SciShow
New Results from Philae, and the Perseids Meteor Shower!
This week on SciShow Space News, a new set of studies is teaching us all about Comet 67P. And the Perseids meteor shower is coming up!
Bozeman Science
Scientific Phenomenon and Sensemaking
In this video Paul Andersen explains how scientific phenomenon and sensemaking can be used in the science classroom to engage students and drive inquiry.
SciShow
The Super Strong Painkiller Hiding in Your Spit
Scientists are uncovering the mysteries of a non-addictive painkiller... that lives in your mouth
TED Talks
Christopher C. Deam: The Airstream, restyled
In this low-key, image-packed talk from 2002, designer Christopher C. Deam talks about his makeover of an American classic: the Airstream travel trailer.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you solve the temple riddle? - Dennis E. Shasha
Your expedition finally stands at the heart of the ancient temple. But as you study the inscriptions in the darkness, two wisps of green smoke burst forth. The walls begin to shake. The giant sandglass begins flowing with less than an...
MinutePhysics
Can We Survive Curiosity?
There's a March for Science happening all over the world: http://marchforscience.com This is a video about how science is both inherently political and apolitical. And how hopefully we won't end up in nuclear war... REFERENCES: Language...
SciShow
Mining Asteroids for Space Treasure!
In the quest to build colonies in space, one major hurdle to overcome getting materials for construction to the places they'll be needed. One of the most promising techniques for solving this problem involves some extraordinary space...
SciShow
How Cosmic Rays and Balloons Started Particle Physics
Today, cosmic rays are used to understand things like supernovas, but in the early 1900s, they helped us discover brand-new subatomic particles long before the first accelerators.
TED Talks
TED: How to solve traffic jams | Jonas Eliasson
It's an unfortunate reality in nearly every major city—road congestion, especially during rush hours. Jonas Eliasson reveals how subtly nudging just a small percentage of drivers to stay off major roads can make traffic jams a thing of...
SciShow
Why the New Face Mask Recommendations? | SciShow News
On April 3rd, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started recommending that people wear a mask over their face when they go out in public. Except, for many of us, this isn’t the message we’ve gotten for the last couple of...
SciShow
Chins are for humans, only. #throwbackthursday #shorts #science #scishow
Chins are for humans, only. #throwbackthursday #shorts #science #scishow
PBS
How Many Humans Have the Same Number of Body Hairs?
Do two people on the planet have the exact same number of body hairs? How about more than two? There's a simple yet powerful mathematical principle that can help you find out the answer. Kelsey Houston-Edwards breaks down the Pigeonhole...
SciShow
How Do We Know the Age of the Universe?
What kinds of tools do astronomers use to calculate the age of the universe, and how can they determine the speed of its expansion?
TED Talks
TED: Why you should love statistics | Alan Smith
Think you're good at guessing stats? Guess again. Whether we consider ourselves math people or not, our ability to understand and work with numbers is terribly limited, says data visualization expert Alan Smith. In this delightful talk,...
SciShow
The Hardest Things About Living on Mars
Creating a Mars colony is a dream for many people, but it comes with some unique and challenging problems.
SciShow
Stealth: How to Hide a Plane
How do you engineer stealth? Sneak a peek at the methods employed to hide aircraft and boats from detection.
PBS
Quantum Vortices and Superconductivity + Challenge Answers
Scientists studying quantum vortices and their impact on superconductivity just won the Nobel Prize.
SciShow
The First Room Temperature Superconductor! (Still No Hoverboards) | SciShow News
Hot off the presses, this week has been cool! Researchers have discovered the first room-temperature superconductor, and another group has created a type of paint that actually stays cooler than the environment around it!
SciShow
Maybe Mars's Ocean Never Left | SciShow News
Many researchers believe that all the water on Mars dried up, but some evidence suggests that it might have dried in.
SciShow
How Do Ducks Stay Dry?
You might be familiar with the phrase "like water off a ducks back". But it's not that ducks don't get wet, it's that they get wet, with style.
TED Talks
TED: New video technology that reveals an object's hidden properties | Abe Davis
Subtle motion happens around us all the time, including tiny vibrations caused by sound. New technology shows that we can pick up on these vibrations and actually re-create sound and conversations just from a video of a seemingly still...
SciShow
Synthetic Life & The Science of E-Cigs
Welcome back to SciShow News. We are working on creating organisms with a minimal genome to sustain life as well as researching what and how much we inhale with e-cigs.
SciShow
3 Ways Pi Can Explain Practically Everything
What’s irrational and never ends? Pi! Hank explains how we need pi to explain some of the most basic but most important principles of the universe, in honor of Pi Day.