Small coincidences. They happen all the time and yet, they pass us by because we are not looking for them. In a delightfully subtle trick, magician Helder Guimarães demonstrates with a deck of cards, a dollar bill and a stuffed giraffe.

What do kangaroos, koalas, and opossums all have in common? Find out when you learn all about marsupials!

On January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln legally changed the status of over 3 million people from "slave" to "free." But his emancipation proclamation wasn't a law - it was an executive order. The framers of the American Constitution made...

You may think that things are heated in Washington today, but the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 had members of Congress so angry they pulled out their weapons -- and formed the Republican Party. The issues? Slavery and states' rights,...

An Impossible Bet

Memory Banda’s life took a divergent path from her sister’s. When her sister reached puberty, she was sent to a traditional “initiation camp” that teaches girls “how to sexually please a man.” She got pregnant there — at age 11. Banda,...

If you ask people whether they think stealing is wrong, most of them would answer yes. And yet, in 2013, organizations all over the world lost an estimated total of $3.7 trillion to fraud. Kelly Richmond Pope explains how the fraud...

At 18, Natalie Warne's work with the Invisible Children movement made her a hero for young activists. She uses her inspiring story to remind us that no one is too young to change the world.

The value of money is determined by how much (or how little) of it is in circulation. But who makes that decision, and how does their choice affect the economy at large? Doug Levinson takes a trip into the United States Federal Reserve,...

Bill and Webb want to reach a button that is really high up on the wall, so Mister Brown teaches them how to use engineering and teamwork to make a high up button pusher!



K-2 Next Generation Science...

This problem is called the "100 Prisoners Problem"

Daily, Americans exercise their rights secured by the Constitution. The most widely discussed and debated part of the Constitution is known as the Bill of Rights. Belinda Stutzman provides a refresher course on exactly what the first ten...

When you think of the US Constitution, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Free speech? The right to bear arms? These passages are cited so often that it's hard to imagine the document without them. But the list of freedoms known...

One hundred green-eyed logicians have been imprisoned on an island by a mad dictator. Their only hope for freedom lies in the answer to one famously difficult logic puzzle. Can you solve it? Alex Gendler walks us through this green-eyed...

Bill and Webb can’t seem to agree, so they head the The Fort where Mister Brown tries to help them work together by teaching them about mutualisms, or when different types of animals help each other in the wild!



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We've learned before here on SciShow Kids how boats can float on water using displacement! Today, Bill and Webb will show you how to build you own boat and see displacement in action! Anchors aweigh!

Oh my, Craig has his work cut out for him this week. The process of how a bill becomes a law can be pretty complex, fraught with potential bill-death at every corner. As if just getting through committee isn’t difficult enough, bills...

This week Craig Benzine clears up the role of committees in Congress. We’ll talk about standing committees, joint committees, conference committees, and caucuses (and not the candidate-choosing kinds) as well as the staff agencies that...

Last week, Republicans in the Senate didn't quite manage to repeal and/or replace the Affordable Care Act. So, why exactly can't Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, and Donald Trump get Obamacare repealed. For one thing, Susan Collins and Lisa...

Republicans in Congress continue their attempts to repeal and replace Obamacare, but the bill is moving through the Senate more slowly than Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell would like. This week, Aaron tells you all about the Better Care...

Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

Now that we’ve set the ground rules, and the five main questions to consider, let’s look at the various plans. At the time we taped this episode (in mid February), there were ten that we could get full answers for. How they break down is...

Everybody lies. However there are different types of lying. This video explores research on "paltering" - lying by telling the truth. This intriguing form of lying can be perceived as the most unethical, and can lead to significant...

Italy offers some of the most stunning architectural living spaces, whether you’re looking for a downtown palazzo or a cozy farmhouse nestled in a small village. Availability, of course, varies by area. Explore the options by region and...