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Climate Archive Ice Lab

Ice cores from Antarctica are a kind of climate archive. They provide information about the contents of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere thousands of years ago. Author: By ZDF/Terra X/Group 5/Luise Wagner, Jonas Sichert Dubbing: alugha Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/TerraX

08 The Noble Gas Configuration

The noble gas configuration is a particularly stable electron configuration. The driving force for many chemical phenomena is this state. It should be remembered again that the nucleus is not altered during chemical reactions. Original: "Wolfgang Dukorn" Original: German. All translations in this

How do face masks and respirators work?

How do face masks and respirators prevent you from breathing in harmful particles? As respiratory protection against coronavirus becomes increasingly important, Risk Bites dives into the science of face masks and respirators, and explores what makes for good protection, whether it’s a professional

HIDDEN DEPRESSION: 5 Signs You're Smiling, But Depressed

A key component of depression is feeling significantly sad and down. As such, if you have been smiling often, other people may not have suspected that you may be struggling with depression— and you may not have realized it, either. Even if you have been smiling and acting cheerful, have you also b

Planet Mars

Mars is so attractive to us humans because it is our closest neighboring planet. It formed only a little earlier than Earth and can tell us a lot about the evolution of Earth and the solar system. Author: ZDF/nano/Raketenfilm/Andreas Gust/Konstantin Fuchs Translation and dubbing: alugha Click her

Fukushima disaster

On March 11, 2011, a seaquake shook the seabed in the Pacific. The following waves flooded the nuclear power plant site. The power supply collapsed. There was a core meltdown and ultimate MCA. Author: ZDF/TerraX/Zeitsprung Pictures/Carl-Ludwig Paeschke/Studio Paeper/Michael Mueller Translation and

Mercury's MESSENGER Reveals Mysteries | NASA Planetary Sciences

Explore what makes Mercury so mysterious and what scientists are learning from NASA's first Mercury mission in 30 years. For the MESSENGER mission, NASA launched a probe and guided it toward Mercury using a technique called "solar sailing." The probe is studying the make-up of the planet's inner cor

The Sun's Energy

In this video from NOVA’s Sun Lab, explore nuclear fusion and the balance of energy in the Sun. Intense heat and pressure in the Sun’s core cause protons to fuse together to form helium atoms, a process that releases large amounts of energy. This nuclear reaction—the same process that takes place in

The Anatomy of the Sun

In this video from NOVA’s Sun Lab, learn about the Sun’s composition and structure. The Sun is a plasma, primarily made of hydrogen with smaller amounts of other elements. Animations and images illustrate the physical and behavioral properties of the Sun’s six regions: the core, radiative zone, conv