$15 thrift store shoe restoration
Earlier generations may have seen their parents or grandparents restoring old leather shoes with a wash, a shoe tree, leather...
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Why do fish school?
Schooling fish, a mesmerizing, undulating mass of sleek bodies that bends, breaks and becomes again. This collective movement is dazzling,...
How does Faber-Castell make pencils?
From the leads to the pencils, to painting and stamping, to finishing, this how-it’s-made promotional video for office and art...
Automata artist Keith Newstead’s Curious Contraptions
The Exploratorium’s Curious Contraptions exhibits showcase some truly delightful pieces of automata, mechanical devices that move in patterns and often...
4 Levels of Cinnamon Roll: Amateur to Food Scientist
From the 4 Levels food science series from Epicurious, watch amateur Emily, home cook Gabrielle, and Tracey, a professional pastry...
Inside the LEGO Minifig Factory
Go behind-the-scenes at LEGO’s Kladno, Czech Republic minifig factory where the specialized machines endlessly mold, jiggle, and stamp little plastic...
How to make a cotton ball launcher
Create a cotton ball launcher with stuff from around the house: Some cardboard tubes, a pencil or popsicle stick, and...
Simon In The Land of Chalk Drawings
When Simon drew things with chalk, they would become real in the land of chalk drawings. His friend Henry lived...
The Life of a Plastic Bottle
What happens to a plastic bottle after we’ve used it and thrown it into a recycling bin… or when it’s...
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Combat demonstrations in fifteenth century suits of armor
From Le Figaro, Le combat en armure au XVe siècle, in which two people demonstrate what it was...
The Phonotrope (formerly the Phonographantasmascope)
This Phonotrope video (which picks up at about 40 seconds) is by the fascinating Jim Le Fevre,” a BAFTA...
Golden Kingdoms: Luxury & Legacy in the Ancient Americas
Emblems of royalty, sacred offerings, ornaments, adornments, and treasures endowed with symbolic significance. Follow the development of goldworking...
Making a new felted kimono coat from recycled sweaters
What if every company we buy clothes from offered to take back those clothes and reuse the materials...
Excavating 101 at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum
How do paleontologists excavate fossils and what tools do they use? In this video from the La Brea...
The Museum of Science and Energy’s Van de Graaff Generator
The Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge, Tennessee introduces the Van de Graaff Generator and static...
London’s historic Mail Rail ride
In the early 1900s, London’s busy streets caused serious delays in mail delivery. The solution: London’s Mail Rail,...
Ancient Ancestors Come to Life at the Smithsonian
“The human story is really nothing short of the story of a little corner of the universe becoming...