Are Elevators Actually Robots?
The secret robots hiding in plain sight in your building.
The secret robots hiding in plain sight in your building.
Don't be scared! Find out why robots are our helpers, not our bosses.
Can a robot really fold up into a car? Find out how real-life folding robots work.
Meet Percy and Curiosity, the most famous space robots.
Measuring flour and cracking eggs with robotic precision.
How fast math helps machines predict where a ball will fly.
Will machines ever go to school for us? The fun truth about AI.
What happens when a machine breaks down? Who brings the tools?
Achoo! What happens when a machine gets sick with bad code.
Robot dogs, robot cats, and digital companions.
Tossing things in the air with perfect timing.
Fast metal fingers and perfectly timed musical notes.
You don't need shiny metal to be an engineer. Cardboard works great!
Is a robot an artist or just a machine following instructions? Let's explore AI art!
Find out how Artificial Intelligence teaches robots to beat the hardest video games!
Absolutely! LEGO is one of the best ways to learn engineering.
Can robots be happy or sad? Discover how robots 'feel' using sensors and code!
Storage bays, hoppers, and how robots hold items.
Why robots are the perfect astronauts to send into outer space.
What happens when you press the off switch?
Water and electricity don't mix! How do robots get clean?
Armor, bumper pads, and why we cover up fragile wires.
Find out what goes into making the smooth roads we drive on.
Discover the layers of the ocean and what lives at the bottom.
Discover how animals survive the cold winter by sleeping.
Learn about echolocation and how bats navigate without light.
Explore the aerodynamics of bird flight and their special feathers.
Find out how camels adapt to the harsh desert environment.
Learn about the amazing process of metamorphosis.
Discover the water cycle and how clouds drop rain.
Discover the pulleys and counterweights that power giant cranes.
Discover how thick concrete walls stop entire rivers.
Look up in the sky! Learn the secret behind how 4-propeller drones zoom through the air.
Gimbals and flying cameras that shoot amazing videos.
Discover the cofferdams and caissons used to build underwater columns.
Analyze the bottlenecks and throughput equations required to go from making 10 units to 10,000 units.
Explore how gills work and how fish get oxygen underwater.
Learn why trees are the lungs of the earth and provide habitats.
Learn about mushrooms and how they break down dead matter.
Learn the complex logistics of delivering manufacturing parts exactly when they are needed.
Explore tectonic plates and how they push earth into mountains.
Discover photosynthesis and how plants turn sunlight into food.
Humans bump into walls at night, but robots have cool tricks to see when it's pitch black.
Do robots speak English? Learn how machines communicate using invisible light and waves.
Learn how roots absorb nutrients and hold plants in place.
Learn the traffic engineering secrets behind why circles are safer than squares.
Look mom, no hands! The amazing technology of robot cars.
Learn how deep foundations keep giant buildings standing tall.
Discover how sensors on factory machines communicate with each other in real-time to prevent breakdowns.
Running a robot forever using the light from the sun!
Discover the strong silk spiders make and how they build their homes.
Explore the deep ocean with underwater remotely operated vehicles!
Learn how thick steel cables support massive bridges like the Golden Gate.
Learn about the steel skeletons that let architects use so much glass.
Learn the industrial process of shredding and melting down huge metal vehicles.
Learn about the sensors and timers that control busy intersections.
Find out how engineers dig tunnels underwater without flooding.
Learn how barcodes and robots help sort millions of items every day.
Learn how clean water travels from deep underground right into your sink.
Learn about Earth's magnetic field and how it guides us.
Explore the amazing journey of a package from factory to front porch.
Learn about light refraction and how rainbows appear after rain.
Understand the exothermic chemical reaction that slowly turns liquid cement to solid rock.
Cheetahs vs. Robots: Who wins the ultimate race?
Learn the math behind 'cycle time' and how fast cars can be built.
Is programming scary? Find out why learning code is like playing a puzzle.
Learn how industrial engineers use advanced math to optimize airplane flights and factory schedules.
Meet the microscopic nanobots that can fit on the head of a pin!
Can a robot lift a car? Learn about hydraulics and gear strength.
How dolphins and whales communicate using sound waves.
Echolocation is a lot like robot ultrasonic sensors!
Hibernation and saving energy like a robot on sleep mode.
The factory of the hive and how drones are copying bees.
And how are airplanes designed to look like them?
The most powerful jaws in the world.
Bioluminescence and glowing chemistry.
Understanding gills and how submarines explore the ocean.
Spring-loaded legs and jumping robots.
Tiny hairs that inspired sticky climbing robots.
Flapping wings 80 times a second!
Tiny harpoons and microscopic defenses.
Shovel-shaped claws moving dirt fast.
Heat sensors and carbon dioxide trackers.
The masters of disguise with no bones.
Special feathers that quiet the wind.
Changing their throats to sound like humans.
The strange tiny fins of underwater horses.
Sleek fins and hydrodynamics in the deep blue sea.
Conserving energy in the rainforest.
Slithering mechanics and snake-like rescue robots.
Regeneration and self-healing machines.
Digging gracefully without arms or legs.
The benefits of moving slowly and steadily.
Deep diving giants and pressure submarines.
Lifting heavy objects and how ant swarms work together like robot swarms.
Millions of tiny animals building massive structures.
Carrying babies in pouches!
The animal that has parts from mammals, birds, and reptiles!
Why crabs and insects have their skeletons on the outside.
The thick fat that keeps walruses warm in the arctic.
How chameleons hide and how robots use stealth.
The bouncy tendons that give them speed.
Microscopic scales and light reflection.
The mechanics of the fastest running animal and running robots.
Nature's greatest animal engineers altering the river.
Storing energy and water for long journeys.
The physics of twisting in mid-air.
Super smelling powers and chemical sensors.
The ultimate robotic arm in the animal kingdom.
Reaching high places and balancing heavy bodies.
Displays of color and patterns.
Keeping warm and moving efficiently on the ice.
Hearing danger and staying cool.
Built-in tools for defense.
Chemical defenses used by animals.
Super strong silk and how scientists try to copy it.
Built-in armor for protection.
Shock absorption in their heads and how it helps make better helmets.
Confusing predators and keeping flies away.
Exoplanets and the search for other Earths.
What would it take to build a human city on the red planet?
Farming without gravity: how we might grow lettuce on Mars.
Meet the mechanical explorers on Mars and beyond.
Why the universe is actually completely silent.
What science says about going into the future or the past.
Building bases and jumping high in low gravity.
It doesn't rain water everywhere—sometimes it rains diamonds!
How stars are born, live, and eventually go out.
Dust, rocks, and gravity swirling together over millions of years.
Can we reach the edge? How gigantic is everything out there?
Strapping into sleeping bags so you don't float away!
3... 2... 1... Blast off! The science of going to space.
Why don't the communication satellites crash back to Earth?
Why astronauts need big puffy suits to go outside the spaceship.
Like a giant balloon, everything is moving further apart.
Using giant lenses and mirrors to see things millions of miles away.
Can we drive a car to the moon? Let's find out how far it is.
Speeding through space faster than a cheetah or an airplane.
Learn about our closest star and the incredible heat it makes.
Is it a quick trip or a long journey?
Imagine looking up and seeing a dozen moons in the sky!
Looking back at billions of years of history.
If things float in space, how does gravity work?
Have we found life on other planets yet?
Connecting the dots with stars in the night sky.
Saturn has beautiful rings, but what are they actually built from?
Are they really stars falling out of the sky?
Space food isn't just freeze-dried ice cream anymore.
Spaghettification and other wild space mysteries.
Explore the most mysterious vacuums in the universe!
Dirty snowballs flying through the solar system.
Discover billions of stars swirling together in massive groups.
The biggest, brightest explosion in the entire universe.
Giant space rocks floating between Mars and Jupiter.
When the moon blocks the sun and turns day into night.
The invisible stuff that makes up most of the universe!
Brrr! Pack your warmest jacket for a trip to the icy giants.
It's not the one closest to the Sun! Find out which planet sizzles.
Welcome to our home galaxy! Learn what it looks like from the outside.
The sun and its family of planets, moons, and rocks.
A giant laboratory floating right above our heads.
Gravity squishes everything into a giant ball!
Find out why stars look like they are blinking in the night sky.
The reason for summer, winter, fall, and spring.
From full moon to crescent: the phases of the moon explained.
The rusty truth about our neighboring planet.
The story of why Pluto lost its planet status.
If there are so many bright stars, why is the background dark?
Ever wonder why the sky isn't green or purple?
Learn the fundamental differences between force applied to a material and how that material deforms.
Discover how high-rise buildings are designed to withstand gale-force winds without snapping.
Examine the civil engineering costs versus the long-term transportation benefits of bullet trains.
Explore how artificial intelligence is changing the way we transport physical goods.
Explore the massive mechanical 'moles' that cut through solid mountain rock to build subways.
Analyze the geometry and load distribution of complex truss bridge networks.
Discover the bustling underwater cities made of coral.
Find out why some animals are at risk of disappearing.
Find out how ancient creatures turned into stone over millions of years.
Find out about giant rivers of ice and how they shape the earth.
Learn about the beautiful glowing lights in the polar skies.
Motors, pneumatics, and the science of how metal arms move.
Learn about tectonic plates and why the ground shakes.
Robots don't eat pizza. So where do they get their energy to run and jump?
Learn how factories make thousands of the same toys every day.
The fun and exciting life of building machines for a living.
Turtles on their backs! How robots stand back up.
A robot that builds other things using melted plastic.
Learn why builders need special drawings before making a house.
Discover the seesaw-like physics behind this unique bridge design.
Understand what a carbon footprint is and how to reduce it.
Part human, part machine! How robotics helps people walk and see.
Discover how plants and animals survive in dry, hot places.
Understand how plants and animals are connected in the wild.
Explore the massive ocean storms and how they form.
Learn how engineers calculate the exact environmental impact of a product from blueprint to landfill.
Uncover the mystery of the Microcontroller, the super-fast brain that makes robots move.
Find out how different companies work together to make your favorite snacks.
Understand the powerful spinning winds of a tornado.
The super secret recipe that tells a robot exactly what to do.
Discover why snow suddenly slides down a mountain.
Understand how living and non-living things interact in an area.
Explore how robots and machines do the dangerous jobs in factories.
Understand how to turn food scraps into healthy soil.
Discover the recipe for the most used building material on Earth.
Explore the shock absorbers and base isolators that stop buildings from collapsing during quakes.
Find out how industrial engineers design chairs and tools to keep our bodies healthy.
Understand climate change and what it means for our planet.
Discover how engineers find the fastest, safest, and best way to do everything.
Discover how cutting out 'waste' helps companies save money and time.
Learn how plastic affects the ocean and what we can do.
Discover how workers make sure every single phone is perfect before selling it.
Learn how old materials are turned into new things to save the planet.
Learn about wind, solar, and other renewable energy sources.
Learn how we capture energy from the sun to make electricity.
Understand the invisible pushing and pulling forces acting on bridges.
Understand the invisible shield that protects Earth from the sun.
Discover the statistical tools engineers use to eliminate almost all errors in a process.
Learn how civil engineers design entire cities for optimal water flow, electricity, and transportation.
Meet the wiggly little motor that controls a robot's claw.
Find out how temperature and pressure make the wind blow.
Travel back in time to meet the first inventors of automation.
Find out why bees are crucial for our environment and food.
Learn about the safety gear engineers use on construction sites.
Find out why rainforests are home to so much life.
Aluminum, plastic, and the materials used to build cool machines.
Discover how arch bridges use curves to stay super strong.
Explore swamps and marshes and how they clean our water.
Analyze the ancient Roman engineering that still influences modern water transport.
Discover why the triangle is the strongest shape in architecture.
Learn about the massive HVAC ducts that keep giant skyscrapers cool.
Learn the science behind why leaves change colors in the fall.
Understand how water, ice, and heavy trucks slowly destroy asphalt.
Learn why computers use sounds to tell us what they are thinking.
Numbers are a robot's best friend. Let's see why.
Pew pew! Lasers aren't just for movies; they help robots measure distance.
Discover why snakes leave their old scales behind as they grow.
They look cute, but robot eyes serve a scientific purpose too!
Learn how the earth's atmosphere makes stars look like they twinkle.
Discover how steel bars give concrete the superpower to bend without breaking.
Explore how the moon's gravity pulls the ocean to create tides.
Discover amphibians and why they start their lives in water.
Learn about magma, pressure, and how volcanoes work.
Learn how breaking a big job into small steps makes everything faster!
Learn about water pollution and why clean water is essential.
Understand the science of snowflakes and winter weather.
Plastic gears and the importance of sturdy engineering.
Understand how mixing carbon and iron changed construction forever.
Explore where the salt in the ocean comes from and why it stays there.
Understand the science of sunlight and why our sky looks blue.
Walking is harder than it looks! Find out why engineers usually put wheels on robots.