SciShow
Should You Worry About Caffeine Dehydrating You?
There’s a widespread belief that caffeinated drinks will make you dehydrated because the caffeine itself makes you pee. But is caffeine affecting you as much as you think?
MinuteEarth
MinuteEarth Explains: Stuff That...Isn’t
In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we find out that lots of what we thought we knew about the world around us isn’t quite right.
SciShow
How to Write Directly on the Brain
Scientists have found a way to hack the visual process and generate shapes directly on the brain, so a person can see them without using their eyes.
SciShow
The Giant, Amazing Machines NASA Built for the Shuttle
For decades the space shuttle was integral to space exploration. In orbit it helped build the ISS, but on the ground it needed help from other gigantic machines.
TED Talks
Peter Diamandis: Our next giant leap
Peter Diamandis says it's our moral imperative to keep exploring space -- and he talks about how, with the X Prize and other incentives, we're going to do just that.
TED Talks
Elizabeth Gilbert: Your elusive creative genius
Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius. It's a funny, personal and surprisingly...
MinutePhysics
Telekinesis en el Mundo Real (feat. CdeCiencia)
¡Muchas gracias a Martí de CdeCiencia por narrar este vídeo! Seguro que ya lo conocéis, pero su canal: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC52hytXteCKmuOzMViTK8_w ----------------------- Video Anterior: Teletransportes y Teleportación...
SciShow
What Can You Learn from Your Dreams?
Dreaming is very weird, but you might be able to learn something from your dreams.
SciShow
Why Athletes Choke Under Pressure
Even the most skilled athletes, musicians, and performers can make mistakes on relatively simple tasks, so what’s happening in our brains when we choke, and is there something we can do to overcome these moments?
Be Smart
What Are The Most Important Science Images Ever?
Science isn't always a visual medium, but I think it's most important moments have often been captured in photos and illustrations. I picked out some of my favorite science images from history.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The most groundbreaking scientist you've never heard of - Addison Anderson
Seventeenth-century Danish geologist Nicolas Steno earned his chops at a young age, studying cadavers and drawing anatomic connections between species. Steno made outsized contributions to the field of geology, influencing Charles Lyell,...
SciShow
Why Do People Have Periods When Most Mammals Don't?
Few mammals actually get periods every month, or even at all, but why? Understanding what menstruation really is and why it happens could help ease symptoms & treat conditions that stem from the reproductive system.
PBS
5 Ways to Stop a Killer Asteroid
When it comes to dangerous asteroids striking Earth, it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when. We have begun to track projectiles large enough to destroy our planet, and we are in the clear for the foreseeable future. However,...
TED Talks
Seth Godin: How to get your ideas to spread
In a world of too many options and too little time, our obvious choice is to just ignore the ordinary stuff. Marketing guru Seth Godin spells out why, when it comes to getting our attention, bad or bizarre ideas are more successful than...
TED Talks
Evelyn Glennie: How to truly listen
In this soaring demonstration, deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie illustrates how listening to music involves much more than simply letting sound waves hit your eardrums.
TED Talks
Edward Burtynsky: Photographing the landscape of oil
In stunning large-format photographs, Edward Burtynsky follows the path of oil through modern society, from wellhead to pipeline to car engine -- and then beyond to the projected peak-oil endgame.
TED Talks
Jackie Tabick: The balancing act of compassion
While we all agree that compassion is a great idea, Rabbi Tabick acknowledges there are challenges to its execution. She explains how a careful balance of compassion and justice allows us to do good deeds, and keep our sanity.
TED Talks
Julian Baggini: Is there a real you?
What makes you, you? Is it how you think of yourself, how others think of you, or something else entirely? Philosopher Julian Baggini draws from philosophy and neuroscience to give a surprising answer.
TED Talks
Malcolm Gladwell: Choice, happiness and spaghetti sauce
"Tipping Point" author Malcolm Gladwell gets inside the food industry's pursuit of the perfect spaghetti sauce -- and makes a larger argument about the nature of choice and happiness.
TED Talks
David Bismark: E-voting without fraud
David Bismark demos a new system for voting that contains a simple, verifiable way to prevent fraud and miscounting -- while keeping each person's vote secret.
SciShow
Maybe Yawning Protects You From...Snakes?
Why is yawning contagious? It might be your body trying to keep on the lookout for snakes.
SciShow
The Man Who Tried to Give Himself An Ulcer... For Science
In 1984, Dr. Barry Marshall had a theory about ulcers that he couldn't convince the science community of. So, he took matters into his own hands... or stomach, and infected himself with a potentially deadly bacterium.
SciShow
Fighter Pilots Seem to Have More Daughters — Why?
Some people think that being a fighter pilot and a parent means that you will have a household full of daughters - but does the data back that up?
TED Talks
Philip Evans: How data will transform business
What does the future of business look like? In an informative talk, Philip Evans gives a quick primer on two long-standing theories in strategy -- and explains why he thinks they are essentially invalid.