Primitive Technology: Water Bellows (uses water instead of leather)
AdultsConstructionCreativityEducation...I built a Water Bellows. It’s an upside-down clay pot with an inlet valve and an outlet spout. The inlet valve is simply a hole in the pot with a leaf plastered to the inside with wet clay so that it forms a one-way flap valve.
The Fastest Ant on Earth | Earth's Great Seasons | BBC Earth
AdultsAnimalsLifeNature...With extra long legs to raise their bodies above the hot ground and silver hair to reflect the sun, silver ants are built for life in the desert. But even they have limits, and being the fastest ant on Earth comes in handy when you have to race to beat the heat.
Find The Letters
KidsEducationReadingEntertainmentElmo Fish and Abby Fish need your help to find Dorothy the Goldfish in the sea! Can you find the letters S-W-I-M?
Britain's Ugliest Dog
YouthAnimalsHumorRelationships...Peggy was crowned Britain's Ugliest Dog recently and got the celebrity treatment as part of her prize.
A Part Of Something Special
KidsMusicSelfCreativityWhether you like to draw pictures, skateboard, or play pretend together, grab your sibling and celebrate the something special that you have with this song.
How should we measure intelligence? | Mary-Helen Immordino Yang
AdultsHumanPsychologySociety...Our society has an obsession with quantifying everything, often applying measurements and numerical values where they aren't necessary.
If You Take A Mouse To School
KidsBooksReadingEntertainment...Follow along and see what might happen if you take a mouse to school.
Is Nuclear Power “Too Expensive”?
AdultsEconomyEducationTechnology...The best argument against nuclear power, maybe the only real argument, is that nuclear power is “too slow” to build and is “too expensive” to finance. Is this true?
5 Ways CRISPR Is About to Change Everything
AdultsBiologyBiotechnologyHuman...CRISPR-based gene therapies are already changing healthcare for things like sickle cell disease. But CRISPR is bigger than just medicine, and it could revolutionize everything from food and agriculture to green energy fuels to plastics.
How Do Cicadas Make Noise?
YouthAnimalsEnvironmentScience...Learn a bit about the science of how cicadas make their unique noise.
Cleaning Up Space Debris
YouthScienceSpaceTechnologyPaladin Space founder Harrison Box, explains the dangers of space debris — and how their innovative solution aims to combat this threat.