Instructional Video3:12
SciShow Kids

Why Don’t Woodpeckers’ Heads Hurt?

K - 5th
Woodpeckers search for food by using their face to dig through tree bark! But why doesn't this give them a headache?
Instructional Video3:50
SciShow Kids

Get to Know a Dinosaur!

K - 5th
Do you have any questions about dinosaurs, or anything else about nature, or outer space, or machines?
Instructional Video2:21
SciShow

Ghost Crabs Take Stomach Growling to a Whole New Level

12th - Higher Ed
You think your tummy rumbles? Meet the ghost crab — it growls using teeth inside its stomach, and not because it’s feeling peckish!
Instructional Video16:33
SciShow

Quiz Show: Michael Aranda vs. Emily Graslie

12th - Higher Ed
Having worked together for years, it's time for Emily Graslie and Michael Aranda to go head to head in a SciShow Quiz Show Grudge Match.
Instructional Video5:08
SciShow

Could the Plague Rise Again?

12th - Higher Ed
How likely is a 21st-century epidemic of the plague? Unlike other diseases, the plague is alive and well in some parts of the world, but scientists and doctors are continuing to develop better treatments.
Instructional Video3:07
SciShow

So Apparently Platypuses Glow in the Dark

12th - Higher Ed
Of all the weird animals that exist in the world, platypuses are up there with the weirdest, and last year scientists discovered something even more peculiar about their fur: it glows! What may be even more strange, though, is how little...
Instructional Video3:32
SciShow

Why Avocados Shouldn't Exist

12th - Higher Ed
The avocado is highly regarded by many people as delicious and nutritious, but the most extraordinary thing about avocados may be their very existence.
Instructional Video4:34
SciShow

The Coolest Birds on Earth | A SciShow Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
It's Thanksgiving in the US, so everyone's got turkey on the brain. And sure, turkeys are great, but there are lots of other cool birds that just don't get their due! So SciShow has put together a collection of episodes honoring some of...
Instructional Video7:24
PBS

What Happened to the World's Greatest Ape?

12th - Higher Ed
Probably twice the size of a modern gorilla, Gigantopithecus is the greatest great-ape that ever was. And for us fellow primates, there are some lessons to be learned in how it lived, and why it disappeared.
Instructional Video4:22
TED-Ed

TED-ED: Will the ocean ever run out of fish? - Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Jennifer Jacquet

Pre-K - Higher Ed
When most people think of fishing, we imagine relaxing in a boat and patiently reeling in the day's catch. But modern industrial fishing -- the kind that stocks our grocery shelves -- looks more like warfare. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and...
Instructional Video6:06
Be Smart

Why Don't Woodpeckers Get Concussions?

12th - Higher Ed
A look into the science of concussions.
Instructional Video8:06
SciShow

SciShow Quiz Show: Dave Loos

12th - Higher Ed
Hank and the gang return with SciShow Quiz Show, where Sci Show's resident geniuses compete to win prizes for our subscribers!
Instructional Video5:36
SciShow

Karaoke Lemurs and the Evolution of Music

12th - Higher Ed
By giving some fossils a dental exam, we've learned more about how tusks first evolved. And humans aren't the only primate that can get down at karaoke night.
Instructional Video29:34
SciShow

Ammonite Fossils and Sharp Animals w/Kallie from PBS Eons | SciShow Talk Show

12th - Higher Ed
Talk Show all-star Kallie Moore returns to tell us about the exciting things happening over at Eons, and Jessi stops by with not one but two poke-y guests!
Instructional Video2:00
SciShow

Synthetic Jellyfish

12th - Higher Ed
Hank tells us of a fascinating new experiment in synthetic biology - scientists have created a jellyfish out of silicone and rat heart cells.
Instructional Video17:32
TED Talks

Michael Archer: How we'll resurrect the gastric brooding frog, the Tasmanian tiger

12th - Higher Ed
The gastric brooding frog lays its eggs just like any other frog -- then swallows them whole to incubate. That is, it did until it went extinct 30 years ago. Paleontologist Michael Archer makes a case to bring back the gastric brooding...
Instructional Video5:08
TED Talks

Robert Full: The secrets of nature's grossest creatures, channeled into robots

12th - Higher Ed
How can robots learn to stabilize on rough terrain, walk upside down, do gymnastic maneuvers in air and run into walls without harming themselves? Robert Full takes a look at the incredible body of the cockroach to show what it can teach...
Instructional Video2:48
SciShow Kids

Why Do We Get Goosebumps?

K - 5th
Jessi got so cold outside that she got goosebumps! Join her and Squeaks as they learn what causes your body to make these bumps in the first place.
Instructional Video15:42
SciShow

The Wonders of Working with Animals

12th - Higher Ed
Jessi and Augusto from Animal Wonders talk with Hank about how they got their really cool jobs. Plus they introduce Hank to a Mali uromastyx!
Instructional Video5:19
SciShow

How Hyraxes Preserve the Past in Poo

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists who piece together our past can do so through the rare fossil or artifact, or they can go to one convenient location: a hyrax latrine.
Instructional Video30:05
SciShow

National Fossil Day: SciShow Talk Show

12th - Higher Ed
October 11, 2017 is National Fossil Day! Kallie Moore, the collections manager at UM’s Paleontology Center, talks to Hank today about why fossils are important, and how you can get involved in this national holiday! (Psst. at 12:20,...
Instructional Video3:15
SciShow

The Secret Behind Elephant Seals Migration

12th - Higher Ed
Elephant seals are among the only known animals on earth to migrate twice a year, but how they do it makes the already incredible feat even more astounding.
Instructional Video8:50
Crash Course

Comparative Anatomy: What Makes Us Animals - Crash Course Biology

12th - Higher Ed
Hank introduces us to comparative anatomy, which studies the similarities and differences in animal anatomy to support the theory of evolution and the shared ancestry of living things.
Instructional Video2:03
MinuteEarth

Why Does Wine Make Your Mouth Feel Dry?

12th - Higher Ed
Astringent plant chemicals called tannins bind proteins on mucous membrane and skin, generating a prickly, puckery mouthfeel from foods and letting us “tan” skins into leather. ___________________________________________ If you want to...