Instructional Video5:17
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Scientists are obsessed with this lake | Nicola Storelli and Daniele Zanzi

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In the millions of years since oxygen began saturating Earth’s oceans and atmosphere, most organisms have evolved to rely on this gas. However, there are some places where oxygen-averse microorganisms like those from Earth’s earliest...
Instructional Video8:25
SciShow

We Don’t Know What the Sun Is Made Of

12th - Higher Ed
Unlike Earth, our Sun is a giant ball of mostly hydrogen and helium. Astronomers managed to figure that one out roughly 100 years ago. But after all this time, they still can't come to an agreement on what "mostly" means, precisely.
Instructional Video5:14
SciShow

The Spacecraft That Wasn't Designed To Land, But Did

12th - Higher Ed
Many space missions take billions of dollars and decades of work to get develop, but 25 years ago this spacecraft delivered stunning results on a shoestring budget and a minimal development timeline.
Instructional Video5:50
SciShow

What's Going to Space in 2023?

12th - Higher Ed
2022 was a pretty exciting year for space science, but what news might we expect in the coming year?
Instructional Video3:56
SciShow

This Diagram of Earth Is a Lie

12th - Higher Ed
When you learned about the Earth’s interior in school, you were probably shown a diagram that looked like a perfect layer cake. But we've known for a long time that that diagram is... inaccurate at best, and leaves out information that...
Instructional Video4:03
SciShow

Weird Places: The Lava Lake in Antarctica

12th - Higher Ed
What could be cooler than a permanent lava lake surrounded by snow!?
Instructional Video14:44
SciShow

Scientists Had Some Bad Ideas | Scishow Quiz Show

12th - Higher Ed
Two YouTube musicians battle it out to see who shall sing a song of victory.
Instructional Video4:53
SciShow

What Does Polar Bear Milk Taste Like?

12th - Higher Ed
It's a question that entails some risks: What does polar bear milk taste like, and why does it taste that way?
Instructional Video4:13
SciShow

This Diagram of Earth Is a Lie

12th - Higher Ed
When you learned about the Earth’s interior in school, you were probably shown a diagram that looked like a perfect layer cake. But we've known for a long time that that diagram is... inaccurate at best, and leaves out information that...
Instructional Video6:11
SciShow

The Strange Case of the Hypatia Stone

12th - Higher Ed
The Hypatia stone is one of the weirdest rocks on the planet. It's not just out of this world, it might be out of this solar system!
Instructional Video5:42
SciShow

Our Smelly Solar System

12th - Higher Ed
Sight, sound, and yes, taste, have all helped humanity better understand space, but what about smells? Scientists think we have a pretty good idea of what some places smell like, and decoding astronomical aromas can be a good way of...
Instructional Video15:45
TED Talks

Garik Israelian: How spectroscopy could reveal alien life

12th - Higher Ed
Garik Israelian is a spectroscopist, studying the spectrum emitted by a star to figure out what it's made of and how it might behave. It's a rare and accessible look at this discipline, which may be coming close to finding a planet...
Instructional Video3:58
SciShow

We Land on a Comet!

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space News gives you the update of the historic mission that has, for the first time ever, landed a spacecraft on the surface of a comet!
Instructional Video5:51
SciShow

Turns Out, the Sun Is... Pretty Chill | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Life on Earth depends on the steady nature of our star, and an international team of scientists searched thousands of other stars to try to find out if the sun has always been as consistent as it is now. And According to a study...
Instructional Video5:02
SciShow

The First-Ever Map of Mars’s Interior

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve done a surprising amount of exploration on Mars, from its atmosphere, to its surface, and miles deep into its canyons. But mapping its insides has been a quandary that we hadn’t been able to solve until last week!
Instructional Video10:26
Crash Course

Three Colors - Blue: Crash Course Film Criticism

12th - Higher Ed
Movies are really good at making us feel. Happy, sad, excited, etc... Part of that is because they use so many different types of media all at once. Photography, music, performance, and editing all play into their ability to communicate...
Instructional Video4:58
SciShow

Punching and Burning Space Rocks… for Science! | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Sometimes, in order to learn something, you've got to punch a giant asteroid.
Instructional Video28:24
SciShow

Genesis, IBEX, and Cassini: SciShow Talk Show

12th - Higher Ed
Dan Reisenfeld from the University of Montana joins us this week to talk about his work with three different NASA missions (Genesis, IBEX, and Cassini), and Jessi from Animal Wonders brings along Ginger and Maui the Green Cheek Conures!
Instructional Video5:25
SciShow

Cassini’s Last Hurrah & Hints About Saturn’s Rings

12th - Higher Ed
Cassini is about to take its final dive into the rings of Saturn, and scientists are still debating the status of water on our moon.
Instructional Video9:52
SciShow

The 7 Coolest Active Space Probes

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve sent thousands of things into space over the years! Many of them just orbit the Earth, and some are flying out past the edges of the Solar System. In this episode, we present our favorite currently active space probes!
Instructional Video5:30
SciShow

Why People are Always Fighting Over the Thermostat

12th - Higher Ed
Negotiating thermostat settings can be really frustrating, but your officemate isn't trying to freeze you out on purpose. Stefan explains the science behind why people experience temperatures differently. Fun fact: Stefan wears a jacket...
Instructional Video7:58
SciShow

The Weirdest Places Made by Carbon Dioxide | SciShow Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
Carbon dioxide is the biggest player in the climate crisis, reshaping our world in an urgent way, but that’s not the only way CO2 has changed the world. It’s also contributed to making some of the weirdest places on Earth.
Instructional Video14:54
SciShow

Scientists Had Some Bad Ideas | Scishow Quiz Show

12th - Higher Ed
Two YouTube musicians battle it out to see who shall sing a song of victory.
Instructional Video8:58
PBS

Proving Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem

12th - Higher Ed
There is a proof for Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem that uses a bridge - or portal - between geometry and algebra.