Dig into the history of comic books and graphic novels in education, and explore their potential for helping kids learn.

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In the 1940s, comic books became a mass medium, with millions of copies selling every month. Teachers even began experimenting by…

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The island of Surtsey off the coast of Iceland popped up basically in a week, and it's been a perfect natural experiment for ecologists. See, a new island means a sterile ecosystem that…

Jeroen van den Hoven examines whether technological progress and moral responsibility can co-exist.

This lecture was recorded at the Ri on 25 October 2025 in partnership with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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African penguins, as well as members of two closely related species, sport individually unique patterns of black dots on their white chest feathers.In a stud...

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In 2025, researchers announced a first of its kind breakthrough: They'd created a customized gene editor made for just one person.…

This December, space scientist and renowned science communicator Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock will be presenting the CHRISTMAS LECTURES in their 200th year noscriptd ‘Is there life beyond earth?’.

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With millions of people interacting with AI on a daily basis and trillions of dollars pouring into research and infrastructure, Nature asks six people at the...

After departing from the International Space Station at 8:41 p.m. EST on Dec. 8 (0141 UTC Dec. 9), NASA astronaut Jonny Kim is returning to Earth aboard the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky.…

Watch as NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, undock from the International Space Station and begin their voyage back to Earth. The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft is set to undock from the space station at…

After eight months aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Jonny Kim is getting ready to return home.

Watch as he gives his farewell remarks and climbs into the Soyuz spacecraft to head back to Earth. Hatch closure is scheduled for 5:15 p.m. EST…

Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos hands over command of the International Space Station to NASA astronaut Mike Fincke. Ryzhikov, fellow cosmonaut Alexey Zubritsky, and NASA astronaut Jonny Kim will return to Earth aboard a Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft on Dec. 8, concluding…

An early interest in reptile feeding behavior led evolutionary biologist Kurt Schwenk to study the tongues of lizards. Like Charles Darwin's finches, the var...

Professional musicians share the key components of being a great performer and what it means to have stage presence.

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"Think Like A Musician" connects you with working musicians who want to help the music-curious and music-passionate hone and share the…

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In 1939, 835 sheep were killed by a single bolt of lightning during a thunderstorm in Pine Canyon, Utah. This…

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Despite having a brain the size of a pinhead, jumping spiders in the genus Portia can plan ahead, learn through trial and error, and even lie. How are they so smart? They're changing…

How do we get ready to explore the Moon, Mars, and beyond? By pushing the limits right here on Earth.

Join us Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 3 p.m. EST (2000 UTC) as NASA experts take you behind the scenes in Iceland — where we study icy volcanoes, lava fields…

In 1935, French veterinarians observed a rabbit with a peculiar gait. Sometimes, when walking or running, the sauteur d'Alfort rabbit would lift its back leg...

By learning how atomic nuclei behave, form, and change, we begin to understand how the stars, and particularly, our sun produce their power.

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In his first lecture, Frank Close takes a look at the electromagnetic spectrum beyond the rainbow, from infrared to ultraviolet, from radio waves to gamma waves.

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In his third lecture, Frank Close looks at the various methods of imaging fundamental particles.

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Before the Large Hadron Collider there was the Large Electron Positron Collider, the largest lepton accelerator ever built.

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