Do you just hate those little bumps all over your nose? Don’t be a hater, they’re just doing their job! Learn how in this SciShow Quick Question.

It's barbecue season around the SciShow office, which means applying our knowledge of science to this delicious outdoor past-time.

This week in SciShow News, Hank tells us about some weird science, including a squid that's not a squid, animals that can talk, and new insights into how you can mess up your body much faster and for much longer than you ever thought...

There are some captivating things when you look up at the night sky, but our location in the Milky Way may be fogging up our view.

Astronomers have finally found evidence to help solve the missing baryon problem, and they're pointing telescopes toward the Intergalactic Medium to figure it out.

Researchers might have discovered the 2 oldest plant-like fossils this week! Meanwhile, scientists learned more about another superpower of our favorite organism: tardigrades.

It's barbecue season around the SciShow office, which means applying our knowledge of science to this delicious outdoor past-time.

Why is the universe organized the way it is? And why is it so empty? From planets and stars to superclusters and galactic filaments, the universe's largest structures formed because of its smallest. In this special collaboration with PHD...

There aren't many creatures as safe and chill as the humble sea sponge, right? Well, not so fast! It turns out there's a whole family of carnivorous sponges that trap and eat small animals using spines and migrating stomaches!

For years, astronomers have been unable to find up to half of the baryonic matter in the universe. We may just have solved this problem.

Do you just hate those little bumps all over your nose? Don't be a hater, they're just doing their job! Learn how in this SciShow Quick Question.

Microtubules, intermediate filaments and microfilaments are all part of the cell's skeleton, which is also known as the cytoskeleton. In this video, we will talk about the structure and function of the cytoskeleton.

How do plants reproduce? How is pollen dispersed and how does it develop into a seed? Discover the vital role flowers play in plant reproduction. Biology - Plants - Learning Points. Flowers are the reproductive part of most plants. The...

Every phone line, traffic light or piece of office equipment owes a lot to the Big Idea of a man who lived in the 19th Century. During his lifetime Thomas Edison had more than one thousand big ideas, and was credited with more U.S...

How did the very first cells evolve? Most of the basic building blocks can be produced in simple experiments under early Earth-like conditions. However, certain complex cellular behaviours, like movement, have always seemed far-beyond...

Here's why cooking a turkey is so hard - and how brining can help.

Learn about photosynthesis and the parts of a plant with fun animation for students of all ages, especially fourth graders. Learn how plants make their food using water, air, light, and nutrients. Covers chlorophyll and photosynthesis...

This video explores the great diversity of the plant world, and the early history and origins of plants. Bryophytes, spore-producing plants, gymnosperms, and angiosperms are illustrated and explained. Other terminology includes: algae,...

This colorful series of videos highlights the major features of the skin, skeletal, and muscular systems. Live-action footage, accompanied by three-dimensional animations, illustrate these fascinating body systems. Special attention is...

In the microcosmos, it's dangerous to go alone. This week we go on a journey into colonies to find out why sticking together is such a great strategy!

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In this video, I go into the nitty gritty details of how muscle contraction works at the level of actin and myosin in the Sarcomere. I deal with words like troponin and tropomyosin, sarcoplasmic reticulum and Terminal Cisternae. Fun...

From trumpets and spirals to floral arrangements, single cell organisms take on many strange and unique shapes. But they don't look like that just for fun, their shapes can help them with movement, hunting, and even defending themselves.

Astrum shows what a supervoid really is, and explains why this image isn't one.