Have you got a curious mind? Check out these amazing articles below and give your brain something to wonder about!
October 2025
1. How to Draw an Optical Illusion
Watch this video to learn how to draw a 2D ladder that looks like it is popping out of the page.
2. Crazy Table Tennis Rally
Check out this amazing table tennis match rally. Watch through 4:30 to see great sportsmanship.
3. Slow-motion Magnets
Super slow-motion magnets doing all kinds of fun things. Stick around for the colors!
4. The Power of Light
Watch how light affects these sprouts as they grow. Who knew light had so much power over plants!
5. Hay! Its almost Halloween
Check out these bales of hay that are in the Halloween spirit.
September 2025
1. Pressure Washer Art
Ever thought of using a pressure washer to sketch some wildlife on a driveway.
2. Square-Wheeled Bike
Students at Texas A&M's Physics Department made a square-wheeled tricycle. How do you think that will work?
3. Can a Drone Change a Lightbulb?
Can a drone unscrew a lightbulb and then screw a new one in? Watch and find out!
4. Backdraft
A "backdraft" is a strange phenomenon that happens when oxygen is reintroduced to a space with a fire that has almost burned out. It's super dangerous to firefighters who might open a door or break a window. Here is a backdraft filmed in super slo-mo. Glad these firefighters are trained to handle this!
5. Letters from the Moon
We all know that the moon has a very rough surface with lots of craters, rocks, sandy soil, fissures, and more. See what your name would look like if it was made out of moon features!
May 2025
1. Next Level Marble Race
Check out Marubla 1: marbles racing around tracks - complete with commentator and graphics! Wish we could do this in Discover Lab!
2. Newtons Cradle made from magnets
A magnetic Newton’s Cradle. Try pausing the video around 0:34. Let students process and predict, then enjoy their reactions when you hit play again!
3. Domino Rally with Cats
Check out the fun combination of cats with a domino rally!
4. Robot Fight
These robot fighters made me laugh!
5. Pirates of the Caribbean Theme
It’s the theme from Pirates of the Caribbean played on… four calculators!?
March 2025 April
1. The tallest outdoor elevator in the world
This is the Bailong Elevator, the tallest outdoor elevator (or lift) in the world. Hope you're not afraid of heights!
2. Crusher!
Just a crushing machine crushing a bunch of stuff, like radiators, motorcycles, and wheelchairs!
3. Don't try this at home!!
So, what happens when you grab a Space Shuttle tile that’s been sitting for hours in a 2200ºF oven with your bare hands?
4. Carving fruit?!?
Tomoko Sato carves the most delicate patterns into fruits and veggies. I want to try this!
5. Watch these mesmerizing zoetropes
Check out some zoetropes, these ones are 3D printed examples from John Edmark.
February 2025
1. Land Octopus?
Who knew there was such a thing as a land octopus?
2. When is a mirror not a mirror?
Check out this art created by Daniel Rozin, who uses wooden tiles, trash, and even pom poms to create “mirrors” that aren’t really mirrors.
3. McDonalds French Fries
Ever wondered how they make McDonald's french fries?
4. Pasta Machine
Watching these pasta machines make pasta was almost as satisfying as eating the pasta they make!
5. Wall repair with a 3D pen
Watch as Sanago uses a 3D pen to repair a broken wall
January 2025
1. Boiling water in the Cold
What happens when you throw boiling water outside when it's -41ºC?
2. Stop Motion
Check out this cool flip book. Could you make one like that?
3. Marble Powered Music Machine
Artist Wintergatan built and operated this amazing, marble-powered-music-machine.
3. Perfect Food!
How do they film food commercials where perfectly juicy food falls perfectly into place? Believe it or not, it's a whole lot of robots!! Check out this Burger King commercial first to see a real ad. How did they get the burger's grill lines so nice? How did they get the cheese to melt right on cue? Then watch the long video and be amazed at how it's all done!
4. Which cuts grass faster, man or machine?
Who wins in a grass-cutting race? A person with a scythe or a motorized brush cutter? It isn't even close!
5. What makes ice act like this?
Shards of ice undulating like waves. Why is the ice acting like this? Weird!
December 2024
1. Basketball World Records
Here are The Harlem Globetrotters setting a bunch of world records. Farthest backflip basketball shot (at 2 min 45 sec on the video) has to be one of my favorites, what's yours?
2. Toys in Space
A 4-year-old and his dad sent a toy train 18 miles into the stratosphere, captured it all on video, and then animated the train's face. So cool!
3. Marching band tribute to Apollo 11
Check out Ohio State's tribute to the Apollo 11 mission. How do they do this and still play their instruments? Don't miss those awesome smoke effects around 2:45!
4. Full Circle Rainbow
What's better than a double rainbow? A full-circle rainbow – as seen from the top of a very tall crane.
5. Decorating cupcakes
See how factories use machinery to mass-produce decorated cupcakes
November 2024
1. Dinosaur Derby
Can you imagine a huge group of people in T-rex costumes having a race? So funny
2. Turkeys gone Wild
What happens if you have two wild turkeys hanging around?
3. Watch the Giant Pumpkin Grow
Watch the pumpkin grow from seed to 2480 pounds in 2 minutes
4. Stop-motion pumpkin animation
Stop motion pumpkin animation: Oh my gourd!
5. Fun way to get rid of your pumpkins after Halloween
What do elephants do with leftover pumpkins? Watch and find out
October 2024
1. Humming Bird Pool Party
I get so excited if I see one hummingbird, it's hard to imagine more than a hummingbird pool party!
2. Solid or liquid? You decide
Think you know all about sand and how it behaves? Maybe not. Check out this video to see sand acting in an unexpected way
3. Fast Forward to Fall
Can’t wait for the fall? Enjoy this time-lapse of Central Park's trees changing colors in New York City!
4. Magic of Making Movie Sound
Have you ever wondered how movie and TV sound effects are made? Check out this video to see the magic that happens behind the scenes.
5. Squirrels Carving a Pumpkin
Lots of us have had our carved pumpkins eaten by squirrels, but have you ever had a squirrel carve your pumpkin?
September 2024
1. Jetpack Rescuers
A real-life jetpack! Traveling by jetpack seems like something from the future but emergency services in remote parts of the UK are using them to help in mountain rescues. So cool!!
2. Illusion of the Year
Check out last year’s Illusion of the Year! And it’s a Harry Potter themed Lego illusion. Now you've got to pause right away (0:05) and predict what's going to happen. After "it" happens, pause again (0:11) and think about how it happened. You could even back up to 0:09 where the car is halfway through. The video goes on to reveal the trick, so be quick!
3. Foodnited States of America
A kid and his dad created a food-related pun for each of the 50 United States. Swissconsin! Avocolorado! See if you can guess the state before looking at the name below each picture.
4. Woodworking the easy way
Ha! If only it was so easy Woodworking with a difference.
5. Reverse Paint-Mixing Video
This reverse paint-mixing video starts with a mixture and gradually unmixes them to reveal the original items. Pause the video around 0:30 and predict what the final image will be, I think you’ll be surprised :0)