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Why do colors exist in the world? That’s what Phoebe wants to know. The answer might change how you think about the colors that you see!

Trash is one of the biggest problems on the planet. But scientists are coming up with solutions that might surprise you. In this Earth Day episode, we meet two researchers who are tackling trash in two very different ways. Kevin Solomon hopes to solve the challenge of recycling plastic with the help of meal worms, and Lily Pollans is figuring out what kids can do to help everyone make less trash. Find out how science can help tackle Earth’s biggest challenges - and how you ca

EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS 3-LS3-2 Crosscutting Concept: Cause and Effect Why and how do cats purr? That’s what Reid wants to know. It sounds like a simple question, but it leads us to a deep challenge: Can we ever understand cats? To find out, we launch a full-scale cat purr investigation. You’ll hear from a puzzled veterinarian, a scientist who studied her cat’s annoying purr, and the author of purring.org, the premier cat purr research website. It’s a purr-fec

EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: PS, ESS 2-PS1-2 Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect How do you launch the largest space telescope ever built into space? The James Webb Space Telescope will travel 1.5 million miles away from Earth to help answer some of our biggest questions about the universe. But first, it has to be launched on a rocket - and the telescope is too big to fit on a rocket. So NASA decided to fold it up - and then unfold it in space. How? NASA scientist

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS 3-LS3-1 3-LS3-2 Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns Cause and Effect Fish with legs? Crazy, right? Turns out, fish with legs are a lot more real than you might think! We teamed up with What If World, one of our favorite storytelling podcasts, to answer this question both scientifically and creatively! In our “science version,” we consult with the funniest fish biologist you’ll ever meet, Solomon David. He’s obsessed with creating puns for

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS 3-LS3-2 Crosscutting Concept: Cause and Effect What are the origins of owls, and why do they stay up at night? We answer questions from two owl-curious Tumble listeners. with the help of Harvard ornithologist Dr. Scott Edwards. He takes us on a journey starting in the time of the dinosaurs, to unravel the secrets of what made owls WHOOOO they are today. THE BIRD FAMILY TREE In the episode, Scott Edwards is looking at the bird family t

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS 5-LS2-1, 3-LS3-2, 4-LS1-1 Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect, Systems and System Models How do whales use their blowholes to breathe, and what keeps them from filling up with water? There’s no better way to find out than getting up close and personal with whales! That’s what marine mammal biologist Justine Hudson did when she collected whale snot from belugas. Snot or “blow” is the watery cloud that sprays up when whales exhale.

An interactive episode about why trees go dormant! Discover our gallery of tree images.

EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS, ESS K-LS1-1, K-ESS3-1, 2-LS4-1, 3-LS4-3 Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns, Systems and System Models, Cause and Effect Take the next step to explore and learn with Tumble! Join Marshall and scientist Rob Dunn for a first-of-its-kind, interactive, educational audio experience. The Wildlife of Your Home Podcourse is a 10 episode series that will train you to become an indoor wildlife investigator - a rare kind of scientist! You’ll learn a