SciShow
3 Extreme Ways Trees Survive the Winter
Animals have all kinds of adaptations to help them get through winter, from hibernation to boots and hats. But trees have to make it through the coldest months of the year alive, too, and they've developed some pretty extreme ways to do it!
SciShow
Why Are These Bees STABBING Plants?
Humans know a lot about bees, seeing as they impact both our ecology and our economy. But there's something about bumble bees that we totally missed until recently; a super weird and mysterious behavior that might give them a leg up in...
SciShow Kids
The Great Elephant Toothpaste Experiment! | Summer Experiments | SciShow Kids
Jessi and Squeaks experiment with mixing things together and learn how to create a lot of foam!
Bozeman Science
Conservation of Atoms
In this video Paul Andersen explains how atoms are conserved in a chemical reaction. This can be seen in a chemical equation where the subscripts represent the atoms in the molecule and the coefficients represent the molecules. The mass...
Bozeman Science
Symbolic Representations
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the conservation of matter can be displayed with both symbolic representations and particulate drawings. A simple conservation of matter problem is also included.
Bozeman Science
Thinking in Structure and Function: Level 5 - Molecular-Level Structures
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on molecular-level structures. TERMS Molecular-level structures - locations of atoms in a molecule Function - an activity or purpose for a thing Properties - any...
SciShow
What Fake Fragrances Teach Us About Sustainability
Humans love to make perfumes and fragrances from the weirdest sources, And to protect those sources, we sometimes come up with synthetic alternatives....which then create their own sets of environmental problems.
SciShow
Why These Moths Don't Run Away from Bats
Being attacked by a predator can be scary, but tiger moths have a very distinguished way to survive predatory bats. Meanwhile, scientists have presented findings on the importance of microbial ecosystems beneath the soil.
SciShow
Can Poppy Seeds Make You Fail a Drug Test?
Have you ever panicked before a drug test because you just ate a poppy seed muffin? Check out this episode to see if there’s really something to worry about with poppy seeds.
Bozeman Science
LS1D - Information Processing
In this video Paul Andersen explains how information is processed in in animals. He starts by describing the different forms of information and how they are received by receptors. He explains how information is received by the brain and...
SciShow
3 Freaky Things Explained: Bug Sex, Polar Vortex and Chain Fountain!
Hank shares the latest developments in science, this week demystifying three freaky things in nature: the polar vortex, why some bugs are infertile, and how a chain can appear to defy gravity. You're welcome!
SciShow
Should I Be Afraid of BPA?
BPA has had some bad press, and now we're all wondering: Is BPA bad for us? Michael Aranda goes into how we encounter BPA in our lives and how it affects us.
MinuteEarth
Where Do Our Drugs Come From?
The incredible chemical weapon-making abilities of fungi, bacteria, and plants have created a diverse array of compounds that are useful to humans.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why don't poisonous animals poison themselves? - Rebecca D. Tarvin
Thousands of animal species use toxic chemicals to defend themselves from predators. Snakes have blood clotting compounds in their fangs, the bombardier beetle has corrosive liquid in its abdomen and jellyfish have venomous, harpoon-like...
SciShow
The Link Between Zebra Stripes and Sand Dunes | Natural Patterns
Stripes! Hexagons! They're everywhere! These patterns in nature might seem like aesthetic coincidences, but they are actually the result of physical process that show up again and again, even in otherwise unrelated phenomena.
SciShow
3 Extreme Ways Trees Survive the Winter
Animals have all kinds of adaptations to help them get through winter, from hibernation to boots and hats. But trees have to make it through the coldest months of the year alive, too, and they've developed some pretty extreme ways to do it!
SciShow
What Causes 'Old People Smell'?
If you've ever associated a smell with old age, you weren't imagining it—it all has to do with the chemistry of our skin.
SciShow
Why People Keep Eating Tide Pods
Recently, you may have noticed a lot of memes on the Internet joking about eating Tide Laundry Pods. It was just a bit of absurdist fun until videos and stories started popping up of people actually eating them and experiencing some...
SciShow
Deep Sea Microbiome: SciShow Talk Show
Hank talks with MacArthur Fellow Dr. Victoria Orphan of CalTech about organisms of the deep sea and the impact it has on our environment.
SciShow
The Secrets Underneath Jupiter's Atmosphere
We’ve probed some 250 kilometers into Jupiter’s atmosphere, and that’s raised some new questions about the mysterious planet. And we’ve taken another important step in looking for life on Mars by using a common chemistry process for the...
SciShow
5 Gross Gifts Animals Give Their Mates
We humans might think that flowers are pretty good gifts for a first date, but many insects have their own nuptial gifts, and well, flowers they ain't. Chapters SIX SPOT BURNET MOTHS 0:52 RED VELVET MITE 2:21 GROUND CRICKET 3:45 SCORPION...
SciShow
This Fruit Could Treat Parkinson's... Even Though It Causes Parkinson's Symptoms
In the 90s, patients displaying symptoms similar to, but not exactly like Parkinson's Disease left doctors scratching their heads. But when they took a look at their patients' diets, they found the culprit in the form of a popular and...
Crash Course
Sympathetic Nervous System: Crash Course A&P
Hank tries not to stress you out too much as he delves into the functions and terminology of your sympathetic nervous system. -- Table of Contents Sympathetic Nervous System Controls the Body's Stress Response 0:26 How Signals Travel to...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: All of the energy in the universe is... - George Zaidan and Charles Morton
The energy in the universe never increases or decreases -- but it does move around a lot. Energy can be potential (like a stretched-out rubber band waiting to snap) or kinetic (like the molecules that vibrate within any substance). And...