NASA
Designing Lucy’s Path to the Trojan Asteroids
Lucy is the first mission to explore the Jupiter Trojans – two swarms of asteroids that share Jupiter’s orbit, leading and trailing the giant planet by sixty degrees. These primitive bodies are thought to be the “fossils” of planet...
Journey to the Microcosmos
How Do Microorganisms Poop Without a Butthole?
Everybody poops, but how does one poop when one does not have a butthole?
Rock 'N Learn
Life Science: Xylem and Phloem Song
Here's an exciting way to learn important facts and get ready for a life science test! In this episode we'll be looking at the xylem and phloem with a fun song.
Journey to the Microcosmos
Death in the Microcosmos
Death is inevitable and mysterious, even in the microcosmos. Stentors, heliozoans, and yes, even tardigrades, experience death in many different ways.
NASA
NASA’s TESS, Spitzer Missions Discover World Orbiting Unique Young Star
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and retired Spitzer Space Telescope have found a young Neptune-size world orbiting AU Microscopii, a cool, nearby M dwarf star surrounded by a vast disk of debris. The discovery makes...
Curated Video
Shark Anatomy and Evolution
This video explores the fascinating world of sharks, highlighting their diversity, evolution, and predatory nature. From the smallest Lantern shark to the mighty whale shark, these creatures have roamed the oceans for millions of years....
Food Farmer Earth
Benefits of Organic Seed Breeding - Frank Morton
From the archives: Frank Morton, a Willamette Valley organic seed breeder shares his expert knowledge of plant breeding techniques that have evolved over time. As an organic farmer, Morton emphasizes the importance nature and the natural...
A Capella Science
Evo-Devo (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Parody)
An exploration of the origin and workings of the biological information-processing systems involved in embryonic development, to the tune of Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee's "Despacito"
NASA
First Map of Mars Electric Currents
Five years after NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft entered into orbit around Mars, data from the mission has led to the creation of a map of electric current systems in the Martian atmosphere. Unlike Earth, Mars lacks a protective global magnetic...
Journey to the Microcosmos
What Humans and Stentors Have in Common
This week, we're diving back into the world of Stentors to find out what humans and Stentors have in common!
Journey to the Microcosmos
Stentors Single-Celled Giants
It's time to meet a single-celled organism that is bigger than a tardigrade! We'll learn how Stentors reproduce, why they look like trumpets, and why some of them are just SO BLUE!
NASA
Lyman Spitzer: Making Space For Hubble
Seventy-five years ago, astronomer Lyman Spitzer envisioned a future for space exploration that deepened humanity’s curiosity about the cosmos. A visionary behind the Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer was among the earliest astronomers...
Financial Times
How Venezuela's oil industry collapsed
The country's oil industry was once the envy of the region, but after decades of mismanagement and corruption the sector is facing ruin. The FT's Andean correspondent Gideon Long asks what went wrong.
Journey to the Microcosmos
Trying to Make Sense of This Overwhelming World
The goal of phylogenetic trees is to track the organisms we know of through their place in evolution.
Cerebellum
Prehistoric Man Human Evolution Lower Paleolithic - Different Types Of The Homo Genus
Experts now agree that Africa was the birthplace of humankind. Many of the oldest fossils have been discovered in Africa. Climatic changes and the Ice Age, which began close to three million years ago, gave rise to the spread of our...
Curated Video
The Theory of Evolution and its Challenges: Darwin, Lamarck, and the Science Behind Adaptation
This video discusses Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and how it was received at the time it was published. It starts with Darwin's observations during his world expedition in the 19th century, particularly on the finches of the...
Journey to the Microcosmos
The Remarkable Mystery of Land Plants
Somewhere around 470 million years ago, something happened that shouldn’t have been particularly striking. An algae found its way onto land. This algae turned the lands of this earth green, altered the chemistry of our atmosphere, and...
Nature League
The Threats Facing Forests - Field Trip
In this Nature League Field Trip, Brit gets a first-hand look at the challenges facing forests in the Rocky Mountains, including fires, drought, climate change, and pine beetles. Special thanks to Professor Diana Six at the University of...
Journey to the Microcosmos
How to Identify Microbes
When there are over one trillion species, it can be hard to determine what you're looking at on your microscope. Thankfully we've got some helpful tips for you!
NASA
NASA | Journey to Galapagos
NASA oceanographer Dr. Gene Carl Feldman is no stranger to the Galapagos Islands, although he has never been there. He has studied these "Enchanted Isles" from the vantage point of space for the last 25 years, but in July 2009 he will...
Journey to the Microcosmos
The Illuminating Reason Perenema Curl Up Into a Ball
Watching this Peranema feels a bit like watching a cat waffling back and forth between whether or not it wants to take a nap. Sometimes the Peranema stretches, its body undulating into an elongated, indescribable geometry as its flagella...
Nature League
Nature + Performing Arts
On this special edition of Nature League, Brit explores nature in the context of the performing arts by showing the behind-the-scenes process of putting on a production of Disney's "The Little Mermaid". Special thanks to the Missoula...
Rock 'N Learn
Life Science: The Life Cycle
Here's an exciting way to learn important facts and get ready for a life science test! In this episode we'll be looking at the life cycle.