In this week's episode we discover hidden dangers in crib mattresses. We learn about a new stretchable antenna for wearable health monitoring devices. We study the dynamics of deep Earth and finally we explore Antarctic ice sheets from...

Environmental engineers collect water samples near a chemical spill by Charleston, West Virginia for further analysis. The spill prompted officials to advise about 15 percent of the state's residents to not use the water. In the...

Plants defend themselves using a variety of physical features such as raphides and trichromes. Let's look at some of these mechanical plant defenses and how they function.

NASA-funded scientists have traced the origins of mysterious pockets of high ozone concentrations and low water vapor in the air above the western Pacific Ocean near Guam to fires burning in Southeast Asia and in Africa, half a...

In this video, the teacher explains how ants walk in a straight line and communicate with each other using pheromones. They also discuss the eating habits of ants and why red ants bite while black ants do not. The teacher concludes by...

The COVID-19 pandemic caused people to think more about how germs spread across surfaces and how we clean those surfaces. Let's investigate which areas carry the most germs and some creative methods of sanitizing.

Pandemic Changes...

In this live-action program viewers will learn that scientific disciplines, such as Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, are based on observation and experiment. Students will come to understand that the first line of defense...

This video is answering the question of why does it smell nice when it rains.

In the green buffet under the sea, some fish prefer to nibble on seaweeds that emit chemicals toxic to precious corals, making for happy corals and even happier fish. Using underwater video cameras to record fish feeding on South Pacific...

Why not get hands on with some Halloween kitchen science this season! Join Greg and Maddie as they make 'TROLLS BRAIN JUICE' and do an awesome colour changing science! All you need for this experiment is a couple of slices of red...

Glial cells are various types of brain cells. There are 3 main types of glial cells - astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and microglial cells. These cells protect neurons, help neurons pass information, and keep the brain healthy. These group...

This nugget describes various types of industrial waste.

Enforcement of Environmental Protection Laws

The next three decades will see an end of the era of big ozone holes. In a new study, scientists from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center say that the ozone hole will be consistently smaller than 8 million square miles by the year...

Electronic cigarettes, like Juul, have been in use in the United States for over a decade now, so what’s up with the sudden spike in e-cigarette related illnesses? SPOILER: We wish we knew more.

From the archives: a remarkable story of perseverance, courage and some incredible luck. Tom Trantham shares his story about the development of his 12 Aprils feeding program and how this discovery saved his farm from the brink of...

The consolidation of power by the top agrochemical companies like Monsanto and Syngenta, owning a significant portion of commercial seeds, underscores a control over the global food supply, raising concerns about food diversity and...

This video provides an overview of the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA), a federal law that regulates the production and importation of new chemicals.

NASA | MAVEN Mission to Mars

What is love, and how does it work from a biological perspective? What are the hormones involved? In this video, I dig into the science that governs attraction.

Dr. Robert Gross, of Cooper Mountain Vineyards, shares his unconventional philosophy and approach to winemaking.

T-cells play a crucial role in the adaptive immune response – our ability to recognize specific antigens on foreign invaders like pathogens. In this video, we’re going to look at how they develop.

In this Super Science Rewind, Charlie and Jordan demonstrate how the cells responsible for relaying information from the ear to the brain adapt to noise levels in an environment. A cell in the auditory nerve exposed to loud sounds for a...

In this live-action program viewers will learn that smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable death. Students will come to understand that when a person smokes, hundreds of toxic chemicals are inhaled with every puff and many...