How to spot a pyramid scheme - Stacie Bosley
Adults Design
Learn the techniques and tricks that pyramid schemes use to recruit new members and how to avoid being fooled yourself.
Can you solve the jail break riddle?
Adults Design
You’re a bank robber trying to escape from jail. Can you solve the riddle to get past the fence to freedom?
How to Build a Dyson Sphere
Adults Design
If humans want to expand into space, it will take us incredible amounts of energy. How do we do that?
Does Someone Else Have Your Face?
Adults Design
They say everyone has a doppelgänger, but is that really true? This week we meet a young woman who found her own look-alike, and figure out how we actually recognize faces.
The Best Test of General Relativity
Adults Design
A launch mishap led to the best experimental confirmation of gravitational redshift.
The Raisin Bran Effect
Adults Design
The bottom of the cereal box is a disappointing place. But at least now you know why. Where do you see the Brazil Nut Effect around you?
Floating City Physics
Adults Design
How much would a floating city weigh?
Build An Underground Home
Adults Design
Build a shelter using ancient traditional building techniques.
Crispy Korma Salmon | Jamie Oliver | AD
Adults Design
This salmon recipe really is a game changer and a brilliant way to bring a whole world of spice to this amazing fish.
How to Build a 4K Editing Computer
Adults Design
The fast rendering capability of this new machine actually let me eat dinner with my family on the first night I used it. This is incredibly important to me.
Why Beautiful Things Make us Happy
Adults Design
It’s hard to define what makes something beautiful, but we seem to know beauty when we see it. Why is that and how does beauty affect our subconscious?
How rollercoasters affect your body - Brian D. Avery
Adults Design
In 1895, crowds flooded Coney Island to see America’s first-ever looping coaster: the Flip Flap Railway. But its thrilling flip caused cases of severe whiplash, neck injury and even ejections.
How a Moveable Space Can Ignite Creativity in the Classroom
Teachers Design
What is "design thinking"? It combines hands on learning (tinkering) with independent problem solving methodologies. This type of creative process is used in many design disciplines, like architecture, engineering and game design.
Hamburger icon: How these three lines mystify most people
Teachers Design
This hamburger icon has become a common symbol on our smartphones, tablets and computers. But, many ask, what is it, where did it come from, and do people really know what it means? Read the article to find out more about the hamburger icon.
Best Resources For Creating Infographics
Teachers Design
Infographics are visual representations of data designed to help communicate information clearly. They are great for English Language Learners, and the rest of us, too! To see examples of some of the best ones visit the linked sources.
Why Do Disney Princesses All Look Like Babies?
Adults Design
I noticed something weird about Disney Princesses lately. Naturally, I had to examine it through the lens of science.
What Happens When You Give Graffiti Artists An Abandon Warehouse
Adults Design
No wall is safe in the presence of a graffiti artist with a can in his hand. Here's an incredible time-lapse footage of what happens when Sofles, Fintan Magee, Treas and Quench are let loose in an empty warehouse.
Google Pixel Buds review
Adults Design
Google's Pixel Buds get a few of the basics right when it comes to wireless earbuds. Language translation via the Google Translate app is helpful in a pinch, and the Google Assistant experience is genuinely fast and fun. But these $159 earbuds are fussy, from the way that they fit in your ears to the way that they fit in the case. And not everyone will love the open design, which lets lots of outside noise in. The Pixel Buds are Google's first attempt at making wireless earbuds, and it shows.
How to solve problems like a designer
Adults Design
The design process for problem-solving, in 4 steps.
MIT's self-folding origami technology
Adults Design
MIT's self-folding origami technology that could change how we design everything from airbags to wearables.
Art Aquarium: Hidetomo Kimura's fishy installation
Adults Design
One of Tokyo's most popular summer attractions features LED light displays, impressive glass sculptures, an immersive soundscape and, most importantly, thousands of sea creatures. Japanese artist Hidetomo Kimura's Art Aquarium combines the movements of about 5,000 goldfish with light shows, beautifully crafted fishbowls, and projection mapping.