Instructional Video3:20
SciShow

Our New Galactic Neighborhood, and a Tar Comet?

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space shares the latest news from around the universe, including new insights into the giant supercluster of galaxies that we call home, and the first "data baby" from Rosetta's rendezvous with a comet.
Instructional Video5:30
SciShow

3 Ridiculously Extreme Black Holes

12th - Higher Ed
Black holes are some of the most extreme astronomical objects out there, but there are some that really standout. Let's look at black holes that grow larger, consume more, and spin faster than the rest.
Instructional Video9:45
Bozeman Science

Concept 7 - Stability and Change

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen explains how stability and change are regulated in systems through controls and feedback. Controls are used to regulate matter and energy flowing into a system. Feedback mechanisms within the system are used to regulate...
Instructional Video10:41
TED Talks

TED: How to build for human life on Mars | Melodie Yashar

12th - Higher Ed
We're going to be building on the Moon this decade -- and next will be Mars, says space architect Melodie Yashar. In a visionary talk, she introduces her work designing off-world shelters with autonomous robots and 3D printers and...
Instructional Video6:05
PBS

How are Justin Bieber, Franz Liszt and Jerusalem Connected?

12th - Higher Ed
At first glance, Pop Wunderkind Justin Bieber and revolutionary 19th Century pianist and composer Franz Liszt don't seem to have anything in common. And while they might not have any musical or biographical similarities, they both have...
Instructional Video4:40
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Why neutrinos matter - Silvia Bravo Gallart

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Elementary particles are the smallest known building blocks in the universe-and the neutrino is one of the smallest of the small. These tiny neutrinos can tell us about the furthest reaches and most extreme environments of the universe...
Instructional Video5:07
SciShow

This Planet Survived the Death of its Star

12th - Higher Ed
When stars die, they tend to take everything around them with them. But new evidence appears to show a planet orbiting a white dwarf, and we’re not sure how it survived! Plus, experiments designed to detect dark matter might be capable...
Instructional Video5:32
SciShow

Do Black Holes Have Quantum Hair?

12th - Higher Ed
We don’t know what happens to stuff when it gets sucked into a black hole, but in the same instance, we don’t know what happens to the black hole. There’s a possibility that sucked up stuff might actually give the black hole “quantum hair”.
Instructional Video10:15
TED Talks

TED: Powerful photos that honor the lives of overlooked women | Smita Sharma

12th - Higher Ed
In some parts of the world, girls are as likely to be married off or trafficked as they are to be educated. Photojournalist and TED Fellow Smita Sharma thoughtfully depicts overlooked girls and young women, while making sure not to...
Instructional Video6:26
SciShow

Quantum Supremacy: When Will Quantum Computers Be a Thing?

12th - Higher Ed
In 2019, Google announced that they had achieved quantum supremacy - but what does that mean? And does it even matter?
Instructional Video12:11
SciShow

5 Ways Antarctica is the Place to Study Space

12th - Higher Ed
Antartica is a cold and isolated place, but intrepid scientists have found ways to make use of its environment, and turn it into one of the ideal places to study our skies.
Instructional Video8:01
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The Gauntlet | Think Like A Coder, Ep 8 | Alex Rosenthal

Pre-K - Higher Ed
This is episode 8 of our animated series "Think Like A Coder." This 10-episode narrative follows a girl, Ethic, and her robot companion, Hedge, as they attempt to save the world. The two embark on a quest to collect three artifacts and...
Instructional Video4:59
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Why is Aristophanes called "The Father of Comedy"? - Mark Robinson

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Aristophanes, often referred to as the Father of Comedy, wrote the world's earliest surviving comic dramas. They're stuffed full of parodies, songs, sexual jokes and surreal fantasy -- and they've shaped how comedy's been written and...
Instructional Video3:07
SciShow

Inside the Ice Man Dark Matter Mystery and Fukushima Cleanup

12th - Higher Ed
Hank throws three bite-sized stories at ya: the sequencing of 5300-year-old ice man Oetzi's genome; a confusing mass of dark matter; and how the cleanup of the Fukushima disaster is going one year later.
Instructional Video3:36
MinutePhysics

Antimatter Explained

12th - Higher Ed
Antimatter Explained
Instructional Video21:52
TED Talks

Richard Dawkins: Why the universe seems so strange

12th - Higher Ed
Biologist Richard Dawkins makes a case for "thinking the improbable" by looking at how the human frame of reference limits our understanding of the universe.
Instructional Video5:06
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: What happened to antimatter? - Rolf Landua

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Particles come in pairs, which is why there should be an equal amount of matter and antimatter in the universe. Yet, scientists have not been able to detect any in the visible universe. Where is this missing antimatter? CERN scientist...
Instructional Video13:45
SciShow

5 of the Best Measurements In Science

12th - Higher Ed
Proving something right isn’t just about quantity. It’s also about quality and over the years, scientists have made measurements proving that we understand ridiculously well how the universe works.
Instructional Video8:10
Crash Course

Deviance: Crash Course Sociology

12th - Higher Ed
What is social deviance? Who defines what is deviant and how to people come to behave that way? Today we’re going to explore biological and psychological approaches to explaining deviance, including what each perspective can bring to the...
Instructional Video4:52
SciShow

A Better Way to Study Earth, and Lessons from Jellyfish Galaxies

12th - Higher Ed
A new detector can use neutrinos to help us take a peek inside Earth, and a study of jellyfish galaxies can help us understand more about an unsolved problem in astronomy.
Instructional Video11:11
TED Talks

TED: The (de)colonizing of beauty | Sasha Sarago

12th - Higher Ed
Beauty is about more than the body you inhabit -- it's a way of being that goes beyond genetics or societal ideals. Aboriginal writer and former model Sasha Sarago invites you to decolonize beauty, moving away from the monolithic...
Instructional Video13:39
TED Talks

TED: 4 lessons I learned from taking a stand against drugs and gun violence | Ilona Szabó de Carvalho

12th - Higher Ed
Throughout her career in banking Ilona Szabó de Carvalho never imagined she'd someday start a social movement. But living in her native Brazil, which leads the world in homicidal violence, she realized she couldn't just stand by and...
Instructional Video6:20
SciShow

The Hardest We've Ever Pushed Matter

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists have had to come up with some extreme ways to generate the extreme pressures needed to simulate the conditions at the cores of planets!
Instructional Video3:46
SciShow

How to Make a Superbug, and an Even More Super-Collider!

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow News explains how evolution and antibiotics have teamed up to produce an ordinary germ that can now, sometimes, kill people. Also, our favorite piece of science equipment -- the Large Hadron Collider -- has big plans for this...