Instructional Video4:22
SciShow

The First Flight in Another Sky

12th - Higher Ed
What’s happening with the helicopter on Mars? We have an update on Ingenuity’s progress. Meanwhile, Curiosity’s camera are helping geologists find clues to the mysteries of Martian water!
Instructional Video10:04
SciShow

Human-Powered Helicopters and a Red Fox: SciShow Talk Show #8

12th - Higher Ed
Da Vinci imagined a helicopter powered solely by human muscles. Now more than 500 years later, two teams are using advanced materials to try and make that dream come true. Hank and Catilin discuss these two teams and the Sikorsky Prize...
Instructional Video4:43
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: How do jetpacks work? And why don't we all have them? | Richard Browning

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In 1961, Yuri Gagarin piloted a spacecraft in humanity's first manned space flight. A week later, Bell Aerosystems debuted a gas-powered rocket pack that could fly 35 meters in 13 seconds. Unfortunately, engineers knew this short flight...
Instructional Video9:02
SciShow

8 Useful Technologies Inspired by Nature

12th - Higher Ed
We're pretty good at inventing things, but stealing from nature is a great way to solve some problems!
Instructional Video12:07
TED Talks

Ueli Gegenschatz: Extreme wingsuit flying

12th - Higher Ed
Wingsuit jumping is the leading edge of extreme sports -- an exhilarating feat of almost unbelievable daring, where skydivers soar through canyons at over 100MPH. Ueli Gegenschatz talks about how (and why) he does it, and shows...
Instructional Video6:05
SciShow

Seed-Inspired Microdevices and Zombie Plants

12th - Higher Ed
This week in news, we dive into microfliers inspired by seeds and parasites that turn plants into zombie plants!
Instructional Video18:50
TED Talks

Janine Shepherd: A broken body isn't a broken person

12th - Higher Ed
Cross-country skier Janine Shepherd hoped for an Olympic medal -- until she was hit by a truck during a training bike ride. She shares a powerful story about the human potential for recovery. Her message: you are not your body, and...
Instructional Video4:32
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Can you solve the airplane riddle? - Judd A. Schorr

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Professor Fukan_, the famous scientist, has embarked on a new challenge - piloting around the world in a plane of his own design. There's just one problem: there's not enough fuel to complete the journey. Luckily, there are two other...
Instructional Video3:14
SciShow

Dark Energy

12th - Higher Ed
The universe is huge and getting bigger all the time, and we have we have dark energy - the most mysterious force in the universe - to blame/thank for it. Thought to make up more than 70% of the energy in the whole universe, Hank...
Instructional Video2:51
SciShow

Why Don't All Birds Fly in V Shapes?

12th - Higher Ed
Some birds fly in V shapes because it has many benefits, but other birds fly in clumps instead. Why would they do that?
Instructional Video9:35
SciShow

5 Beautifully Complex Ways to Fly

12th - Higher Ed
Up in the air, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's... A SQUID!
Instructional Video11:20
SciShow

The Bizarre World of Animal Flight | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
Flying is a great way to get around, but humans have only been doing it for a little over a century. Let’s revisit six SciShow videos exploring the world of flying non-human animals, which includes some species that you might not expect!
Instructional Video3:30
SciShow

3 Odd Facts About Ostriches

12th - Higher Ed
Don't bury your head in the sand for this one. We've got some odd ostrich facts for you!
Instructional Video2:32
SciShow

What are Those Things on Airplanes' Wings?

12th - Higher Ed
Have you ever wondered what those things are on airplane wings? You know, those little angled bits of metal? Watch to learn what they are and how they’re used!
Instructional Video4:46
TED-Ed

The surprising secrets of hummingbird flight | Kristiina J. Hurme and Alejandro Rico-Guevara

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In just a matter of seconds, hummingbirds can perform astonishing aerial acrobatics, eat lunch in midair, pollinate a flower, even escape threats while upside-down. And they can do this all while achieving sustained hovering flight— an...
Instructional Video4:35
SciShow

Astronaut Weightlessness Training

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space takes you behind the scenes of astronaut training, to show how crew members and their equipment are tested in microgravity, all while never having to leave Earth.
Instructional Video9:13
TED Talks

TED: My quest to defy gravity and fly | Elizabeth Streb

12th - Higher Ed
Over the course of her fearless career, extreme action specialist Elizabeth Streb has pushed the limits of the human body. She's jumped through broken glass, toppled from great heights and built gizmos to provide a boost along the way....
Instructional Video3:11
SciShow Kids

Ostriches: The World's Biggest Birds! | Biology for Kids | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
There are all sorts of flying birds, but some of the world's biggest are ones that stick to the ground, like the awesome ostrich!
Instructional Video10:27
TED Talks

Alix Generous: How I learned to communicate my inner life with Asperger's

12th - Higher Ed
Alix Generous is a young woman with a million and one ideas -- she's done award-winning science, helped develop new technology and tells a darn good joke (you'll see). She has Asperger's, a form of autistic spectrum disorder that can...
Instructional Video5:07
SciShow

The Farthest Galaxy We've Ever Seen! | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists have spotted a galaxy from the early origins of the universe, and found evidence to support the existence of a 9th planet in our solar system.
Instructional Video3:04
MinutePhysics

Quantum SHAPE-SHIFTING: Neutrino Oscillations

12th - Higher Ed
Thanks to the Heising-Simons Foundation for supporting this videoef='http://www.heisingsFootnoteg' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>video CRAZY Double Pendulum
Instructional Video3:20
SciShow

How Sea Butterflies "Fly" in Water

12th - Higher Ed
Birds fly, and fish swim. We learn this when we are children. But not everything in nature is quite so simple… Meet Limacina helicina, an artic-dwelling sea butterfly that flies through the water.

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Instructional Video5:51
Be Smart

The REAL Physics of Hot Air Balloons!

12th - Higher Ed
The science of hot air balloons may surprise you.
Instructional Video4:37
SciShow

How Studying Animals Is Helping Us Make Better Drones

12th - Higher Ed
Drone technology has advanced a lot in the last few decades, but our flying robots still have a lot to learn about navigation, agility, and adaptability from animals that have been flying for millions of years.