TED Talks
Stefan Larsson: What doctors can learn from each other
Different hospitals produce different results on different procedures. Only, patients don’t know that data, making choosing a surgeon a high-stakes guessing game. Stefan Larsson looks at what happens when doctors measure and share their...
SciShow
How Awe Changes You
Whether you get it from standing on the top of Mount Everest or watching a video about the size of the universe on SciShow Space, awe can be a powerful, transformative emotion.
TED Talks
TED: Women, wartime and the dream of peace | Zainab Salbi
In war we often see only the frontline stories of soldiers and combat. AT TEDGlobal 2010, Zainab Salbi tells powerful "backline" stories of women who keep everyday life going during conflicts, and calls for women to have a place at the...
MinuteEarth
Dogs vs Cats: The Diversity Paradox
Different dogs look incredibly different - but that doesn't mean they are necessarily more diverse.
TED Talks
TED: Radical women, embracing tradition | Kavita Ramdas
Investing in women can unlock infinite potential around the globe. But how can women walk the line between Western-style empowerment and traditional culture? Kavita Ramdas of the Global Fund for Women talks about three encounters with...
MinutePhysics
Aliens - Are We Looking in the Wrong Place?
Aliens - Are We Looking in the Wrong Place?
TED Talks
Dean Ornish: Your genes are not your fate
Dean Ornish shares new research that shows how adopting healthy lifestyle habits can affect a person at a genetic level. For instance, he says, when you live healthier, eat better, exercise, and love more, your brain cells actually...
TED Talks
Dean Ornish: Healing through diet
Dean Ornish talks about simple, low-tech and low-cost ways to take advantage of the body's natural desire to heal itself.
TED Talks
TED: Meet the women fighting on the front lines of an American war | Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
In 2011, the US Armed Forces still had a ban on women in combat -- but in that year, a Special Operations team of women was sent to Afghanistan to serve on the front lines, to build rapport with locals and try to help bring an end to the...
TED Talks
TED: I am the son of a terrorist. Here's how I chose peace. | Zak Ebrahim
If you’re raised on dogma and hate, can you choose a different path? Zak Ebrahim was just seven years old when his father helped plan the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. His story is shocking, powerful and, ultimately, inspiring.
SciShow
Why It's Good for COVID-19 Models to Be Wrong
As we react to the predictions that epidemiological models make, changing the ways we act and go about our lives, those estimates can appear totally off. But if a model’s predictions end up being wrong, that might mean it's done exactly...
SciShow
This Is What Peak Crustacean Looks Like
We may think of a lot of critters with crab-like body plans as crabs, but, technically, many of them are other types of crustaceans. So why do they share so many physical traits?
SciShow
Why Do We Get Nosebleeds?
One moment, you're fine. The next, moment it seems like your nose is recreating a scene from The Shining. Why do we get nosebleeds?
SciShow
REALLY Cold Cases Cracked by Science
The history books are full of mysteries, some of which we're just now getting around to solving.
SciShow
How Do Parrots Talk Like Humans?
Are parrots just good at imitating sounds or is there something else that separates them from other birds?
Crash Course
Biochemical Building Blocks & Fischer and Haworth Projections: Crash Course Organic Chemistry
Although we've spent a lot of time in this series looking at human-made organic chemicals, the term "organic chemistry" was originally used to describe molecules isolated from living things. In this episode of Crash Course Organic...
TED Talks
TED: The case for co-ops, the invisible giant of the economy | Anu Puusa
Think capitalism is broken? Try cooperativism, says co-op enthusiast and researcher Anu Puusa. She lays out how cooperatives -- businesses owned, operated and controlled by their members -- can both make money and have a positive impact...
TED Talks
How web video powers global innovation - Chris Anderson
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. TED's Chris Anderson says the rise of web video is driving a worldwide phenomenon he calls Crowd Accelerated...
SciShow
The Science Behind the Pimple Popping Phenomenon
For some reason, popping pimples gives many people a satisfying rush - but why? And why is there a whole television show dedicated to watching other people do it?!
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: One is one or is it? - Christopher Danielson
One bag of apples, one apple, one slice of apple -- which of these is one unit? Explore the basic unit of math (explained by a trip to the grocery store!) and discover the many meanings of one.
SciShow
Astronomers Captured Our Sun in the Highest Resolution Ever - SciShow News
A new telescope, the DKIST, has given us our most direct look at the Sun ever, in the highest resolution yet. And a paper published last week has revealed how “the dunes” auroras may be more than just a new spectacle in the night sky.
SciShow
Buzzed By a Weird Blue Asteroid
Asteroid 3200 Phaethon got closer than it will be until 2093, and the reflecting light has astronomers puzzled, and the relationship between black holes and magnetic fields is now a little more clear.
SciShow
That’s Probably Not a Spider Bite
Unless you saw the spider bite you, that swollen, bite-looking lesion on your arm is probably something else, and blaming it on an innocent 8-legged critter might do more harm than good.
SciShow
The Coming Robot Swarms
We might soon be following the logic of animal swarms to help us solve problems like traffic and constructing buildings in dangerous places, like Mars!