The media have been talking about “genetically modified humans” and “designer babies.” But what they’re really talking about is germ-line engineering: a process that could help eliminate heritable diseases. So why do some scientists want...

A new paper that borrows old astrological data from the Voyager 2 probe has used brand-new computer simulations to find some new weird data about Uranus’s magnetic field. Another paper has new information about our galaxy’s fastest...

The effects of dark matter on galaxies is a mystifying and difficult thing to study, but the Milky Way's galactic bar might present an exciting way to quantify how much of it exists!

The idea that the Moon is a blown-off chunk of the Earth is known as the giant impact hypothesis - but the presence of carbon on the Moon throws this hypothesis into question.

Two authors battle it out on SciShow to see who knows the most about animal clothes and mysterious circumstances.

Scientists can find answers in some pretty unusual places, and recently they found some evidence that dinosaurs weren't cold-blooded by looking at... eggshells?

Two new studies challenge what we thought we knew about the first humans in the Americas, sending the archaeology community buzzing. Could people have been on these continents 10 to 15 thousand years earlier than archaeologists...

Scientists can see how dark matter is distributed based on how its gravity affects light, but when astronomers compared recent data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Very Large Telescope to current models, something didn’t add up....

The water on Mars probably doesn't have much oxygen, but new models show that life doesn't need as much O2 as we thought. And NASA is sending a claw machine to the red planet!

Before there was Google, there were encyclopedias. The very idea of these vast collections of knowledge can be credited to Pliny The Elder. So who was he, and why does he seem to pop up everywhere from Alchemy to Zoology? Hank has the...

New research is changing our ideas about the history of Mars's moons and we might have found the most active region of space.

This week, Stan Muller teaches you the basics of copyright in the United States. Copyright law is territorial, so we're going to cover the system we know the most about, and that's the US. Stan will talk about what kind of ideas can be...

The video provides a tutorial on utilizing the Version History feature in Google Docs to manage document changes effectively. It demonstrates how to access and navigate through different versions of a document, restore previous versions,...

This video identifies tone in poetry.

A video about Selecting Words or Phrases when writing.

A video titled "Archetypes" that reviews common archetypes found in literature.

This video explores how authors manipulate time and use various techniques such as foreshadowing, flashbacks, and pacing to build tension and suspense in a story. By carefully crafting these elements, authors guide readers towards the...

This video explores the concept of bending time in storytelling through techniques such as flashbacks, flash-forwards, and foreshadowing. By delving into these narrative devices, it highlights how authors can add depth, mystery, and...

This video explores the concept of tension in storytelling, using the analogy of a character entering a dark cave to represent the unknown. It highlights how authors create tension by giving characters conflicting goals, introducing time...

In this video, the concept of theme in storytelling is explored, emphasizing how authors convey their central messages through various elements such as character dialogue, actions, names, contrasting characters, and outcomes. Viewers are...

This video, entitled "Indicating Importance," describes how to recognize literary patterns and parallelism in a text.

The seven common ways authors organize informational text

This video explores how different stories can share similar themes through the use of symbols, setting, and figurative language. By examining these elements, we can uncover deeper connections and gain a richer understanding of the human...

Travis Thrasher is a versatile writer and storyteller who has been passionate about writing since childhood. After college, he worked in publishing for 13 years, gaining industry experience while pursuing his dream of becoming a...