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Jun 5

Making delicious jam involves a rolling boil to preserve the fruit. This process ensures your jam stays tasty for a long time! Watch the full episode on our YouTube channel to see the jam making in action. #JamMaking #Preserves #BakingTips #FoodPreservation #YouTube

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Jun 4

🫐 New recipe video! Learn how to make homemade blueberry jam with a simple recipe featuring blueberries, sugar, lemon juice, and pectin. Watch here: ow.ly/Jwcv50Z6I3x #FoodScience #Chemistry #BlueberryJam #ChemistsInTheKitchen

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May 31

Jam making 101: Know when it's ready! If bubbles persist after stirring, it's almost there. For a final check, drop a bit on a frozen plate – it shouldn't run! #JamMaking #Preserves #HomeCooking #YouTube #FoodTips

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May 30

Making blueberry jam from scratch! We're smashing blueberries and letting the heat release all their goodness. Watch the full episode on our YouTube channel! #BlueberryJam #Homemade #Preserves #Cooking #Foodie #YouTube

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May 29

Mechanical engineering in action! Watch as we smash, boil, and thicken our way to a perfect jam using pectin. Discover the science behind setting the gel! For the full episode, check out our YouTube channel. #MechanicalEngineering #ScienceOfFood #JamMaking #DIY #YouTube

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May 19

Destroy Boys x LabX Out Loud is officially live. This collaboration blends a full live performance with conversations about black holes, cosmic “reverb,” and the strange physics hidden inside sound itself. Watch the full session here: ow.ly/ljc150Z1Qg0

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May 8

This week’s Friday Findings: A PNAS study suggests the Nile may have helped build an ancient empire by quietly shifting into a more stable, fertile river system. Another PNAS study uses Moon samples to challenge how Earth got its water. And parasites? They’re swapping genes.

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May 4

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

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May 3

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. #Boba #ScienceExperiment #Fail #KitchenHacks #YouTube

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May 2

Science experiment in the kitchen! Making perfect boba pearls by adjusting water temp. Watch the full episode on YouTube! #BobaTea #Chemistry #FoodScience #DIY #Recipe #KitchenHacks

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May 1

Rubber’s secret strength (finally solved in PNAS) Apes showing us the messy roots of human behavior Orangutans testing a sky bridge in the wild This week’s Friday Findings is all about connection—and it gets weird.

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Apr 30

🎉🍵 Happy National Bubble Tea Day!🥤💖 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: ow.ly/1u2450YSBAw #BubbleTeaDay #CheersToBoba

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Apr 24

We just mapped the universe in 3D… …and also learned you should turn off your lights for birds. This week’s Friday Findings: 🌌 Massive galaxy map 💡 Migration vs. city lights 🌿 Everglades water comeback Different scales. Same idea: small changes, big impact.

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Apr 23

You can make boba from scratch—and it’s more hands-on than you’d think. We break it down step by step 👇 ow.ly/fJtC50YNTxj

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Apr 22

How many boba places are near you? 🔗 Watch the full episode and learn the science behind making boba here: ow.ly/kzEF50YNToS

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Apr 17

This week in science: • Astronauts watched meteorites hit the moon in real time • A “300M-year-old octopus” turned out to be a nautilus • Emperor penguins are now endangered (with research including PNAS) Nature doesn’t do predictable. #FridayFindings

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Apr 14

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Apr 14

Did you hear? @labxNAS is up for a Webby Award! 🎮 LabX's Science Block at Awesome Games Done Quick 2026 brought scientific thinking into one of the world’s biggest gaming charity events. Public voting is open through April 16. Vote now: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicV…

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Apr 14

DIY boba experiment gone wild! What happens when you drop 50 balls into water? The texture is gooey, chewy, and… surprising. Watch the full episode on YouTube! #DIYBoba #FoodScience #Experiment #BobaLover #YouTube

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Apr 10

This week’s Friday Findings: 🌕 Earthset from the Moon 🌊 A PNAS-backed rethink of Earth’s most powerful ocean current 🐜 And the most painful stings in the animal kingdom (deeply unsettling) Science is beautiful, chaotic, and occasionally out for revenge.

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Apr 9

What gives boba its signature chew? 🧋 It’s all chemistry. We break it down in our latest episode → ow.ly/I2pG50YGw7N

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