Eta Carinae is a binary system containing the most luminous and massive star within 10,000 light-years. A long-term study led by astronomers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, combined data from NASA...

This video explains how black lights work and their various applications. Black lights emit long wave ultraviolet light, which is invisible to the human eye but causes certain objects, like phosphors, to glow.

Creepy Crawly Close-Ups

Chameleons are fancy lizards. They can move and focus each eye independently, they catch food with super long tongues, and they change colors! And if all that wasn't enough, new research has added something bizarre to their already...

The COVID-19 pandemic made people rethink their cleaning routines and increased demand for deep cleaning services. Meet some innovators who think that the future of effective and efficient sanitation may be robots!

Pandemic...

Learn about the two main layers of the atmosphere: the troposphere and the stratosphere. The troposphere is full of weather and ‘bad’ ozone, and above that, is the stratosphere, where ‘good’ ozone protects us against dangerous UV light....

This video discusses the importance of vitamin D in the body, how it is synthesized through the skin, liver, and kidneys, and how it affects calcium absorption and bone health. It also explores the potential effects of vitamin D on the...

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In the early 2000s, physicist found a diamond they’d been searching for. Find out what it was used for.

In this section, I talk about the scientific method, controlled experiments, scientific tools, Theories and laws.

Alkene Halogenation: Theory, Mechanism, Examples

Ozone Properties, Mechanism, and Destruction in Stratosphere

Looking at thin layer chromatography as a separation technique.

As strange as the creatures of the microcosmos are, their lives still revolve around the same fundamentals that ours do. There’s food, reproduction, and death. Yes, even microbes, hardy as they can be, experience death. In some ways,...

Peroxisomes and Lysosomes: Intracellular Defense

A joint study from the University of Queensland and the University of Maryland has found that a particular species of clownfish is able to see ultraviolet light. <br/>

Introducing free radicals.

Polarized lenses can impact what you see on your smartphone. According to Allaboutvision.com, polarized light tends to reflect from flat surfaces and can create dangers such as glare and reduced visibility. Polarized lenses combat this...

Melanin Physiology: Melanin Absoprtion of UV Light and Internal Conversion to Heat

In this video, we will discuss how melanocytes generate melanin and transfer this melanin to keratinocytes.<br/>

Everything you could want to know about Neptune's largest moon, Triton. NASA Voyager 2 images of Triton explained.