Instructional Video6:01
SciShow

NASA's Planetary Protection Job, and a Brand New Way to Study Neutrinos

12th - Higher Ed
The Planetary Protection Office is hiring and we've found a much easier way to study neutrinos.
Instructional Video4:44
SciShow

Trojan Asteroids: Jupiter's Prisoners

12th - Higher Ed
Jupiter has a bunch of asteroids that are trapped in two specific points in its orbit!
Instructional Video5:33
SciShow

Would Aliens Be Able to See Earth?

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists have worked out how likely it is that distant planets can see earth, and we are learning new ways to study the magnetic fields of galaxies.
Instructional Video5:41
SciShow

Top 10 New Species of the Year!

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists around the world discover about 18,000 new species every year. Each new organism has not only to be found, but also studied, compared, identified and organized -- that's taxonomy, the science of classifying living things and...
Instructional Video4:45
SciShow

How to Reprogram a Brain Cell

12th - Higher Ed
In Parkinson's disease, certain kinds of neurons die over time, but it might be possible to reprogram other types of cells in the brain to replace those lost ones.
Instructional Video5:55
SciShow

Let it Snow The First Direct Measure of Cloud Seeding SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Do you remember longing for a snow day so you could get out of school? Scientists have found evidence that a decades old technique might increase the chances of a snow day.
Instructional Video6:04
SciShow

3 Times We Captured Physical Pieces of the Sun

12th - Higher Ed
It's tricky to study the particles of our Sun because Earth’s magnetic field deflects them, but scientists have found ways to do it! They're helping us understand things like the Sun’s origin, what it's made of, and how it might affect...
Instructional Video11:24
SciShow

Understanding the Voices in Our Heads

12th - Higher Ed
Psychologists are only just beginning to study that voice in your head that narrates your thoughts, and it's more complicated than you probably realize.
Instructional Video4:19
SciShow

The People Who Lived in Denisova Cave | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Once upon a time, we coexisted with other human species. And there’s one place on Earth that may have taught us more about that than any other single site.
Instructional Video7:31
SciShow

The Nicest Neighborhoods in the Universe

12th - Higher Ed
What does it really take for a planet to be habitable? It turns out, certain parts of a star system, a galaxy, and even the universe as we know it, are more habitable than others. Get to know them as Hank takes you on a tour of some of...
Instructional Video15:05
SciShow

SciShow Quiz Show: Hank vs. Stefan

12th - Higher Ed
Associate Producer Stefan Chin faces off against his boss, Hank Green. Will Stefan manage to keep his job? What does a dinosaur sound like? And where is that space whale?
Instructional Video6:37
SciShow

Denisovans: Our Mysterious Cousins That Made Us Better

12th - Higher Ed
During most of the past 2 million years or so, there were several species of hominins on Earth at any given time. Like, you might be familiar with our famous extinct cousins, the Neanderthals. But since 2010 we’ve been uncovering...
Instructional Video9:37
SciShow

7 Species That Really Are What They Eat

12th - Higher Ed
There are creatures who get some super important and recognizable part of their biology from their diets.
Instructional Video7:54
SciShow

6 Seriously Impressive Animal Migrations

12th - Higher Ed
There are some seriously impressive journeys that animals will undertake to avoid the cold, to give birth, or to find food. All kinds of creatures migrate that you might not think about; some big and familiar, and others so small, you...
Instructional Video5:18
SciShow

Best Nap Ever: Rotifers Wake Up After 24,000 Years

12th - Higher Ed
Tiny creatures called rotifers seem to have no problem continuing their lives after waking from a refreshing 24,000-year nap. And DNA samples from goats that lived 30,000 years ago tell us a bit about how humans were managing them back...
Instructional Video2:50
SciShow

Can You Bamboozle Birds With Magic?

12th - Higher Ed
Humans love illusions, but are we the only animals that fall for them?
Instructional Video5:15
SciShow

We Almost Didn't See the North Pole Space Hurricane | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Astrophysicists have discovered an exoplanet that lost its atmosphere, but then, somehow, grew it back! Also, astronomers used satellite data to find a magnetic hurricane above the north pole that we almost missed!
Instructional Video6:12
SciShow

The First Time We Saw All of Venus: The Magellan Mission

12th - Higher Ed
NASA’s Magellan mission gave us unprecedented insight into Venus’s rocky surface, and even now, more than 25 years after the mission ended, it’s still one of our main tools for learning about our mysterious, next-door neighbor.
Instructional Video5:02
SciShow

The First-Ever Map of Mars’s Interior

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve done a surprising amount of exploration on Mars, from its atmosphere, to its surface, and miles deep into its canyons. But mapping its insides has been a quandary that we hadn’t been able to solve until last week!
Instructional Video6:27
SciShow

One Way to Deal With CO2? Reuse It

12th - Higher Ed
Is there any better way to create new energy than to make it out of consumed energy sources?
Instructional Video4:26
SciShow

How Did We Figure Out What a Heart Attack Was?

12th - Higher Ed
Heart attacks are the number 1 cause of death worldwide in the 21st century, but we weren't sure what caused them until 1980.
Instructional Video7:23
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Calculating the odds of intelligent alien life - Jill Tarter

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Could there be intelligent life on other planets? This question has piqued imagination and curiosity for decades. Explore the answer with the Drake Equation -- a mathematical formula that calculates the possibility of undiscovered life.
Instructional Video4:48
SciShow

Could Life Be Older Than Earth?

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space explores new theories about the timing of the development of life on Earth, and elsewhere in the universe.
Instructional Video4:13
SciShow

Titan's "Magic Island" and A Triple Black Hole!

12th - Higher Ed
Join Caitlin Hoffmeister in this episode of SciShow Space News as we explore the universe!