“There’s a worm in the bottom of my garden and its name is Wiggly Woo!” Bring a cherished nursery rhyme to life by introducing simple science to your little ones. It doesn’t just have to be for little children too....

When science and art mix! This is the simplest way to introduce somebody to chromatography. Collect all the materials, show children how it is done, and let them experiment with their own designs.

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From the section: Getting Started With Reinforcement Learning Using OpenAI Gym. In this section, we will introduce the basics of the reinforcement learning problem, and explain how OpenAI gym helps with developing and research...

Advancing spatial science and predictive analytics to help mobile clinics reach those who need them most



Description: The overall goal of this National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported project is to optimize and...

New sensor offers continuous monitoring, immediate detection of lead



Description: Mechanical engineer Junhong Chen and a team at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (UWM), have developed what you might...

So today I decided I was going to pour molten aluminum on something. I just finished a new propane powered furnace and I wanted to put it to the test!



I don't know why my brain jumped to watermelon, but I'm glad it did....

Today, your Passport to Discovery is taking you behind-the-scenes in Houma, Louisiana, where a keel-laying ceremony kicked off construction on the Resolution, the latest NSF-funded research vessel designed for science on the...

My friend Joe and Coyt invited me to come hangout and watch the cub scouts launch a high altitude balloon for their engineering pin. Greg, one of the pack leaders, designed a GPS receiver that transmits data over amateur radio...

As Psychology is a science, it uses the experimental method in a similar way to Physics, Chemistry and Biology. However, because of the subject matter Psychologists are studying, it can sometimes seem a bit confusing. Under the hood, a...

How does an astronaut prepare physically and mentally to launch into space? NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, who traveled to the International Space Station in April 2021 as part of the SpaceX Crew-2 mission, shares stellar life lessons...

Perhaps you’ve punched out a paper doll or folded an origami swan? TED Fellow Manu Prakash and his team have created a microscope made of paper that's just as easy to fold and use. A sparkling demo that shows how this invention could...

Harvard team is advancing soft, wearable robots with embedded sensors for hand and arm rehabilitation



Tim Gatautis suffered a spinal cord injury in a swimming accident nearly a decade ago, and he's had to use a...

In a tsunami, devastation is created by far more than the wave itself. Debris that hits homes and other structures plays a huge role in a tsunami's destructive power. But until now, engineers could only estimate the forces at work when...

New biomedical textiles show potential of smart, human-centered service systems



Description: Engineers are joining forces with designers, scientists and doctors at Drexel University to produce new biomedical...

The Mobile Area Education Foundation is designing lessons to teach kids that engineering and math can solve real-world problems...like designing ways to catch blood clots in a model human circulatory system.

Using smart materials to design active and multifunctional building skins that react to the environment



With support from NSF, a multidisciplinary team of material scientists, engineers and architects is using...

When you think of researchers working on nanotechnology, you probably picture scientists and engineers manipulating incredibly small structures in a state-of-the-art lab. But there are many others who are also interested in...

Researchers aim to give DBS patients more control, fewer side effects



This University of Washington research is advancing deep brain stimulation, or DBS, which is used to treat people with essential tremor, Parkinson's...

Experimental designs make a huge impact on the validity of an experiment's results. In this video, we explore the three main types of experimental design used in Psychology experiments: 1) Repeated Measures 2) Independent Groups 3)...

The natural world has many tricks to teach us about efficiency and design. Take the carnivorous pitcher plant: its super slippery surface acts like a slide for unsuspecting ants that can't stop themselves from sliding right...

Building sensors feed new community models to maximize function, minimize disruption after an earthquake



Description: Structural engineers at the University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) are using downtown Los...

Engineers design vine-like, inflatable, plastic bots that can change shape to solve problems. Description: Animals inspire many designs for robots, from the gecko-inspired StickyBot to RoboBees. But mechanical engineers at Stanford...