In this video students will explore the interaction between living things and their environment. They will learn how to create an experiment where they use seeds to see how they are impacted by air, light, and water. This program...

Tom Thomas doesn't know how to get a bothersome bee out of the kitchen. Simka and Nolik get the bee safely outside without it stinging Tom Thomas, Chewsocka, or them.

Both climate models and the laws of physics are clear: more greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere means warmer air and oceans, which means more energy for bigger, stronger hurricanes. So why haven’t we seen a clear signal from climate...

Have you ever wondered how hail is formed? Or just how big it can get? We learn how the IBHS Research Laboratory is using 3D printers, sophisticated potato guns, a sky-diving chamber, and other state-of-the-art equipment to help unravel...

Fresh water issues are getting harder to ignore. In the next five years, half the world’s population will live in a water-stressed area. Drought-stricken cities like San Francisco have started requiring large commercial building to...

Finding out the appearance of aliens from what we already know about convergent evolution.

Learn about how seeds sprout into plants, and find out if it is possible to grow bean sprouts without soil! 0:00 – Introduction 0:17 – What you need 0:45 – Explanation 2:54 – Safety 3:03 – Growing Bean Sprouts Setup 1 3:44 – Growing Bean...

In this experiment, find out if it is possible to grow bean sprouts in the dark, without soil!

This video explores a soft, inflatable robot that can grow to hundreds of times its size, navigate tight spaces, and resist punctures. Powered by compressed air, it has a range of applications, from search and rescue to space exploration...

At the turn of the 20th century, plants in both science and horror fiction were increasingly viewed with curiosity and fear. The 1920s and 30s saw a surge in monstrous plant narratives, with fears of nuclear mutation, extraterrestrial...

We spent a lot of time going through the clade Spiralia, as it contains many phyla, but with that complete it's time to move on to its sister clade, Ecdysozoa, the other large category of protostomes. This clade contains most of all the...

Smoking in teens not only leads to addiction but also poses both immediate and long-term health risks. Learn about the many harmful effects of smoking from coughing and shortness of breath to cancers and coronary heart disease....

Explore the cultural significance of Nualolo Kai on Kaua’i, where Hawaiian traditions like kapa making, hula, and language are taught and preserved.<br/>

Explore the cultural significance of Nualolo Kai on Kaua’i, where Hawaiian traditions like kapa making, hula, and language are taught and preserved.<br/>

Mars has a lot of the nutrients needed for plants to grow, but it also has some added extras, including toxic perchlorates. How will future missions overcome these challenges?

Sasha, Singapore’s first Asian wakeboarding champion, shares her journey from a young competitor to a mentor, inspiring the next generation of female wakeboarders.<br/>

Meet Lise and David Abazs, off-grid farmers in Finland, Minnesota, transforming infertile, rocky land into thriving organic farmland powered by renewable energy.<br/>

Hair resists decay even after death due to keratin, a structural protein. The structure and chemical composition of keratin make it difficult for organisms to break it down. Hair outlasts most other soft tissues due to the insoluble and...

Toadstool and mushroom are merely unscientific labels to define different varieties of fungus. Yes, the mushroom that we eat is actually a fungus! There is a popular consensus that while mushrooms are white-capped species that grow in...

One glance at the picture of a sheepshead fish might make you assume this fish has stolen a sailor’s lost pair of dentures from the seafloor! Yes, there is a fish whose teeth are eerily similar to humans. The sheepshead fish is a...

No one can beat trees at living long. Methusaleh, the single oldest living tree, that we've discovered, is over 4,800 years old. On the other hand, Pando is a colony of quaking aspen trees all born from the same over 70,000 year old root...

A coconut is all of these: a seed, a fruit, and a nut! Coconut is a seed because it is the reproductive part of the tree, coconut is a fruit because it is a fibrous one-seeded drupe, and coconut is a nut because a loose definition of a...

The song name is displayed on the radio with the help of a specific communications protocol called the Radio Data System, which embeds small bits of information in FM broadcast signals. RDS allows broadcasters to send much more than just...

Before the invention of nail clippers, human fingernails were likely worn down through regular daily use, similar to how canine nails are worn down when walked daily on pavement or sidewalk. If you go back in time, say 100,000 years,...