Instructional Video4:04
SciShow

Why Don't All Blue Whales Have Cancer?

12th - Higher Ed
Do larger creatures get cancer more frequently?
Instructional Video4:07
SciShow Kids

Turtle Time with Dr. Turtleman!

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks are on a beach vacation, so they've called in their pal, Dr. Lawrence Turtleman, to take over the show for today! And what is he going to teach you about? Turtles, of course!
Instructional Video6:02
SciShow

3 Big Things We Learned About the Brain in 2019

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve learned a lot about how the human brain works, but there are still new discoveries and mysteries each year, and 2019 was no exception. We learned pretty big things, from internal compasses, to mysterious sniffers, to brain-washing...
Instructional Video4:38
SciShow

New Genetic Clues to the Mystery of Your Giant Brain

12th - Higher Ed
Big-brained scientists have found the mechanism that may have allowed their brains (and all humans') to get so big.
Instructional Video6:02
SciShow

This Tortoise Has a Taste for Blood | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
You're entering a world, where one of the most blood thirsty predators, is a giant tortoise
Instructional Video18:05
TED Talks

Juan Enriquez: The age of genetic wonder

12th - Higher Ed
Gene-editing tools like CRISPR enable us to program life at its most fundamental level. But this raises some pressing questions: If we can generate new species from scratch, what should we build? Should we redesign humanity as we know...
Instructional Video5:44
Be Smart

What's the Deadliest Animal in the World?

12th - Higher Ed
The world's deadliest animal may be closer than you think.
Instructional Video5:41
SciShow

Will Humans Ever Be Able to Hibernate?

12th - Higher Ed
Do you ever feel so tired that you want to sleep for a few months? Scientists are searching for ways to cause human hibernation.
Instructional Video2:13
SciShow

Why Do We Have Baby Teeth?

12th - Higher Ed
What's up with baby teeth? Do other animals have them, and what are they good for -- other than squeezing money out of the tooth fairy? We have the answers!
Instructional Video4:04
SciShow

Why Do We Have Butt Hair?

12th - Higher Ed
You've asked. Now we're answering.
Instructional Video2:21
SciShow

Why Do Dogs Pant?

12th - Higher Ed
You’ve seen dogs pant, but do you know why they do it? And is it true that dogs can’t sweat? Quick Questions has the answers!
Instructional Video4:51
SciShow

Pain-Killing Hunger and Superpowered Diabetic Fish

12th - Higher Ed
Animals that eat things are at the forefront of this week’s news, from mice with pain-killing hunger to fish with signs of diabetes.
Instructional Video9:39
SciShow

How Did You Get Here?! (Unexpected Ways Species Travel the World)

12th - Higher Ed
Sometimes, species end up in places we wouldn't expect, like when the same or very similar species end up on opposite parts of the globe. It's called disjunct distribution, and here are 6 ways that it can happen.
Instructional Video4:38
Crash Course Kids

Big Changes in the Big Forest

3rd - 8th
What do beavers, termites, and prairie dogs have in common? They all change their environments! Last time we talked about how humans change their environments, but humans are animals and all animals change their environments just by...
Instructional Video3:51
MinutePhysics

Simpson's Paradox

12th - Higher Ed
This video is about Simpson's paradox, a statistical paradox and ecological fallacy where seemingly contradictory results are implied by a single set of data depending on how it's grouped. The paradox can arise in medical studies,...
Instructional Video4:27
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: How do dogs "see" with their noses? - Alexandra Horowitz

Pre-K - Higher Ed
You may have heard the expression that dogs 'see with their noses.' But these creature's amazing nasal architecture actually reveals a whole world beyond what we can see. Alexandra Horowitz illustrates how the dog's nose can smell the...
Instructional Video11:23
SciShow

The Science of Dank Memes

12th - Higher Ed
Since you're on YouTube, you probably know what a meme is; but what is it really and how does it go viral?
Instructional Video4:41
SciShow

Why Is Yawning Contagious?

12th - Higher Ed
When you see someone yawn, you're probably pretty likely to follow suit. But what makes it so contagious?
Instructional Video13:21
SciShow

SciShow Quiz Show: With the Brain Scoop's Emily Graslie!

12th - Higher Ed
Hank goes head-to-head with the Brain Scoop’s Emily Graslie to match wits about springs, hoaxes, and human evolution!
Instructional Video19:51
SciShow

SciShow Quiz Show: A Different Kind of Animal Wonders

12th - Higher Ed
Jessi from Animal Wonders gets a Quiz Show rematch against Hank. Will he prevail this time, or commit an animal blunder?
Instructional Video11:16
SciShow

Robot Surgeons and 4 Other Medical Advances That Sound Like Sci-Fi

12th - Higher Ed
Modern medicine is wonderful, but even in a world where open-heart surgery and brain-scanning headsets sound almost mundane, some medical advances do truly seem like science fiction. From robot-assisted microsurgery to reanimated organs,...
Instructional Video8:01
SciShow

5 Amazing Feats of Animal Engineering

12th - Higher Ed
You might consider humans or beavers to be the best engineers on the planet, but these 5 other animals go to great lengths to put our houses and dams to shame. Chapters SOCIABLE WEAVER 0:38 GREAT BOWERBIRD 2:13 PUFFERFISH 3:39 4 ORIENTAL...
Instructional Video6:33
Be Smart

Does My Dog Know What I'm Thinking?

12th - Higher Ed
Do you ever talk to your dog? Do they ever talk back? Humans and dogs have a truly amazing relationship, developed along an evolutionary journey that goes back nearly 10,000 years. Do they really understand what we say, think, and feel?...
Instructional Video6:30
SciShow

Spelunking in the Uncanny Valley

12th - Higher Ed
With all the CGI cat-humans going around on the internet these days, it’s hard to deny the sense of yikes known as the uncanny valley. But what exactly is this phenomenon, and why do we feel it when we do?