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Grow spikes of crystals in the sun.

Downloadable media about earthquake science.

Visit Las Cuevas Research Station in Belize and the Natural History Museum in London to learn about the study of biodiversity.

High energy prices got you down? Discover how pickles can ease your troubles.

Explore new social science exhibits at San Francisco’s Civic Center.

Make amazing architecture with candy and toothpicks

Explore a timeline of homind fossils.

Four times over 100-plus years, major initiatives have brought together scientists from around the globe to collaboratively study the poles.

Grow your own stalagmites in luscious colors.

Make a paper model that helps explain the changing tides.

What do you really know about what you see?

This stuff can't make up its mind -- is it a liquid or a solid?

Grow marshmallows to monstrous proportions!

Explore the mythological significance of frogs in cultures around the world.

Using a spectroscope, you may see that what appears to be a single color of light is really a combination of colors called a spectrum.

The more astronomy changes, the more it stays the same. This series of images juxtaposes ancient and modern study of the celestial bodies.

Most paper airplanes are flat, but these paper hoops can really fly!

What do you really know about what you see?

The untold stories behind scientific discovery.

What is a gear ratio? And how do gears help make the bicycle so efficient?

Explore the important engineering concepts of yield strength, ultimate strength, and elasticity as they relate to building a better bicycle.

Use live data to check the weather in space, and learn how it can affect us here on earth.

You may be surprised at the results of this "wimpy" workout.

anatomy of a skateboard, skateboard tricks, types of skateboarding, physics glossary.

Get a taste of how the earth's plates move.

A brief introduction to the land of the midnight sun.

Follow our crew as they visit the Dry Valleys and hike the slopes of volcanic Mt. Erebus.

A collection of auditory illusions found in indigenous folk practices, popular music, and scientific research.

Pick one and guess the source

Imagine yourself in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean. You've been sailing for weeks, and there's no land in sight. Do you know where you are? Do you know which way to go?

Explore cantilevers and other structures by building with skewers.

Get a taste of how the earth's plates move.

Just how much fat is in ground beef? You may be surprised.

Saving seeds helps preserve the culture of Native American farmers in the American Southwest and northern Mexico.

Learn how sparkling wine is made, what makes it different from still wine, and where all those little bubbles come from!