Stephen Bax investigates thie cryptic work of the Voynich manuscript, one of history's biggest unsolved mysteries.

Tierney Thys explains how the curious behavior of playing dead, known as tonic immobility or TI for short, can be used as a defense or offense.

Elizabeth Cox explores the world of adhesives, comparing glue to tape.

Sheena Lee Faherty details why animals hibernate.

Carly Anne York explains how the stealthy cephalopods have mastered deep sea survival.

Alex Gendler details the challenges and benefits of building a lunar colony.

Rebecca D. Tarvin details strategies that protect animals from their own poison.

In 1974, farmers digging a well near their small village stumbled upon one of the most important finds in archaeological history - vast underground chambers surrounding a Chinese emperor's tomb that contained more than 8,000 life-size...

Chef Dan Barber squares off with a dilemma facing many chefs today: how to keep fish on the menu. With impeccable research and deadpan humor, he chronicles his pursuit of a sustainable fish he could love and the foodie's honeymoon he's...

The Great Wall of China is a 13,000-mile dragon of earth and stone that winds its way through the countryside of China. As it turns out, the wall's history is almost as long and serpentine as its structure. Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen...

McKenna Pope's younger brother loved to cook, but he worried about using an Easy-Bake Oven- because it was a toy for girls. So at age 13, Pope started an online petition for the American toy company Hasbro to change the pink-and-purple...

How do leafy greens like spinach grow even in the dead of winter? One way is hydroponics- an ancient technique that could be the future of farming. [4:51]

Armand D'Angour explains the evolution of the Olympics. [3:20]