Instructional Video6:22
SciShow

How Bacteria Helped Plants Take Over the World | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
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.
Instructional Video2:46
SciShow

Weird Places Australia's Bright Pink Lake

12th - Higher Ed
In this edition of Weird Places, we visit Australia's Lake Hillier, which is a shockingly flamboyant shade of pink. Hank's here to tell you science's best guess as to why.
Instructional Video3:15
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Weird Places: Australia's Bright Pink Lake

12th - Higher Ed
In this edition of Weird Places, we visit Australia's Lake Hillier, which is a shockingly flamboyant shade of pink. Hank's here to tell you science's best guess as to why.
Instructional Video14:26
TED Talks

Bilal Bomani: Plant fuels that could power a jet

12th - Higher Ed
Algae plus salt water equals ... fuel? At TEDxNASA@SiliconValley, Bilal Bomani reveals a self-sustaining ecosystem that produces biofuels -- without wasting arable land or fresh water.
Instructional Video4:23
SciShow

The Strange Case of the Missing Sunscreen Gene

12th - Higher Ed
If you've ever spent too much time in the sun and forgotten to put on sunscreen, you know how painful a sunburn can be. But for some animals, forgetting the sunscreen wouldn't be a problem because they can just produce their own!
Instructional Video7:54
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6 Seriously Impressive Animal Migrations

12th - Higher Ed
There are some seriously impressive journeys that animals will undertake to avoid the cold, to give birth, or to find food. All kinds of creatures migrate that you might not think about; some big and familiar, and others so small, you...
Instructional Video6:27
SciShow

One Way to Deal With CO2? Reuse It

12th - Higher Ed
Is there any better way to create new energy than to make it out of consumed energy sources?
Instructional Video5:12
SciShow

Finally, Some Good News About Corals | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Corals might have a fighting chance against bleaching, and fuzzy moths aren't just sporting their fur because it's adorable.
Instructional Video5:22
SciShow

Why Fish Care About Forest Fires

12th - Higher Ed
We don't think of rivers and lakes as something that are greatly affected by fires, but it turns out these disasters can have a big effect on the acquatic wildlife that calls these places home.
Instructional Video4:41
SciShow

3 Fish With Built-In Flashlights

12th - Higher Ed
If we want to see more clearly in the dark, we shine a light - but we aren't the only species that does that. Some fish use active photolocation to shine their own light in the deep sea!
Instructional Video2:42
SciShow

These Migrating Birds Fuel Up by Eating…Mud?

12th - Higher Ed
A marathoner needs a lot of energy to make their long distance treks, and this is no different for migratory birds. But how are these marathon flyers getting that energy from the mud they’re slurping off of beaches along the way?
Instructional Video9:17
SciShow

6 Animals That Thrive Upside-Down

12th - Higher Ed
For humans, being upside-down isn’t a comfy way to hang out for very long, but for these six animals, upside-down feels just right! Chapters THREE-TOED SLOTH 0:38 UPSIDE-DOWN JELLYFISH 2:10 NUTHATCH 3:37 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER 3:57 4:55...
Instructional Video11:10
SciShow

Cute Skulls and Cute Cavies: SciShow Talk Show #17

12th - Higher Ed
Before she left for Chicago, Emily Graslie of The Brain Scoop sat down with Hank to discuss one of her favorite skulls from the from the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum. Then Jessi Knudsen Castañeda from Animal Wonders joined in with...
Instructional Video5:20
SciShow Kids

Life Under The Ice with Ariel Waldman! | A Field Trip to Antarctica! | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
Mister Brown gets a video message from his friend, Ariel Waldman, a real scientist who went all the way to Antarctica to study life that lives under the ice!
Instructional Video2:54
SciShow

Why Killer Whales Migrate (It's Not Why You Think)

12th - Higher Ed
Killer whales migrate thousands of kilometers across oceans, because it's good for their skin?
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SciShow

Are Sea Urchins USING TOOLS?!

12th - Higher Ed
You might have noticed that sea urchins sometimes make some interesting fashion choices, covering themselves with all sorts of odds and ends, and it turns out they have a lot of different reasons for doing this.
Instructional Video5:44
SciShow

Purple Bacteria: Turning Poop Into Biofuel

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists are turning wastewater into fuel, using special bacteria, and other scientists have unveiled bionic mushrooms that can produce electricity!
Instructional Video4:49
SciShow

Why the Oceans Are Getting Darker

12th - Higher Ed
You’d never tell just by staring out from a sandy beach, but the coasts are gradually getting darker, and the effects of this darkening are only beginning to be understood.
Instructional Video11:18
SciShow

SciShow Quiz Show: Weird Water Creatures & Spontaneous Combustion!

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Quiz Show is back, with familiar faces Hank Green and Caitlin Hofmeister battling it out over questions on water, fire, and computer science!
Instructional Video14:42
TED Talks

Jonathan Trent: Energy from floating algae pods

12th - Higher Ed
Call it "fuel without fossils": Jonathan Trent is working on a plan to grow new biofuel by farming micro-algae in floating offshore pods that eat wastewater from cities. Hear his team's bold vision for Project OMEGA (Offshore Membrane...
Instructional Video5:03
SciShow

The Oldest Plant-Like Fossils Ever

12th - Higher Ed
Researchers might have discovered the 2 oldest plant-like fossils this week! Meanwhile, scientists learned more about another superpower of our favorite organism: tardigrades.
Instructional Video3:32
SciShow

How Upside-Down Jellies Sting You Without Touching You

12th - Higher Ed
This jellyfish might look kind of unassuming, but it's got some surprising long-range weaponry to catch its prey!
Instructional Video9:59
SciShow

5 Creepy Weather Phenomena That Shouldn't Be Allowed

12th - Higher Ed
Weather isn’t all sunshine and rainbows—sometimes it’s rain, and sometimes that rain looks like blood. Chapters 1 BLOOD RAIN 1:39 BLACK RAIN 2:52 BLACK BLIZZARDS 4:36 4 VOLCANIC TORNADOES 7:47 HEAT BURSTS 9:10
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SciShow

SciShow Quiz Show: SciShow vs VidCon

12th - Higher Ed
With VidCon Australia just around the corner, Julia Maes, Executive Producer of VidCon International, faces off against Hank Green on the SciShow Quiz Show, answering questions about Australian things and earning prizes for Patreon patrons!