MinuteEarth
Which Parts Of The Brain Do What?
How did we figure out what parts of the brain are responsible for speaking, walking, and remembering? Young neurologists go back in time to witness the discoveries of Paul Broca, the first physician to conduct experiments to determine...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Natural Cycles—Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 7
The most common argument against human-caused climate change is the natural cycle of our earth. The last video in the series of seven addresses this belief. It combines collected data with advanced models to determine which factors...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Solar Influence—Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 6
Have scientists considered that the sun heating up might be a cause of global warming? The sixth of seven videos on the factors that affect the climate explains and tests this theory. It includes data collected from satellites, weather...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
How Much Warming?—Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 5
In the past century, the global temperature has climbed 10 times faster than the average rate of Ice Age recovery warming. The fifth video in a series of seven on factors that affect climate change discusses just how much global...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Is Earth Warming?—Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 2
What does it mean when scientists say the earth is warming? The second video in a seven-part series explains how scientists measure the temperature of the entire Earth. It links to factors that affect climate change through discussions...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
What is Climate?—Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 1
In 1896, Svante Arrhenius discovered the connection between human carbon dioxide emissions and global warming. Over 100 years later, it is worse than he predicted, yet the science continues to support his findings. Now we know there are...
MinutePhysics
2012 Nobel Prize: How Do We See Light?
A most ingenious paradox! Through animation, the video describes the question answered by the 2012 Nobel prize winners: how do we see light? The narrator guides learners through the difficult process of measuring photons without actually...
MinutePhysics
Higgs Boson Part III: How to Discover a Particle
If you already know that something exists, do you really discover it when you see it for the first time? The final installment in a three-part series of short videos about the Higgs boson differentiates between true discovery and...
MinutePhysics
Faster Than Light Neutrinos (Maybe): Field Trip!
Walk in the shoes of a research scientist. A short video describes the hurdles necessary to prove that neutrinos are faster than light. The narrator describes the initial experiment and the follow-up research necessary to support the...
SciShow
More Higgs Boson News!
Did you know more than one laboratory in the world was searching for the Higgs Boson? The video interviews one of the physicists looking for the Higgs field. It briefly explains what they are looking for and why they are confident they...
SciShow Kids
Biologists! Scientists Who Love Life!
Life is everywhere in many different forms, and biology is the study of life. From marine biologists to plant biologists to microbiologists, there are many types of careers in the field of biology. Discover a living world of...
TED-Ed
The race to sequence the human genome
The world of genetics and DNA is much clearer than it was 25 years ago, in large part due to the success of the Human Genome Project. Watch a short, engaging video about the dueling organizations who raced to be the first to sequence the...
TED-Ed
The Hidden Worlds within Natural History Museums
Behind the closed doors of natural history museums lies a hidden world of scientific research and discovery that goes unseen for visitors. Follow along as this short video explores different scientific mysteries that have been...
California Academy of Science
Therapy for Color Blindness
Could a virus be the key to reversing color blindness in humans? Some researchers believe so, and have even tested it out on monkeys. Learn more about the experiment and its effects in a short video that could accompany a lesson on gene...
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Frontiers of the Future
This film made during the Great Depression was an attempt to calm fears of the future by presenting how scientists were hard at work trying to solve the problems of the universe.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Beautiful Science
Chat with the curator of the exhibition entitled Beautiful Science: Ideas that Changed the World, which spans centuries of scientific progress, and includes original books and drawings by scientific luminaries such as Galileo, Robert...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Judah Folkman's Legacy
This Science Friday looks at the scientific legacy of angiogenesis researcher Judah Folkman. [25:7]
PBS
Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: The Show: Glo Germ
Is there a way to avoid spreading germs to our friends and families? Come along with Jordan and Sydney as they research this topic.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Scientific Research Types
This lesson will explain the basic research method, the animal method, and applied research.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Scientific Research Introduction
This lesson will explain psychological research through defining the basic research design concepts of theory and hypothesis while giving an overview of how to understand psychological research.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Hurricane Sandy Claims Thousands of Nyu Lab Mice
One of the casualties of Hurricane Sandy was the death of thousands of lab mice due to flooding at New York University. What impact on important scientific research will this have? For example, mice are critical in brain research. Aired...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Research Methods: Basic Terminology in Research
This lesson will cover the elements that constitute scientific research in general, and particularly in psychology, by identifying basic research design concepts.