SciShow
What Is Night Blindness?
Night blindness is real, and it can be caused by any number of things that affect the complicated mechanics of your vision.
SciShow
Where Are All the Women with ADHD?
For a long time, most people saw ADHD as “a boy thing.” Today, that mindset has started to shift, but even now, studies report that males get diagnosed significantly more often than females. So, what’s going on?
SciShow
Factitious Disorder: Why People Fake Serious Illness
You might have faked being sick to avoid doing something unpleasant. However, for people with the factitious disorder, faking illness isn't quite so straightforward.
SciShow
Meet Your Microglia: Your Brain's Overlooked Superheroes
When talking about the brain, neurons have been dazzling scientists for a long time. But behind every successful neuron is a glial cell - particularly one type of them: microglia.
Bozeman Science
Second Law of Thermodynamics
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the second law of thermodynamics applies to reversible and irreversible processes. In a reversible process the net change in entropy is zero. In and irreversible process the entropy will always...
Amoeba Sisters
Punnett Squares and Sex-Linked Traits
Explore inheritance when carried on the X chromosome with the Amoeba Sisters! This video focuses on how to do general Punnett square problems that involve traits on the sex chromosomes (X and Y chromosomes). We do want to point out...
SciShow
There's a Loophole in One of the Most Important Laws of Physics
The laws of thermodynamics are cornerstones of physics - but one of them is more breakable than it appears.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Debunking the myths of OCD - Natascha M. Santos
There's a common misconception that if you like to meticulously organize your things, keep your hands clean, or plan out your weekend to the last detail, you might be OCD. In fact, OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) is a serious...
SciShow
The Real Reason Kids Have Imaginary Friends
You might be concerned with your kids talking to their invisible friends, but those imaginary friends might have some positive impacts on your kids.
SciShow
How Do You Define A Disorder?
The tremendous complexity of the human brain makes it difficult for psychologists to pin down exactly how and why things go wrong, so how do we define and diagnose disorders?
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
The Strange Physics Behind the Smell of Rubber Bands
If you've spent any time trying to explode a pumpkin with rubber bands you know that they have a distinct smell to them when stretched, and you have physics to thank for that.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: What is entropy? - Jeff Phillips
There's a concept that's crucial to chemistry and physics. It helps explain why physical processes go one way and not the other: why ice melts, why cream spreads in coffee, why air leaks out of a punctured tire. It's entropy, and it's...
SciShow
Alcoholism: How much is too much?
An excessive amount of alcohol can cause lots of problems, but lots of people drink fairly regularly without any of these problems. So, how do you know when you drink too much?
SciShow
Are the Bees Okay Now?
About 10 years ago, the news was packed with reports about something called colony collapse disorder — a mysterious phenomenon that involved the disappearance of enormous numbers of bees. Then, the news stopped talking about it. So what...
SciShow
Why Stimulants Help ADHD
It seems like stimulants and hyperactivity shouldn't mix, so why are they so often prescribed to treat ADHD?
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What is bipolar disorder? - Helen M. Farrell
The word bipolar means 'two extremes.' For the many millions experiencing bipolar disorder around the world, life is split between two different realities: elation and depression. So what causes this disorder? And can it be treated?...
Crash Course
Depressive and Bipolar Disorders: Crash Course Psychology
Not sleeping for days on end. Long periods of euphoria. Racing thoughts. Grandiose ideas. Mania. Depression. All of these are symptoms of Bipolar Disorder. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank talks about mood disorders and...
Curated Video
Top 4 Inherited Mental Health Disorders: What You Need to Know
Psychiatrist Dr. Tracey Marks explains the top 4 mental health conditions with the highest heritability (greatest genetic influence). She discusses what heritability means, the role of environmental triggers, and how knowing your family...
Curated Video
Huntington's: The Disease
Discover how Huntington's disease is passed on through a single gene. How does it progress, what are the symptoms and is there a treatment? Biology - Cells And DNA - Learning Points. Huntington's disease is a genetic disorder that is...
Curated Video
Beyond Anorexia and Bulimia: Exploring the Spectrum of Eating Disorders
Dive deep into the lesser-known world of eating disorders that affect a significant percentage of the population. From neophobia, where individuals fear new foods, to those who only consume foods of a specific color or texture, explore...
Curated Video
Unveiling OCD: Understanding and Managing Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Explore the challenging world of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), from the compulsive hoarding of books to the relentless cleaning rituals. Discover the scientific and psychological underpinnings of OCD, including its potential...
Healthcare Triage
There Are Way too Many False Positives in Prenatal Screenings
Prenatal testing can provide valuable information for anyone with a baby on the way. However, a recent report suggests that for some syndromes, these tests are wrong a majority of the time. It’s not because the tests are “bad”, though,...
Curated Video
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a disorder in which a person has unwanted intrusive and repetitive thoughts that become obsessions. These obsessions then make them do things to relieve the thoughts, a behavior called compulsions....