SciShow
The Real Reason Dogs Kick When You Scratch Them
If you’ve ever been scratching a dog and seen them do the kicky leg thing, it’s truly adorable. But it might not necessarily be a feel-good thing.
Crash Course
Speciation: Of Ligers & Men - Crash Course Biology
Hank explains speciation - the evolutionary process by which new biological species arise - in terms of finches, ligers, mules, and dogs.
SciShow
Predators & Prey | SciShow Talk Show
Dr. Mark Hebblewhite comes to the SciShow studio to talk to Hank about his research into ungulate herbivores and their predator-prey relationships with a variety of carnivores.
SciShow
How Do Cats and Dogs Drink Water?
Cats and dogs have it tough: They can't use straws, or tip a cup up to their mouths to drink. Instead, they have to use their tongues and a few different physics tricks to quench their thirst.
SciShow
The Science of Happiness!
Laughter, love, and happiness are some of the best aspects of being human, and we've looked into the science behind it more than a few times. Here are a few videos that we hope will make you happy!
SciShow
The Strange Effects of Diamond Dust
Bright pillars of light... clouds of glowing dust... shimmering discs floating around the sun... signs of extraterrestrial activity, or is there a more rational and scientific explanation for this phenomenon?
SciShow Kids
3 Amazing Facts About Dogs!
Even if you have a dog of your own, we bet you don’t know these three amazing things about our furry best friends!
SciShow
Why Do Dogs Eat Grass?
Why do dogs eat grass? A look at your pup’s wild relatives may give you a sense of what dogs’ diets are really like.
MinuteEarth
How Different Are Different Types of Dogs?
Credits (and Twitter handles): Script Writer: David Goldenberg (@dgoldenberg) Script Editor: Alex Reich Video Illustrator: Qingyang Chen Video Director: Kate Yoshida (@KateYoshida) Video Narrator: Kate Yoshida (@KateYoshida) With...
MinuteEarth
MinuteEarth Explains: Cats vs Dogs
In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we learn more about the planet’s two favorite pets.
SciShow
Hormones and Puppy Love
This week, science explains the chemical love-connection we share with our dogs, and how some of the most isolated populations of people in the world are different on the inside.
SciShow
SciShow Talk Show - Selective Breeding & the Rat
Nick Jenkins talks with Hank Green about selective breeding, with special guest Jessi Knudsen Castañeda.
MinuteEarth
This Is Not A Pine Tree
True Pines (conifer trees in the genus Pinus) are often confused with other members of the Pinaceae family like Picea (Spruces), Abies (Firs), Pseudotsuga (Douglas-firs) or Larix (Larches). So is very likely that your Christmas tree is...
Be Smart
Dogs and Humans: A 30,000-Year Friendship (ft. MinuteEarth)
Of all the species that humans have domesticated, dogs are our oldest animal friends. But how did a group of wolves become the furry pup at the end of the bed? New research is finally unlocking the paw-in-hand evolution of dogs and...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The difference between classical and operant conditioning - Peggy Andover
Why is it that humans react to stimuli with certain behaviors? Can behaviors change in response to consequences? Peggy Andover explains how the brain can associate unrelated stimuli and responses, proved by Ivan Pavlov's famous 1890...
Crash Course
How to Train a Brain - Crash Course Psychology
I'm sure you've heard of Pavlov's Bell (and I'm not talking about the Aimee Mann song), but what was Ivan Pavlov up to, exactly? And how are our brains trained? And what is a "Skinner Box"? All those questions and more are answered in...
MinutePhysics
Myths and Facts About Superintelligent AI
Join the AI conversation: http://AgeofAI.org This video was based on Max’s book "Life 3.0”, which you can find at: http://amzn.to/2iEwe6w We live in an era of self driving cars, autonomous drones, deep learning algorithms, computers that...
MinuteEarth
Why Do Some Animals Eat Poop?
Animals eat their own poop in order to gain extra access to nutrients or to microbes that help digest those nutrients. ___________________________________________ To learn more, start your googling with these keywords: Coprophagy:...
SciShow
The Science of Chocolate
While you unwrap that luscious truffle, let Hank explain the science of chocolate -- where it comes from, what its active ingredient is, and how it works. Also learn the difference between chocolate, cocoa, cacao and coca, so you really...
Crash Course
Natural Selection - Crash Course Biology
Hank guides us through the process of natural selection, the key mechanism of evolution.
SciShow
Why Do Animals Lick Their Wounds?
There are a few animals that will instinctively lick their wounds when injured. SciShow Quick Questions explores the reasons why they do this, and why we sometimes have to stop them from doing it.
Crash Course
Humans and Nature and Creation: Crash Course World Mythology
In which Mike Rugnetta brings you the final installation of our unit on creation myths. This week, we're talking about human beings and their relationship to the natural world. It turns out foundational stories have a lot to teach us...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Totally True (and Totally Silly) Bedtime Stories
New ReviewTotally True (and Totally Silly) Bedtime Stories