SciShow Kids
Why do Planes Leave White Streaks in the Sky?
Have you ever seen an airplane high in the sky leave a long trail behind it? That's called a contrail! It's kind of like a cloud, or your breath on a cold day. Jessi and Squeaks explain the special circumstances that make contrails happen!
SciShow Kids
Make Your Own Rock Candy!
Jessi and Squeaks learn all about crystallization while they make some yummy rock candy! Second Grade Next Generation Science Standards Disciplinary Core Ideas: PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter - Different kinds of matter exist...
SciShow Kids
Explore Saturn's Rings
There's a lot more to Saturn's rings than just looking awesome! Find out why!
TED Talks
Scott Kim: The art of puzzles
At the 2008 EG conference, famed puzzle designer Scott Kim takes us inside the puzzle-maker's frame of mind. Sampling his career's work, he introduces a few of the most popular types, and shares the fascinations that inspired some of his...
TED Talks
TED: The big myth of government deficits | Stephanie Kelton
Government deficits have gotten a bad rap, says economist Stephanie Kelton. In this groundbreaking talk, she makes the case to stop looking at government spending as a path towards frightening piles of debt, but rather as a financial...
SciShow Kids
Make an Eclipse Viewer!
Jessi and Squeaks show you how to make a pinhole viewer so you can safely watch the solar eclipse!
MinuteEarth
Rain's Dirty Little Secret
Want to learn more about the topic in this week's video? Here are some key words/phrases to get your googling started: - Condensation - the process of water molecules glomming together into visible droplets - Condensation nuclei - tiny...
SciShow
The Engineering Secrets of the World's Toughest Beetle
This arthropod may look modest, but it actually used brilliant engineering to become the world’s most resilient beetle - and we might be able to use its design for our own engineering purposes.
Bozeman Science
Thinking in Matter - Level 1 - Objects and Pieces
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on Objects and Pieces. TERMS Characteristic - a feature or quality belonging to a thing Object - a material thing that can be seen and touched Piece - a part or...
SciShow Kids
What's a Meteor Shower?
Have you ever looked up at night and seen a streak of light flash across the sky? Some people call that a "shooting star," but it's not actually a star at all! Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn what shooting stars really are and how they...
SciShow
Is That Shiny Thing Pretty, or Are You Just Thirsty?
Humans are fascinated by shiny stuff. Not only do we find these things attractive, but we also tend to perceive them as being high quality. Well, turns out this infatuation may be related to our evolutionary relationship to water.
SciShow Kids
What Happens If You Get a Splinter?
Ouch! Getting a splinter can really hurt, and sometimes having a splinter pulled out can hurt even worse! Jessi's here to tell you why it's important to get your splinters removed, and some tips to make it easier!
Bozeman Science
Thinking in Matter - Level 4 - Conservation of Matter
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on the conservation of matter. TERMS Matter - physical substances Atoms - the basic unit of elements Conservation - the quantity of a physical quantity remains...
SciShow
5 Bizarre Aircraft That Pushed the Boundaries of Engineering
You might think most planes look the same, but here are five of the most bizarre aircraft that, no matter their appearance, still managed to fly. Chapters SR-71 BLACKBIRD 1:20 GRUMMAN X-29 3:01 AERO SPACELINES 377PG 5:14 BOEING...
SciShow Kids
What Happens When You Lose a Balloon?
Squeaks almost lost a balloon outside, but what would have happened to it had it floated away into the sky?
SciShow Kids
Fun Facts About Turkeys!
Jessi and Squeaks learn some amazing turkey facts, from the sounds they make to what their poop looks like!
SciShow
Spotted One of the Fastest Pulsars Ever Seen SciShow News.mp4
Astronomers have found a new celestial object, and it's moving really, really fast!
SciShow
Get Ready for a New Star in the Night Sky! SciShow News
Astronomers are predicting that two stars are likely to merge and explode, and it may happen soon... on a cosmic timescale. Plus, scientists break up a meteorite and find the oldest solid matter ever discovered on earth.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: RNAi: Slicing, dicing and serving your cells - Alex Dainis
RNA, the genetic messenger, makes sure the DNA recipe gives your cells exactly what they ordered. But sometimes that means inhibiting some other RNA that got the recipe wrong. This process is called RNA interference (RNAi), and it acts...
SciShow
Why Comet 67P Is Shaped Like a Duck, and New Pluto Photos!
This week on SciShow Space News, photos of Comet 67P and Pluto are helping us solve old mysteries and creating some new ones.
SciShow
Why Humans Feel Disgust, and Why Other Animals Might Too
You might think something is so "icky" that you try avoid it, and scientists think there's a reason humans, and even some other animals, do this.
TED Talks
TED: How to take a picture of a black hole | Katie Bouman
At the heart of the Milky Way, there's a supermassive black hole that feeds off a spinning disk of hot gas, sucking up anything that ventures too close -- even light. We can't see it, but its event horizon casts a shadow, and an image of...
MinuteEarth
MinuteEarth Explains: Size
In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we tackle the science of size.