TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The twins who tricked the Maya gods of death | Ilan Stavans
One day, twin brothers Junajpu and Ixb'alanke discovered their father's hidden ballgame equipment and began to play. Hearing their vigorous game, the lords of the underworld sent a messenger to challenge the boys to a match. Despite the...
TED Talks
TED: The world's oldest living things | Rachel Sussman
Rachel Sussman shows photographs of the world's oldest continuously living organisms -- from 2,000-year-old brain coral off Tobago's coast to an "underground forest" in South Africa that has lived since before the dawn of agriculture.
SciShow
Why Does the Wind Howl So Creepily?
You’re in the woods, there’s a full moon, and the wind begins to howl. We can’t take you out of this horror movie scenario, but we can explain why the wind sounds so spooky.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Phenology and nature's shifting rhythms - Regina Brinker
With rapidly rising global temperatures come seasonal changes. As spring comes earlier for some plant species, there are ripple effects throughout the food web. Regina Brinker explains how phenology, or the natural cycles of plants and...
SciShow Kids
The World’s Tallest Tree! Science for Kids
Can you guess how tall the tallest tree is? Neither could we! Tag along with Jessi and Squeaks to learn all about the world’s tallest tree!
SciShow Kids
How Do Koalas Stay Cool? Animal Science for Kids
Koalas live where it’s often hot and dry. But koalas can’t sweat! So how do they keep cool? Jessi has the answer!
SciShow
Living Fossils Are Dead! Long Live Living Fossils
Scientists are looking to end how we categorize living fossils, and in doing so, give the phrase new life.
PBS
The Tully Monster & Other Problematic Creatures
There are animals in the fossil record that challenge some of our most basic ideas about what animals are supposed to look like. If there ever was a monster on this planet that was worthy of the name, it might have been the Tully Monster.
SciShow
The Climate Crisis Is Changing the Circle of Life
When you think about the impact of climate change on the circle of life, you likely picture polar bears or Bengal tigers struggling in new conditions. But the impacts on the world go all the way down to the tiniest creatures who do some...
SciShow
10 Plants That Could Kill You
Learn about 10 plants that could kill you in SciShow’s first List Show!
SciShow
Weird Places Europe's Dancing, Crooked Forests
Hank takes you through the weird, twisted forests of Russia and Eastern Europe, where trees grow at odd angles. What caused trees to grow into big wooden pretzels? Was it wind? Manipulation by woodworkers? Nazis, maybe? See for yourself...
SciShow
Terrific Trees: A SciShow #TeamTrees Compilation
From the Avocado to Pando, we love trees! They do so much for us, from making oxygen so we can breathe, to cooling urban environments, to literally holding the ground together to prevent erosion! The SciShow team is joining
TED Talks
Manuel Lima: A visual history of human knowledge
How does knowledge grow? Sometimes it begins with one insight and grows into many branches; other times it grows as a complex and interconnected network. Infographics expert Manuel Lima explores the thousand-year history of mapping data...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why are there so many types of apples? - Theresa Doud
Have you ever walked into a grocery store and wondered where all the varieties of apples came from? You might find SnapDragon, Pixie Crunch, Cosmic Crisp, Jazz, or Ambrosia next to the more familiar Red Delicious and Granny Smith. So why...
MinuteEarth
You Are A Fish
With our current understanding of evolutionary history and our strategy of cladistic naming, if we wanted to have both goldfish and sharks under a single group called "fish", then mammals must also be called fish....
SciShow
Weird Places Socotra
The Socotra archipelago in the Arabian Sea supports so many diverse and unique species that it has been described as the most alien place on Earth. Hank takes you on a tour of this weird place in this episode of SciShow.
TED Talks
TED: A new way to restore Earth's biodiversity -- from the air | Susan Graham
Land restoration is about more than planting trees, says environmentalist Susan Graham. Check out how her team combines drone technology with ecology-trained AI to restore degraded land and revive complex, biodiverse ecosystems --...
SciShow
Was Johnny Appleseed Wasting His Time
If you know anything about apple genetics, you know that Johnny Appleseed had no way of knowing what apples would come from those seeds. But genetic studies suggest he, or people like him, may actually have helped apples maintain their...
SciShow Kids
Story Time: A Very Special Moth
Squeaks and Jessi have a story to tell you about the peppered moth, a special insect that taught us a lot about a process called natural selection.
SciShow
Why Doesn’t the Palo Verde Tree Need Water?
They don’t call water the building block of life for nothing, most living things need it. The palo verde tree, however, has managed to skate by needing it a lot less than the rest of us.
SciShow
Cicada Symbiosis | SciShow Talk Show
Dr. John McCutcheon is here to educate Hank about just how weird cicadas can be, and Jessi brings by a couple of crabby (but cute) guests.
SciShow
Logic Problems, Energy, and Lollipop!
Special Guest Derek Muller stumps Hank with logic problems and talks about energy, teaching tools and education through video. Jessi from Animal Wonders also joins the conversation to talk about Lollipop, the striped skunk.
SciShow Kids
The Real Animals of Madagascar | Animal Science for Kids
Jessi and Squeaks introduce you to the amazing, unusual animals and plants from a place like nowhere else on earth: Madagascar!
SciShow
Why Do Leaves Change Color and Fall?
They’re pretty to look at, sure -- but the changing leaves you see in autumn are really a striking example of nature taking extreme measures to protect itself.