TED Talks
Nick Veasey: Exposing the invisible
Nick Veasey shows outsized X-ray images that reveal the otherworldly inner workings of familiar objects -- from the geometry of a wildflower to the anatomy of a Boeing 747. Producing these photos is dangerous and painstaking, but the...
SciShow
The Engineering Secrets of the World's Toughest Beetle
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.
SciShow
The Science of Screaming, And What Was the Biggest Dinosaur?
Scientists dissect the human scream for the first time, and also re-think what was thought to be the biggest dinosaur in the world.
SciShow
The Dress: Now with Peer-Reviewed Science!
Researchers have an idea about how your lifestyle affects the way you see the dress, and we've identified a new ancestor to the dinosaurs!
TED Talks
Zeresenay Alemseged: The search for humanity's roots
Paleoanthropologist Zeresenay Alemseged looks for the roots of humanity in Ethiopia's badlands. Here he talks about finding the oldest skeleton of a humanoid child -- and how Africa holds the clues to our humanity.
SciShow
Concerning Hobbits
Hank takes us to the island of Flores, where a race of wee people walked beside pygmy elephants, dragons and giant tortoises; they lived underground and had simple lives...
Crash Course
The Skeletal System: It's ALIVE! - CrashCourse Biology
Hank introduces us to the framework of our bodies, our skeleton, which apart from being the support and protection for all our fleshy parts, is involved in many other vital processes that help our bodies to function properly.
TED Talks
Bastian Schaefer: A 3D-printed jumbo jet?
Designer Bastian Schaefer shows off a speculative design for the future of jet planes, with a skeleton inspired by strong, flexible, natural forms and by the needs of the world's, ahem, growing population. Imagine an airplane that's full...
SciShow
Meet the Real Tyrannosaurus rex
For more than a hundred years, we've been studying fossils of Tyrannosaurus rex. But despite all the new insights we've gained, many of the popular images of T. rex still seem to be stuck in the past.
SciShow
Why Scientists are Giving Robots Human Muscles
Human-robot hybrids are advancing quickly, but the applications aren't just for complete synthetic humans. There's a lot we can learn about ourselves in the process.
TED Talks
Emma Schachner: The secret weapon that let dinosaurs take over the planet
We've all heard the theories on why the dinosaurs died -- but how did they come to dominate the earth for so long in the first place? (Hint: it has nothing to do with their size, speed, spikes or fantastic feathers.) Travel back in time...
SciShow
Telepathic Rats and a Red-lored Amazon: SciShow Talk Show #10
Emily Graslie of The Brain Scoop is back again to stump Hank and to tell us about some fascinating new research in the field of rat telepathy (NO JOKE). Then Jessi from Animal Wonders shares Zoe the Red-lored Amazon parrot.
TED Talks
Adam Savage: My obsession with objects and the stories they tell
Adam Savage talks about his fascination with the dodo bird, and how it led him on a strange and surprising double quest. It's an entertaining adventure through the mind of a creative obsessive.
SciShow
The Deep-Sea Snail with an Iron Shell
Deep in the Indian Ocean, scientists have discovered a snail whose feet are covered in iron scales, but how it builds these scales is a bit of a mystery.
Crash Course
Enols and Enolates - Reactivity, Halogenation, and Alkylation: Crash Course Organic Chemistry
You may know that cows produce methane, which is a big concern when it comes to global heating, but did you know that organic chemistry provides a potential solution to this problem? Feeding cows small amounts of red seaweed can greatly...
SciShow Kids
Amazing Snakes!
Snakes are super cool and super helpful, but people believe a lot of things about them that just aren't true. Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn what's true and what's false about these radical reptiles!
TED Talks
Siddhartha Mukherjee: Soon we'll cure diseases with a cell, not a pill
Current medical treatment boils down to six words: Have disease, take pill, kill something. But physician Siddhartha Mukherjee points to a future of medicine that will transform the way we heal.
SciShow Kids
Mary Anning: Fossil Hunter | Science for Kids
Everybody loves dinosaurs, and we wouldn't know nearly as much as we do if it weren't for a person named Mary Anning.
Crash Course
Joints: Crash Course A&P
We continue our look at your bones and skeletal system, skipping over the silly kid's song in favor of a more detailed look at your your axial and appendicular skeleton. This episode also talks about the structural and functional...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: What can you learn from ancient skeletons? - Farnaz Khatibi
Ancient skeletons can tell us a great deal about the past, including the age, gender and even the social status of its former owner. But how can we know all of these details simply by examining some old, soil-caked bones? Farnaz Khatibi...
TED Talks
Christina Warinner: Tracking ancient diseases using ... plaque
Imagine what we could learn about diseases by studying the history of human disease, from ancient hominids to the present. But how? TED Fellow Christina Warinner is an achaeological geneticist, and she's found a spectacular new tool --...
SciShow
Why Do Our Bones Make Our Blood?
Our bones are multi-functional body builders, but perhaps their most mysterious function is the production of blood. Scientists now think they have a pretty good idea why this is where our blood gets made.
SciShow
5 Unsolved Mysteries About Dinosaurs
We can learn a lot from dinosaur fossils, but figuring how they behaved is a real challenge.
SciShow
How Shoulders Took Over the World (ft. Emily Graslie!)
Emily Graslie joins us to share the wonder of how shoulders, humble as they may be, have played a huge role in the evolution of mammals the world over. Thanks to the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Havard and The Field Museum for...