Happy Science

Curiosity in action. Happy Science covers discoveries, experiments, and breakthroughs that expand what we understand about the world, reported through the people doing the work and the real-world impact of what they find.

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Mark Rober: Mark Rober Traveled 4,000 Miles to the Equator to Expose a Tourist Scam (And Tested 6 Other Physics Puzzles Along the Way)

August 16, 2026

Mark Rober traveled 4,000 miles to Ecuador to investigate whether a popular tourist water-drain demonstration

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Mark Rober: Mark Rober's Rock Paper Scissors Robot Has a 0% Loss Rate and a $10,000 Bounty for Anyone Who Can Beat It

August 16, 2026

Mark Rober built a rock paper scissors robot that reads finger position 100 times per

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TEDx Talks: The Microbiology Professor Who Turns Boredom Into a Teaching Strategy

August 13, 2026

UC Davis microbiologist Kenjiro Quides grew up announcing his boredom to anyone within earshot. Now

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Nat Geo Kids: The Brain Game That Proves You Can't Trust Your Own Memory

August 13, 2026

Brian felt bugs, a rat, and a snake crawling across him in a pitch-black room.

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BBC News: Millions Across Europe Watch a Solar Eclipse That Won't Come Again for Decades

August 12, 2026

Millions across Europe watched the moon consume up to 96% of the sun in one

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Undecided with Matt Ferrell: Graphene Is Finally Showing Up in the Real World, and the Concrete Numbers Are Hard to Dismiss

August 11, 2026

In April 2025, workers poured 15 cubic meters of graphene-enhanced concrete at a wastewater treatment

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Veritasium: The LSD-Fueled Road Trip That Gave the World PCR

August 11, 2026

On a Friday night drive through the California mountains in 1983, Kary Mullis pulled over

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Veritasium: The Glass in Your Pocket Has a 1.2-Million-Year History

August 11, 2026

A Veritasium producer at Corning's research facility tried to crack Gorilla Glass with a stylus

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RHINO: The Rascals' 'A Beautiful Morning' Still Sounds Like the First Day of Everything Good

August 10, 2026

The Rascals built 'A Beautiful Morning' on something most pop songwriting quietly abandoned: the belief

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Speeed: 42 Things Everyone Should Learn How To Do, According to Speeed

August 10, 2026

A single knot tied at a campsite sparked a weeks-long project: 42 practical skills every

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CinemaWins: WALL-E Is Still One of Pixar's Greatest Films and This Deep Dive Proves It

August 9, 2026

Before a single word of dialogue lands, WALL-E opens with a show tune playing against

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TEDx Talks: AI Data Centers Burn Through Almost $100 Billion in Electricity a Year. One Material Scientist Has a Fix.

August 9, 2026

AI data centers consumed the electricity equivalent of two Australias in 2024, and up to

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