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Capybaras nibbling on a huge pumpkin

Rion NakayaSeptember 24, 2020

Turn up the volume for some serious nibbling sounds. This video from Nagasaki Biopark features a crowd of hungry capybaras eating a...

Adiabatic expansion and how to make a cloud in a bottle

Rion NakayaSeptember 24, 2020September 24, 2020

If you happen to have a small amount of rubbing alcohol—which evaporates more easily than water—along with a large plastic bottle, a...

How to deal with anxiety from change and how to be at...

Rion NakayaSeptember 24, 2020September 24, 2020

Nothing is permanent. The world is always changing. The best thing we can do is try not to get too caught up...

Illustrating a photorealistic portrait, a time-lapse

Rion NakayaSeptember 23, 2020September 23, 2020

Australia-based illustrator Neeyellow specializes in photorealistic and hyperrealistic drawings, illustrations that look like photographs. In the time-lapse video above, he creates a...

What is the largest known star in the universe?

Rion NakayaSeptember 23, 2020September 23, 2020

What are stars? How do stars get so big? And what is the largest known star in the universe? Take an animated...

Broccoli sprouts growing in a jar, a time-lapse

Rion NakayaSeptember 22, 2020September 22, 2020

Sprouts, like these nutrient broccoli sprouts, are newly-germinated seeds that you can eat mixed into sandwiches, salads, stirfry, yogurts shakes, and more....

Why aren’t bird nests covered in poop?

Rion NakayaSeptember 22, 2020September 22, 2020

“Earlier this year I noticed a bird nest with a single bright blue egg sitting on my front porch,” explains video producer...

Mongolian Throat Singing: Batzorig Vaanchig sings with his children

Rion NakayaSeptember 22, 2020September 22, 2020

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia-based musician and Mongolian throat singer Batzorig Vaanchig sings a traditional song, Xotgoidiin Unaga, with his daughter Marla. He’s performing a...

Levitate a ball on an invisible stream of air

Rion NakayaSeptember 21, 2020September 21, 2020

At the Exploratorium, the answer to every question is an experiment. In the Build Your Own Exploratorium video series, science educators demonstrate...