Curated Video
Brian Cox School Experiments - Careers in Science
The Society's Professor for Public Engagement in Science, Brian Cox, introduces our new videos and resources promoting experimental science in schools. He explains how the resources can be used to not only inspire students but also show...
Bozeman Science
Experimental Design
New ReviewIn this video Paul Andersen shows you how to plan and carry-out investigations in a mini-lesson on experimental design. Two examples are included in the video and two additional examples are included in the linked thinking slides.
PBS
How Advances in Science Changed the Zombie Narrative
Films like 28 Weeks Later (2007), [REC] (2007), Quarantine (2008), and Deadgirl (2008) depict the zombie plague as a result of scientific misjudgment, reflecting society's growing anxieties around technology and experimentation. At the...
Catalyst University
The Dixon Q-test | When to Discard Outliers in Your Data
In this video, I show you how to perform a Dixon Q-test on a data set, and how to interpret the Q-values for discarding a data point.
Bozeman Science
Experimental Questions
New ReviewIn this video Paul Andersen shows you how to asking questions in a mini-lesson on experimental questions. Two examples are included in the video and two additional examples are included in the linked thinking slides.
Amoeba Sisters
Nature of Science
Explore the nature of science with The Amoeba Sisters. This video discusses why there is not just one universal scientific method as well as the importance of credible sources when researching. Vocab in experimental design including...
TED Talks
TED: Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones
Science is a learning process that involves experimentation, failure and revision -- and the science of medicine is no exception. Cancer researcher Kevin B. Jones faces the deep unknowns about surgery and medical care with a simple...
SciShow
Big Breakthrough in Artificial Wombs | SciShow News
A new experimental design that can sustain mouse embryos outside the uterus means that soon, we may be able to watch mammalian embryo development in real time.
SciShow
Human Experimentation: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
In the early days of the space race, agency researchers in Russia and at NASA really weren't sure all what would happen to an astronaut in space. They didn't know if a human mind could handle actually seeing Earth or what would happen to...
SciShow
Human Experimentation: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
In the early days of the space race, agency researchers in Russia and at NASA really weren't sure all what would happen to an astronaut in space. They didn't know if a human mind could handle actually seeing Earth or what would happen to...
Be Smart
These Death-Eating Scavengers Are Real Life-Savers | IN OUR NATURE
Seemingly distant ecosystems, even half a world apart, are connected in surprising ways. In this special limited series, Emily Graslie and Trace Dominguez join me as we explore the universal rules of life that tie together Earth’s living...
SciShow
Starfish Eyes, Octopus Blood, and Human Evolution in Action
You're probably aware that nature has come up with some pretty fascinating animal adaptations over the millennia, and in general, the stranger the adaptation, the more important it is to that organism. Today on SciShow News, Hank has...
World Science Festival
The Mystery of Religion Comes From Science
Science is about the methodical understanding of the world around us using experimentation and evidence. But does this knowledge bereft the natural world of mystery and surprises? Psychologist Nina Azari and Monsignor Lorenzo Albacate...
World Science Festival
May 30, 2013: World Science Festival Video Highlights
During day two of the 2013 Festival, scientists and leaders in culinary innovation were brought together to present an evening of scientific discovery via gastronomic experimentation at The Taste of Science. Also, audiences around the...
World Science Festival
Longevity Science: Same Goal, Different Emphasis
When you work in a highly experimental field, you're bound to disagree with your colleagues now and then. Biomedical gerontologist Aubrey de Grey and evolutionary biologist Michael Rose banter playfully about their work—sharing the same...
World Science Festival
Do We Live in a Reasonable Universe?
How do science and religion differ? Are they more similar than we think? Nobel Laureate William Phillips compares the pillars of his Methodist faith to scientific rigor and "faith" in experimental precedent—that is the scientist's trust...
World Science Festival
A Telescope Buried in a Gigaton of Ice
Detecting neutrinos is no easy feat. Because they rarely interact with matter, one has to cast a wide net and shield the detector from the much louder, and more interactive particles hitting the Earth at all times. Experimental physicist...
World Science Festival
Concert in your Cranium
Watch here as experimental musician Mark Stewart of Polygraph Lounge plays a duet of every member of our audience. Using a small instrument of his own design, Mark teaches participants to use the bones in their skull as a resonator,...
Seeker
Decoding the Secret Signals of Glow-in-the-Dark Sea Creatures
When these divers accidentally uncovered an enormous world of neon nightlife underwater, the only logical next step was to engineer a way to see like a shark. Everything It Takes to Explore Beneath Polar Ice Caps -...
SciShow
Top 10 New Species and the First Fusion Reactor
Hank shares the week in science news, including the top 10 new species discovered in 2014, and the start of construction of the first fusion reactor. It's gonna be big!
Science360
Ecologists test stability of Maine ecosystem over two decades - Science Nation
Working on a lobster boat in Swan's Island, Maine, typically means an early wake-up call. The boats head out around 5:30 in the morning. For University of Pennsylvania ecologist Peter Petraitis, California State Northridge biologist...
Professor Dave Explains
Methods of Testing in Psychology: Observation, Self-Report, and Experimentation
Psychology may not be as rigidly empirical as physics or chemistry, but it is a science nonetheless. So how precisely do psychologists do science? What methods do they utilize to gather data? What is a case study, and how can these be...
Curated Video
Finding the Formula of a Metal Oxide through Experimentation
The video explains the process of finding the formula of a metal oxide through experimental means. The presenter explains two methods of determining the formula - forming the metal oxide from the metal and reducing the metal oxide to...
FuseSchool
Calculating Molar Volumes Using Experimental Data
Learn the basics about Calculating molar volumes using experimental data. How do you calculate molar volumes? How do you use experimental data? Find out more in this video!