Instructional Video11:50
SciShow

Why It Actually Took 50 Years to Make COVID mRNA Vaccines

12th - Higher Ed
The FDA recently approved two mRNA vaccines for COVID-19, but it was a challenge to make this type of vaccine work. And it took decades of research to get us to the point where scientists could make those vaccines as quickly as they did.
Instructional Video4:06
SciShow

Bloody Amazing Facts About Vampire Bats

12th - Higher Ed
It appears at night, sneaks up behind its prey, and sucks its blood! Is it a vampire? No, it's a vampire bat! Here are some bloody amazing facts about them for Halloween!
Instructional Video2:39
MinuteEarth

How Your Dog Can Protect You Before You're Born

12th - Higher Ed
Herein we explain how pets can help your immune system, beginning when you're in utero!
Instructional Video5:03
TED-Ed

TED-ED: How does your body know what time it is? - Marco A. Sotomayor

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Being able to sense time helps us do everything from waking and sleeping to knowing precisely when to catch a ball that's hurtling towards us. And we owe all these abilities to an interconnected system of timekeepers in our brains. But...
Instructional Video3:22
SciShow

3 Ways Science Can Improve Your Pie

12th - Higher Ed
Happy Pi Day! We are huge fans of homophones here at SciShow, so we put together a whole bunch of fun facts and tasty tips about PIES! Get it?!
Instructional Video5:28
SciShow

3 Ways You Can Join the Citizen Scientists Fighting COVID-19

12th - Higher Ed
If you’re getting restless from social distancing and wishing you could do more to help fight the global pandemic, here are some ways that you can help scientists fight COVID-19—all from the comfort of your home.
Instructional Video11:23
SciShow

The Science of Dank Memes

12th - Higher Ed
Since you're on YouTube, you probably know what a meme is; but what is it really and how does it go viral?
Instructional Video5:26
SciShow

Bdelloids: The Most Hardcore Animals in the World?

12th - Higher Ed
Bdelloid rotifers have a superpower. If their DNA is shredded to pieces, whether from a lack of water or a blast of radiation, they can put it back together.
Instructional Video2:06
SciShow

Are the Meat Sweats a Real Thing?

12th - Higher Ed
Some people might bemoan the inevitable onset of the meat sweats after a particularly meaty meal, but this phenomenon may not be as inevitable—or real—as we're led to believe.
Instructional Video4:10
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: How to unboil an egg - Eleanor Nelsen

Pre-K - Higher Ed
It's so obvious that it's practically proverbial: you can't unboil an egg. But actually, it turns out that you can -- sort of. Eleanor Nelsen explains the process by which mechanical energy can undo what thermal energy has done.
Instructional Video7:06
SciShow

Why Is This Virus So Contagious?

12th - Higher Ed
SARS-CoV-2 is super contagious, and researchers don’t yet know all the reasons why. But by comparing this new virus to the similar one that causes SARS, we’ve found a lot of promising leads that could help us figure out how to beat this...
Instructional Video2:27
SciShow

Why Do Pineapple and Kiwi Ruin Gelatin?

12th - Higher Ed
Adding the wrong fruits to your gelatin can turn it into a big, goopy mess. But understanding why this happens can help you learn how to make better desserts, and level up your cooking game in general.
Instructional Video4:47
SciShow

The Engineering Secrets of the World's Toughest Beetle

12th - Higher Ed
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.
Instructional Video19:56
SciShow

Food Compilation - Happy Thanksgiving!

12th - Higher Ed
It's Thanksgiving here in the United States and we at SciShow are thankful for many things, but one of the big ones is the fun and curious questions we get from you!
Instructional Video5:34
SciShow

The Trouble with This Year's Flu Season

12th - Higher Ed
We here at SciShow know of two things that can help you get through this flu season: a flu shot, and watching this video. Make sure you do both!
Instructional Video3:16
SciShow

Brittle Stars Could Teach Robots To See With Their Skin

12th - Higher Ed
Brittle stars are eyeless, brainless animals that spend their time hanging out in dark crevices of coral reefs. But despite all this, it seems that they can still see...using their skin!
Instructional Video8:49
SciShow

Is Science Reliable

12th - Higher Ed
It seems like every few months, there’s some kind of news about problems with the scientific publishing industry. Why does this keep happening? And what can be done to fix the system?
Instructional Video4:29
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The chemistry of cookies - Stephanie Warren

Pre-K - Higher Ed
You stick cookie dough into an oven, and magically, you get a plate of warm, gooey cookies. Except it's not magic; it's science. Stephanie Warren explains via basic chemistry principles how the dough spreads out, at what temperature we...
Instructional Video22:16
SciShow

The Most Hardcore Creatures on Earth | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
From mice that battle scorpions to microscopic moss piglets that can survive a solar storm, here are 6 of Earth’s most hardcore beings!
Instructional Video9:26
SciShow

Why Are Some COVID-19 Cases Asymptomatic?

12th - Higher Ed
For many, COVID has been a devastating virus, but there are people who don't exhibit any symptoms at all. Why is that?
Instructional Video4:49
SciShow

The Secret to Becoming Immune to Mosquito Bites

12th - Higher Ed
Like most allergies, you can become immune to mosquito bites, but it might not be worth it.
Instructional Video5:03
SciShow

FAQs About the New Flu

12th - Higher Ed
In today's news, Michael Aranda stands in for Hank to talk about this year's flu season. And no, Hank isn't out sick with the flu - he's on the road and out of the studio for a few weeks!
Instructional Video10:19
TED Talks

David Baker: 5 challenges we could solve by designing new proteins

12th - Higher Ed
Proteins are remarkable molecular machines: they digest your food, fire your neurons, power your immune system and so much more. What if we could design new ones, with functions never before seen in nature? In this remarkable glimpse of...
Instructional Video10:20
SciShow

When Food Goes Bad | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
Food can't stay fresh forever. From moldy bread to brown apples, here's the science behind what happens when food goes bad.