SciShow
How to Move a Mountain
Almost 50 million years ago, the biggest landslide in Earth's history occurred in Wyoming. An entire mountain slid 45 kilometers at one-third the speed of sound. But how could this happen when the slope was only 2 degrees?
SciShow
How Do You Find the Moon’s Best Picnic Spot?
Living on the moon won't be easy, but it might be worth taking a note from our ancestors, and setting up in caves
SciShow
This Melon Builds a Whole Ecosystem in the Desert
The nara melon is as juicy as any other, so how is it able to grow in the hyper-arid Namib desert?
SciShow
How Do Skiers Win Races?
Winning an alpine skiing race can come down to a tiny margin, so the skiers have to make sure they prepare their skis just right!
Crash Course
Chemoselectivity and Protecting Groups: Crash Course Organic Chemistry
Things have been getting more and more complicated here in Crash Course Organic Chemistry, and as we deal with more complex molecules, parts of molecules we don’t want to react will start reacting along with the parts that we do....
Crash Course
Crossed Aldol Reactions, Enones, and Conjugate Addition: Crash Course Organic Chemistry
Insects can communicate with each other about all kinds of things, but instead of using words, they use… you guessed it! Organic Chemistry! Insects can send signals to each other by secreting compounds, and one such compound used by...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Which voting system is the best?
Imagine we want to build a new space port at one of four recently settled Martian bases, and are holding a vote to choose its location. Of the 100 colonists on Mars, 42 live on West Base, 26 on North Base, 15 on South Base, and 17 on...
SciShow Kids
Make Your Own Cartoon! Kids Science Activity
Cartoons are the best! But you know the characters in them aren't real... so how do they move around like that? Today's experiment will teach you all about the different illusions animation uses to trick your brain and bring drawings to...
Crash Course
The Aldol and Claisen Reactions: Crash Course Organic Chemistry
Organic chemistry is a great workout for your brain, and to keep its energy up, your brain needs glucose. To maintain blood glucose levels, our bodies go through a process called gluconeogenesis, which involves the important type of...
Bozeman Science
Inertial Mass
In this video Paul Andersen explains how inertial mass is defined and measured. When a force is applied to an object or a system it will accelerate. Using Newton's Second Law of Motion (F=ma) you can calculate the inertial mass.
SciShow
No Phones Arent Giving Kids Horns Seriously
You might have seen this story circulating on social media…but we’re here to let you know that children are NOT growing horns because they use cellphones. This is a great opportunity to learn from what can happen when both peer review...
SciShow
The Lakes and Rivers of Ancient Mars
Ancient Mars had a lot of water! This week on SciShow Space News, scientists analyzed the Curiosity rover's data on the rocks in Gale Crater, using it to learn more about what the lakes and rivers on olden-day Mars might have looked like.
TED-Ed
These squids can fly... no, really | Robert Siddall
In 1947, explorers noticed a strange phenomenon while crossing the Pacific Ocean. Somehow, small squid known to live deep beneath the waves kept appearing on the roof of their boat. The crew was mystified— until they saw the squids...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How do tornadoes form? - James Spann
Tornadoes are the most violent storms on Earth, with wind velocities that can exceed 200 miles per hour. How do these terrifying cyclones form? Meteorologist James Spann sheds light on the lifespan of tornadoes as they go from supercell...
Crash Course
Buffers, the Acid Rain Slayer: Crash Course Chemistry
In this episode, Hank talks about how nutty our world is via Buffers! He defines buffers and their compositions, talks about carbonate buffering systems in nature, acid rain, pH of buffers, and titration. Plus, a really cool experiment...
SciShow
The 2015 Nobel Prizes!
Over the past few weeks, the Nobel committees have been announcing the 2015 laureates. This year’s winners in the physics and chemistry categories made discoveries about the tiny neutrinos flying through all of us, and the ways our...
Crash Course Kids
Planetary Plants
So we know what life needs here to work, and we've talked a little about what life COULD look like on other planets. But what about plant life? What could plant life look like on other planets? In this episode of Crash Course Kids,...
TED Talks
Richard Resnick: Welcome to the genomic revolution
Cheap and fast genome sequencing is about to turn health care (and insurance, and politics) upside down. Richard Resnick shows how, in this accessible talk.
SciShow
This Melon Builds a Whole Ecosystem in the Desert
The nara melon is as juicy as any other, so how is it able to grow in the hyper-arid Namib desert?
SciShow
How Do Skiers Win Races?
Winning an alpine skiing race can come down to a tiny margin, so the skiers have to make sure they prepare their skis just right!
SciShow
Why Bladeless Fans Are a Lie
Bladeless fans can look like magic. How does all that air come out of that empty ring?! Well, it turns out that bladeless fans are more like a conventional fan than you might think, but that doesn't mean there isn't some really cool...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why the octopus brain is so extraordinary - Claudio L. Guerra
ctopuses have the ability to solve puzzles, learn through observation, and even use tools - just like humans. But what makes octopus intelligence so amazing is that it comes from a biological structure completely different from ours....
SciShow
The Nuclear City Lost Under Ice | Camp Century
Hidden beneath Greenland’s ice and powered by a nuclear reactor, Camp Century made for an interesting US military base. But life under the ice came with unique struggles; and although it wasn’t mainly constructed for science, the base...
SciShow
7 Kinds of Makeup Chemistry
You look really pretty, but what are you actually putting all over your face?