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Magnetic Vibrations

Rion NakayaJune 30, 2022July 6, 2022

Observe the invisible as super strong neodymium magnets push, pull, quiver, and vibrate in these experimental setups. The physics demonstrations are a sound-filled video collaboration by Magnet...

Why did Ramesses II make so many colossal statues of himself?

Rion NakayaJune 29, 2022

What motivates a ruler to create a statue of himself? Or a towering statue of himself? Or dozens of towering statues of himself? In this Civilisations clip...

In The Gale, a Birdsong Project collaboration by Yo-Yo Ma and Anna Clyne

Rion NakayaJune 29, 2022June 29, 2022

The composition In The Gale by Grammy-nominated English composer Anna Clyne pairs celebrated American cellist Yo-Yo Ma with birdsong. The piece was recorded for Volume II of...

Why do cloud forest spiny pocket mice jump so much?

Rion NakayaJune 28, 2022

Cloud forest spiny pocket mice, small nocturnal rodents in the mountainous cloud forests of Costa Rica, are jumpy. Being a member of the kangaroo rat family helps...

Kentucky’s Horse-Riding Librarians

Rion NakayaJune 28, 2022

How can you deliver library books to remote parts of the country? In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, jobless Americans in isolated regions of Kentucky relied...

Growing a mango tree from a seed, a year-long time-lapse

Rion NakayaJune 27, 2022June 27, 2022

It takes four to seven years for a mango tree to bear its first fruit, but the way that this mango seed grows, sprouting its young dark...

From Egg to Polyphemus Moth

Rion NakayaJune 27, 2022June 27, 2022

Polyphemus moths, 15-centimeter (6-inch) wide silk moths, are one of the most common moths across Canada and the United States. According to Wikipedia, “the caterpillar can eat...

Longhorn Ankole Cows: The Cattle of Kings

Rion NakayaJune 21, 2022

The Longhorn Ankole Cows of Eastern Africa are usually remembered for the impressive size and shape of their horns, which can grow up to 2.4 meters (almost...

Elysia chlorotica, a “solar-powered sea slug” that’s also a plant

Rion NakayaJune 21, 2022

“The species of slug known as Elysia chlorotica may not look like much— it resembles a bright green leaf— but it’s one of the most extraordinary creatures...

A rainbow ribbon comb jelly in the Mediterranean Sea

Rion NakayaJune 17, 2022

Deep in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Ponza Island, Italy, fragile ribbon jellies like this comb jelly (Cestum veneris) glide through the water with wavelike...

Child and Man (Bache va Mard), an Iranian short film

Rion NakayaJune 17, 2022June 17, 2022

How do we live within our communities? How can we help keep our neighborhoods clean? And how can we express our respect and gratitude to the people...

The Langlands Program, the biggest project in modern mathematics

Rion NakayaJune 17, 2022

“In a 1967 letter to the number theorist André Weil, a 30-year-old mathematician named Robert Langlands outlined striking conjectures that predicted a correspondence between two objects from...

How to juggle 3 balls, a beginner tutorial by Taylor Tries

Rion NakayaJune 15, 2022

In this step-by-step juggling tutorial for beginners, Taylor Glenn from the Taylor Tries YouTube channel demonstrates the most productive way to learn how to juggle three balls....

How do solar storms happen?

Rion NakayaJune 15, 2022

What is plasma? What are solar winds and solar flares? How do solar storms happen? “Although it’s mostly hydrogen gas, the sun makes up 99.8% of our...

Cotton swab painted trees blossom with color

Rion NakayaJune 14, 2022June 14, 2022

Using a bundle of cotton swabs as painting tools, art tutorial YouTuber Jay Lee Painting demonstrates how stippling layers of acrylic colors can transform small blobs into...

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