SciShow
Can Moon Colonies Get Oxygen From the...Moon?
As we look towards longer missions to the Moon, the shear amount of resources needed to survive becomes a much bigger question. Without space semi-trucks to haul life-giving resources to astronauts, can we utilize the Moon’s barren...
TED Talks
Melissa Garren: The sea we've hardly seen
An average teaspoon of ocean water contains five million bacteria and fifty million viruses -- and yet we are just starting to discover how these "invisible engineers" control our ocean's chemistry. At TEDxMonterey, Melissa Garren sheds...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Are naked mole rats the strangest mammals? - Thomas Park
What mammal has the social life of an insect, the cold-bloodedness of a reptile, and the metabolism of a plant? Bald and buck-toothed, naked mole rats may not be pretty, but they are extraordinary. Thomas Park explains how mole rats'...
SciShow
Oxygen Enemas Could Save Lives
Scientists have known for some time that certain animals can breathe using their butts, but now, researchers have determined that certain mammals can too! And in very much other news, researchers in Washington state have developed a new...
SciShow
Cosmic Cocktails Oxygen and Alcohol in Space!
Scientists studying Comets 67P and Lovejoy have discovered oxygen, alcohol, and the building block of sugar. Sounds like a regular Friday night on earth, but it’s the first time we’ve found any of these things on a comet.
SciShow Kids
How Phytoplankton Make the World Go Round
Jessi and Squeaks take a look at some pond water under a microscope, and learn all about the living things they can see inside! Next Generation Science Standards 2-LS2-2 Disciplinary Core Idea: LS2.A “Plants depend on water and light to...
Bozeman Science
AP Biology Labs - part 2
Paul Andersen explains the final 6 of 13 AP Biology Labs. The following topics are included: Transformation, Restriction Analysis of DNA, Energy Dynamics, Transpiration, Animal Behavior, and Enzyme Activity.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Earth's mysterious red glow, explained | Zoe Pierrat
In 2009, a satellite circled Earth, scanning and sorting the wavelengths reflecting off the planet's surface. Researchers noticed something baffling: an unexpected wavelength of unknown origin. They tried looking at Earth with only this...
MinuteEarth
How This Sea Shell Knows the Weather in Greenland
Foraminifera - tiny, single-celled marine life forms - build gorgeous houses that record how much ice there is on the planet. FYI: We try to leave jargon out of our videos, but if you want to learn more about this topic, here are some...
Bozeman Science
AP Biology Lab 5: Cellular Respiration
Paul Andersen explains how a respirometer can be used to measure the respiration rate in peas, germinating peas and the worm. KOH is used to solidify CO2 produced by a respiring organism.
TED Talks
TED: My wish: Protect our oceans | Sylvia Earle
Legendary ocean researcher Sylvia Earle shares astonishing images of the ocean -- and shocking stats about its rapid decline -- as she makes her TED Prize wish: that we will join her in protecting the vital blue heart of the planet.
SciShow
Why Do I Have Varicose Veins?
Usually, the 160,000 kilometers of blood vessels in your body work incredibly smoothly. However, the forces of age, weight gain, and gravity can conspire to cause lumpy varicose veins.
MinutePhysics
How Do We Know What Air is Like on Other Planets?
How do we know what the air is like on planets we haven't visited? This video explains how to see air from 150 light years away. Thanks to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope project at the Space Telescope Science Institute for supporting...
SciShow
Why Do Birds Have White And Dark Meat? (And Do We?)
Why do chickens and turkeys have white meat and dark meat? And, like, gross, but .. do humans have the same thing? It's all about our muscles: what they're made of, and what they're made for. Quick Questions has the answers!
SciShow
Reptiles' Breathing Hack Helped Birds Dominate the Air
When we breathe out, we empty our lungs. But an ancient reptile figured out a more efficient way to breathe, which ultimately helped birds dominate the skies.
SciShow
5 Things Humans Got Really Wrong About Our Bodies
Throughout history, people have been trying to figure out how our bodies work and how to fix them when things go wrong. This has led to some ideas that, with the benefit of hindsight, seem very strange
SciShow
Cost-Effective Household Items | SciShow Quiz Show
Today Hank and Sam figure out if medical side effects could help you "do crimes" and whether you can have a "gentle hate."
SciShow
Sensory Deprivation Tanks, and Other Overblown Human Closets
Sensory deprivation tanks, oxygen therapy chambers and unbelievably cold saunas - oh my! These machines are used to reduce stress, ease pain and could be useful in doing that, but these machines are generally meant to be used in very...
SciShow
The Future of Our Sun and Earth
SciShow Space gives you a blow by blow account of what's going to happen to the sun -- and Earth.
SciShow
Looking for Life During a Lunar Eclipse | SciShow News
Astronomers took advantage of a lunar eclipse to study Earth as if it were an exoplanet, and Mars's Insight lander used seismic data to reveal for the first time boundaries between different layers of Mars.
SciShow
Crabs Keep Turning Into Land Animals!
When a species evolves from living in water to living on land it’s called terrestrialization, and it’s not an easy task. Yet crabs keep making the jump from sea to shore. Why? And how do they do it?
SciShow
Accomplishing the Impossible Task of Taking Animals out of Meat
When it comes to creating vegetarian meat substitutes, flavor is only one hurdle—smell and texture are also major factors, and scientists have been making breakthroughs on creating a convincing meatless meat experience. We also got some...
SciShow
Here's What It Took to Put Humans on the Moon | Compilation
To freshen up your Apollo knowledge, here is a good dive into the science and engineering that put people on the moon.
TED Talks
Garik Israelian: How spectroscopy could reveal alien life
Garik Israelian is a spectroscopist, studying the spectrum emitted by a star to figure out what it's made of and how it might behave. It's a rare and accessible look at this discipline, which may be coming close to finding a planet...