Nanotechnology may seem like a dry, complicated and boring topic, but Dr. Michio Kaku makes anything fascinating because we learn how nanotechnology could turn sci-fi into a reality. Plus, Kaku is lik...

Brian Cox takes an audience of famous faces, scientists and members of the public on a journey through some of the most challenging concepts in physics.

This presentation on an alternative nuclear fuel, which is completely safe and eco-friendly will blow your mind. The advantages to thorium reactors to traditional water-cooled reactors are so amazing...

Adam Rutherford meets a creature created by American scientists, the spider-goat. It is part goat, part spider, & its milk can be used to create artificial spider's web. It's part of a new field of re...

HULC a human assisting robot will be available to the handicapped in 5-10 years and will alllow them to walk again!

Self-oscillating gels are materials that continuously change back and forth between different states — such as color or size — without provocation from external stimuli. These changes are caused by th...

A look at morality from a psychology perspective. Joshua Greene, Assistant Professor of Psychology

Ah entropy, it's the reason why we all exist and the reason why we'll all cease to exist. Professor Brian Cox explains why everything naturally goes into a state of disorder in the middle of the Namib...

Treasures at the Royal Society are protected from fire by a combination of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and argon - as Professor Poliakoff discovers.

Thorium sounds like a really great alternative combined with all of the others, so why are "corporate interests" getting in the way while other countries are starting to surpass the US in energy innov...

And here's an example of some of that future glass technology already working today. Imagine taking care of all your heating and cooling needs just by replacing your windows...

An "artificial leaf" made by Daniel Nocera and his team, using a silicon solar cell with novel catalyst materials bonded to its two sides, is shown in a container of water with light (simulating sunli...

In spite of the risks, people are lining up to solve their weight problems in the operating room.

Our brains are a dense tangle of billions of nerve cells connected together at synapses. Knowing how everything links up is key to understanding how the brain works -- but it's a huge challenge.