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Two tweens wear white lab coats and stand behind a table spread with equipment, including a microscope, goggles, and beakers.

A large ship floating in the water. Caption: The new ship is built by a shipyard in Washington,

Still image from: The Electric Sheep: Earthquakes--Science and the Pulse of the Earth (Spanish)

Still image from: The Electric Sheep: Exercise Neuroscience (Spanish)

Still image from: The Electric Sheep: Frontiers of Science--Knowledge Collider in Mexico (Spanish)

Still image from: The Electric Sheep: Microcircuits of Technological Sovereignty and Innovation (Spanish)

Still image from: The Electric Sheep: Sail on the Waves of Space-Time (Spanish)

Still image from: The Electric Sheep: The Art of Telling Science (Spanish)

Still image from: The Electric Sheep: The Novel of Complex Biological Systems (Spanish)

A large herd of elephants. Caption: It's nice seeing the elephants.

Illustration showing light reflecting off a concave mirror array and concentrating on a central pressure chamber. Caption: Allows us to sterilize surgical instruments.

Person at a computer screen which displays a three-rotor windmill. Caption: Build it out of a super strong nickel alloy.

Still image from: The Henry Ford Innovation Nation With Mo Rocca: Spinach Leaf Hearts

Thermometer in a glass showing a temperature of 93.7. Spanish captions.

Person with a lit candle melting the wax into a dish. Spanish captions.

People pouring fluids from bottles into beakers. Spanish captions.

People using laser pointers to mock-swordfight. Spanish captions.

Person holding an object near a compass. The arrow on the compass points towards the object. Spanish captions.

People eating pizza. Caption: (Gabi) Mmmm.

Person pointing to the fingernail on someone's hand. Spanish captions.

Two metal bowls with popped popcorn. One bowl is overflowing, the other is half empty. Spanish captions.

Two people standing while a paper airplane flies through the air. Spanish captions.

One person stands while holding a kite string and the second person sits in a chair while holding the kite. Spanish captions.

Person pushing a button on a remote control. Spanish captions.

Two people standing while one gestures at a globe. Spanish captions.

A person holds a bowl in one hand a spoon immersed in the bowl with the other hand. Spanish captions.

Three people walking through the woods. Caption: I think back to the project quite a bit.

Cartoon character one-handed lifting a bar with weights on it. Caption: Less pull means I can lift this weight with one hand.

Teacher from the magic school bus is wearing earrings that light up and lifting a student. Caption: Want to shed some light on your experience, Keesha?

Magic school bus travelling through a tube with points of light. Caption: The inside of the wire is filled with electric charges,

Cartoon of someone pointing to a space capsule that has safely landed. Caption: They made it!

Cartoon of a girl repeated in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. Caption: Go back through the prism? Sounds like a plan to me.

Students and teacher from the magic school bus. One of the students is running by. Caption: You're just in time, Ms. Frizzle.

Students from the magic school bus shrunk to small size, climbing into an open cabinet. Caption: Look -- building materials!

Students from the magic school bus stand on a dock while their teacher is in the water. Caption: Well, if you don't look, you'll never see,

Bird perched in a tree. Caption: That would be evidence of habitat adaptation.

Woman wrapped in a blanket. Caption: you'd have cloak that would be invisible.

A sand covered horseshoe crab. Caption: ARTHROPODS That means they have an exoskeleton,

Two people walking past a large group of horseshoe crabs. Caption: (woman) We really do have a crab line tonight.

An old globe. Caption: Scientists were coming to their own conclusions

Small brown mouse runs on a bright green wheel against a black background. Text on image reads, "The science of an extreme animal athlete."

A man dropping a ball. Caption: potential energy gets converted into kinetic energy

Alex Dainis holds a lighted match stick in the hand. Caption: So why does it happen.

A vet looking over a dog. Caption: is called the "experimental group."

Still image from: The Space Gal: Alien Hovercraft

Still image from: The Space Gal: Ask Me Anything

Still image from: The Space Gal: Balloon Rocket

Still image from: The Space Gal: F-18 Flight With the Blue Angels

Still image from: The Space Gal: Fizzy Rocket

Still image from: The Space Gal: Glow in the Dark Lava Lamp

Still image from: The Space Gal: Glow in the Dark Paint

Still image from: The Space Gal: Glowing Turmeric

Still image from: The Space Gal: Invisible Ink

Still image from: The Space Gal: Onboard a Nuclear Submarine

Still image from: The Space Gal: Solar Flare

Still image from: The Space Gal: Solar Oven

Still image from: The Space Gal: Space Slime

An illustration of a nerve cell. Caption: That tangle travels to a healthy nerve cell.

Closeup of an upside-down liter bottle filled halfway with water and attached to a blue tube at the bottom. Girls wearing white lab coats appear in the background.

Illustration of a woman riding the bow of a ship and holding tulips while a throng of people stand beneath her. Caption: Some call this the first bubble economy.

Several large fish swimming in the water, as seen from the deck of a ship. Caption: Three thousand bluefins are farmed here.

Sun shining through machinery. Caption: because we get to look at something new in seismology.

Person about to look into the eye pieces of a microscope. Caption: how hormones control the genome,

Hands involved in a surgical procedure holding a syringe while other instruments work in an open body. Caption: it could become a first line of treatment

Aerial view of gray fish swimming in the shadows on the ocean floor. Text reads, "Underwater 'White Smoker' Vents: Is This Where Life Began?" NASA icon at bottom is labeled, "Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology."

A golden black spider crawls on a wooden log. Caption: In true comic book fashion, the spiders absorbed the graphene.

Still image from: Uno Dos of Trace: Do Billionaires Just Work Harder?

Still image from: Uno Dos of Trace: Fusion Breakthrough

Chemical notation. The header reads, “Standard Model of Particle Physics.” Below are two columns. The first is labeled, “Fermions.” with two tables of six particles below, labeled “quarks” and “leptons.” The second column is labeled “Bosons,” with a table of five particles illustrated below.

Animation of red blood cells in a blood vessel. Caption: Red blood cells are eight picometers,

A mouse nibbles the food particle holding it in its claws. Caption: The nanoparticles gave the mouse the ability to see infrared.

Man sits at a podcasting desk with a large microphone in front of him. He holds out his hands as if he is explaining something to us.

Man sits at a podcasting desk with a large microphone in front of him. He points two fingers together on the desk as if he is explaining something to us.

Astronomy photo. In a telescopic shot, we see a ray of light at the edge of the universe shining brightly amidst blue clouds of stardust reaching out towards glowing red.

Podcast video. Raising his eyebrows, a man sits at a podcasting desk speaking into a large microphone.

Woman sits in front of a large blue microphone, explaining something to us. In the background is a chalkboard filled with mathematical equations.

Closeup of chunks of a white substance. Caption: So it's decomposing to ice plus gas.

Microscope and slide. Caption: Scientists use many tools

A cloud of fruit bats is hanging upside down from the branches of a tree. Caption: Scientists want to know where these viruses are,

Closeup of a homemade volcano with red liquid foaming at the top and down the side.

Computer screen showing a dry riverbed with a rushing wall of wet debris. Caption: Debris flows are masses of rock and mud and water

Factory workers wearing neon vests and hard hats look down at a conveyor belt as garbage moves by.

Alex Dainis is seated in her lab with a laboratory note book in hand. Caption: So I often think of my lab notebook as a lab scrapbook.

Closeup of a bird on a branch. The bird has a light-colored body and a dark head. Caption: where they're evolving right before our eyes,

Person walking through stacked rows of chickens in cages. Caption: This is the age of the designer egg.

Water erupting from the ground. Caption: there's something unusual about how they work.

Illustration of a net-like structure. Protein. Mucus is a meshwork of proteins

Still image from: Wild About Animals: Elk, Dogs, and Heartwarming Reunions

Still image from: Wild About Animals: Puffins, Service Dogs, and Coral Reefs

Still image from: Wild About Animals: Zoos, Aquariums, and Research

On a table, we see a beaker of water next to a red bowl filled with cornstarch. A person is stirring the cornstarch with a wooden spoon. Containers of food dye wait in the foreground. Text reads, “One part water. 1 ½ to 2 parts cornstarch.”

Close-up shot of a person holding a magnet above dark black magnetic slime as it oozes upward toward the magnet.

Homemade robot made from a red plastic cup decorated with googly eyes sits on a desk.

Black and white photo with an indistinct sketch that looks as if it could be either a rabbit or a duck. Nearby text with two questions reads, “Rabbit?” and “Duck?”

Inside a beaker of liquid, a dissolving egg appears covered in tiny bubbles. Text reads, “Time Lapse.”

Random objects placed on a table. Caption: Let's experiment to see what'll stick to a magnet

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Earth's Views

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Forests

Attached to a fence, a large sign features the silhouette of a kiwi. It reads, “Kiwi live here. Please help us keep them safe.” Below is a smaller sign that says, “This beach is home to ground-nesting birds.”

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Pennsylvania

Tropical island scene featuring a tiny home surrounded by large, bushy palm trees and other greenery on a white sandy beach.

Near the shore of a lake, we see a large wooden sign that says, “Colorado Lagoon Wetland & Marine Science Education Center.”

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Believe It or Not

Against a backdrop of a spiraling galaxy, a hand holds out a blue teardrop-shaped medallion.

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Bet You Can't

Science-themed birthday cake in the foreground is decorated with a tipped-over beaker oozing green slime icing that drips over the sides. The cake is labeled “DIY SCI.” Colorful confetti falls in the background.

In a science classroom, a teacher leans over a science experiment while five captivated middle school students watch.

From above, we see two glass bowls with candy, next to two glasses of water. A box of M&Ms sits nearby.

Smoke billows on the ground outside of a high school as a teacher and his teenage students react with delight, running toward the smoke.

From above, a person handles a bag of ice with gloved hands. Nearby is a plate with a wedge of ice and another plate full of ice chips.

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Crazy Science Tricks

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Eggs

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Fluids

Man looks up as a parachuter lands in a snowy field in front of him. Another man watches near the tailgate of his truck.

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Food Science

Close-up of the sign in front of a museum that reads, “The Franklin Institute Science Museum." A smaller sign below reads, “Education and Conference Center Entrance.”

From ground level, we see two people in front of us cruising down a paved path, leaning back as they sit on skateboards with their feet outstretched in front of them.

In a driveway, a man operates a large homemade catapult as two other men look on.

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Gas

In the foreground, a person holds up a yellow water balloon with a large skewer through it. A student watches with awe in the background.

Three blind students walk down a school hallway, holding white canes in front of them as three teachers walk with them.

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Inertia

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Kitchen Chemistry

From above, we see a saucepan filled with green liquid and a wooden spoon. A box of food coloring sits nearby.

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Magnets

In the foreground, we see a glass of water and two tall beakers: one with clear fluid that foams toward the top and another with blue liquid. A woman stands by, smiling with safety glasses on.

From above, we see four people looking up towards a floating parachute as a camera operator kneels in the background.

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Museum Science

Statue featuring two men stands in front of a large red brick building with a sign that reads, “Museum of Science.”

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Pressure

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: PVC Science

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Recycled Science

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Rockets

Man kneels in the grass holding a hose with a white tube attached to the end. In front of him is a man wearing a protective suit with a large canvas splattered with paint.

At a science fair, a teenager presents an experiment to two students at a table.

Two men wearing safety goggles look at three beakers on a kitchen counter, one filled with foam. A large bag of baking soda sits nearby.

Silver four-door sedan sits on top of a huge air-filled bag as two men look on.

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Science in the Kitchen

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Science Magic

Inside a science museum, three kids look at a display made of wood, metal, and coils.

Inside a science museum, we see an inflated parachute above a gated-off machine. In the background is a large dinosaur skeleton.

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Science of Suds

We see a child’s toy set with six test tubes, each filled with clear liquid and colorful bubbles.

Person stretches out a giant glob of clear sparkly slime, as it oozes through their fingers.

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Soda

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Sound Experiments

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: The DIY SCI Challenge

Close-up of the sign in front of a museum that reads, “The Franklin Institute Science Museum." A smaller sign below reads, “Education and Conference Center Entrance.”

Though he is inside, a bearded man in a canary yellow raincoat holds a bright yellow umbrella over his head.

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: The Power of Air

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Weather Experiments

Still image from: Xploration Earth 2050: Animal Kingdom Meets Future Tech

We see a screen displaying rows of DNA sequencing, represented in patterns of waves, numbers, and letters.

Still image from: Xploration Earth 2050: Future Clothing

Student sits in a dark room in front of a computer monitor that displays a split screen of technical data.

Screen displays a jagged white line of close-together sound waves against a black background.

Still image from: Xploration Earth 2050: Growing Food

Futuristic compact teardrop-shaped green vehicle on three wheels drives on the street amongst traffic.

Realistic rendering of a human heart and its arteries are displayed on a computer screen.

Still image from: Xploration Earth 2050: Humans Adapting to Extreme Environments

Three people in space suits walk through the red desert of a Mars simulation. Each carries a large box on their backs, labeled with a distinct number.

We see a crowded street full of people talking, riding motorcycles, and walking in a third-world country.

Inside a high-tech lab, we see a humanoid robot with a gold helmet, holding out its hand. On its chest are emblems for NASA and GM.

From above, we see a simple white tennis shoe on a dark-colored carpet.

Public works facility stands under a cloudy sky.

Still image from: Xploration Earth 2050: Robot Makers and Innovators

Inside a simulation room, we see a white vehicle floating slightly above the floor.

Smiling boy holds a device. Behind him is a row of adults wearing shirts labeled “STEM.”

Students wearing protective eyewear use handheld 3D technology.

Still image from: Xploration Earth 2050: The Future of Money

Close-up of a machine in a makerspace.

In a grassy field, we see rows of solar panels angled toward the sun.

Still image from: Xploration Earth 2050: Urban Farmers

Still image from: Xploration Earth 2050: Warfare

Friendly robot with wide eyes and a screen on its chest that reads, “Hello, I’m Pepper.”

We see a close-up rendering of a colorful twisting strand of DNA against a dark background.

Against a backdrop of twinkling stars in a black night sky reads the text, “Life 2.0, ‘The Body Shop.’”

Twisting strand of blue and gold DNA lit up against a dark background.

Against a backdrop of twinkling stars in a black night sky, we see text that reads, “Life 2.0, ‘Digi-Life.’”

Digital rendering shows a ship pulling up to a floating multi-family residence amongst floating bio-domes accompanied by rows of solar panels.

Against a backdrop of twinkling stars in a black night sky, we see text that reads, “Life 2.0, ‘Homo Spaciens.’”

Against a backdrop of twinkling stars in a black night sky, we see text that reads, “Life 2.0, ‘Life Eternal.’”

Close-up shot of a quartz clock featuring roman numerals, showing a time of 7:15.

Against a backdrop of twinkling stars in a black night sky, we see text that reads, “Life 2.0, ‘Making Contact.’”

Against a backdrop of twinkling stars in a black night sky, we see text that reads, “Life 2.0, ‘Mastering Memory.’”

In a lab, a scientist with gloved hands injects liquid drops into testing equipment.

Against a backdrop of twinkling stars in a black night sky, we see text that reads, “Life 2.0, ‘Rise of the Cyborgs.’”

Against a backdrop of twinkling stars in a black night sky, we see text that reads, “Life 2.0, ‘Surviving the End.’”

Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: A Space Station for All

Human-made satellite floats toward us in a dark space.

Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: Citizen Science

Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: Exoplanets

Three people wearing space suits crouch together in a red and rocky Mars-like landscape.

Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: Fun With the Sun

Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: Future of Space Exploration

Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: Space--The Amusement Park

Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: Student Astronaut Contest

Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: Surviving Space

Orange flames leap off the bubbling surface of the sun.

Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: Why We Explore