Instructional Video15:52
SciShow

These Are The Worst Research Papers Of All Time

12th - Higher Ed
It's no secret that some people are bad at their jobs. But when those people are scientists, and their jobs are to publish papers about their work, well... Sometimes, bad papers hit the presses. These are a few stories about...
Instructional Video4:54
SciShow

The Poison Squads: The Stupid, Risky First Food Safety Tests

12th - Higher Ed
It can be easy to take for granted the fact that there isn’t formaldehyde in your milk.
Instructional Video11:31
Crash Course

Eugenics and Francis Galton: Crash Course History of Science

12th - Higher Ed
After Darwin blew the doors off the scientific community, a lot of people did some weird and unscientific stuff with his ideas. Francis Galton and a few others decided natural selection could be used to make the human race "better" and...
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: If Science Takes a Wrong Turn, Who Rights It?

9th - 10th
What happens when scientists make mistakes, as in bad science, scientific fraud, misrepresentation, and outright lying? Sometimes the results, despite being debunked or retracted, continue to circulate and be cited by others. Aired Aug....
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: What Happens When Scientists Get It Wrong?

9th - 10th
Scientists published a study in 2010 that claimed they had discovered an alien bacterium that could create its own DNA with arsenic. Other scientists were skeptical and tried to duplicate their results, without success. In this podcast,...