TED Talks
TED: electrical experiments with plants that count and communicate | Greg Gage
Neuroscientist Greg Gage takes sophisticated equipment used to study the brain out of graduate-level labs and brings them to middle- and high-school classrooms (and, sometimes, to the TED stage.) Prepare to be amazed as he hooks up the...
SciShow
3 Human-Caused Disasters
Think natural disasters are bad? Humans do a pretty good job on our own. Michael Aranda co-hosts this infusion to explain.
SciShow Kids
Leave Poison Ivy Alone! Botany for Kids
Jessi and Squeaks are ready to play outside, but there’s a unique plant they should be sure to avoid: poison ivy!
SciShow Kids
Where Does Sugar Come From? Science for Kids
From a chocolate chip cookie to a big, juicy strawberry, your favorite sweet snacks have one thing in common: sugar! Join Jessi and learn all about how sugar gets from plants to your kitchen table!
MinuteEarth
Why Farming is Broken
To feed everyone in the future, we may need to disrupt 10,000 years of farming practices and turn agriculture into a closed system. ___________________________________________ To learn more, start your googling with these keywords:...
SciShow
Why Doesn’t the Palo Verde Tree Need Water?
They don’t call water the building block of life for nothing, most living things need it. The palo verde tree, however, has managed to skate by needing it a lot less than the rest of us.
SciShow
Why Do Leaves Change Color and Fall?
They’re pretty to look at, sure -- but the changing leaves you see in autumn are really a striking example of nature taking extreme measures to protect itself.
SciShow
Why Wouldn’t You Put Your Wind Farm In the Windiest Place?
Wind is an ever increasing source of power worldwide, which means wind farms continue to be constructed. And choosing where to place those farms seems straightforward, but it might not actually be best to place the in the windiest places!
SciShow Kids
Where Do Bananas Come From? Botany for Kids
Jessi and Squeaks are getting ready to make some delicious banana bread, but did you know that bananas aren't your typical fruit?
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The ingredient in almost everything you eat | Francesca Bot
Soybeans have been cultivated in Asia for thousands of years, and have since spread across the globe. Today, soy is in so many foods that most people consume it every day without even knowing it. So, what makes soybeans so versatile? And...
SciShow
Manipulating plant genes...through grafting!
If you plant a seed from your orange, you might have to wait as long as 15 years to get a tree with fruit, which is kind of a bummer for the impatient types among us. Fortunately, there’s an age-old trick called grafting that can shorten...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The history of Tea - Shunan Teng
Tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world after water __ and from sugary Turkish Rize tea to salty Tibetan butter tea, there are almost as many ways of preparing the beverage as there are cultures on the globe. Where did this...
SciShow
From Old-School Gardening to the Future of Food
From the starter plants in your window to giant agriculture, there's a lot of science to cover before dinner.
SciShow
Beware the Bug Spit: How Spittlebugs Accidentally Doom Plants
Ever wondered what makes those balls of white foam you sometimes find clinging to plants? Spittlebugs create these bubbly cocoons after feeding on a plant’s fluids; but unfortunately, their eating habits help transmit a deadly bacteria...
SciShow
What Do 'Natural' and 'Artificial' Flavors Really Mean?
What does it actually mean when your snack cake has "naturally flavored" on the package?
MinuteEarth
Why Some Fruits Won’t Ripen On Your Counter
Trying to ripen some fruits on your kitchen counter is totally fruitless - here's why.
TED Talks
TED: How we're harnessing nature's hidden superpowers | Oded Shoseyov
What do you get when you combine the strongest materials from the plant world with the most elastic ones from the insect kingdom? Super-performing materials that might transform ... everything. Nanobiotechnologist Oded Shoseyov walks us...
SciShow
Can Plants Get Sunburned?
Plants need sunlight to live, but they also need to block the sun's more harmful rays. Plants can't put on sunscreen or find shade, so how do they avoid getting a gnarly sunburn?
SciShow
Why We Love Sugar
Hank talks about a sweet-tasting substance we humans just love - where it comes from, why we need it and how we could maybe stand to love it a little less.
SciShow
How Safe Are Pesticides, Really?
If you’ve heard anything about pesticides, it’s probably about how toxic they are. But they make growing food more cost-effective, so when some make it into your groceries, how bad can they be?
TED Talks
TED: Love letters to what we hold dear | Debbie Millman
In a series of visual, animated love letters, designer Debbie Millman reflects on the things she's grateful for by exploring the wonders of her garden, New York City, travel and storytelling. "As we navigate through this crisis, I'm...
Bozeman Science
Populations
Paul Andersen explains how populations interact in an ecosystem. The symbiosis of several populations is based on effects that may be neutral, positive, or negative. Interactions like mutualism, commensalism and parasitism are included....
SciShow
Poisons and Venoms and Toxins, Oh My!
From daffodils to dangerous snakes, toxins are everywhere. Here's a collection of episodes about our favorite poisonous, venomous, and generally toxic organisms.
SciShow
If Tomatoes Could Talk, Here’s What They’d Say | SciShow News
We’d pictured the plant-fruit relationship as one-way, but new research reports that sometimes the fruit can talk back! And while cow burps are a widely cited contributor to climate change, it turns out that wild pigs might also be...