SciShow
Finding True North Is Harder Than You Think
Sure, you can point to the geographic north pole on a globe. But getting there, even with fancy equipment like GPS, isn't so straightforward. So scientists are looking into a navigation tool some animals use naturally.
PBS
The One-Electron Universe
Could it be that all the electrons in the universe are simply one, single electron moving back and forth through time?
SciShow
How the Manhattan Project Gave Us Today's Air Filters
HEPA filters are the basis of modern filtration - but they also represent a straight line from the Manhattan Project to your living room!
SciShow
What If the Universe Isn't Uniform?
According to the cosmological principle, the universe is more or less the same in all directions. But what happens when we put this to the test?
SciShow
Seeing Like Mantis Shrimp to Spot Cancer
Mantis shrimp might as well be super heroes, and one of their powers might given us insight on how to spot cancer.
MinutePhysics
Why Doesn't Time Flow Backwards? (Big Picture Ep. 1/5)
Thanks to Google Making and Science for supporting this series, and to Sean Carroll for collaborating on it! AMAZING Interactive Entropy explainer by Aatish Bhatia: http://aatishb.github.io/entropy/ This video is about why entropy gives...
PBS
Why is the Earth Round and the Milky Way Flat?
Our universe is not a very diverse place when it comes to shapes. Large celestial bodies become spheres, galaxies become discs, and there is little room for variation. Why is this? Well it turns out physics has some pretty strict rules...
SciShow Kids
Do I Need Glasses?
This video is brought to you by the Child and Teen Checkups program of the Minnesota Department of Health.
TED Talks
Daniele Quercia: Happy maps
Mapping apps help us find the fastest route to where we’re going. But what if we’d rather wander? Researcher Daniele Quercia demos “happy maps” that take into account not only the route you want to take, but how you want to feel along...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you solve the killer robo-ants riddle? - Dan Finkel
The good news is that your experimental robo-ants are a success. The bad news is that you accidentally gave them the ability to shoot deadly lasers . . . and you can't turn it off. Can you stop them from escaping their habitat before the...
MinutePhysics
Einstein's Proof of E=mc2
Ever wonder how Einstein proved E=mc2? This is how. Pi day (3.14) is Albert Einstein's Birthday! To celebrate, we'll explain 4 of his most groundbreaking papers from 1905, when he was just 26 years old
SciShow
Human Connectome
Hank briefs us on a fascinating project that aims to map the anatomical and functional pathways of the brain - a neural network called the human connectome.
SciShow
The Tiny Experiment That Transformed Physics
In 1956, a team of scientists conducted an experiment that, seemed kind of trivial, but the results would challenge one of our fundamental beliefs about the entire universe.
SciShow
This Is Your Brain on GPS
Researchers have revealed a potentially life-saving rapid blood type test, and does using GPS to get around make your brain lazy?
Bozeman Science
Thinking in Patterns - Level 4 - Patterns in Data
A mini-lesson about patterns in data.
SciShow
The Quantum Theory that Connects the Entire Universe
Quantum mechanics is weird and seems a bit...complicated. But understanding it can help us to understand the universe.
TED Talks
Jared Ficklin: New ways to see music (with color! and fire!)
Designer Jared Ficklin creates wild visualizations that let us see music, using color and even fire (a first for the TED stage) to analyze how sound makes us feel. He takes a brief digression to analyze the sound of a skatepark -- and...
SciShow
There’s a Rectangle Galaxy?
You're probably used to real galaxies having curves, except not all of them seem to have gotten the memo.
SciShow
Astronaut Weightlessness Training
SciShow Space takes you behind the scenes of astronaut training, to show how crew members and their equipment are tested in microgravity, all while never having to leave Earth.
SciShow
Cymatics: Turning Sound into Art
Sound waves vibrate more than just our eardrums, they can also make visual art!
SciShow
How to Break the Internet
Ever wondered what it would take to bring down the Internet? Well, not much.
SciShow
Developing A New Malaria Vaccine!
We've learned a bit about how hummingbirds see motion in an unexpected way, and scientists are working on a potential new malaria vaccine by genetically manipulating the parasite that causes it!