Crash Course Kids
How to compare and contrast (Little Red Riding Hood): Crash Course Kids Literature #6
New ReviewFairy tales aren’t just “once upon a time…” and “happily ever after.” They can connect us to people across the world! In our final episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we compare and contrast different versions of “Little Red Riding...
TED-Ed
Can you "see" images in your mind? Some people can't | Adam Zeman
When reading "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," most readers visualize the queen’s croquet game play out in their heads. A few might see the scene in vivid detail. However, a small fraction of readers have a drastically different...
SciShow
Dyslexia: When Your Brain Makes Reading Tricky
While many researchers are focusing on finding a difference in brains of people with dyslexia, some new research suggests it might not just be in their brains, but in their eyes.
SciShow Kids
Woolly Mammoths, Mastodons, and Amazing Teeth! | SciShow Kids
Mastodons and woolly mammoths were both ancient relatives of elephants, but they were very different! Join Jessi and Squeaks to see how we can learn all about what an ancient animal ate, just by looking at its teeth.
SciShow
Actually Understand Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes affects over 400 million people. It can be confusing and difficult to manage, so in this video we'll answer all your questions about type 2 diabetes, including what to eat, what affects your risk, and is there a cure.
SciShow
How Do We Figure Out The Sex ... Of A Fossil?
We know a lot about fossils, but there's one thing about all those long-dead organisms that's hard to figure out -- their sex. So let's talk about the ways we can try to determine whether those T. rex bones came from a male or a female,...
TED Talks
TED: 3 steps to better connect with your fellow humans | Amber Cabral
How can you effectively support people at work and in your community, especially when they're different from you? Inclusion strategist Amber Cabral shares three steps you can take to build connection — emphasizing that even small,...
PBS
The Curious Case of the Cave Lion
A mysterious, large feline roamed Eurasia during the last ice age. Its fossils have been found across the continent, and it’s been the subject of ancient artwork. So what exactly were these big cats?
PBS
Our “Junk DNA” Is More Important Than We Once Thought
In the search for the genes that make us human, some of the most important answers were hiding not in the genes themselves, but in what was once considered genomic junk.
SciShow
How Health Affects Sperm
Welcome back to SciShow News! Michael Aranda explains how a male's health affects their sperm.
SciShow
The Unexpected Connection Between Estrogen and Autism | SciShow News
There's a lot we don't understand about autism spectrum disorder, but this week scientists announced that they may have found a link between the disorder and elevated hormone levels.
SciShow
How Humans Are Almost Identical to Chimps, According to DNA
On the genetic level, we're not all that different from chimps. But those small differences in DNA can have massive effects. Learn what makes us truly different from chimpanzees in this new episode of SciShow!
PBS
Arthur Brooks on why we hate our political enemies -- and how to stop
Arthur Brooks is the former president of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative Washington, D.C., think tank. Troubled by the level of animosity in the current U.S. political landscape, he's analyzed why we increasingly hate...
PBS
Calif. University Introduces First U.S. Multi-Faith School of Theology (Oct. 25, 2011)
Claremont Lincoln University, a graduate school in California, is the first in the United States to bring together Christians, Jews and Muslims in the same classrooms to educate the future leaders of churches, synagogues, and mosques.
PBS
Anti-bias lessons help preschoolers hold up a mirror to diversity
Some California preschools are getting children to participate in
conversations about racial differences at an early age by introducing an
anti-bias curriculum that teaches kids about diversity and inclusion.
Against a backdrop of...
TED Talks
Kimberly Noble: How does income affect childhood brain development?
Neuroscientist and pediatrician Kimberly Noble is leading the Baby's First Years study: the first-ever randomized study of how family income changes children's cognitive, emotional and brain development. She and a team of economists and...
SciShow
Agriculture May Have Changed How People Speak | SciShow News
The development of agriculture was a huge game changer for human beings and it may have even changed the way we speak.
SciShow
What’s in the 4% of our DNA that makes us different from chimps?
On the genetic level, we're not all that different from chimps. But those small differences in DNA can have huge effects.
TED Talks
TED: Why medicine often has dangerous side effects for women | Alyson McGregor
You might not know this: Many of the medicines we take -- common drugs like Ambien and everyday aspirin -- were only ever tested on men. And the unknown side effects for women can be dangerous, even deadly. Alyson McGregor studies the...
Crash Course
African Pantheons and the Orishas: Crash Course World Mythology
So, today we're talking about African Pantheons. Now, you might say, that's ridiculous. Africa isn't a single place with a single pantheon, and we'd be fools to try and cover all that in an eleven minute video. You'd be right. Instead...
TED Talks
TED: How economic inequality harms societies | Richard Wilkinson
We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when rich and poor are too far apart: real effects on health,...
SciShow
Why Is That Baby Staring at Me?
That baby is staring at you, and you don't know why. Something in your teeth? Did you accidentally leave a tag on your clothes? Don't worry,that baby probably just likes your face.