TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What's hidden in Arctic ice? | Brendan Rogers and Jessica Howard
In June 2022, a gold miner in the Canadian Yukon made a remarkable discovery. While working on the traditional lands of the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation, he uncovered the exceptionally well-preserved, frozen remains of a wooly mammoth...
TED-Ed
Why didn't this 2,000 year old body decompose? | Carolyn Marshall
It may not appear very lively six feet underground, but a single teaspoon of soil contains more organisms than there are human beings on the planet. From bacteria and algae to fungi and protozoa, soils are home to one quarter of Earth's...
TED Talks
TED: 3 moons and a planet that could have alien life | James Green
Is there life beyond earth? Join NASA's director of planetary science James Green for a survey of the places in our solar system that are most likely to harbor alien life.
TED Talks
Charles Elachi: The story behind the Mars Rovers
At Serious Play 2008, Charles Elachi shares stories from NASA's legendary Jet Propulsion Lab -- including tales and video from the Mars Rover project.
SciShow
Rosetta Didn't Find Aliens!
New Horizons went into safe mode and lost a few days of science observations. And there seems to be some confusion over whether there are aliens on Comet 67P.
Crash Course
What is Soil (and Why is it Important)?: Crash Course Geography
Soil brings together all four spheres of physical geography, and understanding soil composition is kind of like baking! So in today's episode, we're going to show you how to create the perfect soil cake, examine its different soil...
Curated Video
Exploring Energy Independence: Robots Powered by Microbial Fuel Cells
This video highlights a robotics lab at the University of West England that is researching robots capable of thinking and acting independently. They are exploring ways to make robots energy independent by developing fuel cells that can...
Curated Video
Decomposition
The process by which dead organic matter is broken down into simpler chemicals and dispersed. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig...
Curated Video
Chinampas of Mexico: Most Productive Agriculture EVER?
Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys to the legendary chinampas of Mexico City, known as the Floating Gardens of Xochimilco. We visit Lucio Usobiaga, who heads up the Arca Tierra project, which is restoring the health and...
Curated Video
The Carbon The Carbon Cycle: Understanding How Essential Elements are Recycled and Reused
In this lecture presentation, the focus is on the carbon cycle, which is an essential element continuously recycled and reused. The video gives examples of different cycles such as oxygen, nitrogen, and water before diving into the...
Science360
Human Water Cycle - Wastewater
Water. It's an essential building block of life, constantly moving in a hydrologic cycle that flows in a continuous loop above, across and even below the Earth's surface. But water is also constantly moving through another cycle -- the...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: The Search for Life
Dr. Aaron Burton and Dr. Marc Fries, Planetary Scientists, talk about searching for organic material in meteorites from around the solar system. They share what we're finding that helps us understand the fundamentals of life here on...
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: NASA in Silicon Valley Live - Episode 01 - We're Going Back to the Moon!
We’ve launched a live video show on Twitch called NASA in Silicon Valley Live! This is an audio-only version of our premiere episode that streamed on Jan. 12. In it, we talk about going back to the Moon with NASA rock stars Jim Green and...
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Jeff Cuzzi Talks About Saturn and the Many Things Cassini Taught Us
A conversation with Jeff Cuzzi, interdisciplinary scientist for rings on the Cassini mission and researcher in the Planetary Systems Branch at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
Curated Video
Fossils: A Journey Through Earth's Past
Fossils are preserved specimens that provide us with information about plants and animals of the past. They contribute to our understanding of evolution and the history of life on Earth. Learn about different types of fossils and how...
NASA
Gravity Assist: Persevering on Mars, with Mitch Schulte
NASA’s upcoming Mars Perseverance rover, scheduled to launch in July, is bringing a set of technologies to explore the Red Planet in new ways. Mitch Schulte of NASA Headquarters discusses this mission and the effort to explore whether...
NASA
NASA | Need To Know: Sample Analysis at Mars Findings
There’s big news coming out of the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument suite (SAM) on NASA’s Curiosity rover. For the first time, organic matter has definitively been detected on Mars. In addition to finding organic compounds in rocks,...
ATHS Engineering
Recycling Processes
When you are done with a product, you dispose of it. What's the best way to get rid of it? Recycling plays a big part, hopefully, unless you hate the planet. This video discusses the importance of recycling and the different materials...
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Three Cassini Scientists Give a Fond Farewell to the Mission
A conversation with three members of the original Cassini science team: Jeff Cuzzi, the mission’s interdisciplinary scientist for rings; Dale Cruikshank, an astronomer and planetary scientist studying Saturn’s icy moons; and Chris McKay,...
PBS
Conductors and Insulators: Materials and Design | UNC-TV Science
Does a material encourage or discourage the flow of thermal energy? Pupils learn that the answer determines whether a material is a conductor or insulator in a concise video presentation. The lesson also includes several examples of...
SciShow Kids
Make the Most of Compost!
What do decomposers and a compost have in common? Decomposers help a compost break down, or decompose, things that can biodegrade and become similar matter. Watch a video that explores the science of composts.
SciShow Kids
What's the Dirt on ... Dirt?
Dirt or soil? What's the difference? Actually, dirt is soil as explained by the video's high-energy speaker who goes on to emphasize its importance. She describes the composition of soil as minerals, water, air,...
Be Smart
Where Does the Smell of Rain Come From?
I smell a great video. Viewers learn how the smell of rain originates from various sources, and how ozone and organic material work to produce the recognizable smell.
TED-Ed
How Do We Separate the Seemingly Inseparable?
Fractional distillation? Desalination? Chromatography? How is it that stuff can be separated into raw ingredients? And where did the raw ingredients come from in the first place? So many question and a few answers are provided by...