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A collection of resources about Nuclear Energy encompasses a comprehensive examination of the multifaceted aspects of nuclear power. This collection delves into the technological advancements in nuclear energy generation, exploring reactor designs, fuel cycles, and innovations aimed at enhancing efficiency and sustainability. It also addresses t...
Microbiome - Food, Health, Dieting and the gut, digestive system
Telescopes, Stars and Astronomy
A collection of resources about Electricity, offers a comprehensive overview of fundamental concepts, theories, and applications in the field of electrical systems. This collection encompasses a wide range of topics, including the principles of electric circuits, voltage, resistance, power generation and distribution, renewable energy technologi...
a collection of articles and videos looking at the rise of (non-government) independent space travel
A collection of resources about Battling Parkinson’s provides comprehensive insights into the challenges and strategies associated with managing Parkinson's disease. This collection covers a range of topics, including the latest scientific research on the pathology and progression of the disease, innovative treatment options, and therapeutic int...
a collection about Oceans and Coral Reefs
Articles and videos looking at the Oceans and Pollution
Articles and videos looking at the Oceans and Pollution
a collection of articles about CERN and other Physics Research Centers around the World
India - Science, Startups, Tech, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
a collection of articles about European Science and Space Exploration
a collection of articles and videos about the UN Sustainable Development Goals - #13. Climate Action
Articles and videos looking at air quality and Pollution
Chemistry and the Periodic Table of Elements
a collection of articles about Genetic Engineering, DNA, Ethics and Science
a collection of articles with examples and use cases of CRISPR, gene editing and DNA manipulation
Science Fiction book: The Electric State
Space Exploration and Genetic Engineering, DNA, Ethics, Science
NSF National Science Foundation - USA government organizatoin to promote progress of science
Reading Science Fiction can help predict / prevent the future
a collection of articles about GeoEngineering, Climate Change, Debates and Science
Genetic Engineering, GMOs and the Environment - GeoEngineering, Debates and Science
STEM majors at university
a collection of articles about maker spaces
a collection of articles and video about Home Improvement, and DIY projects
a collection of articles and videos looking at the "do it yourself" (DIY) and maker movements
a collection of articles and videos looking at the "do it yourself" (DIY) and maker movements
a collection of articles and videos looking at Craftsmanship, DIY, and Makers
a collection of articles and videos looking at the "do it yourself" (DIY) and maker movements

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New Evidence Points to Icy Plate Tectonics on Europa

Jupiter’s moon Europa features a warm subterranean ocean covered in ice. For years, scientists have wondered if certain surface features are the re... (2017)


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After 37 years, Voyager 1 has fired up its trajectory thrusters | Ars Technica

This week, the scientists and engineers on the Voyager team did something very special. (2017)


Article

Secret Link Uncovered Between Pure Math and Physics

An eminent mathematician reveals that his advances in the study of millennia-old mathematical questions owe to concepts derived from physics. (2017)


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Bacteria found on International Space Station may be alien in origin, says cosmonaut

Bacteria found on the outside of the International Space station could be alien life, according to a cosmonaut who has visited the satellite. Space... (2017)


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Why Finland wants the EU to abolish daylight saving time - The Economist explains

YESTERDAY countries in the European Union gained an hour of Sunday, thanks to daylight saving time (DST). The biannual turning of the clocks—an hou... (2017)


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The Beginning of the End for Copper | POTs and PANs

The FCC voted last Thursday to relax the rules for retiring copper wiring. This change was specifically aimed at Verizon and AT&T and is going to m... (2017)


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First Support for a Physics Theory of Life | Quanta Magazine

Take chemistry, add energy, get life. The first tests of Jeremy England’s provocative origin-of-life hypothesis are in, and they appear to show how... (2017)


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Fake News About Dolly the Cloned Sheep - The Atlantic

A study of the famous animal’s bones suggests the conventional wisdom about how clones age is probably wrong. Dolly the sheep was the first anim... (2017)


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Armed with tough computer chips, scientists are ready to return to the hell of Venus

Silicon carbide transistors could let landers survive for months rather than hours (2017)


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How the sugar industry tried to hide the health effects of its product 50 years ago

Pour some sugar (science) on meeeee “About 50 years ago, the sugar industry stopped funding research that began to show something they wanted to... (2017)


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Brisbane researchers discover bees can be left or right-handed

Professor Mandyam Srinivasan, from the University of Queensland's Brain Institute, was studying how honeybees avoid colliding in mid-air when he no... (2017)


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Astronomers unveil secrets of interstellar visitor

Technology & Science - CBC News Astronomers say they've learned more about the first known object to enter our solar system from deep space, inc... (2017)


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International Space Station - Google Maps

virtually explore the International Space Station - Google Maps (2017)


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Closest Temperate World Orbiting Quiet Star Discovered

ESO, European Southern Observatory, 2017: ESO’s HARPS instrument finds Earth-mass exoplanet around Ross 128. A temperate Earth-sized planet h... (2017)


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An Earth-Sized Exoplanet in Our Cosmic Neighborhood

The Atlantic, 2017: "Astronomers have found a temperate world orbiting a star just 11 light-years away. Discovering an exoplanet isn’t what it ... (2017)


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Germany Is Burning Too Much Coal

Bloomberg, 2017: "Its reputation as a leader on climate change is not entirely deserved. Germany is widely seen as a world leader in the fight ... (2017)


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Inside the Eye: Nature’s Most Exquisite Creation

National Geographic, 2017: “To understand how animals see, look through their eyes. “If you ask people what animal eyes are used for, they’ll s... (2016)


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Physics Has Demoted Mass

- Issue 54: The Unspoken - Nautilus, 2017: "Modern physics has taught us that mass is not an intrinsic property. Now comes the shock. In the ... (2017)


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How an Amateur Astronomer Became One of History’s Greatest Solar Observers

Atlas Obscura, 2017: "A Woman Who Spent Her Life Observing the Sun Is Finally Getting Scientific Recognition. Hisako Koyama is being lauded for ... (2017)


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Cancer Doctors Cite Risks of Drinking Alcohol

New York Times, 2017: "Drinking alcohol, even modest amounts, increases the risk of breast cancer and other cancers. (2017)


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US government approves 'killer' mosquitoes to fight disease

Nature Magazine, 2017: "US Environmental Protection Agency will allow release of insects in 20 states and Washington DC. The US Environmental P... (2017)


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What Happens If China Makes First Contact?

The Atlantic, 2017: "As America has turned away from searching for extraterrestrial intelligence, China has built the world’s largest radio dish f... (2017)


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Robot-assisted surgery for kidney removal

- associated with longer operating times, higher cost A Stanford study of nearly 24,000 patients with kidney cancer concluded that robot-assiste... (2017)


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Feynman Diagrams in the USA, Japan, and the Soviet Union

MIT press, "Spreading the Tools of Theory", by David Kaiser, Kenji Ito and Karl Hall: "Historians and sociologists have highlighted the importance ... (2017)


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What is consciousness, and could machines have it?

Science, 2017: “The controversial question of whether machines may ever be conscious must be based on a careful consideration of how consciousness... (2017)


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A newly discovered moon tunnel could be the perfect place for a colony, scientists say

A NASA researcher proposed the idea back in 1971. The lava tunnels of the moon, like the mythical canals of Mars, have proved elusive — until now. (2017)


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Psst, the human genome was never completely sequenced

Contrary to popular belief, the human genome was never completely sequenced. Some scientists say those gaps may play a role in diseases such as can... (2017)


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Big brains come with big social groups in whales and dolphins

Do social pressures cause the evolution of big brains? The debate is ongoing...Why are humans so smart? We must have evolved in an environment that... (2017)


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Cutting Carbs Won't Save You From Cancer

A new study elucidating the mechanisms by which blood glucose fuels tumors is not the kind of science on which to build a diet. (2017)


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The Boy Whose Brain Could Unlock Autism

Matter – Medium, 2013: "Autism changed Henry Markram’s family. Now his Intense World theory could transform our understanding of the condition. (2013)


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Football physics: The "impossible" free kick

TED ED, Erez Garty, In 1997, Brazilian football player Roberto Carlos set up for a 35 meter free kick with no direct line to the goal. Carlos’s... (2017)


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Tossing Pennies on the Roof

Bill Gates and Washington State Teacher of the Year Camille Jones shars an engineering lesson (2017)


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Investing in the Fight Against Alzheimer's

Bill Gates, 2017: "In every part of the world, people are living longer than they used to. The longer you live, the more likely you are to develop... (2017)


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Where Did the Periodic Table ACTUALLY Come From?

The periodic table is probably the most iconic image in science. Join me to hear the story about its origins, from ancient philosophers speculating... (2025)


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Can AI Catch What Doctors Miss? | Eric Topol | TED

AI could propel the biggest transformation in the history of medicine, says physician-scientist Eric Topol. He explains how sophisticated AI models... (2023)


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The Unanswered Questions of Space: Quantum Entanglement, Dark Matter, and Dark Energy

Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist John Mather illuminates the universe's deepest mysteries. In this episode, we delve into the search for extrater... (2023)


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The Original Double Slit Experiment

Light is so common that we rarely think about what it really is. But just over two hundred years ago, a groundbreaking experiment answered the ques... (2023)


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Double Slit Experiment | Answers With Joe

The Double Slit Experiment started as a way to determine if light is a wave or a particle - but it uncovered mysteries that have baffled science to... (2023)


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Where Does Grounded Electricity Actually Go?

Grounding is one of the most confusing and misunderstood aspects of the grid. (2023)


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The Speed of Light is NOT About Light

Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord! https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetimeSign up for the mailing list to get episode notific... (2023)


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Black hole the size of 20 million suns speeding through space

Astronomers have discovered a runaway supermassive black hole, the size of 20 million suns, speeding through space.The discovery is the first obser... (2023)


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I Misunderstood the Greenhouse Effect. Here's How It Works.

Global warming: I Misunderstood the Greenhouse Effect. Here's How It Works. (2023)


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The Absurd Search For Dark Matter - Veritasium

The Absurd Search For Dark Matter - Veritasium (2022)


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Why this Hydrogen Breakthrough Matters

Why this Hydrogen Breakthrough Matters (2022)


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How Electricity Actually Works

How Electricity Actually Works (2022)


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David Deutsch: A new way to explain explanation

For tens of thousands of years our ancestors understood the world through myths, and the pace of change was glacial. The rise of scientific underst... (2022)


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NSF's merit review process determines which research has the greatest potential

NSF receives about 50,000 research proposals every year. The Foundation's mission is to promote the progress of science, but it's able to support o... (2022)


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Critical Reasoning - Karl Popper, Science, & Pseudoscience: Crash Course Philosophy #8

The early 1900s was an amazing time for Western science, as Albert Einstein was developing his theories of relativity and psychology was born, as S... (2022)


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10 Things You have Heard and Re-told but are Completely False - Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains 10 things that we have heard all our life and re-told but are completely false. Other Neil deGrasse Tyson Videos-What ... (2022)


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Why Gravity is NOT a Force

The General Theory of Relativity tells us gravity is not a force, gravitational fields don't exist. Objects tend to move on straight paths through ... (2021)


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The Big Misconception about Electricity

The Big Misconception about Electricity (2021)


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Flat Earth "Science" -- Wrong, but not Stupid

In this video I explain what flat earthers believe, why they believe it, and why I think scientists should take flat earthers more seriously.The CN... (2021)


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Hawking's black hole paradox explained - Fabio Pacucci

Where does quantum information go when it enters a black hole? Investigate the theories of the black hole information paradox. --Today, one of the ... (2021)


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Sam Harris and David Deutsch - remarks by Brett Hall

Some remarks about their second "Waking Up" podcast together.If you would like to support this endeavor, do consider making a one off donation by c... (2021)


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TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE: A Journey to the End of Time (4K)

TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE: A Journey to the End of Time (4K) How's it all gonna end? This experience ... (2021)


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Why former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold is taking the highest-resolution snowflake photos ever

Former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold spent 18 months building a custom 100MP camera to take pictures of snowflakes. We chat with him about why :-) ... (2020)


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How Did Our Ancestors Evolve? | Big History Project

All life on earth shares a common ancestor. After the dinosaurs became extinct, biodiversity flourished. Website: https://www.bighistoryproject.com... (2020)


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Why Human Evolution Matters: Crash Course Big History 204

This week on Crash Course Big History, Emily is talking about process of human evolution, and the knack for innovation that has allowed humans to b... (2020)


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Human Evolution: Crash Course Big History #6

In which John Green and Hank Green teach you about how human primates moved out of Africa and turned Earth into a real-life Planet of the Apes. And... (2020)


Podcast

"Is Everything A Hallucination?" with Anil Seth - Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps on Spotify. When you see the colour blue, is it the same as when I see the ... (2023)


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64 - The Journey to the Big Bang - Why This Universe? | Podcast on Spotify

The Big Bang is well accepted today as the leading theory of how our universe evolved over time - but in today's episode, we talk through all the v... (2023)


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Leverage Dopamine to Overcome Procrastination & Optimize Effort - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I explain how dopamine dynamics — meaning changes and interactions between ou... (2023)


Podcast

David Deutsch: Knowledge Creation and The Human Race - Naval | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from Naval on Spotify. Introduction 0:00 The Human Race 2:11 Knowledge Creation 12:34 AGI 15:50 Taking Children Seriously 23... (2023)


Podcast

ADHD & How Anyone Can Improve Their Focus | Episode 37 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I discuss ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder): what it is, the co... (2022)


Podcast

The Peculiar Case Of Dark Matter : Short Wave : NPR

The universe is so much bigger than what people can see, and astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan is trying to figure out that which we can not see.... (2021)


Podcast

Exploring Mars To Better Understand Earth - On Point | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from On Point on Spotify. Was Mars once like Earth? Can you imagine the red planet once a verdant green? That might be stret... (2021)


Podcast

Thomas Zurbuchen: Adventures in Astrophysics [The Knowledge Project Ep. #108]

In this episode, Thomas and Shane discuss the origin of his passion for astrophysics, commercial spaceflight, exciting experiments going on at the ... (2021)


Podcast

a16z Podcast: On Vaccines and Vaccinology, in COVID and Beyond

WHEN are we going to have a COVID-19 vaccine, and how the heck are we going from 12 years of vaccine development compressed into 12 months or so? W... (2020)


Podcast

The Science Behind Whakaari/White Island's Eruption : NPR

The volcano of Whakaari or White Island in New Zealand erupted just over a week ago. More than a dozen people were killed, including tourists to th... (2019)


Podcast

The World Is Constantly Running Out Of Helium. Here's Why It Matters - NPR

Helium is the second-most common element in the cosmos, but it's far rarer on planet Earth. As part of our celebration of the periodic table's 150t... (2019)


Podcast

Scientists Have 'Hacked Photosynthesis' In Search Of More Productive Crops - NPR

Scientists have re-engineered photosynthesis, a foundation of life on Earth, creating genetically modified plants that grow faster and bigger. They... (2019)


Podcast

Should We Dim the Skies to Save the World? Podcast Crazy/ Genius from The Atlantic on Spotify

Climate change could be the most important problem facing humanity. To address it, scientists are thinking seriously about an idea that might sound... (2018)


Podcast

NASA Scientist Says Wind, Flooding And Rainfall Increase The Intensity Of A Hurricane | WLRN

Thousands of scientists are working on research related to climate change and extreme weather. Dr. Tim Hall is one of them. Dr. Hall is a Senior Re... (2018)


Podcast

Scientists In Alaska Find Mammoth Amounts Of Carbon In The Warming Permafrost | NPR

Just what exactly is permafrost? And what is happening now that it's warming up? To find out, we enter the Arctic Circle's secret world of ice and ... (2018)


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UFO investigations at the Pentagon, DOD | The New York Times

NY. Times | The Daily “There was military footage of unidentified flying objects that couldn’t be explained, and a decade of hidden funding in t... (2017)


Book

A Mind For Numbers, by Barbara Oakley, PhD

The companion book to COURSERA®'s wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn" Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill... (2025)


Book

The Character of Consciousness

In this book David Chalmers follows up and extends his thoughts and arguments on the nature of consciousness that he first set forth in his groundb... (2023)


Book

Mendeleyev's Dream

In 1869 Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleyev was puzzling over a way to bring order to the fledgling science of chemistry. Wearied by the effort, he... (2023)


Book

The Electric State

NPR Best Books of 2018 A teen girl and her robot embark on a cross-country mission in this illustrated science fiction story, perfect for fans of R... (2023)


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Being You - by Anil Seth

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A Best Book of 2021—Bloomberg Businessweek; A Best Science Book of 2021—The Guardian; A Best Science Book of 2021—Financia... (2023)


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Ideas: a history of thought and invention, from fire to Freud

Peter Watson's hugely ambitious and stimulating history of ideas from deep antiquity to the present day—from the invention of writing, mathematics,... (2021)


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A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

In the ten years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawking's classic work has become a landmark volume in scientific writing, with more than n... (2020)


Book

Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker

"My new favorite book of all time." --Bill Gates "A terrific book...[Pinker] recounts the progress across a broad array of metrics, from health... (2018)


Website

Google Scholar

Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Search across a wide variety of disciplines and sources: articles,... (2023)


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Changing Seas TV - PBS

Now in its 10th Season, Changing Seas is a public television series produced by WPBT2 South Florida PBS in Miami, Florida. Since 2009, the series h... (2019)


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Resource Library | National Geographic Education

a collection of educational resources, in a Resource Library - from the National Geographic Foundation (2019)


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Mystery Science: Open-and-go lessons that inspire kids to love science.

Mystery Science offers open-and-go lessons that inspire kids to love science. The hook, visuals, and activity have all been prepared for you. Less ... (2018)


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Curious Kids – The Conversation – page 1

Browse Curious Kids news, research and analysis from The Conversation (2018)


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354 Articles
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16 Podcasts
8 Books
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200 Chunks
7 Courses