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.
What Happens if a Supervolcano Blows Up?
AdultsLifeNatureWorld...The Earth is a gigantic ball of semi-molten rock, with a heart of iron as hot as the surface of the Sun. Titanic amounts of heat left over from its birth and the radioactive decay of trillions of tons of radioactive elements find no escape but up.
Defying Gravity: Levitating A Car
YouthExperimentsScienceAllie, Cannan, and Jesse set out to see if the humble Slinky toy actually hovered when dropped from a height.
Earth From Space: Glasgow
YouthSpaceTechnologyWorld...The Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us over Glasgow, Scotland.
World's Largest Horn Shatters Glass
AdultsConstructionCreativityScience...I might upgrade my car horn to this.
What Is Static Electricity?
KidsExperimentsFactsScience...Learn about the science behind static charge and some fun science experiments to try at home.
How Highlighter Pens Are Made
YouthScienceTechnologyHow-toLearn all about how highlighter pens are made!
Earth From Space: UK Heatwave
KidsSpaceTechnologyWorld...The Copernicus Sentinel-3 images show the scale of Britain’s heatwave in August.
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?
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.
Making A Fountain Of Soda
KidsExperimentsHow-toScience...Anthony and Squeaks are experimenting to learn about soda bubbles and how they can use them to make a great soda fountain.
Primitive Technology: Rock-Throwing Catapult (Trebuchet)
AdultsCreativityEducationNature...I built a trebuchet, a type of catapult that uses a counter weight to store gravitational potential energy which is then used to fire a projectile via a sling.