Instructional Video4:22
SciShow

Water on Ganymede, and NASA Needs Your Help!

12th - Higher Ed
Which is a bigger deal to you? The discovery that there's probably more water on Jupiter's moon Ganymede than all the oceans on Earth? Or the fact that you can now help NASA find asteroids? Learn about both, then decide for yourself!
Instructional Video2:56
SciShow Kids

Why Do Mosquito Bites Itch?

K - 5th
Why are mosquito bites so itchy? Stop scratching while Jessi explains!
Instructional Video17:43
TED Talks

Bill Stone: Inside the world's deepest caves

12th - Higher Ed
Bill Stone, a maverick cave explorer who has plumbed Earth's deepest abysses, discusses his efforts to mine lunar ice for space fuel and to build an autonomous robot for studying Jupiter's moon Europa.
Instructional Video15:38
TED Talks

Massimo Banzi: How Arduino is open-sourcing imagination

12th - Higher Ed
Massimo Banzi helped invent the Arduino, a tiny, easy-to-use open-source microcontroller that's inspired thousands of people around the world to make the coolest things they can imagine -- from toys to satellite gear. Because, as he...
Instructional Video21:04
TED Talks

TED: My daughter, my wife, our robot, and the quest for immortality | Martine Rothblatt

12th - Higher Ed
The founder of Sirius XM satellite radio, Martine Rothblatt now heads up a drug company that makes life-saving medicines for rare diseases (including one drug that saved her own daughter's life). Meanwhile she is working to preserve the...
Instructional Video2:53
SciShow

Where Do Camels Store Their Water?

12th - Higher Ed
When camels drink, they do so at a rate that would kill most other animals. But where does all of that water go? Hint: It's not their humps!
Instructional Video3:09
SciShow

What Are Eyeballs Made Of?

12th - Higher Ed
Eyeballs are unique organs, providing many animals with the ability to interpret the light waves in the world around them, but what are these squishy parts made of?
Instructional Video4:56
SciShow

Studying Poop to Save Species

12th - Higher Ed
Poop kind of stinks, but the stuff inside of poop can tell us a lot about the natural world.
Instructional Video4:15
SciShow

The Trick to Not Freezing During Hibernation

12th - Higher Ed
You may wish that you could pack on a few pounds and sleep the next few months away, and scientists are one step closer to understanding how some animals are capable of doing this.
Instructional Video4:48
SciShow

The Unsung Mission That Made Apollo Possible

12th - Higher Ed
Before we could set foot on the moon, the Surveyor missions were sent to give future astronauts some sure footing.
Instructional Video11:23
SciShow

An Alzheimer’s Drug That Doesn’t Treat Alzheimer’s?

12th - Higher Ed
In 2021, the FDA approved a treatment that claims to stop Alzheimer's at the source, removing the plaques in the brain long thought to cause the symptoms of the disease. But, as is often the case, things are more complicated than they...
Instructional Video7:58
Bozeman Science

Teaching Science at Home: A Survival Guide for Parents

12th - Higher Ed
A short guide for parents teaching science during the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020.
Instructional Video7:09
TED Talks

TED: How I built a jet suit | Richard Browning

12th - Higher Ed
We've all dreamed of flying -- but for Richard Browning, flight is an obsession. He's built an Iron Man-like suit that leans on an elegant collaboration of mind, body and technology, bringing science fiction dreams a little closer to...
Instructional Video3:40
SciShow

Horseshoe Crabs Saved My Life

12th - Higher Ed
Horseshoe crabs aren't really crabs, but they are super old, super cool, and they deserve your respect. Because they may have already saved your life. SciShow explains!
Instructional Video5:23
SciShow

NASA Just Launched a New, Planet-Hunting Telescope!

12th - Higher Ed
From launching a new satellite, to finding diamonds from a lost world, researchers have been hard at work transforming how we think about our planet, the solar system, and the rest of the universe.
Instructional Video10:58
TED Talks

Carson Bruns: Could a tattoo help you stay healthy?

12th - Higher Ed
Can we make tattoos both beautiful and functional? Nanotechnologist Carson Bruns shares his work creating high-tech tattoos that react to their environment -- like color-changing ink that can tell you when you're getting a sunburn -- and...