SciShow
Life-Changing Birdsong
Bird parent's calls can change how their babies develop! And, do you learn faster when playing a game to benefit yourself or other people?
SciShow
Why Genetic Engineering Can’t Do Everything (Yet)
We've made some great strides in understanding the human genome, but before we can tackle genetic engineering, we have some "chicken and egg" problems to figure out. Hosted by: Hank Green
SciShow
Why Don't Humans Have a Mating Season?
Unlike lots of other animals, there’s no such thing as the “mating season” for humans, and it might have to do with how we raise our kids.
SciShow Kids
What Are Pickles? | The Science of Food! | SciShow Kids
Squeaks and Mister Brown learn all about how to use brine to make homemade pickles!
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: When you're an ant but also a fungus tycoon | Charles Wallace
In a Texas clearing, an ancient tale that ties four species together is unfurling. The first involved is a soon-to-be queen leafcutter ant. The second is fungus, a piece of which she scoops into her mouth pocket. The third are...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The bizarre world of parasitic wasps | Miles Zhang
A cockroach and jewel wasp are locked in battle. The wasp latches onto the cockroach and inserts her stinger into the cockroach's brain, where her venom blocks its fight-or-flight response. Now, the cockroach is essentially a zombie, and...
PBS
Cracking down on poaching with 3D-printed fake turtle eggs
One of the world's most endangered species, the sea turtle, is under threat from human encroachment and poaching. But a conservation biologist has developed a strategy that could help save them. By placing 3D-printed eggs with GPS...
SciShow
What the CRISPR Embryo Editing Study Really Taught Us
What did the recent study using the CRISPR gene editing technique actually entail, and what did we learn from it?
SciShow
The Alien Egg Experiment
Hank brings us another simple experiment that demonstrates the important biochemical process of osmosis by turning a chicken egg into a frightening alien-looking thing.
SciShow
7 Ways to Spruce Up Your Cooking with Science
Your kitchen really is your own personal science lab, so here are some science-based cooking tricks to make tastier, healthier, and awesomer meals.
SciShow
A Brief History of Life: When Life Exploded
Right at the beginning of the Paleozoic, there was a huge explosion of more complex life. And that’s when things started to get really interesting. This is our second installment on the history of life, but you can watch in any order you...
SciShow Kids
Squeaks Takes a Hike! | SciShow Kids Compilation
It's a beautiful day, so Squeaks is going to go on a hike! And he's bringing his trusty field journal so he can take notes on all of the plants and animals he sees along the way!
SciShow
Invasive Plants & Restoration Ecology | SciShow Talk Show
Today Hank talks with Dr. Cara Nelson about invasive plants that use toxic chemicals and rapid reproduction to outcompete native plants, and Jessi brings some adorable invasive birds. Dr. Nelson is a professor of Restoration Ecology at...
SciShow Kids
How to Help a Bird! Animal Science for Kids
Animals have all kinds tricks to help them get through the winter, but there are things people can do to help them out! Join Jessi and Dino to learn about how you can help the birds in your neighborhood have a safer, warmer winter.
SciShow Kids
Dung Beetles and Their Big Balls of Poop!
Jessi teaches Squeaks all about Dung Beetles, a special kind of insect that pushes around something that might surprise you. Next Generation Science Standards 1-LS1-1 Disciplinary Core Idea: LS1.A "Different animals use their body parts...
SciShow Kids
Fireflies: Nature’s Baffling Blinkers Animal | Science for Kids
Have you ever wondered how fireflies twinkle and blink on lovely summer nights? Join Jessi and Squeaks at the fort to learn their secret!
SciShow
3D Printing and the Northern Walking Stick Insect: SciShow Talk Show #18
Today on the SciShow Talk Show, Ben Malouf shows off some of his 3D printed designs and talks with Hank about how he got into the world of 3D printing. Then Jessi from Animal Wonders joins in to share Holmes and Watson, the northern...
SciShow Kids
Life in the Redwoods | Surprising Animals of the Redwood Forest
Jessi and Squeaks are learning more about the redwoods, and all the different animals that live in the different layers! Second Grade Next Generation Science Standards Disciplinary Core Idea: LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans - There are...
SciShow
Curious Orangutans and 4 Other Animals a Bit Different in Captivity
Surround a wild animal with humans, and there are bound to be some changes. Here are five animals that show differences in captivity.
SciShow Kids
Our Favorites | Compilation
Jessi and Squeaks are packing up for a long trip, but before saying goodbye, wanted to share some of their favorite videos.
Be Smart
Why Are Cicadas So Good At Math?
Do periodical cicadas "know" how to calculate prime numbers? One of the strangest life cycles in all of biology, explained!
PBS
When Giant Amphibians Reigned
Temnospondyls were a huge group of amphibians that existed for 210 million years. And calling them 'diverse' would be putting it mildly. Yet in the end, two major threats would push them to extinction: the always-changing climate and the...
SciShow
Aphids: Weird Poop, Weirder Babies
When you poop sugar, clone yourself and give birth to pregnant babies, you know your survival skills are off the hook...and that you must be an aphid.
Be Smart
How Baby Sea Turtles Find Their Way Home
Find out how baby sea turtles find their way home after hatching!