SciShow
Launching ExoMars!
ExoMars 2016 is about to launch, and The Arecibo Observatory is picking up some mysterious signals this week on SciShow Space News!
TED Talks
TED: My escape from North Korea | Hyeonseo Lee
As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee thought her country was "the best on the planet." It wasn't until the famine of the 90s that she began to wonder. She escaped the country at 14, to begin a life in hiding, as a refugee...
TED Talks
TED: Synthetic voices, as unique as fingerprints | Rupal Patel
Many of those with severe speech disorders use a computerized device to communicate. Yet they choose between only a few voice options. That's why Stephen Hawking has an American accent, and why many people end up with the same voice,...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How corn conquered the world | Chris A. Kniesly
Corn currently accounts for more than one tenth of our global crop production. And over 99% of cultivated corn is the exact same type: Yellow Dent #2. This means that humans grow more Yellow Dent #2 than any other plant on the planet. So...
MinuteEarth
Why Do Humans Vomit So Much? 🤮
In an effort to protect us from getting killed by something we’ve ingested, our brain’s vomit control center processes a lot of information from several different places … and sometimes is a little overly cautious.
SciShow
Do eggs go in the fridge or on the counter? #shorts #science
Do eggs go in the fridge or on the counter? #shorts #science
SciShow
How Plants Attract Bodyguards
Lots of plants make nectar to attract pollinators, but some make special, extra nectar pots outside their flowers to feed their bodyguards.
SciShow
Why Scientists Tracked One Neutrino Across the Universe
Last week scientists announced that they’ve likely identified the very first astrophysical source of high-energy neutrinos.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The sonic boom problem - Katerina Kaouri
Objects that fly faster than the speed of sound (like really fast planes) create a shock wave accompanied by a thunder-like noise: the sonic boom. These epic sounds can cause distress to people and animals and even damage nearby...
SciShow
Its True The Sun Really Does Flash Green
The mythical green flash at sunset isn't actually a myth! Stefan explains why it happens, and how you can see it.
SciShow
What Makes Radiators Bang So Loudly
If you hear a loud bang in the middle of the night, it is probably your radiator. But how does a hollow hunk of metal make such a loud noise?
Crash Course
Data & Infographics: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #8
Today, we're going to discuss how numbers, like statistics, and visual representations like charts and infographics can be used to help us better understand the world or profoundly deceive. Data is a really powerful form of evidence...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why should you read Kurt Vonnegut? - Mia Nacamulli
Kurt Vonnegut found the tidy, satisfying arcs of many stories at odds with reality, and he set out to explore the ambiguity between good and bad fortune in his own novels. He tried to make sense of human behavior by studying the shapes...
Crash Course
DC Resistors & Batteries: Crash Course Physics
Batteries power much of your daily life, so today we're going to talk about how they work. We're also explaining how terminal voltage results from the natural internal resistance of every real battery. We'll get into both series and...
SciShow
5 Weird Things That Can Catch Fire
Fire: it's beautiful, it's dangerous, and it shows up in surprising places. Here are five weird things you might have on hand that can go up in flames. Chapters 0:00 0:05 0:11 0:17 0:23 0:29
Crash Course
Click Restraint: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #9
The architecture of the social internet itself tells us not to be patient - to load more tweets, to hit refresh for new posts, and to click the top search results. But just because information is new, or algorithmically determined to be...
PBS
The Physics of Life (ft. It's Okay to be Smart & PBS Eons!)
Our universe is prone to increasing disorder and chaos. So how did it generate the extreme complexity we see in life? Actually, the laws of physics themselves may demand it.
Crash Course
Evaluating Photos & Videos: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #7
With the amount of fake and doctored photos and videos out there, how can we know what to trust? Most of us are used to thinking that "seeing is believing" but as technology makes it easier and easier to spread unreliable content online...
SciShow
The Next Search for Alien Life, and Release the Cubesats!
SciShow Space explores the latest mission to search for extraterrestrial life, and the mission of two tiny satellites that aims to make space travel safer.
Crash Course
Check Yourself with Lateral Reading: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #3
Look to your left. Look to your right. Look at this video. Today, John Green is going to teach you how to read laterally, using multiple tabs in your browser to look stuff up and fact check as you read. Real-time fact-checking an help...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Do animals have language? - Michele Bishop
All animals communicate. But do they have language? Michele Bishop details the four specific qualities we associate with language and investigates whether or not certain animals utilize some or all of those qualities to communicate.
SciShow
Why are Insects Attracted to Light?
You know how moths like to fly into lamps or crawl all over your tv screen at night? Why do they do this?! The answer is more complicated than you might think
SciShow
We Still Can't Find the First Stars in the Universe | SciShow News
Astronomers looking farther back in time than ever before are giving us a better idea of what the early universe must have been like, and we've identified another of the mysterious ultraluminous X-ray pulsars.
TED Talks
Noah Feldman: Politics and religion are technologies
Noah Feldman makes a searing case that both politics and religion -- whatever their differences -- are similar technologies, designed to efficiently connect and manage any group of people.