Instructional Video5:06
SciShow

A World Within Our World: Hang Sơn Đoòng | Weird Places

12th - Higher Ed
Hang Sơn Đoòng in Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park is the largest known cave in the world, big enough to have its own jungles, weather, and... pearls?
Instructional Video4:53
SciShow

Does Mars Need The Cloud?

12th - Higher Ed
Earlier this year, scientists pitched a mission to bring 'the cloud' to Mars. While this proposal may seem expensive and risky, it's a legitimate idea that could fundamentally change how we plan space missions!
Instructional Video4:08
SciShow

Sharknado Reloaded: Yep, Still Impossible

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow revisits Sharknado to discover the truth behind who would win in a battle between a tornado and a bomb. The answer... won't actually surprise you. But you might learn some interesting science along the way!
Instructional Video4:09
SciShow

3 New Missions Just Left for Mars! | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
A launch window that only happens every 26 months means it’s the perfect time to head to Mars! The United Arab Emirates, China, and the United States all took advantage of this excellent timing.
Instructional Video7:19
TED Talks

TED: Our longing for cosmic truth and poetic beauty | Maria Popova

12th - Higher Ed
Linking together the histories of Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Edwin Hubble and Tracy K. Smith, poet and thinker Maria Popova crafts an astonishing story of how humanity came to see the edge of the observable universe. (Followed by an...
Instructional Video9:35
TED Talks

Anna Mracek Dietrich: A plane you can drive

12th - Higher Ed
A flying car -- it's an iconic image of the future. But after 100 years of flight and automotive engineering, no one has really cracked the problem. Pilot Anna Mracek Dietrich and her team flipped the question, asking: Why not build a...
Instructional Video3:35
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: If superpowers were real: Super strength - Joy Lin

Pre-K - Higher Ed
What if super strength wasn't just the stuff of epic comic book stories? Is it scientifically possible to be super strong? In this series, Joy Lin tackles six superpowers and reveals just how scientifically realistic they can be to us...
Instructional Video4:58
SciShow

InSight Landed on Mars! What's Next? - SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
InSight has safely landed on Mars, and astronomers have some improved theories about the TRAPPIST-1 system.
Instructional Video5:27
SciShow

Perseverance Landed on Mars! Now What? | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission has successfully landed on Mars! But it's not alone! This week we discuss not one but three amazing missions to Mars.
Instructional Video20:15
TED Talks

TED: A lyrical bridge between past, present and future | David Whyte

12th - Higher Ed
With his signature charm and searching insight, David Whyte meditates on the frontiers of the past, present and future, sharing two poems inspired by his niece's hike along el Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
Instructional Video24:32
TED Talks

David Rockwell: A memorial at Ground Zero

12th - Higher Ed
In this emotionally charged conversation with journalist Kurt Andersen, designer David Rockwell discusses the process of building a viewing platform at Ground Zero shortly after 9/11.
Instructional Video2:26
SciShow

Why Does Wasabi Burn Your Nose?

12th - Higher Ed
The answer to why wasabi is such a nose burner has to do with a compound that researchers are trying to use in a creative way!
Instructional Video5:20
SciShow

What the Crater that Impacted the Dinosaurs Taught Us About Mars

12th - Higher Ed
We've been trying to understand Mars for years, but some scientists think that ancient craters on earth might hold some answers to our red neighbor's history.
Instructional Video4:46
SciShow

The First Time We Landed on Mars

12th - Higher Ed
We've successfully landed 10 different craft on Mars, but they all owe a bit of their success to Mars 3.
Instructional Video5:37
SciShow

3 Space Missions to Look for in 2021

12th - Higher Ed
2021 is expected to bring some very exciting missions: We're putting more cool tech on Mars, going back around the Moon, and testing some sweet planetary defense from asteroids!
Instructional Video3:43
SciShow

That Time NASA Recycled a Mars Lander

12th - Higher Ed
While most spacecraft are designed and built from scratch for one particular mission, the Phoenix Lander was pieced together from previous missions and rose from the ashes...all the way to Mars.
Instructional Video4:57
Crash Course Kids

Big Changes in the Big Apple

3rd - 8th
Did you know that all living things change their environments? It's true. Beavers, deer, worms, and humans all change their environments. It just so happens that humans change our environments in big, obvious ways. In this episode,...
Instructional Video4:37
SciShow

How Climate Change Is Creating More Space Junk

12th - Higher Ed
You’ve probably heard a lot about how climate change is affecting our planet, but did you know a warming climate also affects objects in space?
Instructional Video2:45
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Cicadas: The dormant army beneath your feet - Rose Eveleth

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Every 13 or 17 years, billions of cicadas emerge from the ground to molt, mate and die. Adult cicadas only live a few weeks above ground, but you'd be hard pressed to ignore them -- they are extremely loud! Rose Eveleth explains...
Instructional Video2:42
SciShow

Why Do Sinkholes Keep Catching Us By Surprise?

12th - Higher Ed
You'd think if we can tell when a star is about to implode that we could predict when a giant hole is about to open up here on earth and ruin our day. So why are sinkholes still so hard to predict?
Instructional Video0:59
SciShow

Sucking CO₂ from the Atmosphere #shorts #SciShow #ClimeworksTeamEarth #climatechange #climeworks

12th - Higher Ed
Sucking CO₂ from the Atmosphere #shorts #SciShow #ClimeworksTeamEarth #climatechange #climeworks
Instructional Video13:31
TED Talks

TED: A drone's-eye view of conservation | Lian Pin Koh

12th - Higher Ed
Ecologist Lian Pin Koh makes a persuasive case for using drones to protect the world's forests and wildlife. These lightweight autonomous flying vehicles can track animals in their natural habitat, monitor the health of rainforests, even...
Instructional Video2:50
SciShow

Skateboarding Science: Master the Ollie!

12th - Higher Ed
If most people got on a skateboard, they would roll forward slowly for a few feet, then fall down and break their wrists. But there are a proud few who can do some pretty amazing tricks on a board, and they use physics to pull them off....
Instructional Video2:54
SciShow

The Plant That Grows Perches for Birds

12th - Higher Ed
The rat's tail plant, or Babiana ringens earns its name for the distinct stem that grows above its flowers. But what's the purpose of this odd looking appendage? Chapters View all 0:05 0:54 1:13 2:11