Dr. Shini Somara makes learning physics fun in ‘Crash Course’

The Daily Dot is celebrating Woman Crush Wednesday, better known as #WCW on Twitter and Instagram, by highlighting female creators on YouTube whose work we admire. Against all odds, this new show is going to make you love physics. After the Green brothers ended their much-beloved Crash Course Astronomy series in January, fans wondered what […]

Getting away with murder: literature’s most annoyingly unpunished characters

Nobody wants to see the baddie win, however much sense it makes to the story. Which of the worst villains in books do you want punished? From cunning spies who evade discovery to baddies who literally get away with murder (and worse), novels that leave villains unpunished can be nail-bitingly frustrating. Even if you dont […]

Meet the drones that will be delivering blood and medicine to hospitals in Rwanda

Where the roads don’t go, the skies do. Starting later this year, hospitals and clinics in western Rwanda that are difficult to reach on the ground will be able to receive important medical supplies via delivery drones. Zipline, an American startup company, recently signed an agreement with the Government of Rwanda to provide all last […]

Herbal life: traditional medicine gets a modern twist in Iran

Iranians have long used traditional remedies to cure all kinds of ailments – pennyroyal to soothe, chicory to purify, marjoram to lift the spirits. But a rapid recent growth in traditional medicine has led to problems with regulation Shahla pulls her wheeled suitcase behind her over the cobblestone streets of Istanbul. Inside are herbs and […]