SciShow
3 Things We Still Don’t Understand About the Milky Way
We have been studying our home galaxy for years, but even though astronomy has come a long way, there is still a lot we don't know about the Milky Way.
SciShow
The Real Reason You’re Always Losing Your Keys
Do you often lose things like your keys? Psychology can explain not only why it happens, but also some ways to combat that.
SciShow
Spelunking in the Uncanny Valley
With all the CGI cat-humans going around on the internet these days, it’s hard to deny the sense of yikes known as the uncanny valley. But what exactly is this phenomenon, and why do we feel it when we do?
SciShow
How Bad Are Satellite Constellations for Astronomy? - SciShow News
Imagine being excited to use one of the world's most advanced telescopes, only to see bright streaks of light on every picture! This is a problem facing some astronomers as satellites fill up the night sky.
TED Talks
TED: A young inventor's plan to recycle Styrofoam | Ashton Cofer
From packing peanuts to disposable coffee cups, each year the uS alone produces some two billion pounds of Styrofoam -- none of which can be recycled. Frustrated by this waste of resources and landfill space, Ashton Cofer and his science...
TED Talks
TED: How AI can enhance our memory, work and social lives | Tom Gruber
How smart can our machines make us? Tom Gruber, co-creator of Siri, wants to make "humanistic AI" that augments and collaborates with us instead of competing with (or replacing) us. He shares his vision for a future where AI helps us...
TED Talks
Didier Sornette: How we can predict the next financial crisis
The 2007-2008 financial crisis, you might think, was an unpredictable one-time crash. But Didier Sornette and his Financial Crisis Observatory have plotted a set of early warning signs for unstable, growing systems, tracking the moment...
TED Talks
Tim Harford: A powerful way to unleash your natural creativity
What can we learn from the world's most enduringly creative people? They "slow-motion multitask," actively juggling multiple projects and moving between topics as the mood strikes -- without feeling hurried. Author Tim Harford shares how...
SciShow
Why Do Some Doctors Still Use Bloodletting?
Has a doctor ever told you that you just have too much blood? Probably not, but there are a handful of conditions where being a little low might be good for you.
SciShow
What Do We Know About T Cells and COVID-19 Immunity? | SciShow News
There's another theory about the Covid-19 pandemic going around, and while it is pretty cool, it's not exactly the solution some are suggesting it might be.
SciShow
Climate Change Moved the North Pole
The idea that the North Pole can move is nothing new, but the findings of a recent study suggest that Santa might need to pack up and find a new apartment.
Crash Course
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...
SciShow
What Squids and Frogs Taught Us About How Brain Cells Talk
Back in the early days of neuroscience, we didn't study the animals you might expect to learn about how brain cells communicate.
Bozeman Science
LS4A - Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
In this video Paul Andersen describes several types of evidence for common ancestry. This evidence is contained in the fossils, embryos and molecules of living organisms. Even though life on our planet is incredibly diverse there are...
SciShow
Victorian Pseudosciences: Solving Murders with Eyeballs
In the 1800s, Wilhelm Kuhne created an image of a window from the eyes of a rabbit. Was this technology applicable to humans?
SciShow Kids
The Science of Being Scared
Squeaks surprises Jessi, which makes her wonder: What's the science behind getting scared?
TED Talks
Alexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social media
In a funny, rapid-fire 4 minutes, Alexis Ohanian of Reddit tells the real-life fable of one humpback whale's rise to web stardom. The lesson of Mister Splashy Pants is a shoo-in classic for meme-makers and marketers in the Facebook age.
SciShow
Alan Turing: Great Minds
Hank introduces us to that great mathematical mind, Alan Turing, who, as an openly gay man in the early 20th century faced brutal prejudice that eventually led to his suicide, despite being a genius war hero who helped the Allies defeat...
Crash Course
How to Sell Anything: Crash Course Entrepreneurship
It can be hard to strike the right tone or know what’s going to appeal to someone, but there are tricks. We can craft a narrative and use well-placed emotional appeals to tell customers a story. Even if you don’t consider yourself a...
PBS
Understanding the Uncertainty Principle
Sometimes intuitive, large-scale phenomena can give us incredible insights into the extremely unintuitive world of quantum mechanics.
TED Talks
James Patten: The best computer interface? Maybe ... your hands
"The computer is an incredibly powerful means of creative expression," says designer and TED Fellow James Patten. But right now, we interact with computers, mainly, by typing and tapping. In this nifty talk and demo, Patten imagines a...
TED Talks
Haas&Hahn: How painting can transform communities
Artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn create community art by painting entire neighborhoods, and involving those who live there -- from the favelas of Rio to the streets of North Philadelphia. What's made their projects succeed? In this...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The left brain vs. right brain myth - Elizabeth Waters
The human brain is visibly split into a left and right side. This structure has inspired one of the most pervasive ideas about the brain: that the left side controls logic and the right side controls creativity. And yet, this is a myth,...
SciShow
Did Dinos Dance? And Other Behavior Questions
Dinosaurs were social animals, moving in herds, hunting in packs, but could they dance?