The world of cryptocurrency and NFTs is riddled with controversy, but somewhere amid all of that blockchain there's some reckoning with reality that must be done.

Many folks in the southeastern US know that the invasive vine kudzu swallows cars, utility poles, and entire mountainsides. They may not know it also contributes to air pollution and even makes it harder for us to ensure that everyone...

Statistics! They're every scientist's friend. But they can be easy to misinterpret. Check out this thought exercise with Hank to understand how some mental kung fu known as Bayesian reasoning can use stats to draw some downright...

A man walks in to a hospital super drunk... but claims he hasn't had a sip of alcohol. Join us today for SciShow medical mystery!

Nadine the robot has been unveiled, and as robotics technology gets more advanced, humanoid robots are looking more and more human. In this episode of SciShow News we explore how Nadine works and why a lot of people find it creepy.

Geologists have a few ideas as to how rain affects mountains. But could rain also help mountains grow?

If you ever get nervous about missile attacks, they're actually a lot harder to make than you might think. To hopefully put your mind more at ease, Hank is here to talk about the work that goes into designing and building ICBMs in this...

A new strain of bird flu has been detected in North American birds for the first time in seven years. And U.S. President Biden is temporarily lifting the country's summertime ban on E15 gasoline.

Sal Khan, the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, thinks artificial intelligence could spark the greatest positive transformation education has ever seen. He shares the opportunities he sees for students and educators to collaborate with AI...

In a talk from the cutting edge of technology, OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman explores the underlying design principles of ChatGPT and demos some mind-blowing, unreleased plug-ins for the chatbot that sent shockwaves across the world....

Nearly 40 percent of humanity lives near a coast -- and no two coasts are the same. How can these communities build resilience to the increasing risks of climate change? Climate advisor Dave Sivaprasad outlines how to tackle this complex...

In a practical, playful talk, leadership visionary Anne Morriss reinvents the playbook for how to lead through change -- with a radical, one-week plan to build trust and fix problems by following a step per day.

Crop physiologist Guntur V. Subbarao and his team have developed an antibiotic-infused strain of wheat that naturally combats harmful, fertilizer-eating bacteria -- a "monster" contributor to climate change. Learn more about how this...

When the world goes fully electric, what happens to the cars, tools and livelihoods that rely on fossil fuels? Civil engineer and environmental sociologist Emily Grubert visualizes what a clean energy future will look like, outlining the...

How can nonprofits accelerate their impact and move the needle on intractable problems? Looking to bring the urgency of a profit motive to every initiative, inclusive finance promoter Tolu Oyekan shows how scalable, data-driven solutions...

You are constantly becoming a new person, says journalist Shankar Vendantam. In a talk full of beautiful storytelling, he explains the profound impact of something he calls the "illusion of continuity" -- the belief that our future...

We know capitalism exacerbates injustice and inequality worldwide. So how can we fix it? Professor and social entrepreneur Manish Bhardwaj thinks we need to integrate "moral clarity" -- which he defines as "doing the right thing because...

In this video Paul Andersen explains how matter and energy are conserved within the Earth's system. Matter is a closed system and Energy is open to the surroundings. In natural systems steady state is maintained through feedback loops...

What happens when you divide things that aren't numbers?

In this video Paul Andersen explains the differences between a system and an object. Depending on the scale it often times easies to view a system as an object if the constituent parts aren't relevant to the question being asked. He...

An overview of what calculus is all about, with an emphasis on making it seem like something students could discover for themselves. The central example is that of rediscovering the formula for a circle's area, and how this is an...

In this video Paul Andersen explains how many possible solutions are developed in the design process. As many solutions to the problem are identified using a brainstorming process. These solutions are compared to the specific...

Between them, general relativity and quantum mechanics seem to describe all of observable reality.

"For all that's ever been said about climate change, we haven't heard nearly enough about the psychological impacts of living in a warming world," says science writer Britt Wray. In this quick talk, she explores how climate change is...