SciShow Kids
Build the Best Solar Oven Ever! | Engineering Project
Mister Brown and Squeaks decide to design a solar oven, so they can cook their lunch while they play outside!
SciShow
How To Build A Space Station
Step one is probably having access to billions of dollars, but what about the following steps?
SciShow
From Kepler to Webb: The History of the Telescope
Hank regales us with the history of the telescope, and then introduces us to some folks from the team who are working on the newest telescope in the chronology - the James Webb Space Telescope, an infrared telescope due to launch in 2018.
SciShow
Why Am I Upside-Down When I Look in a Spoon?
We'd like to know why you're staring at yourself in a spoon in the first place. But we can at least answer the question of why you look upside-down when you do.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: If superpowers were real: Invisibility - Joy Lin
What if invisibility wasn't just the stuff of epic comic book stories? Is it scientifically possible to be invisible? In this series, Joy Lin tackles six superpowers and reveals just how scientifically realistic they can be to us mere...
TED Talks
David Kelley: Human-centered design
IDEO's David Kelley says that product design has become much less about the hardware and more about the user experience. He shows video of this new, broader approach, including footage from the Prada store in New York.
SciShow
Why You Think You Look Better in Selfies
You might have had the experience of heading out for the night, feeling good, snapping a few selfies with friends that memorialize for all time how great your hair is looking. But the next day, you’re tagged in someone else’s photos and…...
SciShow
The Most Sophisticated Mirror in the Universe
Hank summarizes the five reasons why infrared telescopes were supposed to be impossible to build, and then describes how a team of scientists and engineers overcame those obstacles to build the James Webb Space Telescope.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: What is chirality and how did it get in my molecules? - Michael Evans
Improve your understanding of molecular properties with this lesson on the fascinating property of chirality. Your hands are the secret to understanding the strange similarity between two molecules that look almost exactly alike, but are...
MinutePhysics
Why Do Mirrors Flip Left & Right (but not up & down)?
This video is about why words flip left & right (aka horizontally) in a mirror but not up & down (aka vertically). The answer has to do with specular reflection, mirrors being like windows into another world (alternate universes, just...
SciShow
Choosing a Telescope: Bigger Isn't Always Better!
Before you take your relationship with space to a new level by getting a telescope, find out what you really need to make the most of your summer nights staring at the sky.
Bozeman Science
Ray Diagrams - Mirrors
In this video Paul Andersen explains how ray diagrams can be used to determine the size and location of a reflected image. Ray diagrams for plane, concave, and convex mirrors are included.
Bozeman Science
Specular Reflection
In this video Paul Andersen explains how light that is perfectly reflected creates specular reflection. The angle of the incident ray is equal to the angle of the reflected ray. Specular reflection is also known as mirror-like...
SciShow
Why You See Monsters in the Mirror
Staring into the mirror in a dark room can play some nasty tricks on your brain. Like many illusions, this can tell us about how your brain processes images.
SciShow
Is The Mirror Test Just a Reflection of Human Nature?
The mirror test is supposed to be a way to figure out when an animal is self-aware, but there might be only one particular animal this test works well on: humans.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The difference between classical and operant conditioning - Peggy Andover
Why is it that humans react to stimuli with certain behaviors? Can behaviors change in response to consequences? Peggy Andover explains how the brain can associate unrelated stimuli and responses, proved by Ivan Pavlov's famous 1890...
TED Talks
TED: How to be an upstander instead of a bystander | Angélique Parisot-Potter
If you see something wrong in the workplace, what should you do? Business leader Angélique Parisot-Potter says you should speak up, even when it's scary. Sharing her personal experience of voicing concerns at work, she offers three...
TED Talks
TED: A queer journey from shame to self-love | Crystal Rasmussen
TED talks about a queer journey from shame to self-love | Crystal Rasmussen
Crash Course
Ghosts, Murder, and More Murder - Hamlet Part I: Crash Course Literature 203
In which John Green teaches you about Hamlet, William Shakespeare's longest and most-performed play. People love Hamlet. The play that is, not necessarily the character. Hamlet is a Tragedy with a capital T (I guess I don't have to point...
SciShow Kids
Where Does Water Come From? Ecology for Kids
The water in your faucet may once have been part of a cloud...or a snowflake...or even the ocean! And it’s all because of the water cycle!
Crash Course
Telescopes
Today Phil explains how telescopes work and offers up some astronomical shopping advice.
Curated Video
Only In France 16 - France Mirror
France Mirror:A mirror that can predict what you will look like in the future adds a futuristic touch to the French experience.
Curated Video
The Future of Television: Mirror Vision - A Revolutionary Product
Introducing Mirror Vision, a revolutionary TV screen disguised as a mirror. With its polarized LCD panel, it reflects light like a mirror when the backlight is off, but transforms into a high-quality display when turned on. This...
Curated Video
Telescopes
Telescopes have enabled us to truly see the wonders of the Universe. Who invented them and how have they developed throughout history? Physics - Universe - Learning Points. The first optical telescopes were made around 1608. Early...