MinuteEarth
How We Evolved To Browse The Web
The decisions we make while we browse the internet are suprisingly similar to the ones animals make as they forage for food...here's why.
SciShow
Your Brain is Plastic
Hank explains the gift that your brain gives you every day: the gift of neural plasticity -- the ways in which your brain actually changes at the cellular level as you learn.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: What percentage of your brain do you use? - Richard E. Cytowic
Two thirds of the population believes a myth that has been propagated for over a century: that we use only 10% of our brains. Hardly! Our neuron-dense brains have evolved to use the least amount of energy while carrying the most...
SciShow
What Do Mirror Neurons Really Do?
Mirror neurons are a very cool part of our brains but some people are taking it way further by making claims that they are responsible for telepathy and ESP. It goes without saying that this isn’t true, but what exactly do mirror neurons...
SciShow
3 Wasps That Will Do Anything to Survive
From ripping your own appendages off to cockroach mind control, wasps go to great lengths to ensure the survival of their species.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How does caffeine keep us awake? - Hanan Qasim
Over 100,000 metric tons of caffeine are consumed around the world every year. That's equivalent to the weight of 14 Eiffel Towers! Caffeine helps us feel alert, focused, and energetic, even if we haven't had enough sleep - but it can...
SciShow
Have You Seen That Face Before?
You’re probably familiar with that flash of recognition that happens when you see a person and suddenly realize it is someone you know, but neuroscientists have been trying to understand exactly how our brains do this for years.
SciShow
Why Can't You Remember Being a Baby?
You're pretty sure being a baby was awesome, but why can't you actually remember any of it?
SciShow
Why Is It So Hard to Remember Things Right Now?
If you feel like you’ve been more forgetful than normal recently, you’re definitely not alone. Your memory can have a lot to do with what's happening around you.
Amoeba Sisters
Nervous System
Join the Amoeba Sisters on this introduction to the Nervous System! This video briefly describes the division of the central nervous system (including going over some general areas of the brain) and the peripheral nervous system before...
SciShow
Tasting Colors and Seeing Time: Superhuman Skills with Synesthesia
Synesthesia allows people to hear color or taste numbers,and maybe even remember some things better than the average person.
SciShow
Developing A New Malaria Vaccine!
We've learned a bit about how hummingbirds see motion in an unexpected way, and scientists are working on a potential new malaria vaccine by genetically manipulating the parasite that causes it!
SciShow
7 Weird Things That Happen Before You're 7
Kids are weird. They eat mud, talk to bugs, and stick things up their noses... but the changes kids go through as they grown out of infancy and into childhood are even weirder!
SciShow
Can We Keep Neurons Active…with Algae?
Cyanobacteria and other microbes produce a lot of oxygen. What if we could use that oxygen to power our brains?
3Blue1Brown
Linear transformations and matrices: Essence of Linear Algebra - Part 3 of 15
When you think of matrices as transforming space, rather than as grids of numbers, so much of linear algebra starts to make sense.
Crash Course
Peripheral Nervous System: Crash Course A&P
It is now time to meet the system that helps your crazy brain stay in touch with the outside world. We follow up last week's tour of the central nervous system with a look at your peripheral nervous system, its afferent and efferent...
Crash Course
Autonomic Nervous System: Crash Course A&P
Hank takes you on a tour of your two-part autonomic nervous system. This episode explains how your sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system work together as foils, balancing each other out. Their key anatomical...
SciShow
Do You Really Have a New Body Every 7 Years?
You may have heard the rumor. Every seven years your body becomes a whole new person. But is there anything to this? Check out this SciShow episode to find out!
SciShow
Why Does Spicy Taste 'Hot' and Minty Taste 'Cool'?
A Quick Question answer that explains the chemistry that makes minty things taste “cool” and spicy things taste “hot”.
SciShow
4 Common Misconceptions About Antidepressants, Debunked
Mental health is incredibly complex, due in no small part to the complicated interactions of chemicals and neuroreceptors in our brains. Here are four common misconceptions about antidepressants, and what the science behind them actually...
SciShow
Can You Really Multitask?
You can read a book while watching SciShow on your laptop, so you might think you are multitasking, but can you really multitask?
Crash Course
Vision: Crash Course A&P
Next stop in our tour of your sensory systems? VISION. With a little help from an optical illusion, we take a look inside your eyes to try to figure out how your sense of vision works -- and how it can be tricked. *** Table of Contents...
SciShow
The Chemistry of Addiction
Hank describes how our brains respond biochemically to various addictive substances and behaviors and where those responses have come from, evolutionarily speaking.
SciShow
Understanding ALS & SciShow News Takes the Ice Bucket Challenge
SciShow News explains the science behind ALS, the disease that has inspired millions to take the Ice Bucket Challenge. Learn what ALS is, what we do and don’t know about it, and watch SSN hosts take the challenge themselves!