Primitive Technology: Water Bellows (uses water instead of leather)
Adults Construction Creativity Education DIY EngineeringI built a Water Bellows. It’s an upside-down clay pot with an inlet valve and an outlet spout. The inlet valve is simply a hole in the pot with a leaf plastered to the inside with wet clay so that it forms a one-way flap valve.
The Fastest Ant on Earth | Earth's Great Seasons | BBC Earth
Adults Animals Life Nature ScienceWith extra long legs to raise their bodies above the hot ground and silver hair to reflect the sun, silver ants are built for life in the desert. But even they have limits, and being the fastest ant on Earth comes in handy when you have to race to beat the heat.
Find The Letters
Kids Education Reading EntertainmentElmo Fish and Abby Fish need your help to find Dorothy the Goldfish in the sea! Can you find the letters S-W-I-M?
Britain's Ugliest Dog
Youth Animals Humor Relationships EntertainmentPeggy was crowned Britain's Ugliest Dog recently and got the celebrity treatment as part of her prize.
A Part Of Something Special
Kids Music Self CreativityWhether you like to draw pictures, skateboard, or play pretend together, grab your sibling and celebrate the something special that you have with this song.
How should we measure intelligence? | Mary-Helen Immordino Yang
Adults Human Psychology Society EducationOur society has an obsession with quantifying everything, often applying measurements and numerical values where they aren't necessary.
If You Take A Mouse To School
Kids Books Reading Entertainment CreativityFollow along and see what might happen if you take a mouse to school.
Is Nuclear Power “Too Expensive”?
Adults Economy Education Technology EnergyThe best argument against nuclear power, maybe the only real argument, is that nuclear power is “too slow” to build and is “too expensive” to finance. Is this true?
5 Ways CRISPR Is About to Change Everything
Adults Biology Biotechnology Human Science HealthCRISPR-based gene therapies are already changing healthcare for things like sickle cell disease. But CRISPR is bigger than just medicine, and it could revolutionize everything from food and agriculture to green energy fuels to plastics.
How To Draw: Baby Garfield
Kids Art Creativity How-toToday, we're learning how to draw baby Garfield.
How Do Cicadas Make Noise?
Youth Animals Environment Science NatureLearn a bit about the science of how cicadas make their unique noise.
Cleaning Up Space Debris
Youth Science Space TechnologyPaladin Space founder Harrison Box, explains the dangers of space debris — and how their innovative solution aims to combat this threat.