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On TikTok and other short video platforms Scientific American explored Greenland's underground laboratories, brand new colors and the perfect way to make eggs.
From mind-blowing discoveries to playful explanations, these are some of our favorite and most popular science videos of 2025.
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One of the most talked-about stories of the year explored the limits of human perception. Scientists have successfully stimulated experience a completely new color called “olo”, by shining lasers on participants' retinas to activate only the “green” cones. The result is a turquoise hue that exists outside the visible spectrum.
Hello, Scientific American. Welcome to my laboratory
We also literally immersed the audience deep into the field. Chief Multimedia Editor Jeffrey DelViccio went to Greenland to report. There he filmed a tour of an underground laboratory where researchers drill into the ice to extract cores that record, layer by layer, thousands of years of climate history.
The stupid side of science
This year also marked the beginning of our collaboration with science communicator Tom Lum, who covered Ig Nobel Prizes. a parody of the Nobel Prizes in honor of discoveries that “make people laugh and then THINK“
Serious, but still fun! — Science
We've also broken down each of the three active Nobel Prizes in science this year. At the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, senior multimedia editor Kelso Harper explained award-winning discovery of metal-organic frameworks (MOF), materials of great importance for energy, storage and environmental applications. (Fun fact: Harper worked in a MOF lab in college!)
A new blood type has also been ruled out.
Science news continues to surprise us every day. Be it discovery of a completely new blood type or the realization that the total number of known blood types has now risen to 48!
Making music beyond the grave
On a darker note, Mind and Brain deputy editor Allison Parshall explored the eerie story of a deceased composer who still writes music using brain cells grown from his blood.
The perfect egg
Not all of our scientific publications were so serious. We've delved into delicious absurdity in some of our most popular videos, like this deep dive into how to cook the most scientifically perfect egg. It's painstaking work, but the result is amazingly delicious.
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