Instructional Video8:34
SciShow

10 Discoveries Made in National Parks

12th - Higher Ed
You might think of national parks as a nice place to see a geyser, or a big ol’ canyon, but over the past 100 years, US national parks have produced some of the biggest, oldest, deepest, and creepiest discoveries that have been made in...
Instructional Video5:54
SciShow

Goodbye SOFIA, Thanks for All the Discoveries

12th - Higher Ed
SOFIA or The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy is coming to an end, but let's look back on some of the amazing discoveries of this flying telescope.
Instructional Video11:47
SciShow

7 Scientific Discoveries Made by... Licking Stuff?

12th - Higher Ed
Can scientists actually make discoveries by licking things? Believe it or not, they can. Join Hank Green and learn the surprising amount of discoveries made by scientists....and their tongues.
Instructional Video10:32
SciShow

Amazing Scientific Discoveries Made by Ordinary People

12th - Higher Ed
Amazing scientific discoveries aren't always made by renowned scientists! Here's a few examples of times ordinary people unlocked some incredible discoveries! Let's' check it out!
Instructional Video8:53
SciShow

10 Discoveries Made in National Parks

12th - Higher Ed
You might think of national parks as a nice place to see a geyser, or a big ol’ canyon, but over the past 100 years, US national parks have produced some of the biggest, oldest, deepest, and creepiest discoveries that have been made in...
Instructional Video5:41
SciShow

Top 10 New Species of the Year (NOW WITH PICTURES)!

12th - Higher Ed
THIS IS A RE-POST OF SCISHOW NEWS, WITH PHOTOGRAPHS! SORRY TO ALL THOSE WHO WATCHED IT WITHOUT THEM. Scientists around the world discover about 18,000 new species every year. Each new organism has not only to be found, but also studied,...
Instructional Video3:14
SciShow

3 New Discoveries in Space

12th - Higher Ed
Hank shares three cool discoveries in space science, including a celestial crucible of phosphorous, noble gases found in a supernova, and plumes of water vapor on Europa.
Instructional Video11:46
SciShow

7 Discoveries Scientists Made by Licking Things

12th - Higher Ed
You probably know not to lick something unfamiliar. But there are actually a surprising number of discoveries that have been made because scientists licked things. Chapters CONSTANTINE FAHLBERG 0:59 1-3 ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS 3:03 SALT &...
Instructional Video5:22
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Is telekinesis real? - Emma Bryce

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Telekinesis, the ability to manipulate matter with the mind alone, is a trait exhibited by some of the most iconic fictional characters, including Neo, Yoda, and, of course, Carrie. But is this mind control actually possible in real...
Instructional Video25:47
SciShow

5 Great Minds to Celebrate in 2021 and Beyond | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
To ring in 2021, we want to celebrate some of the greatest minds in science — folks who have contributed to our understanding of the world and in some cases saved lives along the way!
Instructional Video4:14
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Who is Alexander von Humboldt? - George Mehler

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Have you heard of Alexander von Humboldt? Not likely. The geologist turned South American explorer was a bit of an 18th century super scientist, traveling over 24,000 miles to understand the relationship between nature and habitat....
Instructional Video5:26
SciShow

3 Great Minds We Lost in 2018

12th - Higher Ed
We welcomed new science and discoveries in 2018, but unfortunately, we also had to say goodbye to some important figures in the scientific community.
Instructional Video4:20
SciShow

The 2015 Nobel Prizes!

12th - Higher Ed
Over the past few weeks, the Nobel committees have been announcing the 2015 laureates. This year’s winners in the physics and chemistry categories made discoveries about the tiny neutrinos flying through all of us, and the ways our...
Instructional Video4:37
SciShow

A Song of Ice and New Species

12th - Higher Ed
Hank shares losses and finds this week, including a huge amount of Antarctic ice that’s lost for good, and 10 cool new species that are last year’s top finds.
Instructional Video4:23
SciShow

Top 10 New Species and the First Fusion Reactor

12th - Higher Ed
Hank shares the week in science news, including the top 10 new species discovered in 2014, and the start of construction of the first fusion reactor. It's gonna be big!
Instructional Video4:05
SciShow

Great Minds: Mary Anning, "The Greatest Fossilist in the World"

12th - Higher Ed
Learn about Mary Anning, one of England's most important contributors to the field of paleontology.
Instructional Video5:41
SciShow

Top 10 New Species of the Year!

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists around the world discover about 18,000 new species every year. Each new organism has not only to be found, but also studied, compared, identified and organized -- that's taxonomy, the science of classifying living things and...
Instructional Video5:17
SciShow

These 'Fossilized Brains' Might Not Be Brains At All

12th - Higher Ed
A new study calls the claims of fossilized brains into question, and another finds ichthyosaurs might have been bigger than our current champions, the blue whales.
Instructional Video4:40
TED-Ed

TED-ED: Is there a reproducibility crisis in science? - Matt Anticole

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Published scientific studies can motivate research, inspire products, and inform policy. However, recent studies that examined dozens of published pharmaceutical papers managed to replicate the results of less than 25% of them - and...
Instructional Video4:31
SciShow

The Giant Wave on Venus

12th - Higher Ed
What was that giant swoop on Venus? And SpaceX continues to move forward.
Instructional Video5:22
SciShow

What We Learned from the Kepler Space Telescope - SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
October was bittersweet for space scientists as we said goodbye to both the Kepler Space Telescope and Dawn mission.
Instructional Video3:28
SciShow

The Lost Cargo Ship, and Pluto Has Ice Caps!

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space News explains how we lost track of a resupply mission, explores Pluto’s newfound ice caps, and helps you find Mercury.
Instructional Video5:23
SciShow

Fun in the Summer Sun… on Saturn

12th - Higher Ed
For 13 years, the Cassini probe circled Saturn and sent back fascinating data about the seasons of Saturn as it moved through a 29 Earth year Saturnian year.
Instructional Video2:06
Be Smart

Building Curiosity

12th - Higher Ed
My tribute to Curiosity, both the NASA rover and the human desire to discover, featuring words from some of science's greatest minds and LEGO's special edition Mars rover set