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See a map of recent earthquakes in the United States, and learn why earthquakes happen so frequently on the West Coast.
Explore webcasts, stories, dispatches, photos, and articles of total and annular solar eclipses and transits.
Listen to bird songs and try to figure out which are songs, which are companion calls, and which are alarms.
Make a spinning disc called a stroboscope, which lets you create your own animated cartoon.
Visit Las Cuevas Research Station in Belize and the Natural History Museum in London to learn about the study of biodiversity.
Explore webcasts, stories, dispatches, photos, and articles of total and annular solar eclipses and transits.
Humpbacks, minkes, and orcas are often sighted in the nutrient-rich Antarctic waters.
Explore the places, people, tools, and ideas behind the origins of matter, the universe, and life itself.
Make a simple rocket and a rocket launcher, and watch a demonstration of how the finished rocket will fly.
Download a PDF file with step-by-step instructions for doing your own cow's eye dissection.
When you ride a bike in a straight line, you must make many minor corrections in order to stay upright.
Explore the creative process behind Theo Jansen's extraordinary strandbeests.
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