Instructional Video5:29
SciShow

What are Superfluids and Why Are They Important?

12th - Higher Ed
Can you imagine a cup of tea that doesn't obey the laws of physics? One that pours out of the bottom of your cup while crawling up the sides to the top? Join Hank Green for a fun new SciShow super episode all about superfluids!
Instructional Video2:31
SciShow

Ghost Crabs Take Stomach Growling to a Whole New Level

12th - Higher Ed
You think your tummy rumbles? Meet the ghost crab — it growls using teeth inside its stomach, and not because it’s feeling peckish!
Instructional Video8:55
SciShow

5 Toxins Animals Steal For Themselves

12th - Higher Ed
This episode is brought to you by the Music for Scientists album! Stream the album on major music services here: https://streamlink.to/music-for-scien.... Check out the “For Your Love" music video here: • "For Your Love of... . Thievery...
Instructional Video3:18
SciShow

The Terrifying Promise of Robot Bugs

12th - Higher Ed
Imitating nature to build a better (or possibly more terrifying) future. We've been trying to build flapping-wing robots for hundreds of years, and now, ornithopters are finally being developed, and may be used mostly for military...
Instructional Video5:49
SciShow

The Tallest, Smallest, and Oldest Science of 2019

12th - Higher Ed
Scientific discovery often dabbles in the extreme, challenging and exceeding what we think of as "possible." And this year's discoveries were no different! We present to you three scientific discoveries made this year that set out to...
Instructional Video6:26
SciShow

The Second-Ever Case of Full HIV Remission | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
There’s still a lot of work to be done before HIV is cured, but this week scientists reported the second-ever case of full HIV remission in a patient.
Instructional Video7:14
SciShow

The New Gel That Regrows Brains

12th - Higher Ed
A new healing gel helped mice regrow brain tissue after a stroke, and scientists suspect someone out there is producing a bunch of ozone-destroying CFCs in defiance of an international agreement! Hosted by: Hank Green
Instructional Video5:48
SciShow

News | Where Did Domesticated Horses Come From?

12th - Higher Ed
New information has helped us understand where domestic horses came from. And by counting some tree rings, researchers were able to find evidence of Norse presence in the Americas in 1021 CE.
Instructional Video10:39
SciShow

7 Species With Big Sex Issues

12th - Higher Ed
You've heard of the battle of the sexes—but these 7 animal species take it pretty seriously. Join Michael Aranda for a new episode of SciShow and learn about these animals with pretty big sex-related disputes.
Instructional Video3:14
SciShow

Limnic Eruptions: When Lakes Explode

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow takes you inside a limnic eruption, a natural disaster that’s as deadly as it is rare.
Instructional Video14:18
TED Talks

TED: Nature, art and magical blocks of flying concrete | Lonneke Gordijn

12th - Higher Ed
Our bodies instinctually respond to the movements and rhythms of nature, like the uplifting feeling you get when walking in a forest. Can art evoke the same emotions? Experiential artist Lonneke Gordijn takes us through her studio's...
Instructional Video12:34
TED Talks

TED: The natural building blocks of sustainable architecture | Michael Green

12th - Higher Ed
If we're going to solve the climate crisis, we need to talk about construction. The four main building materials that humans currently use -- concrete, steel, masonry and wood -- have a heavy environmental impact, but what if we had a...
Instructional Video12:00
TED Talks

TED: Are life-saving medicines hiding in the world's coldest places? | Normand Voyer

12th - Higher Ed
Could the next wonder drug be somewhere in Canada's snowy north? Take a trip to this beautiful, frigid landscape as chemist Normand Voyer explores the mysterious molecular treasures found in plants thriving in the cold. These scarcely...
Instructional Video5:17
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Who is the fastest creature in mythology? | Iseult Gillespie

Pre-K - Higher Ed
It's time for the Myth Olympics: the eternal arena in which creatures and deities compete for glory. Almost every mythical tradition claims one creature as the fastest— from goddesses who run like the wind to creatures who outstrip every...
Instructional Video4:54
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Whatever happened to the hole in the ozone layer? | Stephanie Honchell Smith

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In the 1980s, the world faced a huge problem: there was a rapidly expanding hole in the ozone layer. If it continued to grow, rates of skin cancer could skyrocket, photosynthesis would be impaired, agricultural production would plummet,...
Instructional Video5:27
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The Hawaiian story of the king's betrayal | Sydney Iaukea

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Long ago, the Hawaiian wind goddess wielded a gourd that housed the winds of the Islands. It came to hold her bones, along with the life force they carried, and was eventually passed to her grandson, Paka'a. Like his father before him,...
Instructional Video4:58
SciShow Kids

Where Do Caves Come From? | Let's Explore Caves! | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
Squeaks is back from visiting Sam the Bat’s cave and is excited to learn all about how different caves form and why they look the ways they do!
Instructional Video4:41
SciShow Kids

What's Inside a Pinecone? | Winter is Alive! | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks learn all about pine cones and their seeds today! Did you know that pine cones can open and close to help protect their seeds?
Instructional Video12:07
TED Talks

TED: How to harness the ancient partnership between forests and fungi | Colin Averill

12th - Higher Ed
If we want to better understand the environment and combat climate change, we need to look deep underground, where diverse microscopic fungal networks mingle with tree roots to form symbiotic partnerships, says microbiologist Colin...
Instructional Video14:37
TED Talks

TED: What a living whale is worth -- and why the economy should protect nature | Ralph Chami

12th - Higher Ed
How much is one living blue whale worth in the fight against climate change? A lot more than you may think, says financial economist Ralph Chami. He explains the value of bringing the language of dollars and cents to conservation -- and...
Instructional Video14:07
TED Talks

TED: An Indigenous perspective on humanity's survival on Earth | Jupta Itoewaki

12th - Higher Ed
Eighty percent of the world's biodiversity is within Indigenous territories, yet these communities often don't have a say when it comes to protecting the lands they inhabit. Environmental activist Jupta Itoewaki explains why Indigenous...
Instructional Video7:30
TED Talks

TED: The future of machines that move like animals | Robert Katzschmann

12th - Higher Ed
Imagine a boat that propels by moving its "tail" from side to side, just like a fish. That's the kind of machine that TED Fellow Robert Katzschmann's lab builds: soft-bodied robots that imitate natural movements with artificial, silent...
Instructional Video14:12
TED Talks

TED: How to design climate-resilient buildings | Alyssa-Amor Gibbons

12th - Higher Ed
Architecture can't ignore the realities of climate change. For time-tested solutions that perform under extreme conditions, designer Alyssa-Amor Gibbons says we should look to traditional buildings. Taking us to her home of Barbados,...
Instructional Video9:16
TED Talks

TED: AI-generated creatures that stretch the boundaries of imagination | Sofia Crespo

12th - Higher Ed
Can AI help us see beyond our human capabilities? Through a kaleidoscopic blend of technology, nature and art, neural artist Sofia Crespo brings to life animals that push the boundaries of creativity and imagination. Her artistic...