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...
View ArticleWhy Do Flowers Exist? Gymnosperms, angiosperms, and how seeds evolved
How do seeds travel from one place to another? Why do flowers have different colors and shapes, and how do some turn into fruits? How did these two types of reproduction evolve? And why are seeds and...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleFish 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...
View ArticleHow to make miso banana bread
This easy miso banana bread recipe, as demonstrated by The Cookworm YouTube channel, is a must-try for anyone who wants a new take on a traditional favorite. By incorporating miso—a savory Japanese...
View ArticleOrange jelly candy made with 3 ingredients
With 200 milliliters of a sour orange juice, an equal amount of sugar, and 7 grams of agar agar powder, these orange jelly candies can be made without gelatin. Indonesia-based Vinostar Channel makes it...
View ArticleGrowing a mango tree from a seed, a year-long time-lapse
It takes four to seven years for a mango tree to bear its first fruit, but the way that this mango seed grows, sprouting its young dark red-purple leaves, is still a wonder. The Boxlapse YouTube...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleThe Agouti: Seed Disperser of the Rainforest
This Central American agouti, a rodent that looks a bit like a long-legged guinea pig, is just one of around a dozen known species of agoutis found in Central and South America. The foraging animal was...
View ArticleLion-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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleHow to make an apple pie in a pan
YouTube is filled with variations on this apple pie in a pan recipe, and UK-based Varga Savor Recipes makes it look easy. The recipe includes one egg and two large sliced apples (or four small ones)....
View ArticleListen to a small tortoise eating berries, pumpkin, and broccoli
What happens when a small tortoise eats a strawberry, a blueberry, a piece of pumpkin, and some broccoli? Watch and listen to this Animal ASMR video. There are lots of adorable slurping and chomping...
View ArticleEasy Vegan Raspberry Brownie Ice Cream Bars
Make this raspberry sorbet from just two ingredients—frozen raspberries and sweetened condensed coconut milk. Then sandwich it between two layers of not-too-sweet brownie to make a delicious...
View ArticleFoods transform into DIY instruments in this stop-motion commercial
Athens, Greece-based G Design Studio has worked with the Athens State Orchestra for many years. In their 2015-2016 promotional campaign, the designers created DIY musical instruments from fruit and...
View ArticleEat Your Rainbow, a vocabulary-packed sing-along song
Meet some colorful fruits and vegetables, and learn what makes them so healthy to eat, with this vocabulary-packed sing-along-song from Kids Learning Tube: Fruits and Veggies Nutrition Song for Kids....
View ArticleSuper soft no-knead bread (using bananas instead of milk or sugar)
Canada-based food YouTuber Helly urges her viewers to not waste aging bananas, but to use them as a yummy base for this soft no-knead, no milk, no sugar bread recipe instead. Sweet and creamy bananas...
View ArticleLemonade and a Banana Split, stop-motion shorts by Andrea Love
There’s nothing like a cold, refreshing glass of lemonade on a hot summer day. This animated short about Lemonade by stop motion animator, director, and fiber artist Andrea Love brings that tradition...
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