Honeybees Vote on Where to Live
A honeybee swarm picks its next home by collective vote. Scouts dance arguments for competing cavities until one dance wins.
RECESS · APR 2026
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The Antikythera Mechanism Is a Greek Laptop
A shipwreck off a Greek island held a 2,000-year-old bronze machine that predicted eclipses and tracked the Olympic Games.
2 MIN · INTERMEDIATE
Bolivia's Salt Flat Is the World's Largest Mirror
After rain, the Salar de Uyuni becomes a 4,000-square-mile mirror flat enough to calibrate the altimeters on satellites.
2 MIN · BEGINNER
Cuttlefish Pass a Marshmallow Test
Given a choice between shrimp now or better shrimp later, cuttlefish waited up to two minutes — and the better waiters learned faster too.
2 MIN · INTERMEDIATE
Lightning Leaves Glass Behind
When lightning hits a sandy beach, it fuses the grains into a branching glass tube — a frozen cast of the bolt itself.
2 MIN · INTERMEDIATE