

How to Be an Inventor | Tumble Episode
Have you ever had a brilliant idea and thought, Hey, why doesn’t this exist yet? Well, congratulations—you might be an inventor in the making!


OCEAN Kids: A New Audio Course to Fight Microplastic Pollution
Photo from "gentlemanrook" via Wikimedia Commons Tumble Media is excited to announce a new educational audio course, OCEAN Kids, designed to empower students to combat microplastic pollution. Developed in partnership with Associated Universities Inc. (AUI) and the Nurdle Patrol , OCEAN Kids provides a hands-on, engaging learning experience for students in grades 3-5. Nurdles, tiny plastic pellets that are the building blocks of almost all plastic products, are a major source


How Do Toilets Work? | Tumble Episode
When you have to go, where does it go? Prepare for some potty humor as we hear from engineer Francis de los Reyes. In this episode, you'll hear all about toilet science and history. What did people do before toilets? And how can toilet science flush to the future? 🎧 Listen to the Episode 🔎About The Featured Expert Dr. Francis de los Reyes is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at North Carolina State University . He researches and teaches proper wastewater


Gas Busters- Life Lab, Part 5 | Tumble Episode
If there’s too much gas in the atmosphere, who you gonna call? Gas Busters! Find out how a bacteria from a rabbit’s gut could help fight climate change, in our final episode of Life Lab. This episode features Dr. Ryan Tappel of LanzaTech, and a song collaboration with Basho Mosko, of Basho & Friends! Want to hear more from Ryan? Listen to our bonus interview episode on Patreon . Welcome to Life Lab! This is the final part of our five part series about how tiny life can change


Fashion's New Spider Sense - Life Lab, Part 4 | Tumble Episode
Shirts made from spider silk? Leather made from fungi? In this episode, we're exploring how synthetic biology is pushing the future of fashion! Welcome to Life Lab! This is the fourth part of our five part series about how tiny life can change our world. In Life Lab, we explore the incredible power of synthetic biology to solve some of our biggest challenges - and asking how it could change our future. Life Lab is supported by the Engineering Biology Research Consortium, a


"Is This a Good Idea?" - Life Lab, Part 3
So far in Life Lab, we’ve uncovered the power of synthetic biology. But with great power comes great responsibility! In this episode, we’ll ask “Is this a good idea?” when it comes to changing the DNA of mosquitoes to fight a deadly virus. Welcome to Life Lab! This is the third part of our five part series about how tiny life can change our world. In Life Lab, we explore the incredible power of synthetic biology to solve some of our biggest challenges - and ask how it could


Moving to Mars? - Life Lab, Part 2 | Tumble Episode
Should we make the move to Mars? And how would we live there? Join us as we pack our bags for Mars with the help of synthetic biology. We’ll find out how astronauts could grow their own food, medicine, and even building materials on the Red Planet. But when Lindsay and Marshall start to disagree about moving to another planet, some tricky questions threaten the mission… This is the second part of our five part series about how tiny life can change our world. In Life Lab, we


More Cheese, Please - Life Lab, Part 1 | Tumble Episode
What does cheese have to do with technology? What does engineering have to do with biology? And why should we know about it? We’ll slice into these questions to get a taste of what synthetic biology is, how it's already in our lives, and how it got there. Welcome to Life Lab! This is the first part of our five part series about how tiny life can change our world. In Life Lab, we explore the incredible power of synthetic biology to solve some of our biggest challenges - and as
