How Fireflies Inspired Energy-Efficient Lights
YouthDesignScienceEnvironmentBiologyEnergy Electricity accounts for around 5% of greenhouse gas emissions. So how can we make it more efficient? Belgian physicist Jean-Pol Vigneron and his team found the answer could lie within a firefly's abdomen.
Photosynthesis & Transpiration
YouthNatureScienceBiologyEducation What do plants need? Students examine the effects of light and air on green plants, learning the processes of photosynthesis and transpiration.
Crabs Trade Shells In The Strangest Ways
YouthAnimalsNatureBiology As a hermit crab grows its shell becomes a tighter fit so eventually the crabs need to move into a bigger one, leading to an amazing exchange.
Symbiotic Fungi
YouthNatureScienceBiology David Attenborough encounters a parasitic fungi that lives off the plants it inhabits.
These Seeds Can Walk!
YouthAnimalsNatureBiology The seeds of these wild oats each have two bristles called awns. Once the seeds fall to the ground their awns help them do something truly extraordinary…they walk!
Are Our Tendons Stronger Than Steel?
YouthScienceHealthBiology Dr. Chris and Dr. Xand show us what tendons do in our bodies and just how super strong they are!