✨🌈🪐 Videos & News Today • December 16, 2025

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In today's science news: A real life Indiana Jones discovery 💀, the humble biscotti's important place in history 🍪, and why you wake up minutes before your alarm goes off ⏰. Plus, more headlines after today's videos 👇

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✨🌈🪐 Today on TKSST

Ever wonder how sea salt gets from ocean to your kitchen table? Maddie Moate visits a Cornwall facility that pumps 60,000 liters of Atlantic seawater hourly to a clifftop factory.

Four Disney artists maintain the nearly extinct craft of hand-painted animation cels.

🪐🧬🧠 Things we learned today

🔬 A survey of 25 years of major scientific breakthroughs from CRISPR gene editing to black hole photography • National Geographic

👈 Study finds 84% of people experience "vicarious touch" when watching someone being touched on video • The British Psychological Society

🍪 A chemistry professor explains the science behind perfect chocolate chip cookies • Popular Science

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NEW ⬆️ From Rion: My daughter started putting ROKR puzzles together when she was 12 and, at 15, has become a pro at these 3D laser-cut wood kits. So, of course, I'm super excited about this new 1981-era Space Shuttle with LEDs. For any teen or grown up who loves space, engineering, or model kit-building, this is an impressive, highly-rated gift that will not disappoint

Buy at: Amazon

From Rion: When these two board books arrived, my 15-year-old recognized them from a YouTube review, and started going through them page by page, saying, "These are so smart!"

And that was my first impression of Chase Roberts' Computer Engineering for Babies and Computer Engineering for Big Babies, working circuit boards disguised as sturdy board books with buttons, switches, and LEDs that respond to each press and flip.

Digital logic is the foundation of computing, and these books make it tangible. What they take away depends on age; a 10-month-old grasps cause and effect while older children (and grown-ups) connect interactions to computing concepts.

And even without understanding the technical details explained on each page, it's super fun to press buttons, flip switches, and watch lights respond! These books are smart, and make fantastic gifts for babies and new parents alike.

Buy at: HackyLabs

From Rion: This 3,091-piece Milky Way set from LEGO's art series looks like a cool pixel image from across the room. Get closer and you'll see the greebling—when small LEGO elements like brushes, flowers, gems, fruit, binoculars, whisks, helmets, etc—creates texture across the galaxy's surface. Plus, there's a few astronomical easter eggs and a small YOU ARE HERE label. It's an awesome gift for space enthusiasts, LEGO collectors, or the whole family to build together.

Buy at: LEGO.com • Amazon

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