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Why Does A Disco Clam Light Up?

YouthAnimalsEnvironmentScience...
Our curator of benthic molluscs Dr. Katie Collins explains this clam’s clever party trick.
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What Is A Core Sample?

YouthHistoryLifeScience...
Have you ever wanted to go back in time— just to see what it was like? Well, scientists have figured out how …sort of…
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The Science Of Snowflakes

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Join us for a festive deep dive into the wonderful world of snowflakes voiced by Professor Brian Cox.
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The Winter Solstice Explained

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The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year and the official start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
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All About Hawks

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Did you know that hawks are the most common birds of prey? In this video, you and your kids will learn lots of interesting facts about the hawk.
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Huge Volcano Erupts In Iceland

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A huge volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula of south-west Iceland after weeks of intense earthquake activity.
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How Do Erasers Erase?

YouthHow-toScience
Are you wondering how erasers erase? Let's find out together.
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Why Hurricane Paths Are Weird

YouthWeatherWorldNatural Disasters...
Hurricane path prediction seems straightforward, until it is not.
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You Are Your Microbes

YouthBiologyScienceHealth
Jessica Green and Karen Guillemin emphasize the importance of understanding the many organisms that make up each and every organism.
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Diplocaulus: An Ancient Animal

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Squeaks and Jessi discover an animal with a head that reminds them of a boomerang.
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Animated Maps: Tectonic Plate Movement

YouthHistoryWorldScience...
This set of 41 paleo-elevation models (DEM) represents the changing paleogeography of the oceans and continents back to 540 million years ago.
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How Do Polar Bears Walk On Ice?

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Are you wondering how polar bears walk on ice and snow? Let's find out together.
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Eclipses Used To Be Terrifying

YouthHistoryScienceWorld
Because eclipses are powerful and frightening events, ancient cultures went to great lengths to understand eclipses.
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The Ice Bucket Challenge Actually Worked

YouthGeneticsHealthScience...
The Ice Bucket Challenge raised millions of dollars for research into treatments for ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.
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Rescuing Nibi

YouthAnimalsHealthScience
Baby beaver Nibi was rescued and now has uncanny object recognition.
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Animated Maps: The Five Deeps

YouthHistoryWorldScience
In this animated map, we highlight the deepest spots in the briny deep that surrounds us.
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Monitoring Methane From Space

YouthEnvironmentGlobal WarmingSpace...
Satellites have a really important role to play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Solar Eclipse

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Isabelle MacNeil breaks down what happens in space during a solar eclipse, and why it can be unsafe to look at it without the proper eye protection.
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How Does A Tiger Go To The Dentist?

YouthAnimalsHealthScience
We went to visit Elton, a tiger at Woburn Safari Park, to see him get a check-up from a pretty special dentist.
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Necrobotics

YouthScienceTechnologyEngineering
At Rice University in Houston, Texas, mechanical engineers have created dead spider robots!
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Meet Some Quokkas

YouthAnimalsHistoryScience
Our newest additions to the zoo family are the 3 adorable quokkas.