05:12 LEARNING Blood, concrete, and dynamite: Building the Hoover Dam – Alex Gendler AdminDecember 23, 2021 December 27, 2021 Dig into the engineering of the Hoover Dam, a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River that supplies water to the US southwes... 0383.4K10.6K0 Continue reading
04:26 LEARNING You can only save one— who do you choose? – Doug MacKay AdminDecember 21, 2021 December 27, 2021 Puzzle through the ethical dilemma where two ships are in distress but you can only save one, and decide: which do you choose? ̵... 01M36.6K0 Continue reading
05:14 LEARNING The dark history of Mount Rushmore – Ned Blackhawk and Jeffrey D. Means December 16, 2021 December 20, 2021 Uncover the hidden history of the building of Mount Rushmore, and how its creation destroyed sacred Native American land. — Be... 0248.4K11.8K0 Continue reading
05:19 LEARNING Would you raise the bird that murdered your children? – Steve Rothstein December 14, 2021 December 20, 2021 Dig into the evolutionary strategy of brood parasitism, where one animal tricks another into rearing its young. — A mother hon... 0560.8K26.8K0 Continue reading
05:05 LEARNING How one of the most profitable companies in history rose to power – Adam Clulow December 9, 2021 December 20, 2021 Discover what happened when one company’s attempt to dominate a key global trade ended in violence. — During the 17th ce... 0490.1K17.8K0 Continue reading
05:19 LEARNING Yes, scientists are actually building an elevator to space – Fabio Pacucci December 7, 2021 December 20, 2021 Explore the physics behind space elevators, which would theoretically use a cable anchored to Earth and extending into space. —... 0618K20.1K0 Continue reading
00:56 LEARNING What’s In The Winter Box #shorts December 3, 2021 December 6, 2021 https://www.curiositybox.com eat my #shorts 0170.7K13.1K321 Continue reading
05:52 LEARNING Can stereotypes ever be good? – Sheila Marie Orfano and Densho AdminDecember 2, 2021 December 6, 2021 Explore the model minority stereotype, and discover how it became a label for Asian Americans and is used to enforce racial hierarch... 0177.7K9.4K662 Continue reading
04:34 LEARNING Why do your jeans wear out so quickly? – Madhavi Venkatesan AdminNovember 30, 2021 December 6, 2021 Trace the life cycle of a pair of denim jeans, and discover the labor and environmental costs of this fashion staple. — The fi... 0164.2K7.3K746 Continue reading
05:16 LEARNING The wild sex lives of marine creatures – Luka Seamus Wright AdminNovember 23, 2021 November 30, 2021 Take a peek beneath the ocean’s covers to discover the surprisingly inventive ways marine animals have sex. — On a reef in the... 0298.2K13.8K315 Continue reading