Primitive Technology: Tile Capped Mud Walls
AdultsCreativityEducationNature...I built Mud walls and capped them with roof tiles to protect them from rain. Mud walls if left uncovered in wet weather will dissolve in the rain and collapse.
Protecting Our Oceans With Auli'i Cravalho | Nat Geo Pristine Seas
AdultsAnimalsLifeNature...Join @auliicravalho, the voice of #Moana, in conversation with @natgeopristineseas specialist Courtney Lorey about all things oceans, including Moana’s new adventure and why we need to protect this natural wonder.
Tired of Doomscrolling?
AdultsHealthHumanLife...Being a human in the 21st century often feels frustrating. We are clearly at the high point of our species, while at the same time life is incredibly hard! We are divided, unable to solve our problems while creating new ones, destroying our world in the process.
A Cute But Creepy Tiny Predator
YouthAnimalsEnvironmentNature...Despite their tiny size, tarsiers are excellent nocturnal hunters. With large eyes that enable them to see well in the dark and advanced hearing combined with huge hands, catching prey is almost too easy.
Primitive Technology: A-frame Roof Tile Factory
AdultsConstructionCreativityEducation...With the wet season only 2 months away and thatch being an impermanent material, I needed to make more roof tiles for a new hut that will withstand the next deluge.
Clothing Recycling Programmes
YouthEnvironmentStyleWorld...Do clothing recycling programmes actually work? Let's take a closer look.
You've Never Heard of the World's Most Common Mineral
AdultsEducationScienceWork...The most common substance in the world is literally IN the world. It's a mineral called bridgmanite, and it belongs to a class of minerals (called perovskites) that scientists are trying to use in the next generation of solar panels.
Igneous Rocks Used To Be Liquid!
KidsEnvironmentNatureScience...A new friend Savannah and Sam learn about different kinds of igneous rocks, which form after liquid magma or lava cools into solid rock.
Why Do Leaves Change Colour And Fall?
YouthEnvironmentNatureScienceThey’re pretty to look at, sure -- but the changing leaves you see in autumn are really a striking example of nature taking extreme measures to protect itself.
Farne Islands' Puffins
YouthAnimalsEnvironmentScience...Learn how the the population of these colourful seabirds have stabilized on Farne Islands.
You’re Filled With Microplastics. So What?
AdultsHealthHumanLife...Plastic pollution has been called “one of the greatest environmental challenges of the 21st century.” Billions of tons of it has entered the ecosystem, and entered YOU, in the form of so-called “microplastics.” But are microplastics actually bad?
Does Trash Last Forever?
YouthEnvironmentGlobal WarmingNature...Danni answers one of our biggest questions about trash.
Artificial Reefs
YouthEnvironmentGadgetsNature...This Melbourne-based research lab has worked with the City of Greater Geelong to develop a multi-pronged solution to coastal erosion.