Beginner Lessons

Can stereotypes ever be good? - Sheila Marie Orfano and Densho

Can you solve the human cannonball riddle? - Alex Rosenthal

The twins who tricked the Maya gods of death - Ilan Stavans

How to get better at video games, according to babies - Brian Christian

Why are scientists obsessed with the Black Sea? - Helen Farr and Jon Adams

Can you solve the computer virus riddle? - James Tanton

Where will you be able to live in 20 years? - Carol Farbotko and Ingrid Boas

The genes you don't get from your parents (but can't live without) - Devin Shuman

How a concubine became the ruler of Egypt - Abdallah Ewis

Can you solve the rogue submarine riddle? - Alex Rosenthal

Earth's mysterious red glow, explained - Zoe Pierrat

Is this the most successful animal ever? - Nigel Hughes

How the COVID-19 vaccines were created so quickly - Kaitlyn Sadtler and Elizabeth Wayne

The secret society of the Great Dismal Swamp - Dan Sayers

The method that can "prove" almost anything - James A. Smith

What causes seizures, and how can we treat them? - Christopher E. Gaw

The rise and fall of the Kingdom of Man - Andrew McDonald

Why can’t governments print an unlimited amount of money? - Jonathan Smith

The most notorious scientific feud in history - Lukas Rieppel

How one person saved over 2,000 children from the Nazis - Iseult Gillespie

A brief history of toilets - Francis de los Reyes

The sharks that hunt in forests - Luka Seamus Wright

Ugly History: The U.S. Syphilis Experiment - Susan M. Reverby

The woman who stared at the Sun - Alex Gendler

Run, sail, or hide? How to survive the destruction of Pompeii - Gary Devore

What happens to your brain during a migraine - Marianne Schwarz

Should you donate your DNA to help cure diseases? - Greg Foot

How one design flaw almost toppled a skyscraper - Alex Gendler

How long should your naps be? - Sara C. Mednick

Can you solve Dongle's Difficult Dilemma? - Dennis E. Shasha

Why are airplanes slower than they used to be? - Alex Gendler

This tool will help improve your critical thinking - Erick Wilberding

Why good ideas get trapped in the valley of death— and how to rescue them

How to see with sound - Jacques S. Abramowicz

Ugly History: The Spanish Inquisition - Kayla Wolf

4 different ways you can power a car

How much land does it take to power the world?

The best nose in the animal kingdom - Chase LaDue & Bruce A. Schulte

How does artificial intelligence learn? - Briana Brownell

How much electricity does it take to power the world?

Can loud music damage your hearing? - Heather Malyuk

The material that could change the world... for a third time

How scientists turn lakes into giant batteries

The “myth” of the boiling frog

The satisfying math of folding origami - Evan Zodl

What causes dandruff, and how do you get rid of it? - Thomas L. Dawson

Uncovering the brain's biggest secret - Melanie E. Peffer

Why didn’t this 2,000 year old body decompose? - Carolyn Marshall