For some people, fava beans can be deadly. What is it about this little legume that makes it so?

Once upon a time, we coexisted with other human species. And there’s one place on Earth that may have taught us more about that than any other single site.

A fish with eerily human-like teeth was caught in a New Jersey lake. And scientists have learned to speak Bird!

During most of the past 2 million years or so, there were several species of hominins on Earth at any given time. Like, you might be familiar with our famous extinct cousins, the Neanderthals. But since 2010 we’ve been uncovering...

We here at SciShow know of two things that can help you get through this flu season: a flu shot, and watching this video. Make sure you do both!

Dreaming is one of the weirdest things we do & in this SciShow infusion Hank talks about how science is helping us understand why we dream, what our brains are up to when they're doing it, and why dreaming may be critically important to...

Tiny creatures called rotifers seem to have no problem continuing their lives after waking from a refreshing 24,000-year nap. And DNA samples from goats that lived 30,000 years ago tell us a bit about how humans were managing them back...

These little fliers may be small, but pound for pound, they go farther than just about anyone else.

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Humans are fascinated by shiny stuff. Not only do we find these things attractive, but we also tend to perceive them as being high quality. Well, turns out this infatuation may be related to our evolutionary relationship to water.

Is there any better way to create new energy than to make it out of consumed energy sources?

Curly, festive ribbons are a delight, sure, but the physics behind HOW they curl is much more exciting!

Space technology gets applied in all sorts of ways down here on Earth, making us more comfortable, healthier, and even saving lives!

There are some foods that are so popular that they are at risk of going extinct. What are they and why is it so difficult to harvest them?

It's another round of Hank facing off against one of the VidCon elite—this time, Executive Vice President Colin Hickey. Will Colin's surprise expertise help him dominate?

This week, definitive evidence that wasps were just as brutal millions of years ago as they are today, and some interesting effects caused by naked mole-rat poop.

Prehistoric teeth prove that hyenas once roamed the Arctic and the relationship between ancient crocodiles and climate is more complicated than we thought.

Unfortunately, we don’t know how to cure hangovers yet. However, we DO know a lot more about how to make sure you wake up with a hangover. Avoiding some of these behaviors could help you feel better the morning after.

Scientists think that evolution may not have prepared our brains for donuts, and an international research team has found out that some of earth’s oldest, largest trees are suddenly on the decline.

A new report on climate change is pretty grim, but there is still a little hope.

Animals have evolved a variety of ways to survive—including outright theft.

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Developing new methods for survival in space is a constant and ever-evolving process, and a well known Earthly organism has the potential for multiple applications within space’s unforgiving environment!

Is there life on Venus? If there is, it would have to be unlike anything we’ve ever seen! New evidence means the possibility of life there is in question, but it could also mean a few other things.

This week in the journal Nature Communications, scientists report a way to use fossilized shark teeth to figure out where different shark species, including megalodon, stood in the web of life. And last week in the journal Scientific...

Antimony is toxic to inhale, swallow and touch, but it might also save your life.