SciShow
Why Do We Hate Losing So Much?
Whether people are gambling, haggling, or just doing their best to save lives out there, losing is tough to deal with.
SciShow
Some of Earth’s Water Was Created by the Sun? | SciShow News
The source of earth's water is something of a mystery, and some scientists are starting to think that the sun might have provided the special ingredients to help.
TED Talks
TED: How gratitude rewires your brain | Christina Costa
When a psychologist who studies well-being ends up with a brain tumor, what happens when she puts her own research into practice? Christina Costa goes beyond the "fight" narrative of cancer -- or any formidable personal journey -- to...
Curated Video
Liberals, Conservatives, and Pride and Prejudice Part 2: Crash Course Literature 412
This is it! The final episode of CC Literature season 4 is a deeper look at Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Today we'll explore the novel's take on materialism, and we'll talk about whether the novel has a liberal or conservative...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How the world's first subway system was built - Christian Wolmar
It was the dawn of 1863, and London's not-yet-opened subway system - the first of its kind in the world - had the city in an uproar. Most people thought the project, which cost more than 100 million dollars in today's money, would never...
TED Talks
TED: We've stopped trusting institutions and started trusting strangers | Rachel Botsman
Something profound is changing our concept of trust, says Rachel Botsman. While we used to place our trust in institutions like governments and banks, today we increasingly rely on others, often strangers, on platforms like Airbnb and...
SciShow
Can Soda Save a Dying Fish?
For years, catch-and-release anglers have been pouring soda on bleeding fish in an effort to help save their lives. But.. does this actually work?
SciShow
Why Do Dogs Tilt Their Heads?
There's no question that a dog tilting its head is one of the cutest things possible, but why do they do it?
SciShow
Football Disease, Moon Base Dreams, and the Deepest Vents Ever!
Hank breaks the news to you about your brain on football, the reality behind the latest moon-base plan, and an epic win -- and fail -- in the animal kingdom.
TED Talks
TED: The rise of predatory scams -- and how to prevent them | Jane Walsh
Questionable phone calls, concerning emails, heart-rending stories from a sudden new friend in need of endless financial support: elder abuse can take many forms, says lawyer Jane Walsh. And as technology becomes more sophisticated,...
TED Talks
JD Schramm: Break the silence for suicide attempt survivors
Even when our lives appear fine from the outside, locked within can be a world of quiet suffering, leading some to the decision to end their life. At TEDYou, JD Schramm asks us to break the silence surrounding suicide and suicide...
TED Talks
TED: The history of human emotions | Tiffany Watt Smith
The words we use to describe our emotions affect how we feel, says historian Tiffany Watt Smith, and they've often changed (sometimes very dramatically) in response to new cultural expectations and ideas. Take nostalgia, for instance:...
TED Talks
TED: How your pictures can help reclaim lost history | Chance Coughenour
Digital archaeologist Chance Coughenour is using pictures -- your pictures -- to reclaim antiquities that have been lost to conflict and disaster. After crowdsourcing photographs of destroyed monuments, museums and artifacts, Coughenour...
TED Talks
Charles Leadbeater: The era of open innovation
In this deceptively casual talk, Charles Leadbeater weaves a tight argument that innovation isn't just for professionals anymore. Passionate amateurs, using new tools, are creating products and paradigms that companies can't.
SciShow
This AI Doesn’t Need Any Help from Humans
Scientists have developed a new AI that can teach itself how to be the master of an ancient board game.
TED Talks
Dan Pink: The puzzle of motivation
Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories -- and...
TED Talks
Naomi Klein: Addicted to risk
Days before this talk, journalist Naomi Klein was on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico, looking at the catastrophic results of BP's risky pursuit of oil. Our societies have become addicted to extreme risk in finding new energy, new financial...
SciShow
The Science of Dank Memes
Since you're on YouTube, you probably know what a meme is; but what is it really and how does it go viral?
SciShow
Is There Really An Infinite Multiverse? - Stephen Hawking's Last Paper
Just a few days before he died, Stephen Hawking submitted one last research paper using string theory math to talk about the multiverse.
SciShow
Why Is Yawning Contagious?
When you see someone yawn, you're probably pretty likely to follow suit. But what makes it so contagious?
SciShow
Science Superlatives of 2015!
Learn about the strongest, slowest, and fastest science in 2015!
SciShow
French Fries Aren't Really Going To Kill You
If you use the internet, you may have read about a nutritional study about the deadliness of fried potatoes. It's a little more complex than that, though. Even if you haven't heard of that one, we're pretty sure you've heard of the...