SciShow
How the Electricity in Our Bodies Could Fight Cancer
One potential avenue for cancer treatment uses electricity not from any outside machine, but from within our own bodies.
SciShow
4 Tiny Missions Answering the Biggest Questions in Astrophysics
The Astrophysics Pioneers program is funding four innovative new missions that read like a best-hits album of the most exciting astronomical frontiers: from galaxy evolution and exoplanets, to neutron star mergers and astroparticle physics.
TED-Ed
These salamanders snack on each other (but don't die) | Luis Zambrano
Axolotls are one of science's most studied animals. Why, you ask? These extraordinary salamanders are masters of regeneration: they can flawlessly regenerate body parts ranging from amputated limbs and crushed spines to parts of their...
SciShow
Maybe Life Doesn't Need Water, After All
Scientists have been searching for alien life by honing in on the existence of liquid water, but we might be overlooking some types of life out there that doesn't need water at all.
SciShow
Cosmic Cocktails Oxygen and Alcohol in Space!
Scientists studying Comets 67P and Lovejoy have discovered oxygen, alcohol, and the building block of sugar. Sounds like a regular Friday night on earth, but it’s the first time we’ve found any of these things on a comet.
SciShow
Why Scientists Briefly Thought the Earth Was Hollow
Our understanding of the world has to start somewhere! And while early ideas like the Hollow Earth Theory are mostly wrong and sound silly to us now, that doesn’t mean they weren’t important.
SciShow
The Only Water on Earth Without Life
When it comes to water on Earth, life finds a way. Even in the hottest, most acidic, and saltiest waters in the world, odds are you'll find some kind of organism adapted to live in it. There is, however, a place with water so extremely...
SciShow
Do Animals Appreciate Music?
Animals might be music lovers, but how can we know? Is the ability to perceive and appreciate music a shared human and animal experience?
SciShow
Weird Places Mauritania's Eye of the Sahara
Explore the origins of one of the coolest geologic formations in the world, West Africa's Richat Structure.
Crash Course Kids
Look Who's Talking
Plants! We absolutely depend on them. Oxygen, food, and looking super nice to boot! But, plants have a lot more going on than meets the eye. How do we know that? Investigations and Experimentations!
PBS
The Other Explosion You Should Know About
Fossils found around the world suggest that multi-cellular life was not only present before the Cambrian Explosion, it was much more elaborate and diverse than anyone thought. This is the story of the sudden burst of diversity that...
SciShow
How We Make the Coldest Things in the Universe
If you want to make atoms THIS cold, you can’t just stick them in the freezer…you’ll need to take advantage of quantum mechanics!
TED Talks
TED: How we look kilometers below the Antarctic ice sheet | Dustin Schroeder
Antarctica is a vast and dynamic place, but radar technologies -- from World War II-era film to state-of-the-art miniaturized sensors -- are enabling scientists to observe and understand changes beneath the continent's ice in...
SciShow
Why Astronomy Hasn't Really Changed Since the 1900s
The way modern researchers study the sky hasn’t really changed in the last few centuries. For the most part, astronomers still study things by analyzing their light.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The mystery of motion sickness - Rose Eveleth
Although one third of the population suffers from motion sickness, scientists aren't exactly sure what causes it. Like the common cold, it's a seemingly simple problem that's still without a cure. And if you think it's bad on a long...
SciShow
8 Strange Animal Sleeping Habits
Sleep is important, but not all animals need the same kind of deep rest as humans. From sleeping standing up to sleeping inside snot bubbles, here are 8 especially strange ways some animals catch their ZZZs.
SciShow
How Researchers Made Mice Pups from Two Moms and Two Dads | SciShow News
This week in news: Scientist successfully breed mice using same-sex parents and some very clever genetic engineering.
SciShow
Crabs, Cockroaches, and 3 Other Pollinators That Aren't Bees
Bees aren’t the only pollinators out there. Some of the other, more surprising pollinators aren't just unconventional, they give us unique examples of how the relationship between pollinators and plants evolved in the first place.
SciShow
Weird Places: Mauritania's Eye of the Sahara
Explore the origins of one of the coolest geologic formations in the world, West Africa's Richat Structure.
SciShow
Do Animals Cry?
Plenty of animals have tears that moisturize their eyes. But does that mean they're sad? Quick Questions explains!
Crash Course
Scientific Revolution: Crash Course European History
There was a lot of bad stuff going on in Europe in the 17th century. We've seen wars, plagues, and unrest of all types. But, there is some good news. Huge advances were underway in the scientific community in Europe at this time. In this...
SciShow
The Surprising Benefits of Watching Cute Cat Videos
If you are feeling stuck, you might get benefits to be better at the task by watching cute animal videos.
SciShow
How Do People Develop a Stutter?
Kings, scientists, and musicians alike have all been known to stutter. It can make speaking in front of crowds even more nerve-wracking, but is anxiety the root cause? Spoiler: probably not.