SciShow
3 Mind-Blowing Recent Dinosaur Discoveries
From new insights into how we classify dinosaurs, to the structure of their feathers, to the timeline of their embryonic development, paleontologists are still making cool discoveries all the time!
TED Talks
TED: Puppies! Now that I’ve got your attention, complexity theory | Nicolas Perony
Animal behavior isn't complicated, but it is complex. Nicolas Perony studies how individual animals -- be they Scottish Terriers, bats or meerkats -- follow simple rules that, collectively, create larger patterns of behavior. And how...
TED Talks
TED: How games make kids smarter | Gabe Zichermann
Can playing video games make you more productive? Gabe Zichermann shows how games are making kids better problem-solvers, and will make us better at everything from driving to multi-tasking.
Be Smart
Why People Don't Believe In Climate Science
Scientists overwhelmingly agree that our climate is changing, Earth is getting warmer, sea levels are rising, and it's primarily because of humans putting lots of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Yet 4 in 10 Americans aren't convinced....
TED Talks
Margaret Heffernan: Forget the pecking order at work
Organizations are often run according to "the superchicken model," where the value is placed on star employees who outperform others. And yet, this isn't what drives the most high-achieving teams. Business leader Margaret Heffernan...
SciShow
How Tongues Helped Vertebrates Conquer Land
You might not think much of your tongue, but without it, we may have never conquered dry land and the world as we know it.
TED Talks
TED: What we can do to die well | Timothy Ihrig
The healthcare industry in America is so focused on pathology, surgery and pharmacology -- on what doctors "do" to patients -- that it often overlooks the values of the human beings it's supposed to care for. Palliative care physician...
TED Talks
TED: Your invitation to disrupt philanthropy | Sara Lomelin
Philanthropy disruptor Sara Lomelin thinks communities can build power through collective giving and the model of "giving circles": groups of people with shared values who come together to make change, strengthen their social fabric and...
SciShow
4 Ways Humans Are Still Evolving
When we think about evolution, we typically think about big changes that happened long ago, but we humans are still evolving!
TED Talks
TED: Your words may predict your future mental health | Mariano Sigman
Can the way you speak and write today predict your future mental state, even the onset of psychosis? In this fascinating talk, neuroscientist Mariano Sigman reflects on ancient Greece and the origins of introspection to investigate how...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why should you read "A Midsummer Night's Dream?" - Iseult Gillespie
By the light of the moon, a group sneaks into the woods, where they take mind-altering substances, switch it up romantically and brush up against creatures from another dimension. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” sees Shakespeare play with...
PBS
The Mathematics of Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange
Symmetric keys are essential to encrypting messages. How can two people share the same key without someone else getting a hold of it? Upfront asymmetric encryption is one way, but another is Diffie-Hellman key exchange.
SciShow
6 Parasites That Live INSIDE Cells
When you think "parasite," you might think of leeches or some nasty tape worm, but there are some that can live inside your very own cells. Chapters Plasmodium 0:56 Rickettsia 2:49 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER 2:59 Legionella 4:09...
SciShow
Are Antioxidants Actually Good for Anything?
There's evidence that antioxidant-rich diets have health benefits in humans, but the antioxidant chemicals and enzymes seem to be only part of the puzzle.
3Blue1Brown
Hamming codes and error correction
A discovery-oriented introduction to error correction codes.
Crash Course
2001 - A Space Odyssey: Crash Course Film Criticism
Well, here we are. It's the final episode of Crash Course Film Criticism and we're going to chat about one of the more polarizing films ever made: Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. On the surface, 2001 tells the story of human...
MinutePhysics
When It's OK to Violate Privacy
REFERENCES Cynthia Dwork (key inventor of Differential Privacy), giving a great intro talk about differential privacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg-VhHlztqo Hazards of Smoking: the Effect on Life Span...
SciShow
Groups That Chant Together, Stay Together
If you've ever been part of a huge crowd, like at a sporting event, you've probably seen people clap, sing, and chant together in sync. How do big groups of individuals all manage to do the same thing at the same time, even when there's...
TED Talks
Priscilla Pemu: A personal health coach for those living with chronic diseases
There's no shortage of resources to help people change their health behaviors -- but far too often, these resources aren't accessible in underserved communities, says physician Priscilla Pemu. Enter "culturally congruent coaching," a...
TED Talks
TED: How computers are learning to be creative | Blaise Aguera y Arcas
We're on the edge of a new frontier in art and creativity -- and it's not human. Blaise Aguera y Arcas, principal scientist at Google, works with deep neural networks for machine perception and distributed learning. In this captivating...
TED Talks
Patricia Kuhl: The linguistic genius of babies
Patricia Kuhl shares astonishing findings about how babies learn one language over another -- by listening to the humans around them and "taking statistics" on the sounds they need to know. Clever lab experiments (and brain scans) show...
Be Smart
Why Are Cicadas So Good At Math?
Do periodical cicadas "know" how to calculate prime numbers? One of the strangest life cycles in all of biology, explained!
PBS
When Giant Amphibians Reigned
Temnospondyls were a huge group of amphibians that existed for 210 million years. And calling them 'diverse' would be putting it mildly. Yet in the end, two major threats would push them to extinction: the always-changing climate and the...
SciShow
The Lakes and Rivers of Ancient Mars
Ancient Mars had a lot of water! This week on SciShow Space News, scientists analyzed the Curiosity rover's data on the rocks in Gale Crater, using it to learn more about what the lakes and rivers on olden-day Mars might have looked like.