TED Talks
Li Wei Tan: The fascinating science of bubbles, from soap to champagne
In this whimsical talk and live demo, scientist Li Wei Tan shares the secrets of bubbles -- from their relentless pursuit of geometric perfection to their applications in medicine and shipping, where designers are creating more efficient...
SciShow
What That Pig Brain Study Really Tells Us
This month, in a study that has the potential to change the way we think about death, scientists revealed that they successfully restored some processes in the brains of dead pigs -- at least partially. What did the study actually tell...
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Why Fava Beans Can Kill You
For some people, fava beans can be deadly. What is it about this little legume that makes it so?
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Why Do Some Farts Smell So Bad?
Sometimes your farts stink, and sometimes they don't—and it's not because of methane.
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The Apollo Lunar Lander (And How We Screwed It Up)
You called it, and we are grateful! Hank analyzes what went wrong with our intro, which gave us the perfect opportunity to talk about the awesomeness that is the Apollo Lunar Lander!
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Why Did We Keep Sealed Moon Samples?
We’ve been sitting on samples of the lunar surface for decades and, with better technology than when they were taken, we are opening them back up to take another look!
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Fairies, Goblins, and Pirates: A Fantastic Quiz Show
Alexis Stempien, one of SciShow’s script editors, faces off against Hank as they try to answer science questions about some fantastical topics!
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The Nuclear City Lost Under Ice | Camp Century
Hidden beneath Greenland’s ice and powered by a nuclear reactor, Camp Century made for an interesting US military base. But life under the ice came with unique struggles; and although it wasn’t mainly constructed for science, the base...
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Climate Change Could Be Taking the Ocean’s Breath Away
The Labrador Sea is also known as the ocean's lung, and there's evidence that it's in a lot of trouble.
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Why is Red Meat ... Red?
When you cut into a nice, juicy steak what's all that liquid that pours out? Is it blood? It looks like blood. ...it's not blood.
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Why We Send Animals to Space
What happens when you send a duck, a rooster and a sheep with monkeys and dogs into space? Scientists had to find out -- and for decades, they've been studying life in space with the help of some crawly, wiggly, fluttery, furry friends.
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Our Oceans Aren’t Doomed… Yet? | SciShow News
The IPCC has released a special report assessing how the world’s ice and oceans are faring under our changing climate, and scientists may be one step closer to a cure for the common cold!
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Weird Things Whales Lost on Their Journey to the Sea
When the ancestor of cetaceans went back into the water some 50 million years ago, it left a few things behind—including the functioning of certain genes that seem like they’d be hard to live without.
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Why Fish Care About Forest Fires
We don't think of rivers and lakes as something that are greatly affected by fires, but it turns out these disasters can have a big effect on the acquatic wildlife that calls these places home.
TED Talks
David Baker: 5 challenges we could solve by designing new proteins
Proteins are remarkable molecular machines: they digest your food, fire your neurons, power your immune system and so much more. What if we could design new ones, with functions never before seen in nature? In this remarkable glimpse of...
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Why Multitask While Driving Isn't a Good Idea
Driving can be dangerous, especially if you’re trying to juggle a variety of distractions while barreling down a busy highway. So scientists are looking into ways to keep us focused on the task at hand, even if you’re traveling in an...
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There's a Wave Made Out of Fish
If you’ve been to a sporting event with a large number of people, you’ve likely seen, or even been a part of, “the wave.” But did you know that there are little fishies who do a version of the wave not for fun, but for survival?
TED-Ed
Why do we hiccup? - John Cameron
The longest recorded case of hiccups lasted for 68 years - and was caused by a falling hog. While that level of severity is extremely uncommon, most of us are no stranger to an occasional case of the hiccups. But what causes these "hics"...
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Dry New Planets and The Search for Dirty Aliens
SciShow Space shares the latest news from space research, including the first definitive detection of water on an exoplanet, and a new theory for how we should search for alien civilizations.
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Airglow: Why The Night Sky Is Really Green
If you look closely enough, you'll see the night sky is actually a little green. SciShow Space explains the science behind the phenomenon known as airglow.
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Found: The Missing Link of Black Holes | SciShow News
Astronomers have been trying to figure out black holes for hundreds of years, and newly published research may hold some big clues! Plus, rust isn’t supposed to happen in dry and airless places like the Moon. Could the elements that...
TED Talks
TED: The search for microscopic aliens | Sarah Rugheimer
Astrophysicist and TED Fellow Sarah Rugheimer searches for aliens -- but not the cartoony green kind. She's looking for extraterrestrial microbes by studying how these single-celled organisms emit gases, which could reveal evidence of...
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7 Kinds of Makeup Chemistry
You look really pretty, but what are you actually putting all over your face?
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The Strange, Smelly Science of Decomposing Bodies
How is it we know so much of decomposition? The smelly truth? - Body Farms! Michael Aranda explains what happens after you die and how eventually you turn back into dust.