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Two ants have lost their queen’s pink sprinkle! Now they must go on an adventure to find their queen’s sugary snack. They need to ask all the other creatures that live around them if they have seen it! Will they ever be able to find the sprinkle?

In ancient China, an alchemist mixed an exploding medicine and accidentally invented gunpowder. Learn about the development of gunpowder and other explosives, like nitroglycerin and dynamite, in this fun feature.

David and his father are on their way home from Hiroshima in Japan. During the drive home, they stop at an apple farm where an old man tells David about his time as a soldier in World War II. The story helps David understand that kindness can happen even in the darkest of times.

Meet artist and author Brian Floca and follow along as he takes you through how he creates the drawings for one of his books, Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11. You’ll follow the drawings at every stage, from sketch to drawing to finished illustration!

When a young dwarf and his father are exploring a new cave to mine, they come across a strange cave painting made of a rare mineral. The picture shows a large hydra, an ancient nine-headed monster. While trying to mine the mineral, a real hydra breaks through the wall!

In Morocco, deaf children were at a disadvantage when it comes to their education. When Dr. Abdelhadi Soudi built a computer program that can translate sign language, it improved the way Morocco teaches their deaf children by leaps and bounds!

When Oliver cannot see the difference between cows and horses, his mom takes him to the eye doctor for the first time! Oliver learns about the eye and how it allows him to see. Dr. Walker then shows him how he is able to tell if the eye is healthy! Will Oliver need to get glasses?

Bomber’s great grandfather was a Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. They were the first African Americans to ever become pilots! Bomber can’t wait for his “Poppy” to tell his class about being a pilot when an accident happens. Bomber now has to give the presentation! Will he get over his fear to tell the story of his great grandfather?

In this American folk tale, Bo Bandit meets the famous John Henry and begins to work on the C & O Railroad. When a steam drill threatens to replace some of the railroad workers, John challenges the machine to a race through the mountain. Who will win?

Lancelot is a very handsome prince, known throughout the kingdom for his beauty! When he happens upon an old witch and her toad after getting lost in the woods, though, he finds that he can’t always rely on his looks to get him out of his problems.

Have you ever wished you could swim with whales? Swim alongside a pod of orcas and see how these magnificent creatures spend their lives together in the Johnstone Strait. Learn how they travel, communicate, play, and hunt through the eyes of a young male orca.

A young boy's spelling mistake leads to a major mix-up with the family dog. When his spelling bee champion sister heads off to an important event, it’s up to a young boy and his father to watch after her dog. He must prove that he is responsible enough for a dog of his very own!

Have you ever wondered why you get grossed out by different things? Everyone has had that feeling in their stomach when they are grossed out. Sometimes it can give you a stomachache or it can even make you get sick! Both people and animals can get disgusted by a wide range of things. Do you know why you feel this way at times? Well, this story can help you learn how these feelings are a response that allows you to stay healthy and keep germs out of your body!

Big cities will soon boast supertall and megatall skyscrapers. This means we’ll need elevators that can safely handle them! Engineers are busy rising to the challenge of designing high tech elevators to help people reach these new heights.

Is magic real? Fairy tales are stories that teach us moral issues, often with the use of magic. But what would happen to those stories if they were set in the real world? See how science and technology can create the "magic" you see in your favorite fairy tales.

Join a cat who loves to wear boots as he tries to buy a new pair of shoes at the Sixpence Shoe. When he accidentally tries on a pair of magic boots, he is transported far away! Now he must find his way back with the help of all your favorite fairy tale characters. Will he ever be able to buy a new pair of boots?

Mr. Tortoise has finally made his new home, but all the other animals want to share it with him. Soon, Mr. Tortoise is sharing his burrow with a cricket, a beetle, a frog, a snake, and an owl! What’s he to do with so little space? How will all these animals get along?

Have you ever looked into the night sky and wished that you could walk on the Moon? Find about what it is like from the astronauts that were first to do it! Learn about how Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins traveled into space and created history in 1969, and what it was like to take those famous first steps that made “one giant leap for mankind."

What would you do if an alien spaceship crash landed by your house? Kyle and Trent get to find out when that very thing happens to them. They also find out what sort of fuel alien spaceships use to run, and it might not be what you expect!

As Phil is star-gazing with his friend one night, he decides that he no longer wants to live on Earth and he wants to live on a different planet in Space. Phil has to decide which new planet that he can move to but quickly finds out that many of his choices are not quite livable. Will Phil ever to able to explore what really is out there or will Earth be his home forever?