Crash Course
Symbols, Values & Norms: Crash Course Sociology
What exactly is culture? This week we’re going to try to answer that, and explain the difference between material and non-material culture. We’ll look at three things that make up culture: symbols, values and beliefs, and norms. We’ll...
SciShow
How Do You Weigh Things in Space?
Astronauts need to know their mass while in orbit, but a normal scale would be free-falling around the Earth with them. So how do they measure their mass without gravity?
SciShow
What Happens When You Stop Eating?
You know what starvation is, but do you know what it does to you? Hank walks you through the three major metabolic phases of starvation, from burning sugars to, basically, self-cannibalism.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Dead stuff: The secret ingredient in our food chain - John C. Moore
When you picture the lowest levels of the food chain, you might imagine herbivores happily munching on lush, living green plants. But this idyllic image leaves out a huge (and slightly less appetizing) source of nourishment: dead stuff....
SciShow Kids
Playtime with Parachutes
From skydiving to recess, parachutes are used for fun and safety. So how do parachutes work to slow down people in the sky, or make a fun bubble to play in? Join Squeaks and Jessi as they show you how forces allow parachutes to do their...
Crash Course
Doing Solids: Crash Course Chemistry
In which Hank blows our minds with the different kinds of Solids out there and talks about why they're all different and have different properties. Today, you'll learn about amorphous and crystalline solids, types of crystalline solids,...
SciShow Kids
How Do Hot Air Balloons Work?
Hot Air Balloons! They're those big, beautiful balloons people can float up to the sky in-- but how do they get up there?!
MinutePhysics
Where Do Galaxies Come From?
Thanks to the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) and NASA's James Webb Space Telescope for supporting this video! In particular, thanks to Dan Coe of STScI for taking the time to chat with me about what we do and don't know about...
Bozeman Science
Thermal Conductivity
In this video Paul Andersen explains how thermal conductivity measures the ability of material to transfer heat from a hot to a cold object. The thermal conductivity of conductors is high because the heat travels through the delocalized...
Crash Course Kids
Part(icles) of Your World
Have you ever heard the phrase, 'You look like a Million Bucks?' Well, you do... but you also look like a million particles. In this episode, Sabrina talks to us about matter and particles and that all matter is made up of particles....
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you solve the bridge riddle? - Alex Gendler
Taking that internship in a remote mountain lab might not have been the best idea. Pulling that lever with the skull symbol just to see what it did probably wasn't so smart either. But now is not the time for regrets because you need to...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What is love? - Brad Troeger
Is love a signal winding through your neural pathways? A cliche? A cult? Love is easy to compare but difficult to define, maybe because we're fundamentally biased; we try to define love while falling in or out of it. And love feels...
SciShow
Why Does Time Fly as You Get Older?
You might have felt the time passes more quickly as you get older, but why we feel like that?
SciShow
Why the Weak Nuclear Force Ruins Everything
The weak force has been causing trouble for a century, ruining everything physicists thought was true. But it might actually be responsible for your very existence.
SciShow
Can You Make an Accurate Map?
Earth is not flat. So, representing it on a flat surface can be challenging and always requires compromises.
Crash Course
Randomness - Crash Course Statistics
There are a lot of events in life that we just can’t predict, but just because something is random doesn’t mean we don’t know or can’t learn anything about it. Today, we’re going to talk about how we can extract information from...
Bozeman Science
Density
In this video Paul Andersen explains how density measures the compactness of a material. You can calculate the density of a material by measuring the mass and dividing this by the volume. Water displacement is an effective way to measure...
Bozeman Science
Fundamental Particles
In this video Paul Andersen explains how at the smallest level all matter is made of fundamental particles; including quarks, electron, photons and neutrinos. He explains how understanding the properties of these particles allows us to...
TED Talks
TED: Lessons from the longest study on human development | Helen Pearson
For the past 70 years, scientists in Britain have been studying thousands of children through their lives to find out why some end up happy and healthy while others struggle. It's the longest-running study of human development in the...
SciShow
Plasma, The Most Common Phase of Matter in the Universe
Get to know plasma, the most common, but probably least understood, phase of matter in the universe!
SciShow
Over the Rainbow: LeVar Burton Explains How DOUBLE Rainbows Form
Take a look... A VERY special guest, LeVar Burton, explains how Double Rainbows are formed.
Bozeman Science
Matter
Mr. Andersen gives a brief description of matter. The five states of matter are also discussed.
Be Smart
Dogs and Humans: A 30,000-Year Friendship (ft. MinuteEarth)
Of all the species that humans have domesticated, dogs are our oldest animal friends. But how did a group of wolves become the furry pup at the end of the bed? New research is finally unlocking the paw-in-hand evolution of dogs and...