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Black Holes: The Hungriest Things in the Universe | Compilation
If you thought a hot dog eating contest was impressive to complete, imagine if a black hole entered it! They eat up everything around them, including stars! But they’re not just gluttonous blobs of the universe. Like all things in space,...
Be Smart
Nature's Living Fireworks
Nearly all life on Earth is ultimately powered by light. But many creatures have learned how to make their own. This week we investigate the beautiful phenomenon of bioluminescence. From blinking fireflies on summer nights to glowing...
PBS
Escape The Kugelblitz Challenge
In the last episode Matt discussed how the Penrose Diagram enabled you to map how black holes affect Space Time. In this episode you can use that knowledge to stop an all-too-real threat to our planet. Aliens are trying to destroy the...
PBS
How Time Becomes Space Inside a Black Hole
Find out how time and space switch roles when we move beyond the event horizon of the black hole.
TED Talks
Beau Lotto: Optical illusions show how we see
Beau Lotto's color games puzzle your vision, but they also spotlight what you can't normally see: how your brain works. This fun, first-hand look at your own versatile sense of sight reveals how evolution tints your perception of what's...
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How Bad Are Satellite Constellations for Astronomy? - SciShow News
Imagine being excited to use one of the world's most advanced telescopes, only to see bright streaks of light on every picture! This is a problem facing some astronomers as satellites fill up the night sky.
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Why Some Frozen Lakes Catch Fire
Did you know that, despite their serene, picturesque appearance, some frozen lakes can catch fire? Why are climate scientists studying the explosive gas bubbles trapped in lake ice?
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How Do Skiers Win Races?
Winning an alpine skiing race can come down to a tiny margin, so the skiers have to make sure they prepare their skis just right!
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The Hardest We've Ever Pushed Matter
Scientists have had to come up with some extreme ways to generate the extreme pressures needed to simulate the conditions at the cores of planets!
SciShow
How to Make a Superbug, and an Even More Super-Collider!
SciShow News explains how evolution and antibiotics have teamed up to produce an ordinary germ that can now, sometimes, kill people. Also, our favorite piece of science equipment -- the Large Hadron Collider -- has big plans for this...
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Dark Matter
Physicists estimate that dark matter accounts for about twenty three percent of the known universe - the only problem is that no one really knows what it is...
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A chameleon robot that changes colors! #shorts #science
A chameleon robot that changes colors! #shorts #science
TED Talks
Sara Seager: The search for planets beyond our solar system
Every star we see in the sky has at least one planet orbiting it, says astronomer Sara Seager. So what do we know about these exoplanets, and how can we find out more? Seager introduces her favorite set of exoplanets and shows new...
SciShow
The Gulf of California's Upside-Down Mirror Pools | Weird Places
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.
SciShow Kids
Do I Need Glasses?
This video is brought to you by the Child and Teen Checkups program of the Minnesota Department of Health.
SciShow
Is Your Brain Ready for Mars?
Thanks to science and technology, our dream to go to Mars has almost come true! But are our brains ready for it yet?
TED Talks
William Kamkwamba: How I built a windmill
When he was just 14 years old, Malawian inventor William Kamkwamba built his family an electricity-generating windmill from spare parts, working from rough plans he found in a library book.
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New Insights Into What Fruit Fly Sex Is Like
It's the year 2018, and we now know that flies like to ejaculate. But how does this tie into our understanding of addiction?
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We Use Black Holes to Study Tectonic Plates
The ground under our feet is constantly moving, and to measure these movements, researchers have turned to an unlikely helper: quasars that are millions of light-years away.
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Sunburns, Sunbeams, and Sunspots: A Summer Compilation
We're enjoying the summer here in Montana, and to help celebrate we thought we'd put together a compilation of our favorite sun-related episodes from our past. Don't worry, you won't need sunglasses for this one!
SciShow
SciShow Quiz Show: With the SciShow Space Reid Reimers!
Welcome to SciShow Quiz Show, where SciShow Space co-hosts Hank and Reid are back for another round!
TED Talks
TED: The missing 96 percent of the universe | Claire Malone
We've misplaced the building blocks of the cosmos -- and particle physicists like Claire Malone are on a mission to find them. Despite scientists hitting a "major snag" in uncovering what exactly makes up dark matter and dark energy, she...
TED Talks
TED: How much does a video weigh? | Michael Stevens
What color is a mirror? How much does a video weigh? Michael Stevens, creator of the popular educational YouTube channel Vsauce, spends his day asking quirky questions like these. In this talk he shows how asking the right -- seemingly...