The Kid Should See This

How does a bowling alley work?

Rion NakayaDecember 18, 2017

Making efficient shapes with bubbles – The Bubbleologist

Rion NakayaJuly 11, 2013March 1, 2021

Planet-changing ‘invisible’ microbes on the deep sea floor

Rion NakayaOctober 8, 2018October 8, 2018

The Catenary and Mathematics All Around Us

Rion NakayaMarch 1, 2021March 1, 2021

Slot car racing in Finland

Rion NakayaJanuary 20, 2012November 17, 2014

The Mother of All Hot Wheels Tracks

Rion NakayaOctober 20, 2011August 19, 2014

How Do They Recycle Steel? (1999) – National Film Board of Canada

Rion NakayaSeptember 17, 2013April 16, 2019

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Why is getting things wrong good for science?

Rion NakayaAugust 25, 2021August 25, 2021

“We are taught from an early age to think of scientific facts as, well, facts. And it can be unsettling when this turns out to not be...

Ars Poetica #100: I Believe by Elizabeth Alexander

Rion NakayaAugust 25, 2021August 25, 2021

“Poetry, I tell my students, is idiosyncratic. Poetry is where we are ourselves…” begins poet, scholar, and educator Dr. Elizabeth Alexander. In this animated video from On...

Super soft no-knead bread (using bananas instead of milk or sugar)

Rion NakayaAugust 25, 2021August 25, 2021

Canada-based food YouTuber Helly urges her viewers to not waste aging bananas, but to use them as a yummy base for this soft no-knead, no milk, no...

Flame Tests of Metals, a Harvard chemistry demonstration

Rion NakayaAugust 24, 2021August 24, 2021

What colors do the salts of metals like sodium, lithium, potassium, calcium, strontium, barium, and copper emit when burned in a flame? See the colors with this...

Making Waves: What Happens When We Zoom in on Art?

Rion NakayaAugust 24, 2021August 24, 2021

Waves aren’t just in the ocean. “Waves are a disturbance that moves through space and time, bringing energy from one place to another.” Sound travels in waves....

Can you solve the giant spider riddle?

Rion NakayaAugust 23, 2021August 23, 2021

Can you beat reigning champion Queen Shelob on the Whirled Wide Web to solve The Giant Spider Riddle? Try this TED-Ed lesson by Math for Love‘s Dan...

How to make Mr. Shaha’s Balancing Bird

Rion NakayaAugust 23, 2021August 23, 2021

How can you easily make a “gravity-defying” physics toy with supplies from around the house? In this video, British science teacher, writer, and filmmaker Alom Shaha demonstrates...

How did Paula Rego decide to become an artist?

Rion NakayaAugust 23, 2021

“Paula Rego was born in Lisbon in Portugal in 1935. It was a dark and dangerous time. The prime minister of Portugal and his secret police punished...

Two Atlas robots show off their parkour skills

Rion NakayaAugust 22, 2021

Boston Dynamics‘ humanoid robot, Atlas, has come a long way from its 2013 debut. It’s no longer tethered to power, no longer stabilized to keep it from...

Grand Teton, a More Than Just Parks short film

Rion NakayaAugust 18, 2021

Watch clouds speed by. See the sun illuminate snow-covered mountains. Witness a bear in an open field. This striking 2016 footage of Jackson Hole Valley and the...

Recycle cardboard into anything with 3D printing, an XYZAidan demonstration

Rion NakayaAugust 18, 2021

“Paper is an incredible material, but why does it always have to be flat?” This was the question that got XYZAidan exploring papermaking and 3D-printed cardboard molds...

Can we track ocean plastic pollution from space?

Rion NakayaAugust 17, 2021

Bag, bottle, and straw have been left on the beach, but they won’t stay there long. The waves can easily carry them out into the ocean where...

Popular Words Invented by Authors

Rion NakayaAugust 17, 2021August 17, 2021

Chortle, droid, tween, freelancer, meme, scientist… Who invented these words and how did they come into everyday usage? In this episode of Otherwords from PBS Storied, host...

Tolou Keurs, Senegal’s drought-resistant circular gardens

Rion NakayaAugust 16, 2021

Crop circles of a new kind are sprouting in Senegal. These circular, drought-resistant Tolou Keur gardens are designed to improve food security, slow desertification, and provide livelihoods...

The digger bee who builds her sandcastles at the beach

Rion NakayaAugust 16, 2021

It might seem peculiar, bees living at the beach. But this is their home, and they spend the spring building their perfect beach condos. At their local...

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