Cool Mom Picks Today is the day that’s been traditionally celebrated as “Columbus Day” in the U.S., but knowing now what we know about Christopher…
A more perfect unit: The New Mole
The Kid Should See This THE MOLE—as in 6.02214076×10^23, the unit in chemistry used to count really really tiny stuff like atoms and molecules. Well,…
Bench (1980), an Al Jarnow animation
The Kid Should See This A bunny finds three large blocks and decides to make a bench. But that’s not as easy as…
The Flesh-Eating Beetles in Chicago’s Field Museum
The Kid Should See This Heed Atlas Obscura’s warning: “This video contains footage of flesh-eating beetles and carcasses.” There are a few brief bird de-feathering…
Can you solve the multiverse rescue mission riddle?
The Kid Should See This It was a normal Tuesday at the superconductor until a bug in the system caused your team to…
Pygmy marmosets, the World’s Smallest Monkey
The Kid Should See This Pygmy marmosets are arboreal creatures, scampering, dashing, and leaping from tree to tree in the sheltered areas of South America‘s…
Cards honoring women’s achievements beyond motherhood and marital status. (Shocking, I know.)
Cool Mom Picks I just got wind of Statement Cards, a new line of greeting cards designed to honor women’s successes beyond the traditional congratulatory…
Independent baby cephalopods in their first moments
The Kid Should See This This short clip from PBS Nature’s Octopus: Making Contact is choc-full of wonderous baby cephalopods. Baby bobtail squid…
The science of oobleck
The Kid Should See This Whether you call it a non-Newtonian fluid or oobleck, cornstarch and water is a classic mix that can provide hours…
Engineering with Origami
The Kid Should See This Why is the ancient art of origami so useful for engineering? In this episode of Veritasium, Derek Muller visits with…