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Three classic “Muppet Hands” films

Rion Nakaya
The YouTube channel MonsterpieceTheatre specializes in sharing classic Sesame Street shorts like the video above: Three “Muppet Hands” films with remastered audio. Watch gloved hands communicate and...

How does a python climb a tree?

Rion Nakaya
Snakes can climb trees. How? It depends on the species and the tree. For pythons, like the one in the video above, ‘concertina locomotion‘ moves them up...

Five 3D-printed impossible figure illusions

Rion Nakaya
Impossible objects are often two-dimensional illusions that look like conundrum-inducing three-dimensional objects. They can also be three-dimensional objects that confuse viewers from a very specific angle. This...

How do machines knit a sweater?

Rion Nakaya
Go behind the scenes at a South Korean knitting factory where most of the knitting is done by well-programmed machines. In this 13-minute Factory Monster video, skeins...

The animals of Nairobi National Park

Rion Nakaya
“Nairobi National Park is located less than 10 kilometers from the center of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi,” writes travel YouTuber Milosh Kitchovitch, “and you can see animals, with...

The Science of Waterslides

Rion Nakaya
Waterslides are synonymous with summer fun in the water, but potential energy, kinetic energy, momentum, and velocity are also at the core of how waterslides work. In...
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