Anthony and Squeaks find out how you can put telescopes in different places to help you see further away and get better pictures of things in space!

Book: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Inflation and Interest Rates?

Journalist and historian Craig Fehrman has written a book called “Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote.” He sits down with John Yang to discuss the long history of presidential writing, the...

In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on structure and function.


TERMS
Structure - parts in a mater
ial object
Function - an activity or purp
ose for a thing
Shape - extern
al form of...

Researchers have been able to engineer super-strong fibers made of muscle proteins with the help of protein-assembling microbes. And some other research might eliminate the need to temper chocolate, a part of the chocolate production...

THIS IS A RE-POST OF SCISHOW NEWS, WITH PHOTOGRAPHS! SORRY TO ALL THOSE WHO WATCHED IT WITHOUT THEM.

Scientists around the world discover about 18,000 new species every year. Each new organism has not only to be found, but also...

A look at what turbulence is (in fluid flow), and a result by Kolmogorov regarding the energy cascade of turbulence.

SciShow takes you on a tour of Canada's Bay of Fundy, home of the largest tidal range in the world.

A look at what turbulence is (in fluid flow), and a result by Kolmogorov regarding the energy cascade of turbulence.

A molecule is nearly all empty space, apart from the extremely dense nuclei of its atoms and the clouds of electrons that bond them together. When that molecule forms, it arranges itself to maximize attraction of opposite charges and...

Hank explores different ways of understanding identity – including the Indiscernibility of Identicals, and essential and accidental properties. In what ways does affect identity? In what ways does it not? What does it mean for a thing to...

Today Phil follows up last week’s look at the death of low mass stars with what comes next: a white dwarf. White dwarfs are incredibly hot and dense objects roughly the size of Earth. They also can form planetary nebulae: huge,...

What is Pick's Theorem and how can we prove it?

Why are Stars Star-Shaped

In this week's news, scientists announce that they’d made the first entirely computer-generated bacterial genome, and a new surgical procedure that does away with cuts and scars.

A team is encoding digital data into DNA molecules which are then embedded into larger physical objects, like this plastic bunny! And researchers are working on a new, low maintenance oral contraceptive.

Physicist Brian Greene explains superstring theory, the idea that minscule strands of energy vibrating in 11 dimensions create every particle and force in the universe.

Even though proteins are fundamental to life, it’s hard to predict what they look like. But two independent groups announced that they’d cracked it, and it’s all thanks to some seriously clever artificial intelligence.

Can you turn your pants inside out without taking your feet off the ground?

Feeling disconnected from creating art within classical conventions, artist Georgia O'Keeffe began experimenting with abstract drawings that defied easy classification. Using the shapes and rhythms of nature to capture her internal...

When it comes to water on Earth, life finds a way. Even in the hottest, most acidic, and saltiest waters in the world, odds are you'll find some kind of organism adapted to live in it. There is, however, a place with water so extremely...

SciShow takes you on a tour of Canada’s Bay of Fundy, home of the largest tidal range in the world.

It's late, pitch dark and a self-driving car winds down a narrow country road. Suddenly, three hazards appear at the same time. With no human at the wheel, the car uses smart eyes, sensors that'll resolve these details all in a...