SciShow
Altruism
Hank explains the evolutionary basis for altruistic behavior in animals, including vampire bats!
SciShow
Does Color Really Affect How You Act?
The Internet has a lot to say about how color affects our mood and behavior, but it's not as cut and dry as it may sound.
SciShow
Why Do Joints Pop And Crack?
SciShow explains what really causes those popping sounds your joints make -- fluid dynamics, people! -- and what you should watch out for if you're a habitual knuckle-popper.
TED Talks
Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action
Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership -- starting with a golden circle and the question "Why?" His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers ...
Crash Course
Symbols, Values & Norms: Crash Course Sociology
What exactly is culture? This week we’re going to try to answer that, and explain the difference between material and non-material culture. We’ll look at three things that make up culture: symbols, values and beliefs, and norms. We’ll...
Crash Course
Social Influence: Crash Course Psychology
Why do people sometimes do bad things just because someone else told them to? And what does the term Groupthink mean? In today's episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank talks about the ideas of Social Influence and how it can affect our...
SciShow
Blue Whales and The Smartphone Morality Experiment
Hank shares news about the biggest animal in the history of ever -- blue whales -- and explains the lessons learned in a new study of human morality, using smartphones.
SciShow
The Chemistry of Addiction
Hank describes how our brains respond biochemically to various addictive substances and behaviors and where those responses have come from, evolutionarily speaking.
SciShow
Why Do Dogs Eat Grass?
Why do dogs eat grass? A look at your pup’s wild relatives may give you a sense of what dogs’ diets are really like.
SciShow
Can These Psychology Strategies Prevent Bullying?
Bullying is a serious problem that can affect children’s mental health. But with these psychology strategies, teachers and parents might be able to prevent bullying at school.
SciShow
That’s Not a Rattlesnake… It’s an Owl!
When living underground leaves them vulnerable to attack, burrowing owls have a trick up their sleeve—they’ve developed the ability to mimic rattlesnake sounds that scare off predators!
SciShow
Why We Age - And How We Can Stop It
Hank hates death, so he helps us understand the process of aging, informs us of how scientists are studying ways to prevent it and brings us the exciting news of current research in longevity... for mice.
SciShow
Hormones and Puppy Love
This week, science explains the chemical love-connection we share with our dogs, and how some of the most isolated populations of people in the world are different on the inside.
SciShow
5 Ways Orcas Have Earned the Nickname “Killer Whale”
Orcas are some of the most effective predators in the ocean, and each population of them has entirely different prey preferences and hunting techniques, more than earning their nickname “killer whale!” Chapters 1 MAKING WAVES 2:12...
Bozeman Science
AP Biology Lab 11: Animal Behavior
Paul Andersen introduces the concept of ethology and contrasts kinesis and taxis. He explains the importance of courtship rituals in fruit flies. He finally shows you how to use a choice chamber to study behavior in pill bugs.
SciShow
Do lobsters feel pain? #shorts #science #SciShow
Do lobsters feel pain? #shorts #science #SciShow
PBS
What are the Strings in String Theory?
Why strings? What are they made of? How did physicists even come up with this bizarre idea? And what's all this nonsense of extra dimensions?
SciShow
Are You Doomed to Turn into Your Parents?
Worried about turning into your parents? Hank unpacks the connection between personality, genetics, and upbringing. Ultimately, though, you are your own person.
SciShow
When Did Modern Behavior Evolve?
Scientists often use the phrase “anatomically modern humans” to describe the point when our ancient ancestors looked like us. But when did humans become behaviorally modern?
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The difference between classical and operant conditioning - Peggy Andover
Why is it that humans react to stimuli with certain behaviors? Can behaviors change in response to consequences? Peggy Andover explains how the brain can associate unrelated stimuli and responses, proved by Ivan Pavlov's famous 1890...
Crash Course
How to Train a Brain - Crash Course Psychology
I'm sure you've heard of Pavlov's Bell (and I'm not talking about the Aimee Mann song), but what was Ivan Pavlov up to, exactly? And how are our brains trained? And what is a "Skinner Box"? All those questions and more are answered in...
Bozeman Science
Homeostasis Preview
Paul Andersen reviews the major components of the homeostasis. He explains how organisms respond to abiotic and biotic factors in their environment with feedback loops. He shows how responses can be behavioral or physiological.
TED Talks
Daniel Reisel: The neuroscience of restorative justice
Daniel Reisel studies the brains of criminal psychopaths (and mice). And he asks a big question: Instead of warehousing these criminals, shouldn't we be using what we know about the brain to help them rehabilitate? Put another way: If...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why do animals form swarms? - Maria R. D'Orsogna
When many individual organisms come together and move as one entity, that's a swarm. From a handful of birds to billions of insects, swarms can be almost any size. They have no leader, and members interact only with their neighbors or...