There are a few things that we all need: fresh air, water, food, shelter, love ... and a safe place to pee. For trans people who don't fit neatly into the gender binary, public restrooms are a major source of anxiety and the place where...

Mister Brown and Squeaks are making bread, and they're going to need a tiny little helper to get the job done: a fungus called yeast! Disciplinary Core Idea: PS1.B: Chemical Reactions - Heating or cooling a substance may cause changes...

Bill and Webb can’t seem to agree, so they head the The Fort where Mister Brown tries to help them work together by teaching them about mutualisms, or when different types of animals help each other in the wild! Next Generation Science...

On a cold day, sometimes people will say "I'm freezing!," even though they aren't actually frozen like ice. But there is a very special animal that can say "I'm freezing" and mean it: wood frogs! Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn about the...

Squirrels eat a lot of things that are pretty tricky to find in the winter, like nuts and berries. Luckily for them, they have lots of clever ways to store up food to last them through the cold parts of the year!

Mister Brown and Squeaks learn all about glaciers, and the clues they leave behind when they melt! Science and Engineering Practices: Developing and Using Models Disciplinary Core Ideas: ESS1.C: The History of Planet Earth - Some events...

When you look at a picture of Mars next to a picture of Earth, you might notice one big difference: Earth is covered in blue oceans and Mars doesn't seem to have any water at all! But scientists have discovered all kinds of clues that...

Mister Brown and Squeaks are learning all about different cycles, or patterns, as they get ready for summer!

This week, we're continuing our discussion of heroes by talking about Gilgamesh, star of one of the earliest written hero stories, The Epic of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh was a terrible ancient king who left his kingdom seeking adventure, and...

Activist Shad Begum has spent her life empowering women to live up to their full potential. In a personal talk, she shares her determined struggle to improve the lives of women in her deeply religious and conservative community in...

All plants start as seeds, and they can travel all over the world in lots of different ways. They might even hitch a ride on you! SOURCES: First Grade Next Generation Science Standards Crosscutting Concept: Structure and Function: The...

When Homer's Iliad was first written down in the eighth century BCE, the story of the Trojan war was already an old one. From existing oral tradition, audiences knew the tales of the long siege, the duels outside the city walls, and the...

People send 100 billion WhatsApp messages every day -- and they're all encrypted to protect them from potentially curious entities like companies, governments and even WhatsApp itself. With our increased reliance on digital communication...

Squeaks is getting ready to head back to school and he couldn’t be more excited! To make sure he’s all set for the first day, he and Jessi are watching some videos so he goes in confident and prepared!

Squeaks and Mister Brown are so excited about rockets, they're going to make their own! You can join in on the fun and learn how to make one too!

We’ve talked a lot about advances in biotech. But none of those could have happened without advances in computing. It’s time to get back to data and explore the unlikely birth, strange life, and potential futures of the Internet. In this...

After World War Two, the applications of basic discoveries in biology took off—and became big business. Today, we’ll look at the rise of Big Pharma and GMO foods. We’ll also discuss how life-science technologies fundamentally changed...

When he was a child, George Takei and his family were forced into an internment camp for Japanese-Americans, as a "security" measure during World War II. 70 years later, Takei looks back at how the camp shaped his surprising, personal...

In part 1 of our special series on human ancestry, we tour through our family tree to meet our ancestors and distant cousins, and to find out what made us human along the way. The story of human ancestry is not a simple progression from...

In Greek mythology, King Midas is known as a rogue ruler whose antics bemused his people and irritated the Gods. Many know the classic story of Midas's golden touch, but the foolish king was also known for his unusual pair of ears....

Great Goddesses: Crash Course World Mythology #13

A bug in the superconductor system has trapped your team in 11 separate dimensions. Can you get them back home safely? -- It was a normal Tuesday at the superconductor, until a bug in the system caused your team to be trapped in 11...

James Joyce's "Ulysses" is widely considered to be both a literary masterpiece and one of the hardest works of literature to read. It inspires such devotion that once a year, thousands of people all over the world dress up like the...

Squeaks and Mister Brown do some experiments with soil, and learn all about why different soils feel different! Disciplinary Core Ideas: PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter - Matter can be described and classified by its observable...