On earth, we have struggled for centuries to understand the dynamics of life and how everything relates with everything else. For those who have had the pleasure of going into space and experiencing life away from earth, there’s a phenomenon called The Overview Effect that has many astronauts asking the same basic questions from a different perspective. A recent short documentary by the Planetary Collective shows several astronauts discussing their experiences, telling of some of the conclusions they came to as a result, and expanding on the questions that came to mind due to the perspective-bending…

When you’re talking about why the world didn’t end yesterday, the normal way to do so is to make sure that “yesterday” actually already happened. NASA sets aside conventional thought with their latest video that tells why the world didn’t end yesterday. It’s available on YouTube now, but don’t watch it until December 22nd or it won’t really make any sense. There’s another, more sinister theory. By declaring so boldly that the world isn’t going to end yesterday, are they simply trying to confuse us into believing that when yesterday actually comes, that tomorrow is really right around the corner?…

The plants fought back in The Happening. A mythical world under swimming pool threatened to destroy humanity in Lady in the Water. Now, “everything on this planet has evolved to kill humans” in the upcoming After Earth. After a skyrocketing career turned into a promising career, only to be replaced by a plummeting career followed by a joke of a career, Shyamalan takes his story off the planet, only to return right back to it in the future. If that isn’t confusing enough, just watch The Village and it may all make more sense. Fortunately, he’s teaming up with some extra sci-fi star power in Will Smith…

Normally, VSauce puts out some amazing minutephysics videos that spark the imagination and enlighten us in ways the world and universe work. Other times, the information is relatively useless but interesting nonetheless. This video falls into the latter category. What would happen if you drilled from one side of the earth through the center to the other? That’s what they try to explain here. …

Have you ever wondered what would happen if everyone on earth jumped at the exact same time? Would it make a difference if they were all brought to the same place? As it turns out, nothing would really be affected. Sure, there would be a certain force exerted on the earth that it’s definitely not used to, but it would be nothing compared to a major earthquake. As this video by Vsauce explains, there are other ways to make an impact. …

Does your brain hurt right now? Unless you’re an astrophysicist, watching the video below should make your brain hurt if it isn’t already. The universe is an amazing thing, expanding and shifting in ways that make measuring the distances between stars and galaxies extremely complex. It’s not a one-step process – all of the data from different forms of distances measurement must be combined to form a broader picture of how far objects are from the Earth. That’s the gist. The video goes into much more detail but not so much detail that you need to (literally) be a rocket scientist to understand it….