Instructional Video15:57
SciShow Kids

All About Teeth! | SciShow Kids Compilation

K - 5th
In this SciShow Kids compilation, Jessi and Squeaks learn about why teeth are important, how they're different, and why some animals have really weird ones.
Instructional Video12:58
SciShow

How These Animals Lost Their Heads (And Bodies, and Butts)

12th - Higher Ed
You'd think that there are some features that, once an animal group evolved to have them, could never really go away, right? Well, Stefan is joined today by hosts from PBS Eons, Journey To The Microcosmos, and Bizarre Beasts to break...
Instructional Video11:26
TED Talks

TED: Let curiosity lead | Yara Shahidi

12th - Higher Ed
Don't second-guess what "distracts" you, says actor-producer Yara Shahidi; that's your curiosity coming through. The star of hit shows like "black-ish" and "grown-ish" tells how she learned to spot clues to her own future — and how you...
Instructional Video6:28
SciShow

Is Our Solar System Missing Moons?

12th - Higher Ed
You might be pretty confident that when a moon is there it’s there to stay, but that’s not always the case. Moons may have a history of disappearing.
Instructional Video3:45
SciShow

Why Hairworms Don’t Have Hair

12th - Higher Ed
Hairworms, sometimes called horsehair or Gordian worms, are mind-controlling parasites with a twist. A genetic study found these nematomorph worms are missing 30% of their genome, and we don't understand how they live without genes for...
Instructional Video9:54
PBS

The Missing Link That Wasn’t

12th - Higher Ed
The myth of the Missing Link--the idea that there must be a specimen that partly resembles an ape but also partly resembles a modern human--is persistent. But the reality is that there is no missing link in our lineage, because that’s...
Instructional Video6:13
SciShow

Are We Making More Bermuda Triangles?

12th - Higher Ed
One reason the Bermuda Triangle has scared people for generations is the seaweed. And thanks to eutrophication and other human causes, that Sargassum seaweed is starting to travel the world. Here's how we're accidentally making more of...
Instructional Video3:22
MinuteEarth

These Countries Are Cheating

12th - Higher Ed
By overcounting how much carbon their forests suck up, and undercounting how much carbon their industries release, countries undercount their total carbon emissions.
Instructional Video2:58
MinuteEarth

Should More Species Be Extinct?

12th - Higher Ed
Watch these amazing rewilding videos from our friends at Planet Wild, in which they’re saving Europe’s cutest bird from extinction or resurrecting a dying forest.
Instructional Video6:00
MinutePhysics

Why LESS Sensitive Tests Might Be Better

12th - Higher Ed
This video written & produced in collaboration with Aatish Bhatia, https://www.aatishb.com This video is about how cheap, fast, and LESS sensitive rapid antigen tests might be better for screening (& maybe surveillance) than PCR COVID...
Instructional Video7:39
SciShow

This Robot Filled the Deep Ocean Gap in the Carbon Cycle

12th - Higher Ed
Carbon is fundamental to life on Earth. And it goes through a complex cycle, from up in the atmosphere, to the depths of the ocean. But down there, the carbon trail gets harder to follow. Or at least, it was that way until this little...
Instructional Video5:02
SciShow

Do Those Glasses Really Fix Colorblindness?

12th - Higher Ed
You've seen those viral videos of colorblind people putting on special glasses and reacting to colors they've never seen before! Today, we'll explore how colorblindness works and what those glasses try to do to fix it! Hosted by: Hank Green
Instructional Video7:58
SciShow

These Superpowered Animals Use Your 5 Senses, But Better

12th - Higher Ed
Many animals use the same five senses as we do, but these creatures take that beyond the next level.
News Clip8:34
PBS

Families Of Colombia’s Disappeared Endure ‘Never-Ending Grief’ And A Wrenching Search

12th - Higher Ed
In Colombia, an estimated 83,000 people have been forcibly disappeared since 1958. But peace accords between the government and the FARC, the country’s largest guerrilla group, in 2016 mandated that finding the missing was a necessary...
News Clip2:42
Curated Video

WRAP Adds more tanks going to border + Indian diplomats leave

Higher Ed
1. Various of convoy of military vehicles 2. Close up of tank on back of truck 3. Exterior of car entering Indian High Commission 4. Indian flag flying over High Commission 5. Name plaque of High Commission on building 6. Security...
Instructional Video3:38
SciShow Kids

Why Do We Have Baby Teeth?

K - 5th
Have you ever lost a tooth? Or maybe you have teeth that are getting a little wiggly? It's all part of growing up! Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn why we lose our baby teeth and how we can take care of our new permanent teeth! Say cheese!
Instructional Video4:28
TED Talks

TED: Everyday objects, tragic histories | Ziyah Gafić

12th - Higher Ed
Ziyah Gafić photographs everyday objects—watches, shoes, glasses. But these images are deceptively simple; the items in them have been exhumed from the mass graves of the Bosnian War. Gafić, a TED Fellow and Sarajevo native, is...
Instructional Video5:40
SciShow

The FOMO Is Real - But You Can Overcome It

12th - Higher Ed
FOMO (the fear of missing out) is a fairly common phenomenon, especially in this digital age. It can cause you significant stress and anxiety, but luckily psychologists have come up with a few tricks to combat it.
Instructional Video5:42
SciShow

Our Smelly Solar System

12th - Higher Ed
Sight, sound, and yes, taste, have all helped humanity better understand space, but what about smells? Scientists think we have a pretty good idea of what some places smell like, and decoding astronomical aromas can be a good way of...
Instructional Video18:04
TED Talks

TED: The breakthrough science of mRNA medicine | Melissa J. Moore

12th - Higher Ed
The secret behind medicine that uses messenger RNA (or mRNA) is that it "teaches" our bodies how to fight diseases on our own, leading to groundbreaking treatments for COVID-19 and, potentially one day, cancer, the flu and other ailments...
Instructional Video6:02
SciShow

3 Big Things We Learned About the Brain in 2019

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve learned a lot about how the human brain works, but there are still new discoveries and mysteries each year, and 2019 was no exception. We learned pretty big things, from internal compasses, to mysterious sniffers, to brain-washing...
Instructional Video7:43
PBS

Does Dark Matter BREAK Physics?

12th - Higher Ed
In this episode, welcome in Matt O'Dowd as the new host to rigorously take you through the mysteries of space, time, and the nature of reality. We're starting off this new season with perhaps one of the most mysterious things of all -...
Instructional Video5:18
TED-Ed

The strange history of the world's most stolen painting | Noah Charney

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Throughout six centuries, the Ghent Altarpiece, also called "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb," has been burned, forged, and raided in three different wars. It is, in fact, the world's most stolen artwork— and is considered one of the...
Instructional Video8:37
TED Talks

TED: 3 ways to fix a broken news industry | Lara Setrakian

12th - Higher Ed
Something is very wrong with the news industry. Trust in the media has hit an all-time low; we're inundated with sensationalist stories, and consistent, high-quality reporting is scarce, says journalist Lara Setrakian. She shares three...