Listen to a small tortoise eating berries, pumpkin, and broccoli
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How to make an apple pie in a pan
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How do plants defend themselves against caterpillars and elephants?
“Every bite an herbivore takes comes at the expense of a plant,” explains Nature Education’s Knowledge Project. “Are plants passive victims or do they actively resist these attacks?” Consider the surfaces of the plants. Why do some plants have bark, waxy leaves, thorns, or spines? And what about those hard-to-detect...
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How to make a lemon battery
“When life gives you lemons make a battery!” In this television clip from Mission Unstoppable with host Miranda Cosgrove, NASA JPL electrical engineer Kat Echazarreta demonstrates how four lemons can generate three volts of energy, powering an LED light. She then levels up the lemon battery with four additional lemons...
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Lion-tailed macaques compete with Malabar squirrels for ripe jackfruit
“Here in southern India, monsoon rains bring on jackfruit season. These enormous, 22-pound hulks are the largest tree fruit in the world… a feast. But until they’re ripe, they remain completely inedible. “The macaques, unfortunately, find it hard to tell which ones are ready to eat. Luckily, help is at...
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The Agouti: Seed Disperser of the Rainforest
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A tapir, a bat, and a “giant pickle”
On the forest slopes of Volcan Tenorio and Volcan Miravalles in northwestern Costa Rica lives a keystone species: The humble tapir. These mud-bath loving creatures have prehensile snouts and odd-toed hooves. This one was filmed resting, roaming, and foraging by filmmaker James Wolfe, who narrates. The Costa Rica Wildlife Foundation...
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How can the sun help us fight food waste?
When fresh produce is rejected because of how it looks or when it rots quickly because there’s no refrigeration to protect it, those fruits and vegetables are wasted. As a result, the farmers who grew them lose potential income to support their families. Solar Conduction Dryers can help solve this...
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Growing a mango tree from a seed, a year-long time-lapse
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Orange jelly candy made with 3 ingredients
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How to make miso banana bread
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Fish Poo Strawberries: How can aquaponics sustainably grow plants and fish?
“Aquaculture is the farming of fish,” Maddie Moate explains on her visit to BioAqua Farm in Somerset, England. “Hydroponics is growing plants with nutrient-rich water without soil.” “When you combine aquaculture and hydroponics, you get aquaponics. Aquaponics is a type of ecosystem made by humans where fish, plants and bacteria...
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The art of shokuhin sampuru: How Japanese fake food models are made
Applying finesse acquired over five decades of experience, 71-year-old craftsman Shigeharu Takeuchi tints, pours, pulls, and shapes thin sheets of non-biodegradable polyvinyl chloride (PVC) into realistic food models, including a side salad, grilled egg to go, and a parfait dessert. Process X goes behind the scenes to quietly document how...
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Why Do Flowers Exist? Gymnosperms, angiosperms, and how seeds evolved
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How are cranberries grown in Oregon?
In Oregon, cranberry farmers don’t have to worry about snow or early freezes; west coast cranberries can be picked later in the year—six to eight weeks later—and their longer ripening time and exposure to colder (but not freezing) temperatures can increase their sugar content. This, cranberry farmer Ty Vincent believes,...
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