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How do insulated cups keep your drink hot? Neil deGrasse Tyson, with the help of comedian Chuck Nice, explains the physics of heat transfer, insulation, and why your Stanley cup can keep your drink cold in a fire. Learn about conduction, convection, and ra

What is energy? On this explainer, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore what energy is, where it comes from, and how to release it. How did the idea of energy come to be? Is energy different from matter? Learn about how early scientists thou

Why are we crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid? On this explainer, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice learn about the NASA DART mission and testing Earth’s defense against asteroids with NASA’s first Planetary Defense Officer, Lindley Johnson.