Instructional Video3:00
SciShow

Does Aloe Really Treat a Sunburn?

12th - Higher Ed
It's summer time, so you might be wishing for the sweet sweet relief of aloe vera on your sunburned skin, but does the slimy gel actually do anything?
Instructional Video3:15
SciShow

Can You Drink Snake Venom?

12th - Higher Ed
Can you actually drink that steaming mug of snake venom? The science comes down to the difference between poisons and venoms, and to the oral toxicity of the venom itself.
Instructional Video20:17
TED Talks

TED: Can a divided America heal? | Jonathan Haidt

12th - Higher Ed
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. How can the US recover after the negative, partisan presidential election of 2016? Social psychologist Jonathan...
Instructional Video4:36
SciShow

We Detected Water Plumes on Europa... 20 Years Ago

12th - Higher Ed
Researchers found surprising new evidence hiding in data captured back in 1997, and we've discovered stars forming in a distant galaxy as early as 250 million years after the Big Bang.
Instructional Video6:49
PBS

Is It Irrational to Believe in Aliens?

12th - Higher Ed
Aliens! Could humans really be alone in this expansive universe? And if we're not, how come we've never made contact with other intelligent life? Everyone's thought about it; especially members of the scientific community. Join Gabe as...
Instructional Video12:46
TED Talks

TED: How I named, shamed and jailed | Anas Aremeyaw Anas

12th - Higher Ed
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has broken dozens of stories of corruption and organized crime all over...
Instructional Video4:38
SciShow

We Know More About That Underground Lake on Mars | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists have taken a look at the underground lake found on Mars in 2018, and it might not be the only one! Plus, new clues might help us understand why the Sun’s atmosphere is so much hotter than the surface!
Instructional Video4:29
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Ethical dilemma: Who should you believe? | Alex Worsnip

Pre-K - Higher Ed
You're sitting on the couch, when you hear a knock on the door. The police have arrived to arrest your spouse— for murder. This accusation comes as a total shock, but their fingerprints were found on the murder weapon. Your spouse...
Instructional Video5:25
SciShow

Why Diet Might Be a Big Deal for Mental Health

12th - Higher Ed
Mental health is super complicated. And many things, from your genetics to your environment, can affect it. But what you EAT might be having a big impact on your mental health, too.
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 Video9:33
PBS

Life on Europa?

12th - Higher Ed
The Hubble Telescope found more evidence of vast plumes of water bursting through the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. What does this tell us about the potential for life on Europa?
Instructional Video4:49
SciShow

The Mystery of the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Death Trap

12th - Higher Ed
Paleontologists think they've solved part of the mystery of the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, a dense bed of Jurassic dinosaur fossils. Also, electron microscope images reveal new, mucus-drenched info about the tubelip wrasse.
Instructional Video4:53
SciShow

More New Earth-like Planets Nearby!

12th - Higher Ed
Between the new, potentially Earth-like planets, organic molecules on Ceres, and SpaceX's successful launch, it's been quite a week in space!
Instructional Video4:38
SciShow

The Mysterious *Gigantic* Lions That Used to Roam North America

12th - Higher Ed
North America used to be home to a cat so large, it may have taken down some of the biggest prey of the last Ice Age.
Instructional Video5:24
SciShow

The Two Asteroids That Shouldn’t Be There

12th - Higher Ed
Space Clue: 203 Pompeja and 269 Justitia in the asteroid belt with evidence of being formed outside of it. But the real mystery is how they got there! And we again return to Ganymede with new evidence suggesting even more kinds of water...
Instructional Video9:37
PBS

Quantum Entanglement (The Bohr-Einstein Debate)

12th - Higher Ed
Albert Einstein strongly disagreed with Niels Bohr when it came to Bohr's interpretation of quantum mechanics. Quantum entanglement settled the argument once and for all.
Instructional Video15:51
TED Talks

Zeresenay Alemseged: The search for humanity's roots

12th - Higher Ed
Paleoanthropologist Zeresenay Alemseged looks for the roots of humanity in Ethiopia's badlands. Here he talks about finding the oldest skeleton of a humanoid child -- and how Africa holds the clues to our humanity.
Instructional Video3:39
SciShow

Napping Is Awesome but Is It for Everyone

12th - Higher Ed
Study after study has shown that napping is awesome. This might make you wonder: should everyone be napping? The answer is more complicated than you might think.
Instructional Video8:56
SciShow

Ecosystems Around the Globe Contain Echoes of Past Peoples

12th - Higher Ed
There’s a common misconception that humans of the past lived in harmony with their environments and left them “pristine and untouched.” However, there is plenty of evidence that these relationships were much more complicated
Instructional Video5:43
SciShow

Could We Actually Detect Life on Other Planets?

12th - Higher Ed
There’s probably life somewhere besides Earth, but all the exoplanets are so far away we may never see their surfaces in detail or intercept a clear radio signal from them. How do we determine if a distant planet has life?
Instructional Video4:24
SciShow

Why Athletes Are Worried About COVID: Its Toll on the Heart

12th - Higher Ed
We tend to think of COVID-19 as a lung infection, but there's more evidence that it might also be affecting the hearts of healthy athletes without them even knowing it.
Instructional Video5:53
SciShow

Some Elements can be Liquid and Solid at the Same Time | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Some elements can basically be liquids and solids at the same time, which is a whole new state of matter, and scientists have discovered a new species of human in the Republic of the Philippines!
Instructional Video11:07
SciShow

The Rise and Fall of Cahokia: North America’s First City

12th - Higher Ed
They often don’t get as much attention, but North America had major cities long before European colonizers arrived, but the residents left behind no written history. How have archaeologists pieced together the details of these population...
Instructional Video12:26
TED Talks

TED: Do kids think of sperm donors as family? | Veerle Provoost

12th - Higher Ed
How do we define a parent -- or a family? Bioethicist Veerle Provoost explores these questions in the context of non-traditional families, ones brought together by adoption, second marriages, surrogate mothers and sperm donations. In...