TED Talks
TED: The renewable energy revolution happening in Ukraine | Maxim Timchenko
What's it like keeping the lights on during war? Ukrainian energy executive Maxim Timchenko shares how his company has diversified Ukraine's power structures to survive Russian attacks, highlighting the resilience of renewable energy....
SciShow
Why Can't My Cat See a Treat in Front of Her Face?
Cats are known for having fantastic night vision, but why is it during the day my cats can't see the treat that I'm putting right in front of them?
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: 1816: The year with no summer | David Biello
In 1815, Mount Tambora erupted and its emissions spread across the globe, blotting out the sun for almost an entire year. This wreaked havoc on agriculture, leading to famines all across the Northern hemisphere. It was the year without...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: When you're an ant but also a fungus tycoon | Charles Wallace
In a Texas clearing, an ancient tale that ties four species together is unfurling. The first involved is a soon-to-be queen leafcutter ant. The second is fungus, a piece of which she scoops into her mouth pocket. The third are...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The most colorful gemstones on Earth | Jeff Dekofsky
In November 1986, Australian miners climbed Lunatic Hill and bored 20 meters into the Earth. They were rewarded with a fist-sized, record breaking gemstone, which they named the Hailey's Comet opal. Thanks to a characteristic called...
SciShow
The Strange Case of the Hypatia Stone
The Hypatia stone is one of the weirdest rocks on the planet. It's not just out of this world, it might be out of this solar system!
SciShow
The Lakes and Rivers of Ancient Mars
Ancient Mars had a lot of water! This week on SciShow Space News, scientists analyzed the Curiosity rover's data on the rocks in Gale Crater, using it to learn more about what the lakes and rivers on olden-day Mars might have looked like.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What if cracks in concrete could fix themselves? - Congrui Jin
Concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world. It can be found in swathes of city pavements, bridges that span vast rivers and the tallest skyscrapers on earth. But it does have a weakness: it's prone to...
SciShow
Weird Places Devil's Kettle Falls
A waterfall that seems to just disappear into the ground sounds pretty unbelievable, but scientists are still bewildered by the mysteries of Devil's Kettle Falls.
SciShow
2 Weird Experiments in Human Space Flight
SciShow Space News reveals two weird experiments in human spaceflight: one showed us what it really feels like to walk on the moon, the other put ordinary people through space flight simulation to see how they did. Find out inside!
SciShow
The Rainbow Gem Made from Ancient Sea Creatures
Ammonite fossils can be found all over world, but in one place, something happened that turned their remains into rainbow-colored gems that are more rare than diamonds!
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
NASA's Plan to Capture an Asteroid
Caitlin Hofmeister walks you through NASA's planned Asteroid Retrieval Mission, which aims to capture a space-rock and put it in lunar orbit for study -- all by 2025!
Bozeman Science
Calculating the Electric Force
In this video Paul Andersen explains how you can use Coulomb's Law to determine the electric force between two charges. In Physics 1 students should be able to calculate the force between two charges and in Physics 2 students should be...
TED Talks
Bill Stone: Inside the world's deepest caves
Bill Stone, a maverick cave explorer who has plumbed Earth's deepest abysses, discusses his efforts to mine lunar ice for space fuel and to build an autonomous robot for studying Jupiter's moon Europa.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you solve the fortress riddle? | Henri Picciotto
Bad news: your worst enemies are at the gate. Your fledgling kingdom guards the world's only herd of tiny dino creatures. To you, they're sacred. To everyone else, they're food. The three closest nation-states have teamed up to smash...
SciShow
3 Neat Facts About Narwhals (Including: They're Real!)
In case you didn't know, not only are narwhals real, they're rad. Hank shares some little known facts about one of the least understood sea mammals, including some insights into why they're so hard to study, and what that big thing on...
Bozeman Science
Wavelength
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the wavelength is the distance between oscillations in a wave. In a longitudinal wave this might be the distance between areas of compression. In a transverse wave it might be the distance between...
SciShow
Why Can't My Cat See a Treat in Front of Her Face?
Cats are known for having fantastic night vision, but why is it during the day my cats can't see the treat that I'm putting right in front of them?
SciShow
The Ups and Downs of Air Turbulence
Ever wonder why sometimes the airplane you're flying on decides to lurch suddenly and cause your little baggie of peanuts to spill all over the place? Join Hank on SciShow today as he explores the in and outs and the ups and downs of...
SciShow Kids
Ostriches: The World's Biggest Birds! | Biology for Kids | SciShow Kids
There are all sorts of flying birds, but some of the world's biggest are ones that stick to the ground, like the awesome ostrich!
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Mating frenzies, sperm hoards, and brood raids: the life of a fire ant queen - Walter R. Tschinkel
In the spring, just after a heavy rainfall, male and female fire ants swarm the skies for a day of romance, known as the nuptial flight. Thousands of reproduction-capable ants take part in a mating frenzy, and for one successfully mated...