Instructional Video3:51
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The benefits of daydreaming | Elizabeth Cox

Pre-K - Higher Ed
On a daily basis, you spend between a third and half of your waking hours daydreaming. That may sound like a huge waste of time, but scientists think it must have some purpose, or humans wouldn't have evolved to do so much of it. So,...
Instructional Video9:29
SciShow

The Messy Path to the First Successful Organ Transplants

12th - Higher Ed
Today, the organ transplantation is one of the well-known medical treatment, but the road to the first successful organ transplant was full of challenges, discoveries, and a whole lot of work.
Instructional Video8:53
SciShow

8 Bone Eating Animals

12th - Higher Ed
Bones are hard to digest and can be downright dangerous to eat, but some animals have evolved pretty bizarre adaptations to accommodate their crunchy, splintery diets.
Instructional Video5:06
SciShow

The Gulf of California's Upside-Down Mirror Pools | Weird Places

12th - Higher Ed
For upside-down mirrors, super hot volcanic chimneys, and neon rocks with living microorganisms, look no further than the Guaymas Basin in the Gulf of California.
Instructional Video4:19
SciShow Kids

Why Do We Dream?

K - 5th
Jessi had the weirdest dream last night and wants to share with you why our brains make dreams.
Instructional Video6:33
SciShow

Is Your Brain Ready for Mars?

12th - Higher Ed
Thanks to science and technology, our dream to go to Mars has almost come true! But are our brains ready for it yet?
Instructional Video17:21
TED Talks

Tim Harford: A powerful way to unleash your natural creativity

12th - Higher Ed
What can we learn from the world's most enduringly creative people? They "slow-motion multitask," actively juggling multiple projects and moving between topics as the mood strikes -- without feeling hurried. Author Tim Harford shares how...
Instructional Video19:22
TED Talks

TED: A love letter to realism in a time of grief | Mark Pollock and Simone George

12th - Higher Ed
When faced with life's toughest circumstances, how should we respond: as an optimist, a realist or something else? In an unforgettable talk, explorer Mark Pollock and human rights lawyer Simone George explore the tension between...
Instructional Video5:21
SciShow

Meet Blue Moon: Blue Origin's Lunar Lander SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Blue Origin announced a a new lunar lander, Blue Moon, that will be delivering supplies, and eventually astronauts to the lunar surface within the next 5 years, and robots like Chang’e-4 are giving us an early glimpse at what we might...
Instructional Video5:23
SciShow

New Insights Into What Fruit Fly Sex Is Like

12th - Higher Ed
It's the year 2018, and we now know that flies like to ejaculate. But how does this tie into our understanding of addiction?
Instructional Video2:59
SciShow

Why Do Dogs Shake to Dry Off?

12th - Higher Ed
Everyone loves a slow motion video of a dog shaking to dry off, but what is the science behind it?
Instructional Video5:16
SciShow

What Do We Know About T Cells and COVID-19 Immunity? | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
There's another theory about the Covid-19 pandemic going around, and while it is pretty cool, it's not exactly the solution some are suggesting it might be.
Instructional Video11:32
SciShow

Do Wild Animals Intentionally Get High?

12th - Higher Ed
As a species, humans tend to have a bit of a fondness for mind altering substances. Is this true of other animals as well?
Instructional Video6:11
SciShow

How To Make a Mutant Flu

12th - Higher Ed
Hank dishes out updates on the mutant flu virus and the James Webb Space Telescope, and gives us some new bits about new exoplanets, secret space planes, and a study that shows that music evolves according to Darwin's rules.
Instructional Video4:26
SciShow

Climate Change Moved the North Pole

12th - Higher Ed
The idea that the North Pole can move is nothing new, but the findings of a recent study suggest that Santa might need to pack up and find a new apartment.
Instructional Video4:43
SciShow

Do Placebos Work For Animals? Yes, Weirdly Enough

12th - Higher Ed
A placebo can only work if someone (or something) believes it will. So how can animals be fooled by the placebo effect?
Instructional Video5:18
SciShow

3 Mysteries Solved by Extraterrestrial Tsunamis

12th - Higher Ed
Earth isn't the only planet that gets rocked by giant tsunamis. In fact, giant waves on other planets have helped us solve a few mysteries about our solar system.
Instructional Video2:27
SciShow

What is Taurine and Why's It in My Energy Drink?

12th - Higher Ed
Energy drinks- you've had them, or at least you're well aware of their presence in today's culture. But what is actually in these things? Especially the mysterious ingredient TAURINE?
Instructional Video8:18
PBS

The Weird, Watery Tale of Spinosaurus

12th - Higher Ed
In 1912, a fossil collector discovered some strange bone fragments in the eerie, beautiful Cretaceous Bahariya rock formation of Egypt. Eventually, that handful of fossil fragments would reveal to scientists one of the strangest...
Instructional Video4:13
TED-Ed

TED-ED: The coelacanth: A living fossil of a fish - Erin Eastwood

Pre-K - Higher Ed
The coelacanth, a prehistoric fish that was mistakenly thought to have gone extinct at the same time as the dinosaurs, has managed to stick around our seas for 360 million years. Erin Eastwood details the surprising "back from the dead"...
Instructional Video2:38
SciShow

Why Do We Make Glowing Rats?

12th - Higher Ed
Hank explains why scientists spend so much time and brain power making animals that glow. Well, the first thing is, they don't really glow. And the second thing is: Scientists are just like the rest of us in that they don't believe some...
Instructional Video4:47
SciShow

This Badger Buried a Whole Baby Cow!

12th - Higher Ed
We knew that badgers weren't exactly picky about what they eat, but we were surprised by what happened when one came upon a rather large meal.
Instructional Video4:05
SciShow

Great Minds: Mary Anning, "The Greatest Fossilist in the World"

12th - Higher Ed
Learn about Mary Anning, one of England's most important contributors to the field of paleontology.
Instructional Video4:10
SciShow

Huge Sperm and Giant Tentacles: Relax, It's Marine Biology

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow shares the latest developments in science, this week including new insights into the evolution of giant sperm, and the discovery of a whole new order of animal.