Why is there a hexagonal structure in honeycombs? Why not squares? Or asymmetrical blobby shapes? In 36 B.C., the Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro wrote about two of the leading theories of the day. First: bees have six legs, so they...

Arthur Baudo of Motorola shows off the newly unveiled Xoom, incorporating dual 1GHz ARM Snapdragon processors, front and rear cameras, and the much-expected Android 3.0 ("Honeycomb") - the first tablet we've seen with it

What happens when a swarm of 30,000 honeybees make their home in the wall of an apartment complex? That's one sticky situation! This week, Coyote Peterson and the team head into the field with professional beekeeper and conservationist...

Howcast -Learn how to make a honeycomb Rainbow Loom bracelet in this Howcast video featuring The Lanyard Ladies.

Long before there were strip malls, skyscrapers, and combination Pizza Hut/Taco Bells, nature had its own architects: all kinds of creatures create all kinds of structures for living, raising offspring, or maybe just the occasional...

Academic and industry collaboration explores new architected materials with novel and customized behaviors



With support from NSF, engineers Pablo Zavattieri and Santiago Pujol of Purdue University and Nilesh Mankame...

Delve into the intricate process of honey making within the bustling honeybee hive. Learn how forager bees collect nectar from flowers, the transformation of nectar into honey through regurgitation and enzyme action, and the role of...

Pupil outcome: I can understand the honey-making process and sequence it in order. Key learning points: - Honey making is a complex, natural process which takes a very long time. - Bees visit thousands of colourful flowers to collect...

Note for Parents: This video contains microscopic images of insects. Having pulled this amazing wax frame out of our natural hive, I was really excited to take a closer look with my SPECIAL CAMERA and see what I could find! Using my...

The “Rose City” is a honeycomb of hand-hewn caves, temples, and tombs carved from blushing pink sandstone in the high desert of Jordan some 2,000 years ago. Hidden by time and shifting sand, Petra tells of a lost civilization. Little is...

From spirals to spots to fractals, nature is full of interesting patterns. Many of these patterns even resemble geometric shapes. One of the most common? Hexagons. Why do we see this six-sided shape occur so many times in nature? This...

Hexagons appear all over the natural world from honeycomb to bubbles, and they even appear in organic chemistry! In this episode of Crash Course Organic Chemistry, we're learning all about cyclohexanes, including how rings pucker to...

Honeycomb. Strawberries. Flower pods. Some people find these things incredibly scary. We call this extreme fear trypophobia. But why does it exist?

Learn the basics about catalytic converters, as a part of the overall environmental chemistry topic. A catalyst is a substance that causes a reaction to proceed more quickly, without being used up. A catalytic converter accelerates a...

CREDITS Animation & Design: Bard Sandemose Script: Simon Faulkner Learn the basics about catalytic converters, as a part of the overall environmental chemistry topic. A catalyst is a substance that causes a reaction to proceed more...

A NASA astrophysicist explains humanity’s big new toy Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videosf='http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>videos After 25 years and nearly $10 billion, the James...

Painted with numbers: mathematical patterns in nature Subscribe to the Guardian HEREref='http://bitly.com/UvkFpD' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>HERE Our universe is painted with numbers, says Marcus du Sautoy. Mathematical patterns...

From a bee’s hexagonal honeycomb to the elliptical paths of planets, symmetry has long been recognized as a vital quality of nature. Einstein saw symmetry hidden in the fabric of space and time. The brilliant Emmy Noether proved that...

From a bee’s hexagonal honeycomb to the elliptical paths of planets, symmetry has long been recognized as a vital quality of nature. Einstein saw symmetry hidden in the fabric of space and time. The brilliant Emmy Noether proved that...

Scientists in China are producing solar panels that can produce energy from the last source you'd expect - rainwater. In a study published in the journal Angewandte Chemie, researchers in China introduced a new type of solar panel that...

A perfect kids learning video about animals. Most of us are afraid of bees. But should we be so scared of these important insects? In this video about bees you will learn that bees are the most important pollinators. Bees pollinate...

Honeybees are some of nature's finest mathematicians. Not only can they calculate angles and comprehend the roundness of the earth, these smart insects build and live in one of the most mathematically efficient architectural designs...

Quick Questions explains how some bees can transform flower nectar into the liquid gold that you use to sweeten your tea.

Throughout history humans have come up with lots of different ways to build shelters for themselves. But sometimes, inspiration for better construction materials comes from nature, in structures you might not expect — like the scales on a