MinutePhysics
Hitting the Sun is HARD
This video is about the orbital mechanics of why it's so hard to crash into the sun - the energy it takes to get there is astoundingly high, compared with leaving the solar system.
SciShow
What Makes This Plant Hair So Deadly?
You may be familiar with plants that have hair, like fuzzy peaches. But these plant take their 'dos to the next level, because their hairs are deadly.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What's happening to Earth's core? | Shannon Odell
A hydrogen atom is traveling high within the outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere. This particular atom first entered the exosphere millions of years ago, but today it overcomes Earth's gravitational pull and escapes, joining the...
SciShow
This Old Sailors’ Mystery Could Help Save Swimmers
For thousands of years, sailors have been telling stories of a mysterious phenomenon called dead water. Even after scientists figured out why it happens, it still affects swimmers today.
SciShow
Why Do These Animals Get Tied Up in Knots?
Ready your puns, viewers! From sick worm kings to uncomfortable floating snakes, today's episode is all about four types of animals that can get tied up in knots (either intentionally or...knot).
SciShow
Why Some Frozen Lakes Catch Fire
Did you know that, despite their serene, picturesque appearance, some frozen lakes can catch fire? Why are climate scientists studying the explosive gas bubbles trapped in lake ice?
SciShow Kids
Unpoppable Bubbles! | Summer Experiments | SciShow Kids
Jessi and Squeaks play with bubbles and learn how to make some that take a really long time to pop!
PBS
Henry Louis Gates - 'The Bondwoman's Narrative' (July 23, 2002)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discusses "The Bondwoman's Narrative," which is described as an autobiographical novel written in the 1850s by a female slave who called herself and her main character Hannah Crafts. The manuscript was found at an...
PBS
Summer Reading Lists For Young People At A Time Of Crisis
Amid dual national crises of a pandemic and outrage over racism and police brutality, books provide opportunities both to learn more and to find distraction from reality. Jeffrey Brown talks to writer Jason Reynolds, the Library of...
PBS
Author Jia Tolentino On American Culture Through The Prism Of The Internet
The January pick for our “Now Read This” book club was a book of essays
exploring many aspects of American culture through the prism of the
internet and social media. At age 32, author Jia Tolentino has gained
acclaim as one of its most...
PBS
For many in El Salvador, life hangs in the balance, amid fears of brutal gangs
Extraordinary violence is among the factors pushing Central Americans north toward the U.S. In El Salvador, rival gangs like MS-13 and the 18th Street Gang kill thousands per year, despite a harsh crackdown by law enforcement. Special...
MinutePhysics
How We Know Black Holes Exist
Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Space Telescope Science Institute for supporting this video. This video is about the astronomical amount of astronomical evidence for black holes, ranging from x-ray binaries with...
Crash Course
Slavery, Ghosts, and Beloved: Crash Course Literature 214
In which John Green teaches you about Beloved by Toni Morrison. I'll warn you up front, this book is something of a downer. That's because it deals with subjects like slavery, the death of a child, a potential haunting, and a bunch of...
Crash Course
Race Melodrama and Minstrel Shows: Crash Course Theater #30
We’re continuing our discussion of nineteenth-century American theater with a look at some upsetting parts of the US's theatrical past. In the nineteenth century, race and racism contributed to a unique and troubling performance culture,...
Crash Course
The Raft, the River, and The Weird Ending of Huckleberry Finn: Crash Course Literature 303
This week, we're continuing our discussion of Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.' This is part two of our talk about Huck Finn, and this time we're looking at the metaphors in the book, a little bit about what the...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Fabio Pacucci: Can a black hole be destroyed?
Black holes are among the most destructive objects in the universe. Anything that gets too close to a black hole, be it an asteroid, planet, or star, risks being torn apart by its extreme gravitational field. By some accounts, the...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you solve the passcode riddle? - Ganesh Pai
In a dystopian world, your resistance group is humanity's last hope. Unfortunately, you've all been captured by the tyrannical rulers and brought to the ancient coliseum for their deadly entertainment. Will you be able to solve the...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: From pacifist to spy: WWII’s surprising secret agent - Shrabani Basu
Learn about the life of World War II spy Noor Inayat Khan and how she worked with the French Resistance to build the network that defeated the Nazis. -- In May 1940, with the German army ready to occupy Paris, Noor Inayat Khan was faced...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why do we love? A philosophical inquiry - Skye C. Cleary
Ah, romantic love; beautiful and intoxicating, heart-breaking and soul-crushing... often all at the same time! If romantic love has a purpose, neither science nor psychology has discovered it yet _ but over the course of history, some of...
SciShow
Do Black Holes Have Quantum Hair?
We don’t know what happens to stuff when it gets sucked into a black hole, but in the same instance, we don’t know what happens to the black hole. There’s a possibility that sucked up stuff might actually give the black hole “quantum hair”.
SciShow
Setting Spaceships on Fire
What's more exciting than a spaceship? A spaceship on Fiya! NASA plans on playing with fire. Caitlin Hofmeister explains in this episode of SciShow Space!
SciShow
How Cold Can Earth Get?
These days it seems almost trivial to cool atoms down to near absolute zero temperatures in a lab, but what is the lowest possible naturally occurring air temperature on this planet?
TED-Ed
Real-life "Alien" jaws | Darien Satterfield
After stalking a cuttlefish, a moray eel finally pounces. As the eel snags the mollusk in its teeth, its prey struggles to escape. But before it can wiggle away, a second set of teeth lunge from the eel's throat. This adaptation is...