SciShow
Can You Really Be Scared to Death?
Can you literally "die of fright?" Turns out, you can! In this episode of SciShow Hank explores the mechanisms in your body that activate when you get scared, and how they can sometimes get out of hand.
SciShow
How Being Obsessed with Health Can Make You Unhealthy
Dieting and exercise can be good for you, but just because something’s healthy, that doesn't mean more is even healthier.
SciShow
Top 5 Deadliest Diseases
Hank scares our pants off with a tale of the five deadliest infectious diseases in the world.
SciShow
Can You Actually Die from a Broken Heart?
It turns out this common phrase might have more of a basis in truth than you thought!
TED Talks
TED: A strategy for supporting and listening to others | Jeremy Brewer
As a police officer, Jeremy Brewer interacts with individuals experiencing trauma and loss on a daily basis. Giving us a peek into this little-discussed aspect of the job, Brewer shares thoughtful insights on why respecting people's...
SciShow
Why Death Photography Is So Helpful for Grief
Please Note: This episode contains post-mortem photographs: those of people taken after their death. If you would prefer not to see those images, please feel welcome to look away from the screen at 0:17 to 0:27 and listen along. Grief is...
Crash Course
Fungi: Death Becomes Them - CrashCourse Biology
Death is what fungi are all about. By feasting on the deceased remains of almost all organisms on the planet, converting the organic matter back into soil from which new life will spring, they perform perhaps the most vital function in...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Everything you need to know to read "Frankenstein" - Iseult Gillespie
In 1815, Lord Byron proposed a challenge to a few literary guests he had gathered in his house on Lake Geneva: Who could write the most chilling ghost story? This question sparked an idea in eighteen-year-old Mary Shelley who, over the...
SciShow
3 Ways Exoplanets Rocked Planetary Science
Exoplanets have taught us a lot more about planets than our solar system could ever teach us, from what happens when they’re born, to what happens when their stars die.
TED Talks
TED: I am my connectome | Sebastian Seung
Sebastian Seung is mapping a massively ambitious new model of the brain that focuses on the connections between each neuron. He calls it our "connectome," and it's as individual as our genome -- and understanding it could open a new way...
TED Talks
TED: Talk about your death while you're still healthy | Michelle Knox
Do you know what you want when you die? Do you know how you want to be remembered? In a candid, heartfelt talk about a subject most of us would rather not discuss, Michelle Knox asks each of us to reflect on our core values around death...
SciShow
Humanity’s Deepest, Darkest Fear
Most of us experience specific fears at one point or another, like of death or the future, but psychologists believe there might be one underlying fear from which all others originate.
SciShow
The Little Apple of Death
If you find some trees with little apple-like fruits by the ocean, beware! It might be a Manchineel, the world's most dangerous tree.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why is meningitis so dangerous? - Melvin Sanicas
In 1987, thousands of people gathered in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. But what started out as a celebration led to a worldwide health crisis: more than 2,000 cases of meningitis broke out, spreading across Saudi Arabia...
TED Talks
Amy Tan: Where does creativity hide?
Novelist Amy Tan digs deep into the creative process, looking for hints of how hers evolved.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Iseult Gillespie: Why is this painting so shocking?
In 1937, in one of the worst civilian casualties of the Spanish Civil War, Fascist forces bombed the village of Guernica in Northern Spain. For Pablo Picasso, the tragedy sparked a frenzied period of work in which he produced a massive...
SciShow
How Do You Define A Disorder?
The tremendous complexity of the human brain makes it difficult for psychologists to pin down exactly how and why things go wrong, so how do we define and diagnose disorders?
SciShow
Top 5 Deadliest Substances on Earth
There are natural poisons that lurk in bacteria, plants, and fungi pretty much everywhere, and they're there for good reasons (according to the organisms that produce them) - but what is it about their chemical make up that makes them so...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: When is water safe to drink? - Mia Nacamulli
Water is refreshing, hydrating, and invaluable to your survival. But clean water remains a precious and often scarce commodity - there are nearly 800 million people who still don't have regular access to it. Why is that? And how can you...
TED Talks
Nora McInerny: We don't "move on" from grief. We move forward with it
In a talk that's by turns heartbreaking and hilarious, writer and podcaster Nora McInerny shares her hard-earned wisdom about life and death. Her candid approach to something that will, let's face it, affect us all, is as liberating as...
SciShow
What Happens When You Stop Eating?
You know what starvation is, but do you know what it does to you? Hank walks you through the three major metabolic phases of starvation, from burning sugars to, basically, self-cannibalism.
SciShow
Why We Age - And How We Can Stop It
Hank hates death, so he helps us understand the process of aging, informs us of how scientists are studying ways to prevent it and brings us the exciting news of current research in longevity... for mice.
Be Smart
Can We Get Older Without Aging?
Nothing is guaranteed in life except death, taxes, and entropy. What do other life forms have to teach us about staying alive as we get old, and will we ever conquer death?
SciShow
10 Fantastic Fungi Superpowers
Join Hank Green to learn ten weird, scary, and amazing things fungi can do! Chapters MAKE YOU HALLUCINATE 0:50 psychotherapy 1:43 Claviceps purpurea Credit: Dominique Jacquin 2:08 SALEM WITCH TRIALS 2:39 2 MAY CAUSE MASS HYSTERIA 2:49...