SciShow
What Makes Sourdough Bread Sour?
With sandwiches and toast, sourdough bread always adds an extra accented flavor to your meals. But where does the signature tartness come from?
SciShow
Why Does Coffee Make You Poop?
It's common knowledge: you drink a lot of coffee, you're definitely going to poop. What isn't common knowledge is why your body reacts that way
SciShow
The Smokin' Science of Fire Extinguishers
Different fuels create different types of fires, and each one needs to be extinguished using a specific strategy. Do you know which class of extinguisher is needed for different fires?
SciShow
How to Make a Lemon Battery
Hank shows us another SciShow: Experiment! This time he's tackling what may be the most cliche, well-known and misunderstood experiment of all time: the lemon battery. The take home message in this one is: the electricity is NOT in the...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The strengths and weaknesses of acids and bases - George Zaidan and Charles Morton
Vinegar may have a powerful smell, but did you know it's actually a weak acid? In the chemical economy, acids actively give away their protons while bases actively collect them -- but some more aggressively than others. George Zaidan and...
Bozeman Science
Acid-Base Equilibrium
In this video Paul Andersen explains how acid-base chemistry can be understood in terms of equilibrium. Water is present in all acid-base chemistry and is amphoteric in nature. The Ka and Kb values can be used to determine the strength...
Crash Course
Calorimetry: Crash Course Chemistry
Today's episode dives into the HOW of enthalpy. How we calculate it, and how we determine it experimentally...even if our determinations here at Crash Course Chemistry are somewhat shoddy.
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Table of Contents
Hess' Law 2:30
Calorimeter...
Crash Course
pH and pOH: Crash Course Chemistry
In this episode, Hank goes over Reversible Reactions, the water dissociation constant, what pH and pOH actually mean, Acids, Bases, and Neutral Substances as well as the not-so-terrifying Logarithms, strong acids, weak acids, and how to...
Bozeman Science
Acids, Bases, and pH
Paul Andersen explains pH as the power of hydrogen. He explains how increases in the hydronium ion (or hydrogen ion) concentration can lower the pH and create acids. He also explains how the reverse is true. An analysis of a strong acid...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How mucus keeps us healthy - Katharina Ribbeck
Your body produces more than a liter of mucus every day, and when you're sick, it can be hard to miss. But what exactly is mucus? And what does it do, besides making you miserable? Katharina Ribbeck reveals the mysteries of this...
SciShow
What's the Difference Between Baking Powder and Baking Soda
Powder vs. Soda: an important distinction!
Crash Course
How To Speak Chemistrian: Crash Course Chemistry
Learning to talk about chemistry can be like learning a foreign language, but Hank is here to help with some straightforward and simple rules to help you learn to speak Chemistrian like a native. Table of Contents Determining Formulas...
Bizarre Beasts
Why Naked Mole-Rats Look Like...That.
New ReviewNaked mole-rats are not keeping their weirdness on the inside. And all their superficial strangeness—the distinctive look, the complex underground society, even the strategic poop-eating—is just the tip of the weird iceberg.
Curated Video
Barbecue Marinade Basics
Howcast - Learn about marinating meat for a barbecue from Pork Barrel BBQ pitmasters Heath Hall and Brett Thompson in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
Pregnancy Exercises to Avoid If You Have Heartburn
Howcast - Learn what pregnancy exercises to avoid if you have heartburn from fitness expert Cait Morth in this Howcast workout video.
Curated Video
Transformers Fall of Cybertron Walkthrough Part 21 - Chapter 7
Howcast - Check out part 21 and join the war between the Autobots and Decepticons in Activisions' newest release, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
Curated Video
How to Treat & Prevent Heartburn
Howcast - Learn how to treat and prevent heartburn from gastroenterologist Lisa Ganjhu, M.D. in this Howcast video about stomach problems.
Curated Video
What Is Heartburn?
Howcast - Learn about heartburn from gastroenterologist Lisa Ganju, M.D. in this Howcast video about stomach problems and digestive disorders.
Curated Video
What Is GERD or Acid Reflux?
Howcast - Learn about GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) and about acid reflux from gastroenterologist Lisa Ganjhu, M.D. in this Howcast digestion video.
Curated Video
How to Prevent Acid Reflux
Howcast - Learn how to prevent acid reflux from gastroenterologist Lisa Ganjhu, M.D. in this Howcast video about stomach problems and digestive disorders.
Curated Video
How to Treat GERD
Howcast - Learn how to treat GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) from gastroenterologist Lisa Ganjhu, M.D. in this Howcast video about stomach problems.
Curated Video
How to Treat Ulcers
Howcast - Learn how to treat ulcers from gastroenterologist Lisa Ganjhu, M.D. in this Howcast video about stomach problems and digestive disorders.
Curated Video
How to Soothe an Upset Stomach
Howcast - Learn how to soothe an upset stomach from gastroenterologist Lisa Ganjhu, M.D. in this Howcast video about stomach problems and digestive disorders.