Breakthrough: Connecting the Drops
Dr. Lydia Bourouiba studies how bacteria and viruses hitch a ride inside the droplets of sneezes, raindrops, toilet splatter.
View ArticleCreating The Never-Ending Bloom
Using meticulously crafted platforms, patterns, and layers, Edmark's art explores the seemingly magical properties that are present in spiral geometries.
View ArticleHow To Save The World’s Rarest Sea Lion Pups
After being hunted off of the mainland of New Zealand centuries ago, a new generation of the earth's rarest sea lions species has miraculously returned to the Otago Peninsula.
View ArticleBear In Mind The Muskox
Conservation scientist Joel Berger dresses up as a grizzly bear near musk oxen herds, to find out if male oxen make them safer from bears.
View ArticleBreakthrough: Polar Bear Witness
For USGS wildlife biologist Karyn Rode, tracking and tranquilizing polar bears from a helicopter are the just the first thrilling steps in her research.
View ArticleDesktop Diaries: Michael Pollan
In the latest installment of our Desktop Diaries video series, we'll take you into the home office (and garden) of the famous food and nature author Michael Pollan.
View ArticleIt’s A Bird! It’s A Plane! It’s Snarge!
Every day, the Smithsonian Institution's Feather Identification Lab receives dozens of envelopes filled with the remains of birds scraped off the sides of airplanes.
View ArticleShedding Light On The New Zealand Glow Worm
Biochemists Miriam Sharpe and Kurt Krause hope to discover the molecular basis for the New Zealand glow worm's bioluminescence.
View ArticleThe Whales Of New York
Just a few short miles from downtown Manhattan, you might see something unexpected—whales feeding.
View ArticleHotel Nematoda
To study human aging, researchers devised a place where worms can check out but never leave.
View ArticleBreakthrough: The Killer Snail Chemist
Mandë Holford wanted to bridge the gap between biology and chemistry. Then, she saw a video of a snail eating a fish.
View ArticleBeauty Beyond Skin Deep
We used to know very little about animal anatomy. Now, a new imaging technology allows us to see things that were in front of us the whole time.
View ArticleBreakthrough: Bitter Water
For Navajo hydrologist Karletta Chief, water is sacred. When a mine spill contaminated a vital river in the Navajo Nation, she decides to investigate the potential environmental and health impacts it...
View ArticleNew Visions Of Ancient Creatures
A paleoartist reinterprets the dinosaurs we thought we knew so well.
View ArticleBats Take Flight
Thanks to high-speed video, we now know that bats fly very differently compared to birds.
View ArticleThe Very Hungry Maggot
What happens when you give hundreds of puppies a single bowl of food? This mechanical engineer is trying to solve this problem with physics…and maggots.
View ArticleHurricane In A Box
Unable to study Category 5 hurricanes in the field, University of Miami researchers create them from scratch in a giant box.
View ArticleReading A Dog’s Mind
How can you get a glimpse into a dog’s mind? Start with an MRI machine.
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