SciShow
How Aspirin Changed Medicine Forever
Aspirin isn't just an old medicine cabinet stand-by, it's one of the oldest medicines we humans learned how to make ourselves. And our research into aspirin did more than just make it better at relieving pain, it opened the door to whole...
Wonderscape
Debunking Misconceptions About Neanderthals
Explore the fascinating world of Neanderthals, our closest extinct human relatives, and debunk common misconceptions surrounding their intelligence and behavior. Learn about the origins of the Neanderthal species, their coexistence with...
Flipping Physics
Mass Spectrometer
Delve into the mass spectrometer, a crucial tool for understanding particles and their properties. Consisting of a velocity selector and a deflection chamber, it begins with charges entering the crossed fields of magnetic and electric...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
William Janeway: The Market or the State? (2/6)
William Janeway is a Senior Advisor at Warburg Pincus and a speaker at INET's Bretton Woods Conference on April 10, 2011.
Next Animation Studio
Over 100 new marine species found around Bermuda
The Nekton project team used special equipment including submersibles, as well as technical divers and remotely operated vehicles. The depth region they looked at is known as the raritrophic zone. Only low amounts of sunlight reach this...
Nobel Media AB
Chemistry Matters: Eureka!
While making a new scientific discovery is an exhilarating experience, it has its challenges as well. A discovery needs to be proven, which can be painstaking, and the scientific community may not easily accept the theory at first. Hear...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Renaissance Europe
The term Renaissance (re-birth) was coined by scholars and artists of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries to claim that they were heirs of the classical world. This process of rebirth and re-evaluation of the classical inheritance...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Looking Forward to a Year of Science
A yearlong celebration of science kicks off to honor scientific methods and discoveries.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Peering Into the Dark Side of Scientific Discovery
Why scientists have come to blows -- literally -- over who gets the glory for a discovery.