TED Talks
TED: 3 lessons on success from an Arab businesswoman | Leila Hoteit
Professional Arab women juggle more responsibilities than their male counterparts, and they face more cultural rigidity than Western women. What can their success teach us about tenacity, competition, priorities and progress? Tracing her...
SciShow
5 Bizarre Aircraft That Pushed the Boundaries of Engineering
You might think most planes look the same, but here are five of the most bizarre aircraft that, no matter their appearance, still managed to fly. Chapters SR-71 BLACKBIRD 1:20 GRUMMAN X-29 3:01 AERO SPACELINES 377PG 5:14 BOEING...
PBS
Should the First Mars Mission Be All Women?
Okay, going to Mars is going to be expensive. Not only that, but who we choose to pick on that trip also needs to have the statistically lowest chance of perishing. So it might be the case that our best scenario is all female crew!
SciShow
Anal Jets and Frog Urine | SciShow Quiz Show
Stefan returns to challenge Hank on Quiz Show, and the rest of the SciShow Tangents crew decided to join in the fun!
SciShow
These Migrating Birds Fuel Up by Eating…Mud?
A marathoner needs a lot of energy to make their long distance treks, and this is no different for migratory birds. But how are these marathon flyers getting that energy from the mud they’re slurping off of beaches along the way?
SciShow
About That Neck Gaiter Study... | SciShow News
On today’s SciShow News, we take a look at what that neck gaiter study is really all about, and also have a bit of good news about soot free flames called blue whirls.
SciShow
What We Learned from the Kepler Space Telescope - SciShow News
October was bittersweet for space scientists as we said goodbye to both the Kepler Space Telescope and Dawn mission.
SciShow
Electric Airplanes for the Future!
Hank tells us the outcome of the 2011 Green Flight Challenge and tells us why electric airplanes are the future of air travel.
SciShow
Future Space News of 2019
2019 will be a big year for the moon! Not only is it the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, but our closest neighbor is receiving a bunch of new visitors this year.
SciShow
Why Are Rockets Launched in Florida?
Out of all the locations NASA could have chosen in the U.S., why Florida?
SciShow
Rocket Landing on a Drone Ship!
Falcon 9 has successfully landed and NASA redirects the Kepler telescope out of emergency mode!
SciShow
Facts About Fracking
Hank gives us a summary of the important facts about fracking: what it is, why we do it, and how it actually isn't all butterflies and cupcakes.
MinuteEarth
How Firestorms Form
Today's wildfires burn, on average, twice the amount of land they did in 1970. The reason? We've been working too hard to put them out.
SciShow
3 New Missions Just Left for Mars! | SciShow News
A launch window that only happens every 26 months means it’s the perfect time to head to Mars! The United Arab Emirates, China, and the United States all took advantage of this excellent timing.
SciShow
15 Futuristic Space Mission Concepts in 5 Minutes
NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts program has funded a slew of new space mission concepts! Which one is your favorite?
Be Smart
Doomsday Machines
Nuclear weapons represent the darker side of E=mc^2. Science has given us the ability to understand what will happen if these weapons are ever used again.... and what will happen if they are *never* used again.
SciShow
The Future of Driving | Compilation
Self driving cars and self-repairing roads: the future of driving is bright, or at least less aggravating.
SciShow
Great Minds: Robert Goddard, Original Rocket Scientist
Get to know Robert Goddard, one of the original rocket scientists!
SciShow
Quiz Show with Caitlin Hofmeister
Welcome back to Scishow Quizshow! In this episode Hank Green and Caitlin Hofmeister go head to head to compete for subbable subscribers.
SciShow
Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors LFTR Energy for the Future
Hank addresses a highly requested topic - liquid fluoride thorium reactors - and tells us how LFTR might be the future of energy in ... China?
SciShow
Take a Ride on the Interplanetary Superhighway
Normal interplanetary travel uses lots of fuel, but taking advantage of some quirks of gravity can let us travel between planets using hardly any fuel at all.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How do jetpacks work? And why don't we all have them? | Richard Browning
In 1961, Yuri Gagarin piloted a spacecraft in humanity's first manned space flight. A week later, Bell Aerosystems debuted a gas-powered rocket pack that could fly 35 meters in 13 seconds. Unfortunately, engineers knew this short flight...
PBS
The End of the Habitable Zone
The Sun is getting brighter and the planets in our solar system that are habitable are changing.
SciShow
Big Idea: Gunpowder
Chinese alchemists searching for an elixir of eternal life discovered the world's first chemical explosive. Hank has the full story on gunpowder in this SciShow about a big idea of science.