You may have seen some unpronounceable words or weird abbreviations in your food's ingredient lists before, but have you ever wondered why that stuff gets added into your snacks? It's not just for fun, those preservatives are all there...

It might seem pretty dark from a human point of view, but for some animals, feasting on your own offspring is the best way to ensure you and your other babies might have a more successful life.

SciShow’s hot take: Peppers don’t produce that spicy goodness for the reason you think!

Believe it or not, that cute bear bottle has serious bacteria fighting power—but how? Join Hank Green for a new episode of SciShow all about the amazing properties of honey!

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. The Financial Diet: / thefinancialdiet Hosted by: Michael Aranda

You've seen your fruit get moldy, or maybe your bread products. Sometimes old meat gets a funky smell. But what is actually happening scientifically when your food goes bad? It's pretty interesting. Join Hank Green for a new episode of...

Jessi teaches Squeaks all about recycling, and together, they recycle his old crayons to make cool new ones!



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A very weird way a thunderstorm might kill you.

It may not look like it sitting in that cute bear bottle, but honey is a supercharged bacteria-killing powerhouse!

Don't panic! But you should really know about antibiotic-resistant bacteria, aka super bugs. They're here, and they're doing very well, thank you. SciShow explains what they are, how they're getting around our best drugs,...

Food can't stay fresh forever. From moldy bread to brown apples, here's the science behind what happens when food goes bad.

Inspired by biological design and self-organizing systems, artist Heather Barnett co-creates with physarum polycephalum, a eukaryotic microorganism that lives in cool, moist areas. What can people learn from the semi-intelligent slime...

The history of science up until the Cold War is often overshadowed by the Manhattan Project. But, today we are going to talk about advances in biomedicine, or healthcare based on a biological understanding of human bodies and diseases.

Let the Amoeba Sisters introduce you to bacteria! This video explains bacterial structure, reproduction, and how not all bacteria are "bad!" Video also briefly mentions endospores, plasmids, and bacteria transformation. Table of...

Even if you don’t notice that your bread is fuzzy before you chow down, it’s not going to kill you … probably.

Mir taught us a lot, but most days, it was also a mess of mold and electrical problems... even when it wasn't literally on fire.

SciShow’s hot take: Peppers don’t produce that spicy goodness for the reason you think!

It's a moldy world out there, especially in the kitchen. You have questions about food mold, right? Well Hank has your answers.

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Glass is really cool, but where does it come from? Jessi and Squeaks have a pretty sweet activity to show you how glass is made



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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.

The evil wizard MoldeVort has been trying to kill you for years, and today it looks like he’s going to succeed. But your friends are on their way, and if you can survive until they arrive, they should be able to help stop him. Can you...

Join Hank Green to learn ten weird, scary, and amazing things fungi can do!

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Mushrooms can be pretty weird! Some have the power to trick animals into caring for them, appear to bleed, or even clean up radiation!

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