Crash Course Kids
Home Sweet Habitat: Crash Course Kids
How would a Polar Bear do if you put it in the desert? Not well. But why? Why can't anything live anywhere? Well, this has to do with Habitats and how animals (including humans) are suited for living in one place over another. In this...
Crash Course
Plant Cells: Crash Course Biology
Hank describes why plants are so freaking amazing - discussing their evolution, and how their cells are both similar to & different from animal cells.
SciShow
Why Do Animals Lick Their Wounds?
There are a few animals that will instinctively lick their wounds when injured. SciShow Quick Questions explores the reasons why they do this, and why we sometimes have to stop them from doing it.
Be Smart
The Delicious Science of CHEESE!
I am an absolute freak for cheese. Next to bread, it might be our oldest biotechnology! Here's some of the science about how it's made and where it comes from. Special thanks to Kara Chadbourne from Antonelli's Cheese in Austin, TX!!!...
TED Talks
Nathan Wolfe: The jungle search for viruses
Virus hunter Nathan Wolfe is outwitting the next pandemic by staying two steps ahead: discovering deadly new viruses where they first emerge -- passing from animals to humans among poor subsistence hunters in Africa -- before they claim...
SciShow
Is There DNA in Dirt?
You know about fossils, but what other secrets are lurking in the ground beneath our feet?
SWPictures
New TB Treatments
New ReviewThis year alone, eight million people will become infected with tuberculosis. Like the common cold, TB spreads through the air when sufferers cough, sneeze, spit, or just talk. One needs only to inhale a few germs to catch it. This...
Brave Wilderness
5 Deadly Tick Bites you Need To Worry About!
New ReviewThese are the five ticks you need to worry about this tick season! Keep those pants rolled down, and make sure you don't take any of these parasites home with you while you're out in the wild.
Curated Video
The Vulva & Vagina Explained: Sex Ed #2
New ReviewDo you know the difference between the vulva and vagina? In this episode of Crash Course Sex Ed, we shine a spotlight on the Vagina and Co., dispelling a long history of shame and mystery to actually understand our bodies.
Curated Video
The Planck Length: Why It’s the Smallest Measurable Length
New ReviewThe scale of the universe is bigger than you can imagine. It is also smaller than you can imagine. The smallest lenth theorized to be possible, the Planck length is about 4 X 10^-35 meters. Just imagine things that are about the size of...
Curated Video
The Human Microbiome: How Many Bacteria Live on Your Body?
Microbiome: How many bacteria live on the human body. Science has an answer to this. But first, here’s a question for you: What is by far the largest organ in the body…almost 20 square feet in area, and without it, you would die a...
Curated Video
What's the Best Way to Get Rid of Germs And Bacteria?
What's the Best Way to Get Rid of Germs And Bacteria?
Curated Video
How to Shame Friends into Giving Up Bottled Water
Howcast - Do you cringe every time a pal buys a bottle of water, knowing how bad they are for the environment? Guilt them into switching to tap with these tactics.
Curated Video
How to Treat the STD Gonorrhea (The Clap)
Howcast - Learn the treatment for the STD gonorrhea (The Clap) from sexpert Jane Bogart in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
Is a Urinary Tract Infection an STD?
Howcast - Find out if a urinary tract infection (UTI) is a sexually transmitted disease from sexpert Jane Bogart in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
How to Handle Acne during Puberty
Howcast - Learn how to handle adolescent acne during puberty from Jennifer Wider, M.D. in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
Top 10 Food Myths
Howcast - Learn the top 10 food myths from nutrition expert Alex Jamieson in this Howcast video.