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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 26m

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🏗️🌊 Artist Olalekan Jeyifous reimagines Crown Heights through speculative #architecture that asks: How do communities create "home" beyond buildings? #art

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A digital collage showing an urban street intersection transformed into a lush, green wetland environment with floating structures, vegetation-covered buildings, and futuristic transportation elements integrated into the landscape.

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 13h

🐦⚔️ The Aztecs called #hummingbirds "huitzillin" and viewed them as fierce warriors despite their tiny size, associating them with their supreme god Huitzilopochtli whose name means "hummingbird of the south." #history

👉 www.worldhistory.org/article...

Hummingbirds in Aztec Culture: Warriors, Survivors, & the Namesakes of Gods & Kings

Hummingbirds, called huitzillin ("wee-TZEEL-een") in the Nahuatl language of the Aztecs, are one of the most recognizable and striking species in the avian world. While these pollinators are known in...

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 14h

☔️📊 Scientists at the University of Michigan and NASA used machine learning to identify nine distinct precipitation types instead of the traditional three. #weather #science

👉 www.popsci.com/environment/p...

There are actually 9 types of precipitation

It’s more complicated than just rain, sleet, and snow.

www.popsci.com

The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 15h

🌌⚫ The James Webb telescope finds most galaxies rotate preferentially, suggesting universe may exist inside black hole. #space #science

👉 www.space.com/space-explorat...

Is our universe trapped inside a black hole? This James Webb Space Telescope discovery might blow your mind

"I think that the simplest explanation of the rotating universe is the universe was born in a rotating black hole."

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 16h

🐊🥚 American alligator hatchlings slice their way out of eggs in Mississippi bayous. The nest temperature determines their sex. These tiny reptiles instinctively find water and their protective mother for their first year of life. #science #nature

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An adult American alligator floats in dark water with several small baby alligators riding on its back and head, surrounded by reflected trees in a natural wetland setting.

The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 16h

🐉🪰 Dragonfly vs Damselfly: Who's your pick? These ancient cousins evolved different hunting strategies in the same pond. #science #nature

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Two microscopic close-up images showing insect compound eyes - one blue-tinted eye with spiky features on the left and one orange-tinted rounded compound eye on the right.

The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 18h

🏗️🌊 Artist Olalekan Jeyifous reimagines Crown Heights through speculative #architecture that asks: How do communities create "home" beyond buildings? #art

👉 Learn more: zurl.co/K6UaX

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 20h

🎋♻️ Scientists created bamboo-based plastic that matches traditional plastic strength while biodegrading in soil within 50 days. #science #innovation

👉 newatlas.com/materials/bambo...

Bamboo-derived biodegradable plastic is as durable as the real thing

Bamboo plastic sounds like a compelling eco-friendly material for a variety of applications, but its questionable durability and recyclability leave a lot to be desired.

newatlas.com

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 21h

🗿⚖️ Scientists confirmed Easter Island statues were moved upright using coordinated rope-pulling in zig-zag motion. #archaeology #physics

👉 phys.org/news/2025-10-easter...

Easter Island's statues actually 'walked,' and physics backs it up

For years, researchers have puzzled over how the ancient people of Rapa Nui did the seemingly impossible and moved their iconic moai statues. Using a combination of physics, 3D modeling and on-the-ground ...

phys.org

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 22h

🌊🔵 Atmospheric molecules scatter blue light more than other colors, creating our blue sky and ocean reflections. #science #physics

👉 discoverwildscience.com/the-...

The Sky Isn’t Blue Because of the Ocean — It’s the Other Way Around - discoverwildscience

The sky isn’t blue because of the ocean—it's the other way around. Discover why light scattering makes the sky appear blue.

discoverwildscience.com

The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 23h

🕷️🔪 Assassin #spiders found in Australia, South Africa and Madagascar are specialized spider-hunting predators that track their prey for days by following silk drag lines, then infiltrate webs undetected and lure victims by plucking web strands. #nature

👉 www.discoverwildlife.com/ani...

With deadly long jaws that drain their prey dry, this is one of the world’s most spine-chilling spiders — and it's known as a lethal assassin | Discover Wildlife

www.discoverwildlife.com

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 1d

☄️🪨 When does a meteor become a meteorite? What makes a comet different from an asteroid? Each name change marks where a space rock is and what it's doing on its journey through the solar system. #space #astronomy

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Illustrated diagram showing a glowing meteor entering from upper left, several gray asteroids floating in dark blue space, and an orange and blue telescope in lower right corner.

The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 2d

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦜🎵 Meet Apollo, a Superb Lyrebird whose vocal performances include kookaburras, magpies, car alarms, and chainsaws. His specialized syrinx allows perfect mimicry, while his floor-raking behavior engineers eastern Australia's eucalypt forests. #science #birds

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 2d

🦜🎵 Meet Apollo, a Superb Lyrebird whose vocal performances include kookaburras, magpies, car alarms, and chainsaws. His specialized syrinx allows perfect mimicry, while his floor-raking behavior engineers eastern Australia's eucalypt forests. #science #birds

👉 Learn more: zurl.co/ysIpU

A Superb Lyrebird with gray-brown plumage stands on forest floor debris with its distinctive S-shaped tail feathers raised and fanned out in an elaborate white-edged display against a background of fencing and vegetation.

The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 2d

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦡👶 Banded mongoose mothers sync births to the same day. When the alpha has babies, other pregnant mothers deliver too. The result: mothers can't tell which pups are theirs and care for all equally. #animals #nature

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Young banded mongoose pup resting on sandy ground, showing its brown fur and small rounded ears. From BBC's Animal Super Parents documentary filmed in Uganda.

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 3d

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🎨✏️ This 1987 alphabet #animation by Barbara Nislick Gates took 18 months of hand-drawn frames. Children's voices from Greenwich Village, music by Bruce Darby, and that classic Sesame Street vibe. #art

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Hand-drawn animation still showing a child driver behind a steering wheel with "Dd driver" text. From Barbara Nislick Gates' 1987 alphabet film created at NYU's Tisch School using 3" x 4" cel-painted frames.

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 5d

🍂📚✨ As autumn learning routines take hold, we'll continue curating exceptional educational content for curious minds. Consider supporting our work this fall through membership. Your support helps us find videos and news that engage learners year-round.

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 5d

🦡👶 Banded mongoose mothers sync births to the same day. When the alpha has babies, other pregnant mothers deliver too. The result: mothers can't tell which pups are theirs and care for all equally. #animals #nature

👉 Watch: thekidshouldseethis.com/post...

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 5d

🐦🔊 Researchers at Cornell University found that over 20 bird species across four continents produce nearly identical "whining" vocalizations when spotting parasitic #birds near their nests. #science

👉 www.eurekalert.org/news-rele...

Birds’ vocal warnings provide new insight into the origins of language

Birds separated by vast geographic distances and millions of years of evolution share a remarkably similar learned vocal warning to identify parasitic enemies near their nests, an international team of researchers has found.

www.eurekalert.org

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 5d

📜 The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge is displaying ancient Egyptian everyday documents including sick notes and invoices written on stone fragments called ostraca by craftspeople 3,500 years ago. #history #egypt

👉 www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy...

Ancient Egyptian sick notes and invoices go on show in Cambridge

It focuses on the civilisation's makers and includes objects on loan from France for the first time.

www.bbc.com

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 5d

🎨✏️ This 1987 alphabet #animation by Barbara Nislick Gates took 18 months of hand-drawn frames. Children's voices from Greenwich Village, music by Bruce Darby, and that classic Sesame Street vibe. #art

👉 Watch: thekidshouldseethis.com/post...

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 5d

🏺🦅 Spanish researchers surveyed 12 abandoned bearded vulture nests and discovered 226 human artifacts, some nearly 700 years old, preserved alongside animal remains. #history #birds

👉 www.popsci.com/environment/b...

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts

Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.

www.popsci.com

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 5d

🏘️⛈️ Researchers at KU Leuven documented a crisis of urban gullies – massive erosion channels that form when heavy rainfall cuts through poorly drained city streets in rapidly developing areas. #climate #research

👉 newatlas.com/environment/urb...

Massive expanding chasms are eating cities alive from below

Nearly 3,000 growing chasms have opened up in dozens of towns, swallowing up roads and houses in their path. Known as urban gullies, these destructive forces of nature are increasing rapidly and now threaten to displace more than 3.2 million people.

newatlas.com

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 6d

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🪂✂️ Engineers at Polytechnique Montreal are using Japanese kirigami cuts to turn flat Mylar disks into parachutes. Air rushes through the cuts mid-fall, transforming the disk into a cone that slows descent. #science #engineering

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 6d

🪂✂️ Engineers at Polytechnique Montreal are using Japanese kirigami cuts to turn flat Mylar disks into parachutes. Air rushes through the cuts mid-fall, transforming the disk into a cone that slows descent. #science #engineering

👉 Learn more: thekidshouldseethis.com/post...

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