There are many conventional ways to treat oil spills, both at sea and on land, but some of the strangest include human hair and chicken manure.

We have lots in common with our closest primate relatives. But comparatively, humans seem a bit... underdressed. Instead of thick fur covering our bodies, many of us mainly have hair on top of our heads— and a few other places. So, how...

Two SciShow hosts go head-to-head in a battle to figure out who will be the reigning champion for this era of SciShow Quiz Show!

Oceanographer Penny Chisholm introduces us to an amazing little being: Prochlorococcus, the most abundant photosynthetic species on the planet. A marine microbe that has existed for millions of years, Prochlorococcus wasn't discovered...

When photographed under a 3D microscope, grains of sand appear like colorful pieces of candy and the stamens in a flower become like fantastical spires at an amusement park. Gary Greenberg reveals the thrilling details of the micro world.

The transistors that power the phone in your pocket are unimaginably small: you can fit more than 3,000 of them across the width of a human hair. But to keep up with innovations in fields like facial recognition and augmented reality, we...

Howcast - Learn how to use temporary hair extensions with this Howcast hair tutorial featuring celebrity hairstylist Jacqueline Bush.

Howcast - Learn how to get dreads fast with synthetic dreads and how to make dreadlocks grow faster in this Howcast hair video.

Clip-in hair pieces change your look without the commitment of cutting your hair.

Pupil outcome: I can compare and order numbers written in a mixture of standard, non-standard and not quite standard form. Key learning points: - It can be easier to compare numbers if they are all in standard form. - If all numbers are...

Pupil outcome: I can appreciate what is meant by a suitable degree of accuracy. Key learning points: - When calculating often 3 significant figures is the required degree of accuracy. - When working with integers in context different...

Around half of airborne dust particles under 100um are skin scales. This is true for climates, regions and seasons where people live mostly indoors. The 1 to 2g of skin scales shed each 24 hours will end up in places where people are...

Light can be transported over huge distances via fibre optic cables, losing virtually no information. How is this possible? Physics - Waves - Learning Points. Fibre-optic cables carry information from our phones and computers as light. A...

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Still in its early stages, nanotechnology has the potential to change our world. What is it and how could it be used in the future? Chemistry - Atoms And Bonding - Learning Points. Nanotechnology is engineering on the smallest scale....

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Press conference announcing the first direct detection of gravitational waves -- February 11, 2016

Students from the Alexander Dawson School in Boulder, Colorado explain the workings of a "dark detector" coated with the one of the world's darkest materials, a forest of carbon nanotubes that reflect almost no light across the visible...

Explore the fascinating function of whiskers in animals. We will learn how whiskers aid vision, serving as touch receptors, and providing a heightened sense of feeling. The whiskers play a crucial role in helping animals navigate their...