Hank brings us news from planets all around the solar system: Mars, Mercury, and even planet Earth have been in the news lately. A retraction from NASA about the Curiosity mission; the discovery of water and organic material in craters...

Fake news: le vrai problème, c’est nous



On parle souvent de « fake news », une menace insidieuse pour l’information. Et si, derrière cette expression fourre-tout, le problème était avant tout la manière dont nous...

With the advent of the Internet and social media, news is distributed at an incredible rate by an unprecedented number of different media outlets. How do we choose which news to consume? Damon Brown gives the inside scoop on how the...

Fake news spreads across the Internet like wildfire, and might even spread more quickly than real news!

Even if we say we prefer good news, we're wired to pay more attention to bad news.

And while it might feel like the world is becoming a more scary, dangerous place, many things are actually better now than ever, and social media...

Today Hank uses his patented prognosticating abilities to tell you about some space news events to watch out for in 2013.

What one thing is the Curiosity rover going to spend most of the year doing? Why are we going back to the...

Something is very wrong with the news industry. Trust in the media has hit an all-time low; we're inundated with sensationalist stories, and consistent, high-quality reporting is scarce, says journalist Lara Setrakian. She shares three...

The SciShow Science News Bureau brings us some GOOD news this week - Hank tells us about a newly developed vaccine for dengue fever, a newly discovered monkey species in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and some happy pigs drinking...

Local reporters are on the front lines of important stories, but their work often goes unnoticed by national and international news outlets. TED Fellow and journalist Gangadhar Patil is working to change that. In this quick talk, he...

How many of today's headlines will matter in 100 years? 1000? Kirk Citron's "Long News" project collects stories that not only matter today, but will resonate for decades -- even centuries -- to come. At TED2010, he highlights recent...

Earlier today, mission specialists with NASA's Mars Science Laboratory announced that they have found, for the first time, evidence of an ancient environment on Mars that could have sustained life. Hank tells us the specifics in this...

Known worldwide for her courage and clarity, Christiane Amanpour has spent the past three decades interviewing business, cultural and political leaders who have shaped history. In conversation with TED Curator Chris Anderson, Amanpour...

Nearly 1,800 newsrooms have shuttered across the US since 2004, leaving many communities unseen, unheard and in the dark. In this passionate talk and rallying cry, journalist Chuck Plunkett explains why he rebelled against his employer...

From Pokémon, to fMRI, to the relationship between masculine norms and mental health, 2016 left us with some interesting psych news to ponder.

From Pokémon, to fMRI, to the relationship between masculine norms and mental health, 2016 left us with some interesting psych news to ponder.

SciShow News explains the science behind ALS, the disease that has inspired millions to take the Ice Bucket Challenge. Learn what ALS is, what we do and don’t know about it, and watch SSN hosts take the challenge themselves!

What if you could experience a story with your entire body, not just with your mind? Nonny de la Pena is working on a new form of journalism that combines traditional reporting with emerging virtual reality technology to put the audience...

Last week, the World Health Organization announced that a malaria vaccine has finally made it through all the regulatory hurdles and is being distributed in the country of Malawi. Learn how it works and why it’s taken so long to develop...

Hank is back in the studio and is very excited to be able again to share news of the universe with you, including his encounter with a giant squid, an English king discovered under a parking lot, new pyramids discovered in Africa, and...

On April 14, 2014, the terrorist organization Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok, Nigeria. Around the world, the crime became epitomized by the slogan #BringBackOurGirls -- but in Nigeria, government...

This week, a new theory as to why the mighty and fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex has such cute little arms. And in more fossil news, recently discovered giant ichthyosaur bones present a different picture of the Triassic.

This week, scientists announced great news about our brains and those discoveries may help us find the cure for a number of diseases and disorders.

Hank delivers news of the future, with his rundown of the top space missions scheduled for 2014. Learn about upcoming launches to a nearby asteroid, a comet as it approaches the sun, and the first test flight of NASA's new Orion crew...

This week, scientists think they may have found a missing link in regards to how plants went from living in the sea to on land, and also, in adorable news, surfing honeybees.