There's something simple we can all do to help the planet -- and it's probably not what you think. With one-third of all the food we produce globally each year being thrown away, entrepreneur Tessa Clarke believes that sharing more and...

Squeaks and Jessi use their pretend time machine to go way back in time and meet a creature even older than dinosaurs, called Dimetrodon!



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As the New Hollywood gained steam in the late 70s and early 80s, another revenue stream opened its doors: home video. From Betamax to Laserdisc to Bluray to streaming services, home video revolutionized how we ingest movies. In this...

Where does the water on the road go after a rain day? And taking care of them can be very important!



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As prescription drug costs skyrocket in the US, thousands of people are forced to forgo lifesaving medications -- all while manufacturers and health care facilities systematically destroy perfectly good, surplus pills. Kiah Williams...

Squeaks has a big problem! Every year, he grows lettuce in the Fort's greenhouse, but this year it just won't grow. Luckily, Mister Brown knows someone who can help Squeaks and his lettuce: botanist and inventor George Washington Carver!...

Anthony and Squeaks are spending the day watching videos all about cats and dogs of all varieties and they’re learning all sorts of interesting things along the way!

Your kitchen really is your own personal science lab, so here are some science-based cooking tricks to make tastier, healthier, and awesomer meals.

Jessi and Squeaks learn about special spots on a shark's face that help them find food using electricity!



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There's a big thunderstorm happening where Squeaks lives, and it's making the Fort kind of creepy... <br/>
Join Squeaks as he faces his fears and learns more about the things that scare him!

Squeaks is feeling a little wired and needs some story time to get sleepy this evening, so Jessi is showing him some videos about amazing scientists from history!

It's a beautiful day, so Squeaks is going to go on a hike! And he's bringing his trusty field journal so he can take notes on all of the plants and animals he sees along the way!

Squeaks and Mister Brown pretend to go back in time to learn more about Trilobites, using special clues from fossils!



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* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. In the United States, two institutions guide teenagers on the journey to adulthood: college and prison. Sociologist...

Did you know that bees can remember things? It's true, and it's thanks to Dr. Charles Henry Turner that we know so much about insects!

If you've ever gone outside really early on a cold day in fall, you might have seen a thin layer of sparkly ice crystals covering everything! That ice is called frost, and it can only form if the weather is exactly...

Community organizer Raj Jayadev wants to transform the US court system through "participatory defense" -- a growing movement that empowers families and community members to impact their loved ones' court cases. He shares the remarkable...

Jessi teaches Squeaks all about recycling, and together, they recycle his old crayons to make cool new ones!



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We are living through the tech-enabled unraveling of full-time employment itself, says anthropologist Mary L. Gray. As the pandemic exposes and accelerates the shift to on-demand online labor, Gray takes us inside the jobs being created...

This video is about the famous 'Twins paradox' of special relativity, how time can appear to be faster for two different observers at the same time, and which twin really is older (or younger) - the one who stays on earth or the one who...

How can you tell the difference between a yellowjacket and a hornet? And how much cosmic XP do you need to evolve a wasp into a bee? Follow the insect that stung you, and discover the fascinating world of wasp nests and bee hives.

What does it take to be a pro gamer? Esports expert William Collis charts the rise of the multibillion-dollar competitive gaming industry and breaks down three skills needed to master video games like Fortnite, League of Legends and...

For the last 12 years, LaToya Ruby Frazier has photographed friends, neighbors and family in Braddock, Pennsylvania. But though the steel town has lately been hailed as a posterchild of "rustbelt revitalization," Frazier's pictures tell...

Jessi teaches Squeaks all about Dung Beetles, a special kind of insect that pushes around something that might surprise you.



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