Instructional Video13:42
PBS

Could the Higgs Boson Lead Us to Dark Matter?

12th - Higher Ed
The discovery of the Higgs boson ten years ago in the Large Hadron Collider was the culmination of decades of work and the collaboration of 1000s of brilliant and passionate people. It was the final piece needed to confirm the standard...
Instructional Video13:43
PBS

New Fundamental Particle Discovered?? + Challenge Winners!

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider may have just discovered a new fundamental particle that could change the way we look at the universe. Is this Dark Energy? A giant Neutrino? The big brother of the Higgs Boson? Or could it be the...
Instructional Video1:43
MinutePhysics

How to Simulate the Universe on your Laptop

12th - Higher Ed
One Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in one minute!
Instructional Video3:52
SciShow

Why Scientists Want to Build a Shoebox-Sized Particle Accelerator

12th - Higher Ed
If you want to make particles move really fast, you have to build a particle accelerator that is really big, right? Not anymore! Hosted by: Hank Green
Instructional Video3:46
SciShow

How to Make a Superbug, and an Even More Super-Collider!

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow News explains how evolution and antibiotics have teamed up to produce an ordinary germ that can now, sometimes, kill people. Also, our favorite piece of science equipment -- the Large Hadron Collider -- has big plans for this...
Instructional Video3:55
SciShow

Why Scientists Want to Build a Shoebox-Sized Particle Accelerator

12th - Higher Ed
If you want to make particles move really fast, you have to build a particle accelerator that is really big, right? Not anymore!
Instructional Video10:44
SciShow

What If the Large Hadron Collider Made a Black Hole?

12th - Higher Ed
Making a black hole in a particle accelerator sounds… a bit dangerous, to say the least, but scientists think that it could be possible! Here's why it probably wouldn't be dangerous -- and might even teach us something.
Instructional Video4:12
SciShow

Quantum Fishing for the Higgs Boson

12th - Higher Ed
Hank talks to some VIPs from CERN about the question on everyone's mind: does the Higgs Boson particle exist? And describes how CERN is going about finding the answer. Hank interviewed Sergio Bertolucci on October 11, 2011 and Rolf Heuer...
Instructional Video3:20
SciShow

Helium

12th - Higher Ed
Hank talks about everyone's favorite squeaky-voice gas and why it's important for more than party balloons.
Instructional Video6:48
Curated Video

Balloon and Treacle

6th - 12th
We investigate the effect that unbalanced charge has on polar molecules. We rub a balloon against hair to build up a negative charge and then hold this near a stream of water and then a stream of treacle. They both bend towards the...
Instructional Video6:02
Curated Video

Particle accelerators: What are they, how do they work and why are they important to us?

Pre-K - Higher Ed
A particle accelerator is a machine that accelerates particles. More specifically, it accelerates elementary particles, like protons and electrons, at extremely high speeds—almost 99.99% of the speed of light. These particles are then...
Instructional Video5:30
Physics Girl

Seeing the Smallest Thing in the Universe

9th - 12th
Beyond molecules and atoms, how far down can we see below the wavelength of visible light? What is the smallest possible scale in the universe?
Instructional Video9:48
Physics Girl

Why This Stuff Costs $2700 Trillion Per Gram - Antimatter at CERN

9th - 12th
There’s a factory in Europe that makes antimatter! It’s the rarest, most expensive, and potentially the most dangerous material on earth. Scientists don’t know why this material is so rare. Anti-atoms took 72 years after we discovered...
Instructional Video13:48
Physics Girl

Inside the World's Largest Science Experiment

9th - 12th
Dianna from Physics Girl visited CERN in Geneva Switzerland to find out what the detectors at the LHC are looking for, and dive into the fundamental question: what are particles?
Instructional Video0:59
Next Animation Studio

CERN scientists close in on confirming Higgs boson

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists at the CERN research center have said it is now almost certain they found the Higgs boson, or "God Particle," so named because it gives other subatomic particles their mass. Extensive analysis of findings from July last year...
Instructional Video10:21
Physics Girl

How the Edge of Our Galaxy Defies Known Physics

9th - 12th
How is it possible that you can't see 95% of the universe? The edge of our milky way defies known physics, so physicists are using the LHC at CERN to search for Dark Matter. Dianna Cowern from Physics Girl visited CERN and spoke to...
News Clip1:20
Press Association

TikTok launches new feed dedicated to Stem to engage young people in field

Higher Ed
Social media platform TikTok will be launching a new feed entirely dedicated to STEM-related content in a move which creators hope will “inspire” young people to ”project themselves into different careers”. Starting in the UK and...
News Clip1:20
Press Association

TikTok launches new feed dedicated to STEM to engage young people in field

Higher Ed
Social media platform TikTok will be launching a new feed entirely dedicated to STEM-related content in a move which creators hope will “inspire” young people to ”project themselves into different careers”. Starting in the UK and...
Instructional Video
Other

Colliding Particles: Hunting the Higgs

9th - 10th
An episode from a documentary series that follows a team of physicists conducting research at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland. [5:29]
Instructional Video
Other

See Qvideo: Higgs Boson: Explained the Easy Way!

9th - 10th
You've all heard about Higgs Boson. But what exactly is all the fuss about? We'll explain.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Physicist Lisa Randall on Cosmology and the Lhc

9th - 10th
The Harvard physicist discusses her latest book, Knocking On Heaven's Door.