Instructional Video10:02
SciShow

How Much of the Periodic Table is in YOU?

12th - Higher Ed
About 99.9% of your typical human body is made of just 11 elements from the periodic table. But hiding in that remaining 0.1% are some elements that do some very important jobs to keep you alive and healthy. Including some elements you...
Instructional Video16:14
PBS

Are there Undiscovered Elements Beyond The Periodic Table?

12th - Higher Ed
Adamantium, bolognium, dilithium. Element Zero, Kryptonite. Mythril, Netherite, Orichalcum, Unobtanium. We love the idea of fictional elements with miraculous properties that science has yet to discover. But is it really possible that...
Instructional Video5:54
SciShow

There's a Big Problem With Silicon. What's Next?

12th - Higher Ed
Silicon transistors allowed computers to shrink from the size of houses to watches in a short time, but engineers are facing a problem: we've almost hit the limit on how small silicon transistors can get.
Instructional Video2:33
Curated Video

Radioactive Half-Life

6th - 12th
Discover how radioactive substances change over time, and how this affects whether they are hazardous to humans. Physics - Energy And Radioactivity - Learning Points. Dangerous radioactive substances will not be dangerous forever due to...
Instructional Video5:42
Professor Dave Explains

More Practice With the 18 Electron Rule

9th - Higher Ed
We just learned how to use the 18 electron rule, so let's get some more practice with a few trickier examples!
Instructional Video7:40
Catalyst University

Crystal Field Stabilization Energy (CFSE) 3: Low-Spin Example

Higher Ed
Crystal Field Stabilization Energy (CFSE) 3: Low-Spin Example
Stock Footage1:58
Getty Images

Molybdenum mining boom in Canada

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Canada experiences a mining boom comparable with the uranium rush that followed WWII. There is a swiftly rising demand for molybdenum, an alloy used in steel, and mines in the wilds of British Columbia are working around the clock to...
News Clip2:46
Bloomberg

China Moly Eyes Copper and Cobalt Assets

Higher Ed
May 10 -- China Moly is the latest company to bet on the future of electric cars. The Chinese state-owned miner has agreed to buy a copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Bloomberg's Stephen Engle reports on "First Up."
Instructional Video
University of Nottingham

University of Nottingham: Periodic Table of Videos: Molybdenum

9th - 10th
A look at the element molybdenum and how life couldn't exist without it. [0:56]