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LA Times YA Summer Reading Guide
In continuing our lists of summer reading lists, we’re happy to share with you the Los Angeles Times’ Summer Reading Guide for Young Adults. The list consists of only twelve books which are not even...
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The Shocking Truth About Electric Animals
SciShow’s Hank Green explains that most electroreceptive animals use their electricity for good, that is, they use it simply to navigate their surroundings. But wait, there’s more: If you’re 13 or...
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What’s the Deal with Ketchup?
Here’s a great video from TEDed explaining how weird ketchup’s behavior is and why it’s so hard to pour. It doesn’t mention it, but the video also explains why, when we squeeze out ketchup we often...
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Spiders Tune their Webs Like Guitar Strings
Thanks to NPR’s Skunkbear Tumbler site, we found this fun, short video showing how spiders tune the silk threads of their webs like guitar strings. They then use the distinct vibrational frequencies...
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Websites We (Really) Like — Geek Gurl Diaries
Geek Gurl Diaries is a YouTube web series for teenagers who want to be makers and creators of technology. From the Geek Gurl Diaries “about” page: “Like Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Python, Programming,...
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What’s Cool About E-Cigarettes?
E-cigarettes contain nicotine which can be toxic and is a HIGHLY addictive substance. Nicotine is a tobacco product and “vaping” won’t prevent you from taking up smoking real cigarettes later on, in...
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The Science Behind How Swings Work
One of our favorite YouTube channels, Sixty Symbols, has uploaded a video explaining how swings work and how you can get them to keep on swinging. It’s something our bodies know how to do almost...
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Ruby, the Orphaned Flying Fox
ZooBorns, one of our favorite websites of all time, has a great video up today featuring Ruby, a three week old orphaned Red Flying Fox bat. We have to admit we never thought of bats as particularly...
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Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern
Cammie McGovern‘s young adult novel Say What You Will is finding itself on many summer reading lists. The synopsis: John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars meets Rainbow Rowell’sEleanor & Park in this...
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Giant Bubbles Popping in Slow Motion via The Slow Mo Guys
We’re pretty fond of those nutty Slow Mo Guys (except when they did that dumb mouse trap thing) and are thrilled to share their latest vid with you. In this video Gav and Dan introduce you to the...
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