Why A Sausage Can Do What Your Gloves Cannot
YouthScienceTechnologyDig into the science of touchscreens, and find out the difference between the two most common types: capacitive and resistive.
Artemis I Launch
YouthSpaceTechnologyScienceNASA’s Artemis I mission lifted off on Nov. 16, 2022, from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B. This video includes highlights from the event.
The Future of Machines That Move like Animals | Robert Katzschmann | TED
AdultsExperimentsLifeTechnology...Imagine a boat that propels by moving its "tail" from side to side, just like a fish. That's the kind of machine that TED Fellow Robert Katzschmann's lab builds: soft-bodied robots that imitate natural movements with artificial, silent muscles.
The Robot Boot That Learns As You Walk
YouthScienceTechnologyHealthExoskeletons, devices designed to augment and enhance mobility, are fast becoming a reality, thanks to an explosion in research in recent years.
Mississippi River From Space
YouthTechnologyWorldScience...This week's edition features radar images of the Mississippi River, one of the longest rivers in North America.
Are Hurricanes Getting Stronger?
YouthHistoryScienceTechnology...Although we’ll never see a Category 6 hurricane, data does show that more hurricanes are becoming more severe.
Hobbies On The Space Station
KidsSpaceTechnologyEducation...ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti talks about her hobbies on the ISS.
Primitive Technology: Smelting Iron In Brick Furnaces
AdultsEducationLifeNature...I made 3 furnaces from bricks using different configurations to test their effectiveness. The benefit of using bricks to make a furnace is that it's quicker, easier, re-useable and portable relative to a furnace constructed in-situ from clay.
Earth From Space: Mackenzie River
YouthScienceSpaceTechnology...The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over the Mackenzie River, a major river system in the Canadian boreal forest.
Earth From Space: Glasgow
YouthSpaceTechnologyWorld...The Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us over Glasgow, Scotland.
How Highlighter Pens Are Made
YouthScienceTechnologyHow-toLearn all about how highlighter pens are made!
Civilian Tries on NASA Spacesuit For the First Time
AdultsConstructionScienceSpace...How does WIRED's Brent Rose feel about being the first person outside of the space program to try on a pressurized space suit?
Earth From Space: UK Heatwave
KidsSpaceTechnologyWorld...The Copernicus Sentinel-3 images show the scale of Britain’s heatwave in August.
How Rollercoasters Affect Your Body
YouthScienceTechnologyHealthBrian D. Avery investigates what rollercoasters are doing to your body and how they’ve managed to get scarier and safer at the same time.
NASA Surprises Students
KidsScienceSpaceTechnology...Watch the reactions of a group of students who had the opportunity of a lifetime to view the Artemis I Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft.
Bill Nye Breaks Down Webb Telescope Space Images | WIRED
AdultsEducationScienceSpace...The James Webb Space Telescope has dazzled us with its first batch of images. WIRED got in touch with the one and only Bill Nye to break down some of these astonishing photos, explaining what we're really looking at.
What Will The James Webb Space Telescope Do?
KidsScienceSpaceTechnologyHere's what to expect from the largest, most technologically advanced, and most expensive space telescope ever created.