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  • Play Monster Bug Wars: Assassin Bug
    Monster Bug Wars

    Assassin Bug

    Assassin Bugs are equipped with a deadly rostrum that can inject paralyzing venom into prey, while simultaneously dissolving its victim from the inside!
  • Play Oddities: Articulated Cats
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    Articulated Cats

    When a customer hires Obscura to assemble the skeletons of his deceased cats, he is taken aback at Ryan's creative solutions.
  • Play Firefly: Explosion Cripples the Serenity While the crew celebrates Simon's birthday, a massive explosion blasts through the ship, crippling the Serenity and everyone on board.
  • Play Build It Bigger: Hard Working Roof
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    Build It Bigger

    London prepares to host the 2012 Olympics by building a massive new aquatic stadium. Danny Forster gets a look at the 120,000 square foot steel roof in progress.
  • Play How It's Made: Baseball Gloves
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    How It's Made

    Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant ask Karl what he learned from his trip to see the Great Wall of China.
  • Play Oddities: Bottled Up
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    Bottled Up

    >Laura is a model, mortician, and fashion designer, and a favorite Oddities customer. Seeking a unique birthday gift for a friend, Laura is fascinated, and a bit disgusted, by a bottle of testicles preserved in strychnine.
  • Play Speaking Chinese The cast and crew talk about why speaking Chinese was so important to the plot, difficulty speaking a language they didn't know and how producers used Chinese language so viewers could just infer what cast members were saying.
  • Play Monster Bug Wars: Ogre-Faced Spider
    Monster Bug Wars

    Ogre-Faced Spider

    The Ogre-Faced spider not only has incredible night vision due to its unique eye structure, but also spins an intricate, expandable web that can be thrown over its prey like a gladiator.
 
 
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America's 2010 Top Young Scientist Liam McCarty

Calling All Young Scientists: Enter to Win $25,000! Students in grades 5-8 can enter the 2011 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. Deadline is April 15, 2011.

Create a winning video entry! Register for a free webinar to learn about creating a winning entry video, and hear directly from the 2010 Grand Prize Winner.

 
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    Explore the world of strange and extraordinary artifacts.
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