How do crystals work? - Graham Baird
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What makes crystals grow into their signature shapes? Dig into the atomic patterns and unique properties of crystals.
These Plants Eat Salamanders | National Geographic
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Pitcher plants like these are known to feast on insects like flies. However, at a bog in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario Canada, scientists have found many pitcher plants with a more ambitious diet.
How to Sail on Sunlight | Because Space
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Sails have been helping us travel across water for centuries, but could this same idea help us travel across space?
The Largest Insect Swarm | Because Science Live!
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The Largest Insect Swarm ever!
Could We Survive Without the Sun? | Because Space
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While gremlins, goblins, and Mr.Burns may think it sounds like a good idea, would a world without the Sun even be possible?
Why Pink Himalayan Salt Is So Expensive | So Expensive
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Pink Himalayan salt is used in speciality foods, spa treatments, and even home design.
Lions Hunt Zebra | Savage Kingdom
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Lions hunt and kill a zebra, the pride eat together.
Primitive Technology: Fired Clay Bricks
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Creating fired clay bricks from scratch.
Hummingbird in a Rain Storm | Hostile Planet
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In the cloud forest a booted racket-tail braves a rain storm to find enough food to survive.
The wild world of carnivorous plants
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Venus fly traps, bladderworts and sundews, oh my! Learn about carnivorous plants and their predatory antics to lure, trap and digest prey.
Under the Dark Skies
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National Geographic partnered with the International Dark-Sky Association to provide families with a true ‘dark sky’ observatory experience, free from the artificial light prevalent in city and suburban communities.
Amphibians Face Mass Extinction as Fungus Spreads Across the World
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Results from a recent global survey of amphibians shows that chytrid fungus has threatened twice as many species than previously thought.
Why are earthquakes so hard to predict?
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Take a look at the theories behind why earthquakes occur, what makes them so hard to predict and the warning system technologies we rely on today.
Climate Research Offers Coffee Farmers Hope For Their Crops
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Guatemala's third largest export after raw sugar and bananas is coffee.
Why Can't We Get Power From Waves?
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Wave power hasn’t yet made a splash because it’s hard to use waves to spin turbines, and because the sea is a harsh place to build things.
Primitive Technology: Grass thatch, Mud hut
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Primitive Technology: Grass thatch, Mud hut - Creating a grass thatch, mud hut from scratch.
100 Gallons of Spider Silk | Because Science Footnotes
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Kyle discusses exactly how much spider silk Peter Parker would need to stop that train, responds to your comments, and more!