SciShow
Why Pandas LOVE Rolling in Horse Manure
If you’re lucky enough to witness a panda applying a ripe layer of horse poop body paint to itself, you might assume it is a similar behavior to a dog frolicking in the stink of a dead animal. But in actuality, these pandas are reducing...
SciShow
Why Don't Fire Hydrants Freeze and Explode?
Pipes can freeze in the winter, but you never hear about fire hydrants freezing. What makes them safe from the cold temperatures in winter time?
SciShow
3 Things We Can Do to Stop Ebola
SciShow News explains the science behind the latest efforts to stop the spread of ebola: including airport screenings, treatments for patients, and developments in the search for a vaccine.
SciShow
Limnic Eruptions: When Lakes Explode
SciShow takes you inside a limnic eruption, a natural disaster that's as deadly as it is rare.
TED Talks
TED: Tagging tuna in the deep ocean | Barbara Block
Tuna are ocean athletes -- fast, far-ranging predators whose habits we're just beginning to understand. Marine biologist Barbara Block fits tuna with tracking tags (complete with transponders) that record unprecedented amounts of data...
SciShow
Why Does Cold Brew Coffee Taste Better?
Like it or hate it, cold brew coffee definitely tastes different than regular ol' drip, and it's all thanks to science.
SciShow
Can’t Sleep? Blame the Climate Crisis
Today, we bring you two surprising effects of the climate crisis: less sleep and more dying trees.
SciShow
6 Delightfully Goth Animals
When you see a black cat, you might think of witches and goth bands, but they're also a great example of a melanistic animal, and they're not the only ones! Chapters MELANISTIC ANIMAL 0:24 PYGMY GRASSHOPPERS 0:48 BLACK PANTHERS 1:53...
SciShow
The First Volcano Power Plant!
Be blown away with this episode of SciShow News as Hank talks about using the power of one of earths most powerful energy sources: Volcanoes!
SciShow
We Are Sending a Probe into the Sun
Why are we sending a rocket into the sun? SciShow Space explains the why, what and how of Solar Probe Plus, a mission that'll give us our closest look yet at our nearest star.
SciShow
Searing Meat Is A Delicious Lie
Your favorite TV chef might have told you to make sure you sear your meat because that nice brown crust helps seal in the moisture, but is that actually how it works? Michael explains the science of your cook out.
SciShow
Active Volcanoes: The Perfect Egg Incubators
You probably don't think of active volcanoes as the ideal place to build a nursery, but for some animals, they're the perfect spot to incubate their unborn babies!
SciShow
The Boomerang Nebula: The Coolest Place in Outer Space
The Boomerang Nebula is colder than space! And it's not really shaped like a boomerang!
MinuteEarth
Why The Weather Is Worse At The Mall
Extreme weather sometimes happens in very specific areas thanks to extreme surface temperature differences.
SciShow
Why Does Being in the Sun Make You So Tired?
The beach is nice, but why does spending time out in the sun leave us feeling so exhausted?
TED Talks
TED: Swim with the giant sunfish | Tierney Thys
Marine biologist Tierney Thys asks us to step into the water to visit the world of the Mola mola, or giant ocean sunfish. Basking, eating jellyfish and getting massages, this behemoth offers clues to life in the open sea.
SciShow
The World's Most Asked Questions | Compilation
A while back, we were tasked with answering some of the world's most asked questions. So here, in one convenient location, are some of those questions and their answers.
SciShow
Vantablack: The Darkest Material Ever Made
Today we're talking about the blackest material ever created!
SciShow
Asteroid Fly-By!
Today Emily Graslie of The Brain Scoop gives us the news about a couple of near- misses for our planet and an update on where astronomers think habitable life might be found in other star systems.
Crash Course
Ecology - Rules for Living on Earth: Crash Course Biology
Hank introduces us to ecology - the study of the rules of engagement for all of us earthlings - which seeks to explain why the world looks and acts the way it does. The world is crammed with things, both animate and not, that have been...
SciShow
Why People are Always Fighting Over the Thermostat
Negotiating thermostat settings can be really frustrating, but your officemate isn't trying to freeze you out on purpose. Stefan explains the science behind why people experience temperatures differently. Fun fact: Stefan wears a jacket...
SciShow
SciShow Talk Show - Chad Larrabee & Groucho the Hedgehog
In this episode of SciShow Talk Show Hank chats with Chad Larrabee of Montgomery Distillery about the science of distilling alcohol. Special guest is Jessi Knudsen Castañeda of Animal Wonders with Groucho the hedgehog.
TED Talks
TED: Can clouds buy us more time to solve climate change? | Kate Marvel
Climate change is real, case closed. But there's still a lot we don't understand about it, and the more we know the better chance we have to slow it down. One still-unknown factor: How might clouds play a part? There's a small hope that...
SciShow
Some Elements can be Liquid and Solid at the Same Time | SciShow News
Some elements can basically be liquids and solids at the same time, which is a whole new state of matter, and scientists have discovered a new species of human in the Republic of the Philippines!