
Why Are Some People Afraid of Clowns?
April 26, 2017
00:06:25
Is a "Dog Year" Really 7 Years?
April 24, 2017
How Does Jet Lag Work?
April 19, 2017
00:08:13
Why Does The Shower Get Hot When The Toilet Is Flushed?
April 17, 2017
00:05:28
How Do You Find Water In The Wild?
April 12, 2017
00:06:58
What Are Eye Boogers?
April 10, 2017
00:06:24
Why Do We Get Morning Breath?
April 5, 2017
00:04:58
Do Animals Laugh?
April 3, 2017
00:05:36
How Much Does It Cost To Run For President?
March 29, 2017
00:07:59
Can I See the Stuff Astronauts Left On the Moon?
March 27, 2017
00:05:07
What Would Space Do To The Human Body?
March 22, 2017
00:06:21
Does "Power Dressing" Actually Work?
March 20, 2017
00:06:07
How Dirty Is Soap?
March 15, 2017
How Does Hair Dye Work?
March 13, 2017
00:06:04
How Do Tattoo Machines Work?
March 8, 2017
00:06:44
Could Alien Life Exist?
March 6, 2017
00:10:33
Does the Human Body Really Replace Itself Every 7 Years?
March 1, 2017
00:05:14
Are Plants Conscious?
Feb. 27, 2017
00:07:34
Why Are There So Many Different Kinds of Milk?
Feb. 22, 2017
00:09:46
What Happens When You Get Ringing In Your Ears?
Feb. 20, 2017
00:08:40
Why Do We Get Brain Freeze?
Feb. 15, 2017
00:05:32
What is Synesthesia?
Feb. 13, 2017
00:07:07
Why Is It So Difficult To Chug A Gallon of Milk?
Feb. 8, 2017
How Does Vocal Fry Work?
Feb. 7, 2017
00:08:01
How Does Aspirin Work?
Feb. 1, 2017
00:07:27
How Long Would It Take To Walk Around The World?
Jan. 30, 2017
00:08:29
How Does Déjà vu Work?
Jan. 25, 2017
00:07:14
How Does Crooke's Radiometer Work?
Jan. 23, 2017
00:06:17
What the Heck is GDP?
Jan. 18, 2017
What Determines Your Hair Color?
Jan. 16, 2017
00:05:50
Why Is Bacon Considered A Breakfast Food?
Jan. 11, 2017
00:05:30
What Are Brain Orgasms And ASMR Whisperers?
Jan. 9, 2017
00:06:55
The Way We Think About Sugar Is Going To Change
Jan. 5, 2017
00:10:12
How Do Erasers Erase?
Jan. 2, 2017
Why Do Some People Faint At The Sight of Blood?
Dec. 28, 2016
Do Crosswalk and "Close Door" Buttons Really Do Anything?
Dec. 26, 2016
00:06:28
How Is An Autopsy Performed?
Dec. 21, 2016
00:07:56
Why Do Helicopter Blades Look Weird On Video?
Dec. 19, 2016
00:07:32
What Is American Cheese Really Made Of?
Dec. 14, 2016
Why Do Dogs Tilt Their Heads?
Dec. 12, 2016
Why Do So Many Price Tags End in .99?
Dec. 7, 2016
Why Do Movie Theaters Sell Popcorn?
Dec. 5, 2016
How Does Lucid Dreaming Work?
Nov. 30, 2016
00:08:11
What Is Satanism?
Nov. 28, 2016
00:08:36
Why Do We Itch?
Nov. 23, 2016
00:06:37
How Do Microwave Ovens Work?
Nov. 21, 2016
00:05:40
Why Do Dogs Yawn?
Nov. 16, 2016
Is WiFi Safe?
Nov. 14, 2016
What's the ideal temperature for your refrigerator?
Nov. 9, 2016
00:05:59
Why do some noises drive me crazy?
Nov. 7, 2016
How do one-way mirrors work?
Nov. 2, 2016
Will Soda Really Ruin My Teeth?
Oct. 31, 2016
00:08:10
Why Do Fluorescent Lights Make That Buzzing Noise?
Oct. 26, 2016
Are Stupid People More Confident?
Oct. 24, 2016
00:06:06
How Does Saliva Work?
Oct. 19, 2016
00:09:14
What Causes Red Eye In Photos?
Oct. 17, 2016
00:05:15
Why Do Men Have Deeper Voices?
Oct. 12, 2016
00:08:53
Why Are Honey Bees Disappearing?
Oct. 10, 2016
00:08:08
How Do TV Ratings Work?
Oct. 5, 2016
00:08:27
How Do Car Horns Work?
Oct. 3, 2016
00:07:09
What is Russia's "Dead Hand?"
Sept. 27, 2016
00:08:14
What Causes the Northern Lights?
Sept. 26, 2016
What Is White Noise?
Sept. 21, 2016
00:07:47
Do Supplemental Vitamins Actually Work?
Sept. 19, 2016
00:09:26
How Does Night Vision Work?
Sept. 14, 2016
Why Do I Need A Passport To Travel?
Sept. 12, 2016
How Do Bed Bugs Work?
Sept. 7, 2016
00:08:04
What If The Moon Disappeared?
Sept. 5, 2016
00:06:02
What is "Ranch" Flavor?
Aug. 31, 2016
00:06:18
What Is Fracking?
Aug. 29, 2016
00:06:33
The Science of Glow Sticks
Aug. 24, 2016
Does Your Name Determine Your Future?
Aug. 22, 2016
00:06:36
What Happens When I Have A Hangover?
Aug. 17, 2016
00:09:21
How Do Laugh Tracks Work?
Aug. 15, 2016
00:07:55
Why Do You Hate the Sound of Your Own Voice?
Aug. 10, 2016
00:05:01
How Does Air Force One Work?
Aug. 8, 2016
00:09:22
How Does Marijuana Affect Your Memory?
Aug. 3, 2016
00:07:30
How Do We Know What Dinosaurs Looked Like?
Aug. 1, 2016
00:05:38
Does Eating Before Bed Give You Nightmares?
July 27, 2016
00:06:51
Why Do Men Have Nipples?
July 25, 2016
00:05:33
Why Does Gasoline Smell So Good?
July 20, 2016
00:06:52
What Is The Oldest Living Thing?
July 18, 2016
00:06:00
Why Do We Sleep?
July 13, 2016
How Does Captain America's Shield Work?
July 11, 2016
00:08:02
How Does Sleepwalking Work?
July 6, 2016
00:07:28
Why Shouldn't I Rob A Bank?
July 4, 2016
00:07:03
Can Absinthe Make You Hallucinate?
June 29, 2016
00:10:53
Why Don't Humans Have Tails?
June 27, 2016
Where Is The Biggest Garbage Dump On Earth?
June 22, 2016
00:09:57
Do You Really Need To Wash Your Jeans?
June 20, 2016
00:07:15
Why Do People Go Bald?
June 15, 2016
Are Humans Still Evolving?
June 13, 2016
00:07:52
Why Can't You Tickle Yourself?
June 8, 2016
00:07:02
Are Pop Rocks Dangeorus?
June 6, 2016
00:07:22
Does Hypnosis Actually Work?
June 1, 2016
00:05:48
Why Do We Get Bags Under Our Eyes?
May 30, 2016
00:07:45
How Does Radiation Sickness Work?
May 25, 2016
00:09:17
Is There A Noise Loud Enough To Kill You?
May 23, 2016
How Does LASIK Work?
May 18, 2016
How Can Hot Water Freeze Faster Than Cold Water?
May 16, 2016
00:06:10
Why Can't People Remember Being Born?
May 11, 2016
00:06:32
How Does Bitcoin Work?
May 5, 2016
00:07:36
How Do IUDs Work?
May 4, 2016
00:07:00
How Does Silica Gel Work?
May 2, 2016
What Do Those Tabs On Rearview Mirrors Actually Do?
April 26, 2016
00:04:30
Do Figs Really Have Dead Wasps In Them?
April 25, 2016
How Do Accents Work?
April 20, 2016
What Causes Chapped Lips?
April 17, 2016
00:05:22
How (And Why) Do Cats Purr?
April 13, 2016
00:05:52
Why Don't Humans Ride Zebras?
April 11, 2016
00:06:45
How does your stomach keep from digesting itself?
April 8, 2016
00:04:23
What is the battery light on your car's dashboard for?
April 6, 2016
00:04:19
Why is cotton more absorbent than nylon?
April 4, 2016
00:05:29
How do motion sensors work?
April 1, 2016
00:04:39
What does a modern smart house look like?
March 30, 2016
00:07:13
Is it possible to turn coal into oil?
March 28, 2016
00:07:42
How do artificial sweeteners work?
March 25, 2016
Can people really build missiles from scratch?
March 23, 2016
00:07:37
How does a pressurized airplane cabin work?
March 21, 2016
00:07:41
What are chiggers, and how do they bite you?
March 18, 2016
Why do people choke under pressure?
March 16, 2016
00:09:05
How does safety glass work?
March 14, 2016
00:05:10
How Sea Monkeys Work
March 9, 2016
00:03:20
What do those plastic recycling symbols means?
March 7, 2016
00:04:31
What's in mothballs?
March 4, 2016
00:04:09
What is the heat index?
March 2, 2016
00:04:22
Why do your ears pop when you dive in a deep pool?
Feb. 29, 2016
How does someone become a saint?
Feb. 26, 2016
00:07:29
What is a restraining order, and how do you get one?
Feb. 24, 2016
Will space tourism become a reality?
Feb. 22, 2016
How do carbohydrates work?
Feb. 12, 2016
00:08:03
Securing Your Wifi Router
Feb. 8, 2016
00:07:46
How do trick birthday candles work?
Feb. 5, 2016
What's that bumpy stuff on my ceiling?
Feb. 3, 2016
00:03:46
How do nail penny measurements work?
Feb. 1, 2016
00:03:36
How do artificial flavors work?
Jan. 29, 2016
What are motion cards and how do they work?
Jan. 27, 2016
00:04:47
How does an EPIRB distress radio work?
Jan. 25, 2016
00:04:15
Can you explain the diameter measurements used in bullets?
Jan. 22, 2016
00:03:32
How are movies stored on DVD discs?
Jan. 20, 2016
00:06:08
Why shouldn't you go swimming right after a meal?
Jan. 18, 2016
00:05:41
What causes that howling sound in PA systems?
Jan. 13, 2016
00:04:11
How does dry ice work?
Jan. 11, 2016
Is it true that a diesel engine can operate underwater?
Jan. 8, 2016
00:05:16
Where does cork come from?
Jan. 6, 2016
What does Pez mean?
Jan. 4, 2016
00:05:11
How do we measure sea level?
Jan. 1, 2016
00:06:03
Is the sound on vinyl records better than on CDs?
Dec. 30, 2015
How does high-speed rail work?
Dec. 28, 2015
How does a traffic light detect cars?
Dec. 25, 2015
00:05:23
How can turbines change our energy future?
Dec. 23, 2015
How do self-winding watches work?
Dec. 21, 2015
00:03:51
How does catnip work?
Dec. 18, 2015
00:04:21
Why do freezing temperatures yield both snow and rain?
Dec. 16, 2015
00:04:20
How do they make fortune cookies?
Dec. 14, 2015
How does a jet engine's afterburner work?
Dec. 11, 2015
00:04:35
How does a magneto work?
Dec. 9, 2015
What is leather and where does it come from?
Dec. 7, 2015
00:07:24
Is there any way to see satellites that are in orbit?
Dec. 4, 2015
How Sonic Booms Work
Dec. 2, 2015
00:04:26
How do self-setting clocks work?
Nov. 30, 2015
What are dissolvable stitches?
Nov. 27, 2015
00:05:17
What would happen if you fired a gun on a moving train?
Nov. 25, 2015
00:05:44
What is sodium nitrate?
Nov. 23, 2015
How do cavities work?
Nov. 18, 2015
How does Krispy Kreme work?
Nov. 16, 2015
Why use a humidifier in your home in the winter?
Nov. 13, 2015
How do I burn calories on a stair machine?
Nov. 11, 2015
How does a Dippy Bird work?
Nov. 9, 2015
00:05:58
How Marshmallows Work
Nov. 6, 2015
00:03:34
How do honeybees make honey?
Nov. 4, 2015
How can some eggs be better for you than others?
Nov. 2, 2015
00:04:17
How do airport scanners work?
Oct. 30, 2015
00:10:15
How can you drive across Antarctica?
Oct. 28, 2015
What is the difference between a turbo-charger and a super-charger?
Oct. 26, 2015
00:04:14
How Rearview Mirrors Work
Oct. 23, 2015
Will a really big earthquake sink Western California?
Oct. 21, 2015
00:08:25
How do astronomers measure distance?
Oct. 19, 2015
00:04:16
What will airplanes look like in 2025?
Oct. 16, 2015
How is olive oil made?
Oct. 14, 2015
00:09:39
Why do 3D movies cause headaches?
Oct. 12, 2015
How Helium Works
Oct. 9, 2015
00:03:28
How Subprime Loans Work
Oct. 7, 2015
00:03:39
How Night Vision Works
Oct. 5, 2015
How Baking Powder Works
Oct. 2, 2015
How Atomic Clocks Work
Sept. 30, 2015
How Air Force One Works
Sept. 28, 2015
00:03:49
What causes the smell after rain?
Sept. 11, 2015
How do Pop Rocks candy work?
Sept. 9, 2015
00:04:00
Can I see the stuff astronauts left on the moon?
Sept. 7, 2015
How Golf Ball Dimples Work
Sept. 4, 2015
How the Dow Jones Industrial Average Works
Sept. 2, 2015
00:03:52
How does the snow dragon eat and digest snow?
Aug. 28, 2015
00:06:53
Can nasal sprays be addictive?
Aug. 26, 2015
00:05:51
What is Schadenfreude?
Aug. 24, 2015
00:05:37
How many balloons would it take to life someone off the ground?
Aug. 21, 2015
00:03:42
What's the difference between LPG or natural gas?
Aug. 19, 2015
00:04:27
How can you figure out how far away lightning struck?
Aug. 17, 2015
00:03:38
How do bake and broil settings differ?
Aug. 14, 2015
00:05:12
How do astronauts function in their spacesuits?
Aug. 12, 2015
How do a zebra's stripes act as camouflage?
Aug. 10, 2015
To maximize happiness, what should you spend money on?
Aug. 7, 2015
What is a vactrain?
Aug. 5, 2015
00:07:10
How does asphalt work, and where does it come from?
Aug. 3, 2015
How does red eye in photographs work?
July 31, 2015
00:04:24
How Do Submarines Work?
July 29, 2015
00:03:13
How Starting A Car in Cold Weather Works
July 27, 2015
How hair length works
July 24, 2015
00:04:03
How are old black and white movies colorized?
July 22, 2015
00:03:54
Why doesn't paper money disintegrate in the washing machine?
July 20, 2015
What would happen on a carousel moving at the speed of light?
July 17, 2015
00:04:45
How can I make artificial snow in my backyard?
July 15, 2015
How is wire measured?
July 13, 2015
Can water go bad?
July 10, 2015
00:03:57
What do the ul marks on so many products mean?
July 8, 2015
00:03:26
What's the total amount of gold in the world?
July 6, 2015
How do candles work?
July 3, 2015
00:04:41
What are frankincense and myrrh?
July 1, 2015
00:03:33
How can an electric toothbrush recharge its batteries?
June 29, 2015
00:03:47
How Smoke Works
June 26, 2015
00:04:52
How X-Ray Machines Work
June 24, 2015
00:03:09
How Boogers and Mucuous Membranes Work
June 22, 2015
00:03:27
Can we make gasoline from bacteria?
June 19, 2015
00:08:05
What is the difference between good and bad toy helicopters?
June 15, 2015
00:09:01
Why do human beings have eyebrows?
June 10, 2015
Where do salad dressings get their bizarre names?
June 8, 2015
00:06:20
How Botulism Works
June 5, 2015
How Diaper Crystals Work
June 3, 2015
How V-chips Work
June 1, 2015
How do aircraft carriers work?
May 29, 2015
How does an upside down airplane's engine get fuel?
May 27, 2015
What is a decibel, and how is it measured?
May 22, 2015
00:04:34
Why do the plugs on some appliances have two prongs and others have three?
May 20, 2015
How do sodium acetate heat pads work?
May 18, 2015
00:04:32
How do they create patterns in a baseball field?
May 15, 2015
00:04:51
How does rust work?
May 8, 2015
What exactly is pastrami?
May 1, 2015
How do instant cameras work?
April 24, 2015
Why do feet stink?
April 22, 2015
00:04:44
What do the symbols on the U.S. one-dollar bill mean?
April 20, 2015
00:06:30
How many calories does a person need daily?
April 17, 2015
00:05:34
How do they get the lead in a wooden pencil?
April 13, 2015
How can a valet rip you off?
April 10, 2015
How Proton Therapy Works
April 8, 2015
00:07:40
What is a lightyear?
April 3, 2015
How much oxygen does a person consume in a day?
April 1, 2015
00:03:41
How does chlorine bleach work?
March 27, 2015
00:04:53
Why can't we breathe underwater?
March 25, 2015
What does it mean when a car has dual overhead cams?
March 23, 2015
00:05:04
Could anti-lock brakes detect a flat tire?
March 20, 2015
00:04:13
Why are traffic lights being replaced with LEDs?
March 18, 2015
00:03:58
Why is a circular saw louder than a table saw?
March 16, 2015
How does an airplane toilet work?
March 13, 2015
How do cats purr?
March 9, 2015
00:03:48
How Flatulence Works
March 6, 2015
What's the deal with milk?
March 4, 2015
How much does planet Earth weigh?
March 2, 2015
What are other ways to store energy besides batteries?
Feb. 27, 2015
How does the common cold work?
Feb. 25, 2015
00:04:28
How do dry chemical fire extinguishers work?
Feb. 23, 2015
00:05:03
Where does aluminum come from?
Feb. 20, 2015
How do thirty pounds of air in your tires hold up two tons of car?
Feb. 16, 2015
00:05:08
Why don't they use normal air in race car tires?
Feb. 13, 2015
How do plastics work? What is actually in a plastic?
Feb. 11, 2015
How does a speedometer in an airplane work?
Feb. 6, 2015
How does CCC, the new form of CPR, work?
Feb. 4, 2015
What is the difference between a hardwood and a softwood?
Feb. 2, 2015
Why does your computer need a battery?
Jan. 30, 2015
00:04:40
How does nitrous oxide help an engine perform better?
Jan. 28, 2015
00:04:06
How does an oxygen canister on an airplane work?
Jan. 26, 2015
In baseball, how does a pitcher throw a curveball?
Jan. 21, 2015
00:05:00
How do retractable roofs in convertible stadiums work?
Jan. 19, 2015
How do strokes work?
Jan. 16, 2015
00:06:43
Semi Submarines
Jan. 12, 2015
How do neon and fluorescent lights differ?
Jan. 7, 2015
How does a dollar bill changer work?
Jan. 5, 2015
What is carrageenan?
Jan. 2, 2015
What's the birthday paradox?
Dec. 31, 2014
How long before sharks start going extinct?
Dec. 29, 2014
How Replacing Toilets Works
Dec. 24, 2014
00:03:43
Why are my power bills so high?
Dec. 22, 2014
Is there a way to compare a human being to an engine?
Dec. 17, 2014
How High-level Nuclear Waste Works
Dec. 12, 2014
00:07:01
How does fusion power work?
Dec. 10, 2014
How does Nitroglycerin work?
Dec. 8, 2014
What is chewing gum made of?
Dec. 5, 2014
Why can't a couch potato run a marathon?
Dec. 3, 2014
00:06:05
How do polymer crystals work, and why do they absorb so much water?
Nov. 28, 2014
00:04:33
How do people pull large objects with their teeth?
Nov. 26, 2014
00:06:15
Why is a popsicle called a quiescently frozen confection?
Nov. 24, 2014
00:04:29
How do scratch-and-sniff stickers work?
Nov. 21, 2014
Why is carbon monoxide so poisonous?
Nov. 19, 2014
What is the worst invasive public species?
Nov. 14, 2014
How many people work at a Formula 1 pit stop?
Nov. 12, 2014
When I pay by check, where does that check go?
Nov. 7, 2014
00:06:50
How does a credit card's magnetic stripe work?
Nov. 5, 2014
00:06:34
Why do Wint-O-Green Life Savers spark in the dark?
Nov. 3, 2014
How can we eliminate fossil fuels?
Oct. 31, 2014
00:10:25
What does "not guilty by reason of insanity" mean?
Oct. 29, 2014
How do kosher foods work?
Oct. 27, 2014
Do you have a hidden savant inside your brain?
Oct. 24, 2014
00:07:08
Is there a way to detect illegal phone taps?
Oct. 15, 2014
Is it possible to carbonate your own water?
Oct. 13, 2014
00:08:35
What is a fossil?
Oct. 10, 2014
00:07:12
What is superconductivity?
Oct. 8, 2014
00:07:17
How do terrorist bombs work?
Oct. 6, 2014
How valuable is exercise to your health?
Sept. 26, 2014
00:05:25
How can water cut through steel?
Sept. 24, 2014
How do flies breathe?
Sept. 22, 2014
How often do state quarters come out?
Sept. 19, 2014
00:03:30
How do gasoline direct injection engines work?
Sept. 15, 2014
Why is organic food more expensive than regular food?
Sept. 12, 2014
How do big city shell and three-card monte games work?
Sept. 10, 2014
00:07:35
What is Low-E glass?
Sept. 8, 2014
Where should I sit to get the best ride on a roller coaster?
Sept. 5, 2014
Is it possible to rescue water-soaked electronics?
Sept. 3, 2014
00:05:55
How did the moon get there?
Aug. 25, 2014
How do calorie meters work?
Aug. 22, 2014
00:04:02
How does popcorn work?
Aug. 20, 2014
How Cooking at High Altitudes Works
Aug. 18, 2014
Why do cats have whiskers?
Aug. 15, 2014
How Color Blindness Works
Aug. 13, 2014
00:03:35
Why do limbs fall asleep?
Aug. 11, 2014
Why do electric plugs have holes?
Aug. 8, 2014
What is the right way to remove a leech?
Aug. 6, 2014
Aug. 1, 2014
00:05:02
Why does lettuce stored in a bag stay fresh longer?
July 30, 2014
How much sugar do they really put in soda?
July 28, 2014
What is market capitalization?
July 23, 2014
Why can you hear the ocean in a seashell?
July 14, 2014
What is an Omega-3 fatty acid?
July 11, 2014
What do those diamond-shaped signs on buildings mean?
July 9, 2014
Should you turn your computer off when it's not in use?
July 7, 2014
00:05:18
How big is the universe?
July 4, 2014
00:04:25
Why does hydrogen peroxide foam when you put it on a cut?
July 2, 2014
What is a medical leech?
June 25, 2014
How does water desalination work?
June 23, 2014
Why does my hard drive make that churning sound?
June 20, 2014
00:05:13
How do space suits work?
June 11, 2014
00:03:31
What is a light year?
June 9, 2014
00:05:20
How do the Northern Lights work?
June 6, 2014
00:05:43
What would happen if the polar ice caps melted?
June 4, 2014
How can I recover a deleted file from my computer?
May 26, 2014
How Light Wave Interference Works
May 23, 2014
How Phones Work During Power Outages
May 21, 2014
How Liquid Smoke Works
May 19, 2014
What do the yellow and black wires in a home telephone jack do?
May 14, 2014
What Happens to Blood During the Embalming Process?
May 12, 2014
What makes us yawn?
May 7, 2014
What is Windows Safe Mode?
May 5, 2014
00:06:46
What makes glass transparent?
May 2, 2014
What is a blowout preventer?
April 30, 2014
What is a rice krispy?
April 28, 2014
How do hopping cars work?
April 25, 2014
How does hemp work?
April 21, 2014
How do self-cleaning ovens work?
April 18, 2014
00:05:06
What is low-power FM (LPFM)?
April 9, 2014
How does satellite Internet work?
April 7, 2014
What is an IP address?
April 2, 2014
What happens when pregnant women smoke cigarettes?
March 31, 2014
00:06:09
What is a funicular railway?
March 28, 2014
How are LCD screens backlit?
March 26, 2014
What is a stratospheric aerosol?
March 24, 2014
Tiny Houses
March 19, 2014
00:06:19
What is a Nor’easter?
March 10, 2014
How do smoke detectors intercommunicate?
March 7, 2014
Where did the potato chip come from?
March 5, 2014
00:06:31
What causes poison ivy blisters?
March 3, 2014
How do mood rings work?
Feb. 28, 2014
00:06:47
What makes your knuckles pop?
Feb. 26, 2014
Could I see a flashlight beam from Earth on the moon?
Feb. 24, 2014
Why do tools have "drop forged" stamped on them?
Feb. 21, 2014
How does the lighter in a barbeque grill work?
Feb. 19, 2014
How can you measure the height of a tall tower?
Feb. 17, 2014
Why does the moon look bigger when it's near the horizon?
Feb. 14, 2014
How do photochromatic lenses work?
Feb. 12, 2014
How does a movie clapperboard work?
Feb. 10, 2014
Why doesn't gasoline burn cleanly?
Feb. 7, 2014
How do jet engines start?
Feb. 5, 2014
Can cans and string really be used like a telephone?
Feb. 3, 2014
What is making my backyard sparkle at night?
Jan. 31, 2014
00:06:27
What can you do to make yourself really unhappy?
Jan. 29, 2014
00:07:20
What is the difference between hardwood and softwood?
Jan. 15, 2014
How do stabilizer bars work?
Jan. 8, 2014
How does a CB radio antenna work?
Jan. 3, 2014
00:07:05
When you have an itch, what's happening under your skin?
Jan. 1, 2014
What is a digital signature?
Dec. 30, 2013
00:07:44
Why do some engines use a dry sump oil system?
Dec. 27, 2013
What are carbide tips?
Dec. 25, 2013
00:04:56
Is it possible to use a leaf blower as a supercharger?
Dec. 23, 2013
00:10:13
How does a QWERTY keyboard work?
Dec. 20, 2013
How does a fiber optic cable work?
Dec. 18, 2013
Does airing out mattresses outside do any good?
Dec. 16, 2013
00:04:37
How Lava Lamps Work
Dec. 13, 2013
How Dry Cleaning Works
Dec. 11, 2013
How Dehumidifiers Work
Dec. 9, 2013
How Does Yawning Work?
Nov. 27, 2013
How the Nobel Prize Works
Nov. 22, 2013
What constitutes a person's IQ?
Nov. 20, 2013
00:08:15
What type of gas do racecars use?
Nov. 13, 2013
00:03:59
How do you make clear ice cubes?
Nov. 6, 2013
00:04:04
What is the ideal temperature for a refrigerator?
Oct. 28, 2013
00:03:50
Does adding RAM make a computer faster?
Oct. 25, 2013
What does 'octane' mean?
Oct. 23, 2013
How Case Hardening Works
Oct. 21, 2013
Why do batteries die but then come back to life?
Oct. 18, 2013
How the Horizon Works
Oct. 11, 2013
How do V-chips work?
Oct. 4, 2013
How does hair length work?
Sept. 30, 2013
How do vacuums work?
Sept. 27, 2013
How does gravity assist with interplanetary satellites?
Sept. 25, 2013
How does large-scale power storage work?
Sept. 23, 2013
How can I gain pounds during the day and lose them at night?
Sept. 18, 2013
How much does it cost to run an electric blanket?
Sept. 13, 2013
00:04:01
Why do hurricanes follow such peculiar tracks?
Sept. 6, 2013
How do Heart Bypass operations work?
Sept. 4, 2013
How Inkjet Printers Work
Sept. 2, 2013
What does the VTEC system do?
Aug. 30, 2013
How quickly does hair grow?
Aug. 28, 2013
How do gun silencers work?
Aug. 26, 2013
How do exhaust headers work to improve an engine's performance?
Aug. 16, 2013
What causes high tide and low tide?
Aug. 9, 2013
Why doesn't the space shuttle burn up upon re-entry?
Aug. 5, 2013
What is fertilizer, and why do plants need it?
Aug. 2, 2013
00:05:05
How do the engines breathe in diesel submarines?
July 31, 2013
What is a tank engine?
July 15, 2013
What exactly is a blueprint?
July 12, 2013
How does a chicken's egg get its shell?
July 10, 2013
Where do bullets go when guns are fired into the air?
June 19, 2013
How does pressure-treated lumber work?
June 17, 2013
How do Mexican jumping beans work?
June 12, 2013
How does a hybrid car work?
How does an Indiglo watch work?
May 28, 2013
What makes NASCAR engines different from other engines?
How do torpedo engines work if they're underwater?
May 27, 2013
How does a Crooke's radiometer work?
May 23, 2013
00:04:08
Why is Friday the 13th considered unlucky?
May 22, 2013
What's the best way to back up a computer's hard disk?
May 3, 2013
00:08:47
How does bulletproof glass work?
May 1, 2013
What does tear gas do?
April 29, 2013
00:03:53
What are the fastest hard disks available today?
April 24, 2013
Why should you wash new clothes before wearing them?
April 5, 2013
How cell phones work
March 15, 2013
How does a toaster work?
March 13, 2013
Why do most cars use gasoline instead of diesel?
March 8, 2013
00:05:47
How does Caller ID work?
March 4, 2013
Where did the hamburger get its name?
Feb. 1, 2013
What gives a Harley its distinctive sound?
Jan. 28, 2013
00:05:24
Does drinking ice water burn calories?
Jan. 18, 2013
What is the problem with MTBE in gasoline?
Jan. 14, 2013
Why does a manual transmission make a whirring noise?
Jan. 9, 2013
What is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?
Jan. 7, 2013
How does the Radio Data System work?
Jan. 4, 2013
How does residential real estate work?
Dec. 19, 2012
00:07:54
How does the public option work?
Dec. 10, 2012
How can the grass on a golf course green be so perfect?
Dec. 7, 2012
Why do they add iodine to salt?
Nov. 30, 2012
What does RSVP mean?
Nov. 14, 2012
How does gravity work?
Oct. 24, 2012
Why is there a small hole on the top of spray can lids?
Oct. 22, 2012
Why doesn’t the vacuum of space suck away Earth’s atmosphere?
Oct. 1, 2012
How Replacing Toilets Work
Sept. 28, 2012
00:03:44
What do those plastic recycling symbols mean?
Sept. 21, 2012
How does a Fresnel lens work?
Sept. 17, 2012
What makes your arms, legs and feet fall asleep?
Aug. 31, 2012
Why is the Nissan Leaf such a big deal?
Aug. 27, 2012
00:07:25
Time Stands Still
July 27, 2012
What do the brake warning lights mean in my car?
July 20, 2012
How much does 20-pound bond paper weigh?
July 18, 2012
Why do some doors open inward and some open outward?
July 13, 2012
How does Christmas work?
July 9, 2012
00:07:43
Why are West Coast waves bigger than East Coast waves?
July 6, 2012
What is a T1 line and how does it work?
July 4, 2012
How do you decaffeinate coffee and tea?
June 29, 2012
How do Voyager 1 and 2 transmit messages from far away?
June 27, 2012
Do Power Balance Wristbands really work?
June 22, 2012
What's the most efficient way to mow your yard?
June 13, 2012
How does disk defragmentation work?
June 6, 2012
How do space mirrors work?
June 1, 2012
00:04:05
Why do newspapers turn yellow over time?
May 21, 2012
Why do eggs turn hard when you boil them?
May 11, 2012
How do you add a USB device if you've run out of ports?
April 27, 2012
What is an autograph worth?
April 23, 2012
00:06:22
What are electrolytes?
April 20, 2012
00:04:49
Why do most zippers say 'YKK' on the pull-tab?
April 13, 2012
How much coal does a light bulb need to run for a year?
April 9, 2012
What is mayonnaise?
April 6, 2012
00:07:19
Is there an easy way to understand how time zones work?
April 4, 2012
Can picking a movie theater get any more complicated?
March 19, 2012
00:06:14
How does emergency preparedness work?
March 16, 2012
Why can biting on aluminum foil be painful?
Feb. 8, 2012
How does WikiLeaks work?
Jan. 27, 2012
Are all blood types needed for donation?
Jan. 18, 2012
Japan's Nuclear Problem
Dec. 28, 2011
00:12:32
What does a gigabyte of internet access really cost?
Dec. 22, 2011
00:11:04
Which 4G services are available in the U.S. today?
Dec. 21, 2011
Why is a cell phone called a cell phone?
Dec. 19, 2011
How does the oxygen sensor in a car work?
Dec. 14, 2011
Why can I play some DVDs, but not others?
Dec. 2, 2011
00:04:18
How do CD-R discs work?
Nov. 30, 2011
Is chocolate poisonous to dogs?
Nov. 16, 2011
How can there be seedless grapes?
Nov. 14, 2011
How do self-driving cars work?
Oct. 24, 2011
How do British royal titles work?
Oct. 7, 2011
Why do they include jokers in a deck of playing cards?
Oct. 3, 2011
What is dynamite? How does it work?
Sept. 28, 2011
Why is dry ice dangerous?
Sept. 26, 2011
00:03:40
How can a car get 100 MPG?
Sept. 5, 2011
How Jelly, Jam and Preserves Work
Sept. 2, 2011
What happens when you press Alt and F4?
Aug. 26, 2011
00:04:10
Where's the best place to sit in a movie theater?
Aug. 22, 2011
Why is bamboo suddenly appearing in so many products?
Aug. 15, 2011
How Internet Cookies Work
Aug. 3, 2011
00:04:42
How does making bread work?
Aug. 1, 2011
How does the ball return work on a pool table?
July 29, 2011
How do a zebra's stripes act as camoflauge?
July 27, 2011
How the Lightsaber Effect Works
July 18, 2011
What type of gas do race cars use?
July 13, 2011
How Calorie Meters Work
June 24, 2011
What are hot dogs made from?
June 22, 2011
How much fuel does an airplane use for a trip?
June 10, 2011
How Contrails Work
June 1, 2011
How big does a meteor have to be to reach the ground?
May 27, 2011
Is there any way to see orbiting satellites?
May 25, 2011
Marshall Brain's News Roundup: May 6th, 2011
May 6, 2011
00:16:25
Marshall Brain's News Roundup: April 29th, 2011
April 29, 2011
00:14:06
Marshall Brain's News Roundup: April 22nd, 2011
April 22, 2011
00:18:41
Marshall Brain's News Roundup: April 15th, 2011
April 15, 2011
00:19:07
Marshall Brain's News Roundup: April 7th, 2011
April 8, 2011
00:16:17
How many people does it take to do a Formula 1 pit stop?
April 6, 2011
Marshall Brain's News Roundup: April 1st, 2011
April 1, 2011
00:14:14
Marshall Brain's News Roundup: March 25th, 2011
March 25, 2011
00:18:08
Marshall Brain's News Roundup: March 18th, 2011
March 18, 2011
00:15:30
Marshall Brain's News Roundup: March 4th, 2011
March 4, 2011
00:17:05
Marshall Brain's News Roundup: February 25th, 2011
Feb. 25, 2011
00:18:54
Marshall Brain's News Roundup 2-18-2011
Feb. 18, 2011
Marshall Brain's News Roundup No. 2
Feb. 11, 2011
00:22:04
Marshall Brain's News Roundup No. 1
Feb. 4, 2011
00:13:56
Anti-reflective Coatings
Jan. 17, 2011
00:05:57
What is the coolest stuff from the 2011 edition of CES?
Jan. 10, 2011
00:10:02
What is a cyberwar, and what tactics do cyber warriors use?
Dec. 20, 2010
Is it possible to get free land and free houses in the U.S.?
Dec. 17, 2010
00:07:51
Is there a way to make my sunglasses scratch-resistant?
Dec. 6, 2010
how does a direct-injection 2-stroke engine work?
Nov. 22, 2010
How did instant cameras work?
Oct. 15, 2010
00:08:42
What is a Nor'easter?
Sept. 24, 2010
How do they backlight LCD screens?
Aug. 23, 2010
00:06:16
What exactly is jello made from?
July 21, 2010
What's the best way to get Twitter or Facebook followers?
May 26, 2010
When I pay for groceries by check, where does that check go?
May 14, 2010
Is it harmful to breathe 100 percent oxygen?
May 3, 2010
how do I know if my catalytic converter has failed?
April 9, 2010
00:04:59
How do blimps work?
Feb. 15, 2010
00:06:54
How does a gas pump know when the fuel tank is full?
Jan. 20, 2010
How does the Nobel Prize work?
Dec. 21, 2009
00:03:56
How do satellites orbit the Earth?
Nov. 23, 2009
How do they measure sea level?
Oct. 26, 2009
00:06:01
How do herbicides like Roundup work?
Oct. 21, 2009
Can grilling meat really cause cancer?
March 23, 2009
How long can a germ live in a room?
March 16, 2009
How do fog machines work?
March 13, 2009
Are florescent bulbs really more efficient?
March 9, 2009
00:03:10
How Car Thermostats Work
March 6, 2009
Why can boats float on water?
March 4, 2009
How the Virtual First-Down Line Works
March 2, 2009
What is dioxin?
Feb. 25, 2009
How Activated Charcoal Works
Feb. 20, 2009
How does SETI at home work?
Feb. 11, 2009
What is silica gel?
Feb. 2, 2009
Why doesn't the vacuum of space suck away Earth's atmosphere?
Jan. 30, 2009
How Vacuums Work
Dec. 15, 2008
What is an MRE?
Dec. 12, 2008
How Polygraph Machines Work
Dec. 3, 2008
How much fuel does an international airplane use for a trip?
Nov. 21, 2008
What are MP3 files and how do they work
Nov. 19, 2008
Why do apples and potatoes turn brown when you slice them?
Oct. 10, 2008
00:03:29
What is an anti-siphon valve?
Oct. 8, 2008
How a GFCI outlet works
Oct. 3, 2008
00:02:22
Could anti-lock brakes detect a flat?
Sept. 29, 2008
How Gun Silencers Work
Sept. 22, 2008
How Heart Bypass Operations Work
Sept. 19, 2008
What is the difference between jelly jam and preserves? And What is Jello?
Sept. 12, 2008
How children from the same parents look so different?
Sept. 8, 2008
How Catapults Works
Sept. 5, 2008
What does the computer in a car do?
Sept. 3, 2008
00:03:17
How Water Softener Works
Aug. 29, 2008
00:04:48
How Carbon Chains Work
Aug. 27, 2008
Do the humps on camels hold water?
Aug. 25, 2008
Why does Alka-Seltzer fizz?
Aug. 20, 2008
00:03:07
What causes the banging noise in my home's pipes?
Aug. 18, 2008
How Catalytic Convertors Work
Aug. 11, 2008
How 3-Way Lightbulbs Work
Aug. 1, 2008
00:03:14
How Breathing in a Submarine Work
July 30, 2008
How Fever Works
July 28, 2008
How Fountains in Rome Work
July 25, 2008
How Nautical Miles Work
July 21, 2008
How Digital Answering Machines Work
July 18, 2008
00:03:24
How Maple Syrup Works
July 16, 2008
How Glowing Watch Hands Work
July 14, 2008
00:03:12
How Uninterruptible Power Supplies Work
How the Corvette ZR1 Works
00:03:37
How gas pumps work
Why the Sky is Blue?
How Radiation Works
What is the Difference Between a Carat and a Karat?
How Perceiving Earth as a Sphere Works
How Flatulance Works
How Leap Years Work
How Red Eyes in Photographs Work
What is the Fastest Computer in the World?
How Do Vitamins Work?
00:03:06
How Nanosolar Works
How Ultra Hi-Def Works
How Stealth Technology Work
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