Catch up on all the big brain fun! Explore stories about space, nature, science, and more.
In this episode, kids learn how robot hands get better by practicing gentle grips, and how a Moon cargo lander is tested in a giant space-like thermal-vacuum chamber. We also visit a new bison exhibit to discover grasslands and how animals, land, and people’s stories connect.
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Kiwi birds made a special visit to Parliament in Wellington to celebrate how people helped bring them back. Scientists also reported a fast, water-based way to recycle valuable battery metals, and a rocket launched 29 satellites into low Earth orbit to help build space-based internet. Nature, science, and space all show how smart ideas can help our world.
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In this episode, kids explore jazz and improvising as music fills Unity Temple in Chicago, a famous building that can change how sound feels. Then we learn how 29 new internet satellites in low Earth orbit can send signals to ground stations using radio waves. Finally, we follow four stripey mountain bongo antelopes returning to Kenya with careful quarantine and conservation planning.
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Episode 52 explores NASA’s Roman Space Telescope and how it will take super-wide “panorama” pictures to help scientists look for patterns in space, including clues about dark energy. Then we visit the Smithsonian’s new “From These Lands” exhibit idea, with objects from all 50 states and interactive ways to learn. Finally, we head to the ballpark to see how recycling and composting can help make game days greener.
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In Episode 51, kids learn how student teams design, build, and test robots for a world championship. We also explore how old solar panels in Texas can be recycled into useful materials, and how a new GPS satellite in space helps map directions work better. Three stories, one big idea: smart design can help the world run smoother.
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In Episode 50, meet real-life nature helpers who earned a big prize for hands-on community work, then zoom to Mars to learn how scientists study a giant rocky “ring” clue. Finally, travel to Milan Design Week to see how new materials and prototypes can make everyday objects work better.
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Look up for the Lyrid meteor shower and learn why “shooting stars” are really glowing meteors. Then explore how the Rosalind Franklin Mars rover is planned to ride a powerful rocket and drill for clues below the surface. Finally, step into an art adventure with LACMA’s new David Geffen Galleries and see how building design can change the way we notice art.
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Episode 48 visits three big community events: Fiesta San Antonio with parades, music, and collectible medals; the San Francisco Art Fair where you can explore modern and contemporary art; and the Atlanta Film Festival celebrating 50 years of movie storytelling. Kids can think about how celebrations, art, and films help people share ideas and feelings in different ways.
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In this episode, kids learn how scientists re-check evidence to rename an ancient fossil as a crocodile cousin, how clever origami folds can make paper super strong, and how UV light can reveal a cassowary’s secret blue-green glow. It’s all about using tests, tools, and smart design to discover what we can’t notice at first.
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In Episode 46, kids in Pennsylvania build a robot with teamwork and creativity and earn a spot at a world championship. Then we learn how Thailand celebrates Songkran, a splashy New Year tradition with meaning, respect, and safety rules. Finally, NASA’s Satellite Puzzler shows how space pictures can turn Earth into a clue-filled mystery you can solve by careful observation.
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In Episode 44, kids learn how golf scoring works as Rory McIlroy wins the Masters by just one shot and earns the green jacket. Then we zoom into the ocean to see how tiny plankton may form new species faster than scientists expected. Finally, we look up at a comet glowing before sunrise and learn simple, important stargazing safety rules.
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A house-size asteroid named 2026 GD zoomed past Earth safely, and we learned how scientists use telescopes and math to track space rocks. Then we visited Artemis 2, where astronaut Christina Koch took a photo with a kid-designed floating mascot that shows microgravity. Finally, we explored how the Smithsonian Folklife Festival is teaming up with partner festivals so more communities can share music, dance, crafts, and traditions.
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