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SciShow

The Weirdest Things That Sneezing Can Do To You

12th - Higher Ed
Chances are, the worst thing that's happened to you because of a sneeze is a snot rocket. But for these people, sneezing caused anything from damaged ears to a broken neck! But in one case, a sneezing fit saved one woman from needing...
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SciShow

Visual Illusions: Why You See Things That Aren't There

12th - Higher Ed
Visual Illusions: Why You See Things That Aren't There
Instructional Video1:55
SciShow

What Happens When You Faint?

12th - Higher Ed
Why do we faint? Because sometimes, your nervous system just doesn’t know what to do with itself.
Instructional Video17:03
SciShow

New Channel Alert!

12th - Higher Ed
It was recently brought to our attention that there's a category here that we have covered quite a lot, and that people have… watched. Here's a selection of our absolute favorite SciShow Pee episodes!
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PBS

Why Doctors Are Increasingly Prescribing Nature

12th - Higher Ed
As rates of chronic disease among children have skyrocketed over the past few decades, pediatricians have increasingly looked for solutions beyond the clinic. Sometimes that means actually prescribing time outside. Special correspondent...
Instructional Video4:16
SciShow

The Unsung Scientist Behind the Building Blocks of DNA | Marie M. Daly

12th - Higher Ed
Our understanding of both clogged arteries and the building blocks of DNA are thanks to the groundbreaking work of Dr. Marie M. Daly, the first Black woman in the U.S. to receive a Ph. D. in chemistry.
Instructional Video10:02
SciShow

8 Medications with Surprising Secondary Uses

12th - Higher Ed
Sometimes medications that were developed to treat one condition can end up being useful for seemingly unrelated ailments. Chapters View all DEXTROMETHORPHAN & PSEUDOBULBAR AFFECT 1:48 MEMANTINE & OCD 2:25 NALTREXONE & BEHAVIORAL...
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TED Talks

Elizabeth Howell: How we can improve maternal healthcare -- before, during and after pregnancy

12th - Higher Ed
Shocking, but true: the United States has the highest rate of deaths for new mothers of any developed country -- and 60 percent of them are preventable. With clarity and urgency, physician Elizabeth Howell explains the causes of maternal...
Instructional Video5:01
SciShow

Why Does COVID-19 Have So Many Symptoms?

12th - Higher Ed
For a respiratory disease, COVID-19 sure seems to affect more than just the respiratory system. Scientists think the receptor ACE2 is to blame.
Instructional Video6:07
SciShow

This Worm-y Critter Is (Probably) Our Oldest Ancestor | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Newly described wormlike fossils dating back over half a billion years might be our oldest ancestors, and researchers have mapped and visualized the physical structure of the microscopic communities growing on human tongues!
Instructional Video23:54
SciShow

SciShow: FAQ Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve compiled some of those frequent asks into one place, here, so hopefully, if you’ve ever wondered these curious questions, you can get a whole bunch of answers. Welcome to this episode of SciShow Compilation: FAQ!
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SciShow

The Science of Sleep

12th - Higher Ed
If you celebrate American Thanksgiving, odds are you're full of food and pretty sleepy right about now. While you drift off for a post-feast nap, enjoy this compilation of episodes covering all kinds of different sleepy, science-y topics!
Instructional Video4:06
SciShow

How Studying Elephant Seals Could Treat Heart Attacks

12th - Higher Ed
Generally, when you think of carbon monoxide, nothing good comes to mind. And that’s… pretty reasonable. But elephant seals show us how we might be able to use carbon monoxide as an effective therapy for heart attacks and strokes.
Instructional Video17:13
SciShow

New Channel Alert!

12th - Higher Ed
It was recently brought to our attention that there's a category here that we have covered quite a lot, and that people have… watched. Here's a selection of our absolute favorite SciShow Pee episodes!
Instructional Video3:42
TED Talks

Gregory Petsko: The coming neurological epidemic

12th - Higher Ed
Biochemist Gregory Petsko makes a convincing argument that, in the next 50 years, we'll see an epidemic of neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's, as the world population ages. His solution: more research into the brain and its...
Instructional Video7:13
SciShow

Secrets of the Vampire Squid

12th - Higher Ed
This week in SciShow News, Hank tells us about some weird science, including a squid that's not a squid, animals that can talk, and new insights into how you can mess up your body much faster and for much longer than you ever thought...
Instructional Video5:25
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The surprising effects of pregnancy | TED-Ed

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Muscles and joints shift and jostle. The heart's pounding rhythm speeds up. Blood roars through arteries and veins. Over the course of a pregnancy, every organ in the body changes. Initiated by a range of hormones, these changes begin as...
Instructional Video12:43
SciShow

SciShow Quiz Show: The Ultimate Tiebreaker

12th - Higher Ed
Each of these contestants has won against the other on Quiz Show before. But this time, we will truly find out who is the best!
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SciShow

The Truth About 5 Health Food Trends | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
We humans love a good health food trend, but sometimes it can be hard to sort out the facts from the fiction. So over the years, we here at SciShow have hit up the research and set the record straight.
Instructional Video4:34
SciShow

We're Getting Closer to Real-Life Tricorders

12th - Higher Ed
Many of us have longed for cool sci-fi inventions like a holodeck or replicators, but there's one tool we're actually getting pretty darn close to creating: the medical tricorder.
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SciShow

Why Does the Cold Make You Pee?

12th - Higher Ed
Not everyone gets a winter as cold (or at the same time) as we do at SciShow, but no matter where you live, you may have wondered why venturing out into the cold often makes you have to pee more often.
Instructional Video4:29
Bozeman Science

AP Biology Lab 10: Physiology of the Circulatory System

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen shows you how to use a sphygmomanometer to measure the systolic and diastolic blood pressure. The the describes the elements of the laboratory portion. The temperature is gradually lowered and the respiration rate of a...
Instructional Video1:59
SciShow

What Happens When You Faint?

12th - Higher Ed
Why do we faint? Because sometimes, your nervous system just doesn't know what to do with itself.
Instructional Video17:03
TED Talks

Talithia Williams: Own your body's data

12th - Higher Ed
The new breed of high-tech self-monitors (measuring heartrate, sleep, steps per day) might seem targeted at competitive athletes. But Talithia Williams, a statistician, makes a compelling case that all of us should be measuring and...