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The National Academy of Sciences's Public Engagement Testbed The Koshland Science Museum closed on November 27, 2017. Find out more at labx.org

The work of the museum is now carried out through LabX, a public engagement program of the National Academy of Sciences.

05/08/2026

🌍 This week’s Friday Findings is doing some serious detective work… just in very unexpected places.

One story traces the rise of an ancient African empire back to a quiet shift in the Nile 🌊
Another looks to Moon dust to rethink where Earth’s water came from 🌕
And the last? Parasites that are… swapping genes?? 🧬

It’s giving: rivers as architects, the Moon as a historian, and microbes behaving badly.

Science is weird. We like it that way.

05/04/2026

We put science in the room with Destroy Boys…
and didn’t tell you what would happen.
Find out tomorrow on YouTube.

05/03/2026

Boba fails with cold water: It's like glue, but not in a good way. Physics lesson: heat activates molecules! Watch the full episode on YouTube.

05/02/2026

Science experiment in the kitchen! Making perfect boba pearls by adjusting water temp. Watch the full episode on YouTube!

05/01/2026

Rubber that refuses to break. Apes that act a little too familiar. And orangutans testing out a sky bridge like it’s their daily commute.

This week’s Friday Findings is all about connection—how things hold together, fall apart, and find their way back. From a 100-year-old mystery solved in PNAS to primate social drama to a literal bridge in the treetops, this one’s got range.

Which story are you bringing up at dinner? 👀

04/30/2026

🎉🍵 Happy National Bubble Tea Day!🥤💖 Whether you love classic milk tea or fruity flavors bursting with boba, today is all about indulging in your favorites! And in case you missed it - we have a whole episode about the chemistry of making boba pearls that we think you'll love!

Watch it here: https://ow.ly/XRGf50YSBAv

04/24/2026

🌌💡🌿 Big universe energy, small human fixes

We mapped millions of galaxies across the universe…
…and down here on Earth, the solution might just be turning off your porch light.

This week’s Friday Findings covers:
🌌 The largest 3D map of the universe ever created
💡 Why birds need us to hit the lights at night
🌿 A massive effort to get water flowing back through the Everglades

Scale: cosmic → local → ecosystem-wide.
Impact: all of it matters.

04/23/2026

Making boba at home is more doable than you think.

Follow along as we turn simple ingredients into chewy tapioca pearls, step by step.

Full episode on the science of boba: https://ow.ly/w8UH50YNTxb

04/22/2026

How many boba places are near you?

🔗 Watch the full episode and learn the science behind making boba here: https://ow.ly/U3Pv50YNToP

04/17/2026

🌍 This week’s Friday Findings is a reminder that science is full of surprises:

🐧 Emperor penguins and Antarctic fur seals are now endangered as climate change impacts Antarctica—supported by research that includes PNAS findings
🌕 Astronauts saw meteorites hitting the moon in real time
🐙 And a fossil once thought to be the oldest octopus? Not an octopus after all

From Earth to space to deep time, things aren’t always what they seem.

04/16/2026

DIY Boba fail vs. win! Cold water experiment for physics fun, but heat is key for perfect pearls. Watch the full episode on YouTube!

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