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PBS

The Biggest Thing That Ever Flew

12th - Higher Ed
Today, we're familiar with two types of flying vertebrates -- birds and bats. But over 66 million years ago, there was a giraffe-sized reptile that soared through the sky.
Instructional Video11:32
TED Talks

Peter Beck: Small rockets are the next space revolution

12th - Higher Ed
We're in the dawn of a new space revolution, says engineer Peter Beck: the revolution of the small. In a talk packed with insights into the state of the space industry, Beck shares his work building rockets capable of delivering small...
Instructional Video4:06
SciShow

Project Mercury: The First Americans in Space

12th - Higher Ed
Project Mercury taught NASA a lot about getting people off the surface of Earth and into orbit, and paved the way for all of their future space missions.
Instructional Video11:33
TED Talks

TED: A sex therapist's secret to rediscovering your spark | Ian Kerner

12th - Higher Ed
Sex therapist Ian Kerner hears about a common problem from his patients: "failure to launch," or the inability to build and maintain sexual momentum. What's the solution? Whether you're looking to reignite the spark in your relationship...
Instructional Video3:25
SciShow

The Most Powerful Rocket Ever, and Gecko Sex in Space

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space News shares the latest developments from around the universe, including NASA’s plan to build the world’s most powerful rocket, and the fate of Russian geckos sent to have sex in space.
Instructional Video3:33
SciShow

Future Space News of 2014

12th - Higher Ed
Hank delivers news of the future, with his rundown of the top space missions scheduled for 2014. Learn about upcoming launches to a nearby asteroid, a comet as it approaches the sun, and the first test flight of NASA's new Orion crew...
Instructional Video5:20
SciShow

Say Hello to NASA's Newest Sun Missions - SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Our star continuously throws out streams of charged particles at more than 500 kilometers per second, something we call Solar Wind. And just like regular weather can be unpredictable and dangerous, space weather can be, too. Meanwhile,...
Instructional Video3:44
TED Talks

David Hoffman: Sputnik mania

12th - Higher Ed
Filmmaker David Hoffman shares footage from his feature-length documentary Sputnik Mania, which shows how the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik in 1957 led to both the space race and the arms race -- and jump-started science and math...
Instructional Video4:31
SciShow

Destroying Space Junk With Lasers, and Two Rare Eclipses!

12th - Higher Ed
This week on SciShow Space News, astronauts had to take the scenic route to the ISS because of some space debris. And this month, you might get to see two eclipses: a solar eclipse, and a rare supermoon eclipse.
Instructional Video3:05
SciShow

A Tribute to John Glenn

12th - Higher Ed
The first American astronaut to orbit Earth, John Glenn passed away yesterday in Ohio. But he leaves an admirable legacy.
Instructional Video4:36
SciShow

We Detected Water Plumes on Europa... 20 Years Ago

12th - Higher Ed
Researchers found surprising new evidence hiding in data captured back in 1997, and we've discovered stars forming in a distant galaxy as early as 250 million years after the Big Bang.
Instructional Video4:31
SciShow

The Giant Wave on Venus

12th - Higher Ed
What was that giant swoop on Venus? And SpaceX continues to move forward.
Instructional Video3:28
SciShow

Future Space News of 2015: Destination Ceres and Pluto!

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space brings you NEWS FROM THE FUTURE, with details about the space missions to look forward to in 2015.
Instructional Video6:48
SciShow

Space News From The Future!

12th - Higher Ed
Today Hank uses his patented prognosticating abilities to tell you about some space news events to watch out for in 2013.

What one thing is the Curiosity rover going to spend most of the year doing? Why are we going back to the...
Instructional Video5:00
SciShow

A Runaway Supermassive Black Hole

12th - Higher Ed
Black holes are a wondrous force of the universe! Hank explains how we found a supermassive rogue black hole & how DNA behaves in space!
Instructional Video4:53
SciShow

More New Earth-like Planets Nearby!

12th - Higher Ed
Between the new, potentially Earth-like planets, organic molecules on Ceres, and SpaceX's successful launch, it's been quite a week in space!
Instructional Video4:45
SciShow

How Would We Stop a Nuclear Missile?

12th - Higher Ed
Most of us are hoping that any nuclear threats are just empty threats, and getting at the facts about ICBMs can be difficult. But what would actually happen if someone launched a nuclear weapon?
Instructional Video2:42
SciShow

Robot Ant Swarms Have Arrived!

12th - Higher Ed
Robot design commonly mimics the abilities of their human creators, but some researchers have been inspired by a possibly unexpected creature: an ant.
Instructional Video4:49
SciShow

NASA Might Send a Helicopter to Mars

12th - Higher Ed
Nothing's final yet, but there might be a drone, called the Mars Helicopter, on the upcoming Mars 2020 rover.
Instructional Video4:36
SciShow

The Apollo Program's Loneliest Astronauts

12th - Higher Ed
Michael Collins isn't as recognizable a name as Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, but his job on the Apollo 11 mission was just as important.
Instructional Video4:43
SciShow

Great Minds: Sergei Korolev, The Chief Designer

12th - Higher Ed
Most people have never heard of him. But Soviet scientist Sergei Korolev quietly developed the revolutionary rocket technology that we still use today.
Instructional Video8:33
TED Talks

TED: Let's launch a satellite to track a threatening greenhouse gas | Fred Krupp

12th - Higher Ed
When we talk about greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide gets the most attention -- but methane, which often escapes unseen from pipes and wells, has a far greater immediate impact on global warming. Environmentalist Fred Krupp has an idea to...
Instructional Video4:58
SciShow

Future Space News of 2019

12th - Higher Ed
2019 will be a big year for the moon! Not only is it the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, but our closest neighbor is receiving a bunch of new visitors this year.
Instructional Video4:04
SciShow

The Space Station's Inflatable Room

12th - Higher Ed
An ISS resupply mission is launching today and the space station should have a new inflatable room to experiment with!