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  🐦 TIL: Across 5 European countries, matched male and female researchers walked toward #birds in parks and green spaces. On average, men got about one meter closer before the birds flew off. The pattern held in #Czechia, #France, #Germany, #Poland, and #Spain, across all 37 species checked, from #magpies to #pigeons. Researchers agree that the birds distinguish men from women but can't yet say why. 👉 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261021231250.htm #behavior #ecology #sci...

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  🐝 NEW: Researchers watched pollinators for 93 hours at five #Cambridge sites, each within 300 m of a #honeybee colony. Where hives were dense, other #pollinators were scarcer, and honey #bees won most encounters, pushing, chasing, and displacing rivals on bramble and ivy. One exception, the invasive ivy bee, sometimes fought back and won. 👉 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261021231227.htm #bumblebees #hoverflies #beehives #beekeeping #ecology #climate #climatechange #flowers #co...

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  🎙️ WATCH: Dan Brumm records squash courts and park slides around #Brisbane to build the #sound design for #Bluey. In this conversation with Dallas Taylor, he explains how authentic neighborhood #audio helps young viewers connect with animated #stories. 👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/bluey-sound-effects-dan-brumm-brisbane-tour-video #animation #australia #cartoon #emotions #family #howthingsaremade #imagination #interview #jobs #nature #play #recorder #soundeffects #sports #technology #te...

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  🎨 ICYMI: Generative #AI can mimic human brushwork, #watercolor textures, and anatomical quirks, making digital fakes difficult to distinguish from genuine fine #art. In this News Literacy Project #video, host Dan Evon outlines practical ways to evaluate suspected imagery by analyzing proportions, reviewing garbled text, and running reverse image lookups. 👉 https://seethis.tv/post/which-painting-is-ai-generated-news-literacy-project-video #activities #art #arthistory #history #criticalthinking...

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  🤹 ICYMI: Contact jugglers use a technique called isolation to make figure-8 rings appear fixed in midair while hands and bodies shift around them. Fratres #Juggling breaks down the mechanics behind the #trick, showing how practice along a flat wall helps maintain the two-dimensional plane needed to sustain the effect. 👉 https://seethis.tv/post/8-ring-contact-juggling-illusion-video #circles #illusion #opticalillusions #performance #shapes #physics #circus #tutorial #tksst #video

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  🌊 ICYMI: Researchers from Universiti #Malaysia Sabah teamed up with #OceanX to study #ocean waters down to 1,500 m. Using submersibles, mapping tools, and environmental #DNA sampling, the team is gathering critical #deepsea #data to connect with shallow #coralreef systems and support sustainable #marine management. 👉 https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/uncovering-sabah-deep-sea-biodiversity-oceanx #animals #asia #biodiversity #biology #conservation #coral #ecosystem #exploration #fish #indone...

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  🧠 ICYMI: Our #brains take roughly 250 ms to process incoming light, filling in that brief lag by predicting patterns based on past visual experiences. In this OK Go Sandbox #video, the band demonstrates how anamorphic alignment tricks depth #perception, explains #pareidolia, and shares two hands-on #geometry challenges. 👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/cube-illusions-ok-go-sandbox-video #activities #anamorphism #art #artactivities #biology #diy #drawing #eyes #gravity #howto #illusion #m...

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  🐻 ICYMI: Character designer Chelsea Trousdale creates small animal #sculptures using felted #wool, barbed needles, and foam mats. In these step-by-step #tutorial #videos, she shows how to sculpt expressive bear and pig faces with tangled fibers. 👉 https://seethis.tv/post/needle-felting-felty-pins-designer-chelsea-trousdale #activities #animals #art #bears #calm #crafts #cute #demonstration #diy #handmade #howto #pigs #textiles #tksst #video

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  🪵 ICYMI: Diné farmer and builder Roberto Nutlouis constructs traditional #hogans using #wood and #earth to create passive thermal barriers against #desert heat. In this #PBS NOVA Knowledge Keepers clip, #STEM instructor Dawnlei Ben uses #infrared cameras to show how high-mass earthen walls and east-facing doors maintain cool indoor #temperatures. 👉 https://seethis.tv/post/how-is-extreme-heat-blocked-by-this-wood-and-earth-dine-navajo-hogan #arizona #climatechange #climate #weather #sustainabi...

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  🎙️ ICYMI: Dan Brumm records squash courts and park slides around #Brisbane to build the #sound design for #Bluey. In this conversation with Dallas Taylor, he explains how authentic neighborhood #audio helps young viewers connect with animated #stories. 👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/bluey-sound-effects-dan-brumm-brisbane-tour-video #animation #australia #cartoon #emotions #family #howthingsaremade #imagination #interview #jobs #nature #play #recorder #soundeffects #sports #technology #te...

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  🎨 ICYMI: Generative #AI can mimic human brushwork, #watercolor textures, and anatomical quirks, making digital fakes difficult to distinguish from genuine fine #art. In this News Literacy Project #video, host Dan Evon outlines practical ways to evaluate suspected imagery by analyzing proportions, reviewing garbled text, and running reverse image lookups. 👉 https://seethis.tv/post/which-painting-is-ai-generated-news-literacy-project-video #activities #art #arthistory #history #criticalthinking...

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  🤹 ICYMI: Contact jugglers use a technique called isolation to make figure-8 rings appear fixed in midair while hands and bodies shift around them. Fratres #Juggling breaks down the mechanics behind the #trick, showing how practice along a flat wall helps maintain the two-dimensional plane needed to sustain the effect. 👉 https://seethis.tv/post/8-ring-contact-juggling-illusion-video #circles #illusion #opticalillusions #performance #shapes #physics #circus #tutorial #tksst #video

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  🌊 ICYMI: Researchers from Universiti #Malaysia Sabah teamed up with #OceanX to study #ocean waters down to 1,500 m. Using submersibles, mapping tools, and environmental #DNA sampling, the team is gathering critical #deepsea #data to connect with shallow #coralreef systems and support sustainable #marine management. 👉 https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/uncovering-sabah-deep-sea-biodiversity-oceanx #animals #asia #biodiversity #biology #conservation #coral #ecosystem #exploration #fish #indone...

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  🧠 ICYMI: Our #brains take roughly 250 ms to process incoming light, filling in that brief lag by predicting patterns based on past visual experiences. In this OK Go Sandbox #video, the band demonstrates how anamorphic alignment tricks depth #perception, explains #pareidolia, and shares two hands-on #geometry challenges. 👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/cube-illusions-ok-go-sandbox-video #activities #anamorphism #art #artactivities #biology #diy #drawing #eyes #gravity #howto #illusion #m...

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  🐻 ICYMI: Character designer Chelsea Trousdale creates small animal #sculptures using felted #wool, barbed needles, and foam mats. In these step-by-step #tutorial #videos, she shows how to sculpt expressive bear and pig faces with tangled fibers. 👉 https://seethis.tv/post/needle-felting-felty-pins-designer-chelsea-trousdale #activities #animals #art #bears #calm #crafts #cute #demonstration #diy #handmade #howto #pigs #textiles #tksst #video

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  🪵 ICYMI: Diné farmer and builder Roberto Nutlouis constructs traditional #hogans using #wood and #earth to create passive thermal barriers against #desert heat. In this #PBS NOVA Knowledge Keepers clip, #STEM instructor Dawnlei Ben uses #infrared cameras to show how high-mass earthen walls and east-facing doors maintain cool indoor #temperatures. 👉 https://seethis.tv/post/how-is-extreme-heat-blocked-by-this-wood-and-earth-dine-navajo-hogan #arizona #climatechange #climate #weather #sustainabi...

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  🎙️ ICYMI: Dan Brumm records squash courts and park slides around #Brisbane to build the #sound design for #Bluey. In this conversation with Dallas Taylor, he explains how authentic neighborhood #audio helps young viewers connect with animated #stories. 👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/bluey-sound-effects-dan-brumm-brisbane-tour-video #animation #australia #cartoon #emotions #family #howthingsaremade #imagination #interview #jobs #nature #play #recorder #soundeffects #sports #technology #te...

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  🛰️ WATCH: #NASA #Goddard illustrates how #smoke behaves as an atmospheric mixture of gases and suspended aerosols rather than a single #cloud. In this #video, watch how the #PACE #satellite gathers orbital #data on #light scattering to help scientists track wildfire plumes and #climate interactions across planet #Earth. 👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/science-of-smoke-illustrated-nasa-goddard-animation #air #pollution #animation #atmosphere #carbon #chemistry #earthscience #fire #fluiddy...

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  🎙️ ICYMI: Dan Brumm records squash courts and park slides around #Brisbane to build the #sound design for #Bluey. In this conversation with Dallas Taylor, he explains how authentic neighborhood #audio helps young viewers connect with animated #stories. 👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/bluey-sound-effects-dan-brumm-brisbane-tour-video #animation #australia #cartoon #emotions #family #howthingsaremade #imagination #interview #jobs #nature #play #recorder #soundeffects #sports #technology #te...

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  👹 WATCH: Author and #art educator Darrell Wakelam shares a zero-waste #maker #tutorial using cardboard cartons, glue, and scissors. Learn how simple cuts, pinched folds, and center seams turn everyday recycled #packaging into expressive, horned creatures. 👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/egg-carton-monsters-tutorial-video #activities #diy #halloween #howto #imagination #monsters #papercraft #play #sculpture #tksst #video

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  🐶 TIL: A #1920s #psychology #experiment asked people to match made-up words with shapes, and most agreed that "bouba" sounds round while "kiki" sounds spiky. Researchers in #Italy tested 70 dogs, playing the words over speakers while showing both shapes on screens. The #dogs looked more at the round shape during "bouba" and the spiky shape during "kiki." 👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/dogs-seem-to-agree-with-humans-that-bouba-is-round-and-kiki-is-spiky...

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  💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧠👁️ Around 10% of #students experience #aphantasia, a lack of mental imagery that can make #science harder to learn. A study across seven #Sydney private schools found load reduction instruction boosted test scores by about 20% for these students. The #research recommends physical models and concrete language over “imagine this” prompts. 👉 https://phys.org/news/2026-07-assume-students-pictures-minds.html #education #learning #teaching #neurodiversity #classroom #psychology

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  🔥 NEW: Ecologist Olivia Sanderfoot at #Cornell is building a new field she calls smoke #ecology, asking how #wildfire smoke affects birds even hundreds of kilometers from any flames. #Birds breathe roughly twice as much air as #humans per breath, using rigid lungs and air sacs, so smoke hits them harder. Sanderfoot is combining atmospheric #chemistry, satellite #data, and thousands of volunteer nest-box observers to track what birds do when #smoke arrives. 👉 https://www.npr.org/2026/10/06/nx-s...

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  🐒 NEW: Indri #lemurs, #Madagascar’s only #singing #primates, open their mouths wider to hit higher pitches, a vocal technique that parallels human #opera singers. Motion-tracking analysis of #video recordings showed that mouth openings track pitch changes, helping calls carry across dense #rainforest for social bonding and territorial warnings. 👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/lemurs-opera-singers-share-vocal-technique/ #animals #vocalization #evolution #research #biology #sound #science...

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  🦫 ICYMI: In West #London, the reintroduction of #beavers to an #urban #wetland helped halt chronic #flooding at a local tube station. Led by the #Ealing Beaver Project in #ParadiseFields, the #animals build natural #water defenses that replace the need for costly council #engineering works. 👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/ealing-beaver-project-success-video #biodiversity #biology #city #civics #climatechange #climate #community #ecosystem #england #uk #hydrology #nature #rain #science #...

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  🐟 NEW: Recent long-term tracking #research indicates that lake #sturgeon in the #GreatLakes may reach ages exceeding 400 years. By using capture-mark-recapture #data across decades, fishery biologists updated growth rate models for these #ancient cartilaginous #fish, showing lifespans nearly three times longer than previous estimates and rivaling some of the longest-living #vertebrates on Earth. 👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/some-fish-in-the-great-lakes-might-be-more-than-400...

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  🌊 NEW: Engineers on an #island in #India’s #Lakshadweep #archipelago are building an #ocean thermal #energy conversion plant to harness temperature gradients between warm surface #water and cold deep #sea water. The facility aims to generate #electricity and produce fresh drinking water around the clock, offering a sustainable alternative to costly imported #diesel for remote regions. 👉 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/ocean-thermal-conversion-india/ #renewableenergy #sustainab...

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  🦜 NEW: Behavioral biologist Jorg Massen gave 17 Galah #Cockatoos a daily choice to fly free. The #birds almost always flew, then foraged and raised their crests more. They also showed greater #optimism about finding #walnuts after #flying. Massen sees #flight as an ethological need, tying the #research to #animal welfare that enables their natural behaviors. 👉 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-birds-enjoy-flying-scientists-asked-cockatoos/ #parrots #animals #behavior #animalwelfar...

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  🐝 NEW: University of #Melbourne researchers logged more than 5,000 bee-flower interactions to map where five native bee species live across the city and which indigenous #plants feed them. Since #nativebees travel only about 100 meters from their nests, connected backyard #gardens can work like a bee highway linking parks and green spaces. 👉 https://phys.org/news/2026-09-vital-native-bee-highway-backyard.html #pollinators #biodiversity #gardening #wildlife #insects #entomology #bees #plants #...

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  💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: A team of scientists engineered an electrospun purple #fabric that reflects about 88% of sunlight and stays cooler than white #cotton in outdoor tests. In direct #sun, it ran up to 6º C (11º F) cooler than dyed purple cotton, and on simulated skin it beat uncovered skin by nearly 8º C. The lightweight #textile also kept its cooling effect after 50 wash cycles and showed strong durability under #UV exposure. 👉 https://interestingengineering.com/science/purple-fabric-reflects-sunlight-sta...