Instructional Video2:36
MinuteEarth

Why Continents Are High

12th - Higher Ed
Lots of geological forces need to come together for continents to form, but they all require one ingredient: water.
Instructional Video2:49
MinuteEarth

Why Weather Forecasts Suck

12th - Higher Ed
There are two types of rain, and one of them is almost impossible to forecast.
Instructional Video2:58
MinuteEarth

The Couch Candy Protocol

12th - Higher Ed
How do you count things you don't know about?
Instructional Video2:56
MinuteEarth

What if We Replaced Nuclear With Potatoes

12th - Higher Ed
Energy use can be confusing – I mean, how do you compare gasoline in your car to electricity piped to your house? That's why we made these things spud-tacularly simple.
Instructional Video2:41
MinuteEarth

The 3 Reasons This Tree Has Lived 5000 Years

12th - Higher Ed
Methuselah’s environment lacks nutrients, water, and oxygen. In other words, it’s the perfect place to grow very very old.
Instructional Video2:41
MinuteEarth

What Happens When A Volcano Meets a Glacier?

12th - Higher Ed
Volcanoes might seem like an unstoppable force of nature - but there is at least one OTHER force on Earth that seems to be able to keep them down.
Instructional Video3:35
MinuteEarth

What Is The Best Shape For A Farm?

12th - Higher Ed
The shape of a farm can tell you a surprising amount about the land it's on and the people that use it.
Instructional Video4:07
MinuteEarth

Is Pregnancy A Disease?

12th - Higher Ed
We actually have no idea what a “disease” is.
News Clip6:33
PBS

Innovative Clinic Helps Doctors Avoid Burnout And Makes Healthcare More Affordable

12th - Higher Ed
The U.S. faces a growing shortage of physicians, especially those in primary care fields like internal medicine, mental health and pediatrics. The shortfall is driven by population and demographic trends and burnout. Fred de Sam Lazaro...
Instructional Video2:58
SciShow

The Virus Eaters

12th - Higher Ed
Viruses are really tiny, so you might think nothing could survive on a virus-based diet. But, according to a growing body of research, the right kind of microorganism can!
Instructional Video2:49
SciShow

The Fibonacci Sequence: Nature's Code

12th - Higher Ed
Hank introduces us to the most beautiful numbers in nature - the Fibonacci sequence.
Instructional Video3:55
SciShow

Learning Mnemonics: Can You Really Hack Your Memory?

12th - Higher Ed
There are lots of strategies to remember information when you need it most. These are shortcuts called mnemonics.
Instructional Video4:59
SciShow

How We Fixed the Most Radioactive Place on Earth

12th - Higher Ed
Once upon a time, there was a lake that was so radioactive, that standing on its shore for more than an hour would almost definitely kill you. Join Olivia to learn how it got that bad in the first place, and what was done to fix it!
Instructional Video2:02
SciShow

How Do Oysters Make Pearls?

12th - Higher Ed
Quick Questions gives you the low-down on how oysters turn a tiny bit of gunk into a lovely, valuable pearl. ----------
Instructional Video4:35
SciShow

How a Gelatinous Worm Could Inspire Marine Robots

12th - Higher Ed
If you had to spend your entire life swimming through water, never touching the ground, you’d probably get pretty dang good at swimming. This is what life is like for the gossamer worm, and why its abilities could be inspiring new marine...
Instructional Video2:38
SciShow

What are Blood Types?

12th - Higher Ed
Quick Questions explains why, when it comes right down to it, there are really only eight kinds of people in the world.
Instructional Video4:00
SciShow

Turns Out "The Lorax" Is Probably a Real Monkey

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists found, on a Kenyan plateau, a tree and a monkey that you might just know. But humans make changes, as we often do, and now these small creatures may soon fade from view.
Instructional Video5:17
SciShow

This Parasitic Plant Stole Over 100 Genes From Other Plants | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Plants may not seem like they live the most exciting lives, but two new papers published this week point to different types of plants that are actually very cunning and manipulative. One, the parasitic dodder, steals both nutrients and...
Instructional Video3:56
SciShow

This Diagram of Earth Is a Lie

12th - Higher Ed
When you learned about the Earth’s interior in school, you were probably shown a diagram that looked like a perfect layer cake. But we've known for a long time that that diagram is... inaccurate at best, and leaves out information that...
Instructional Video2:24
SciShow

These Birds Smell Like Tangerines

12th - Higher Ed
On remote, rocky North Pacific islands, you may find a cute little bird that just so happens to smell like tangerines.
Instructional Video3:44
SciShow

The Truth About Gingers

12th - Higher Ed
There are many names for them, but here at SciShow we lovingly refer to them as 'Gingers'. In this episode, Hank explains what gene is responsible for the creation of redheads.
Instructional Video4:03
SciShow

The Truth About Asparagus and Your Pee

12th - Higher Ed
An astonishing amount of research has gone into the question of whether asparagus really makes your urine smell funny. Sci Show explains it all inside!
Instructional Video2:39
SciShow

The Secret of Your "Junk," Revealed!

12th - Higher Ed
Hank brings us breaking news from a team of geneticists working on figuring out what all that "junk DNA" in the human genome really is - turns out it's not junk after all.
Instructional Video2:28
SciShow

The Real Reason Dogs Kick When You Scratch Them

12th - Higher Ed
If you’ve ever been scratching a dog and seen them do the kicky leg thing, it’s truly adorable. But it might not necessarily be a feel-good thing.