SciShow
Why Do Your Eyes Get Red in the Pool?
It's not just chlorine that irritates your eyes in a pool. It's actually something a lot more disgusting
SciShow
These Horrifying Sea Slugs Smell Like Watermelon Candies
These fun looking sea slugs have a few unique features, not the least of which is the fact that they defend themselves by smelling like watermelon candies.
SciShow Kids
The Biggest Flower in the World!
Squeaks wants to know more about the biggest flower in the world! So Mister Brown teaches him all about this stinky, weird plant - called Rafflesia arnoldii!
Disciplinary Core Idea:
LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems -...
TED-Ed
The incredible, bendable, twistable, expandable elephant trunk | Chase LaDue and Bruce A. Schulte
As a breeze blows through the savannah, a snake-shaped tube stretches into the air and scans the horizon like a periscope. But it's not seeing— it's sniffing. Containing no bones and an estimated 40,000 muscles, an elephant trunk is one...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How do we smell? - Rose Eveleth
An adult human can distinguish up to 10,000 odors. You use your nose to figure out what to eat, what to buy and even when it's time to take a shower. But how do the molecules in the air get translated into smells in your brain? Rose...
SciShow
What Causes Morning Sickness?
If you've ever been pregnant, or been around a pregnant lady, you know that the agony that is morning sickness -- and it's not just something that happens in the morning! SciShow explains the many theories about what causes it.
SciShow
Why Do Your Farts Smell Worse in the Shower?
If you've ever farted in the shower, you know that they smell REALLY bad in there, but why is that?
SciShow
5 Animals With Superpowered Senses
From the ability to see “invisible” types of light to the power to taste all over their body, meet five incredible animals whose super senses far surpass our own! Chapters STAR-NOSED MOLES 3:04 HARBOR SEALS 4:56 CATFISH 6:49 BEARS 8:26
SciShow
Why Does Cilantro Taste Like Soap?
It's the controversy that plagues dinner tables the world over. Cilantro tastes like soap to some people, but they may not just be picky. It could be genetic.
Crash Course
Passing Gases: Effusion, Diffusion and the Velocity of a Gas - Crash Course Chemistry
We have learned over the past few weeks that gases have real-life constraints on how they move here in the non-ideal world. As with most things in chemistry (and also in life) how a gas moves is more complex than it at first appears. In...
SciShow
Do My Feet Smell Like Doritos?
Hank tackles another one of the internet's most-asked questions: What makes feet stink? And maybe more importantly, why do they sometimes smell like ... snack food?
Crash Course
Taste & Smell: Crash Course A&P
Hank resists the urge to devour a slice of pizza so that he can walk you through the way we experience our major special senses. It all boils down to one thing: sensory cells translating chemical, electromagnetic, and mechanical stimuli...
SciShow Kids
Your Tongue: The Taste-Maker!
You know ice cream tastes good, but have you ever wondered HOW you can taste it in the first place? Join Jessi and Squeaks to get the scoop on how your tongue helps you taste tasty tastes!
SciShow
Why Does Sweat Turn Shirts Yellow?
Have you ever gone through your laundry and noticed unsightly yellow stains in all of your white shirts? If your sweat isn't yellow, what's causing this?
SciShow
Why Is Only Half of My Nose Working?
Ever notice how one side of your nose always seems to be more stuffed than the other? What's up with that? Quick Questions knows!
SciShow
Why Do We Burp and Fart (So Much)?!
We all do it, but why? Hank explains the whys and hows of our gaseous emissions.
Bozeman Science
The Sensory System
Paul Andersen explains how we perceive our environment using our sensory system. He starts with a brief discussion of action potentials and the nervous system. He shows that we many more than five senses. He goes into more detail to show...
SciShow
What Do Food Expiration Dates Actually Mean?
Sell By, Best By, and Use By... do these dates actually tell you anything? Food science can be tricky, but we're here to clear some of it up.
SciShow
Why You Should Never Put Tomatoes in the Fridge!
Without refrigerators, we'd have spoiled milk, moldy cheese, and warm sodas. However, there are some foods that don't fare so well in a chilly fridge, including tomatoes.
SciShow Kids
How Do Ants Find Food?
Jessi and Squeaks talk about some surprise visitors that came to check out their picnic: Ants!
SciShow
These Superpowered Animals Use Your 5 Senses, But Better
Many animals use the same five senses as we do, but these creatures take that beyond the next level.
Crash Course
Aromatics and Cyclic Compounds - Crash Course Chemistry
What's that smell? Smell's like Organic Chemistry! This week Hank talks about Aromatics and Cyclic Compounds and naming their substituents, resonance as well as common reactions & uses.
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Cyclic Organic Compounds &...
SciShow
The Strange Physics Behind the Smell of Rubber Bands
If you've spent any time trying to explode a pumpkin with rubber bands you know that they have a distinct smell to them when stretched, and you have physics to thank for that.
MinuteEarth
Who Are Flowers Trying To Seduce?
Want to learn more? Here are some keywords to get your googling started: - Pollination: the process by which pollen is transferred to the female reproductive organs of seed plants - Pollinator: the agent that moves the pollen - Abiotic...