Be Smart
Do Animals Mourn Their Dead?
Joe brings in a few friends to look at death in the animal kingdom.
SciShow
Octopuses Are Ridiculously Smart
Octopuses are smart! They play with toys, pull off daring escapes, and are masters of disguise. But they're also smart in a lot of ways that the human mind probably can't comprehend. For example, they basically have independent brains in...
SciShow
Trees: The Dating Apps For Bears
Bears are known for scratching their backs on trees, but it turns out that they might be using trees as a dating app.
SciShow
Seeing Sick Birds Boosts Canaries’ Immune Responses
Unlike humans, domestic canaries don’t have the option of social distancing when one of their own is ill. But canaries may have evolved a nifty workaround for protecting their populations when disease strikes!
SciShow
Why Does Crying Make You Feel Better?
Have you ever wondered why you feel better after a good, hearty sob? Well, it turns out the reasons are kind of a mystery, and they range from social support to brain temperature.
SciShow
6 Natural Medicines (Maybe) Used by Animals | Zoopharmacognosy
There have been reports of animals medicating themselves to treat illnesses, but according to the research, you shouldn't go to a non-human pharmacist just yet.
TED Talks
Thomas Insel: Toward a new understanding of mental illness
Today, thanks to better early detection, there are 63% fewer deaths from heart disease than there were just a few decades ago. Thomas Insel, the director of the National Institute of Mental Health, wonders: Could we do the same for...
Crash Course
Social Thinking: Crash Course Psychology
Why do people do bad things? Is it because of the situation or who they are at their core? In this week's episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank works to shed a little light on the ideas of Situation vs. Personality. Oh, and we'll have...
TED Talks
Sendhil Mullainathan: Solving social problems with a nudge
MacArthur winner Sendhil Mullainathan uses the lens of behavioral economics to study a tricky set of social problems -- those we know how to solve, but don't. We know how to reduce child deaths due to diarrhea, how to prevent...
SciShow
Why Do We Get Colds When It's Cold?
The temperature drops and you're more likely to get a cold: Is this correlation or causation?
SciShow
This Tortoise Has a Taste for Blood | SciShow News
You're entering a world, where one of the most blood thirsty predators, is a giant tortoise
SciShow
Sleep: Why We Need It and What Happens Without It
What happens when you don't sleep? And why do we need to do it anyways? Hank explains the science of sleep: the cause, the benefits, and who holds the record for going without it!
SciShow
Why Do Dogs Pant?
You’ve seen dogs pant, but do you know why they do it? And is it true that dogs can’t sweat? Quick Questions has the answers!
Bozeman Science
Thinking in Causation - Level 2 - Testing Causes
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on testing causes. TERMS: Tests - a planned act that is done to learn something Cause - a thing that gives rise to an event Support - to give assistance to Refute -...
TED Talks
TED: Why we need to rethink capitalism | Paul Tudor Jones II
Paul Tudor Jones II loves capitalism. It's a system that has done him very well over the last few decades. Nonetheless, the hedge fund manager and philanthropist is concerned that a laser focus on profits is, as he puts it, "threatening...
SciShow
This Fish Bulks Up When Danger is Near
Sometimes the hairs on the back of your neck raise up when you sense that danger might be near, but what if you were also able to bulk yourself up like a muscular balloon to fend off that danger? This fish, it turns out, can do exactly...
SciShow
Raccoons Don’t Really Wash Their Food
Raccoons are famous for "washing" their food, but this behavior, called dousing, isn't really about cleanliness.
SciShow
The Science of Screaming, And What Was the Biggest Dinosaur?
Scientists dissect the human scream for the first time, and also re-think what was thought to be the biggest dinosaur in the world.
TED Talks
TED: Zombie roaches and other parasite tales | Ed Yong
In this fascinating, hilarious and ever-so-slightly creepy talk, science writer Ed Yong tells the story of his favorite parasites -- animals and organisms that live on the bodies (and brains!) of other organisms, causing them to do their...
SciShow
Why Are So Many Pro Athletes Lefties
Only 10% of the world is left handed, so why are so many athletes lefties?
SciShow
Why Do We Smile
Many species show off their teeth as a threat, so where did humans get our friendly smiles?
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How do birds learn to sing? _ Partha Mitra
A brown thrasher knows a thousand songs. A wood thrush can sing two pitches at once. A mockingbird can match the sounds around it - including car alarms. These are just a few of the 4,000 species of songbirds. How do these birds learn...
TED Talks
Wendy De La Rosa: 3 psychological tricks to help you save money
We all want to save more money -- but overall, people today are doing less and less of it. Behavioral scientist Wendy De La Rosa studies how everyday people make decisions to improve their financial well-being. What she's found can help...
TED Talks
Seth Priebatsch: The game layer on top of the world
In this far-seeing talk, Seth Priebatsch shows how game dynamics are reshaping the world -- from a classroom where students "level up" instead of being graded ,to a pervasive game called "happy hour" that you may already be playing. Get...