Instructional Video5:16
SciShow

The Plants That Live on Artificial Light (and Why That’s Bad)

12th - Higher Ed
Plants are finding their ways into caves, and it's all our fault.
Instructional Video5:19
SciShow

How Hyraxes Preserve the Past in Poo

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists who piece together our past can do so through the rare fossil or artifact, or they can go to one convenient location: a hyrax latrine.
Instructional Video3:52
SciShow

Earth's Not-So-Juicy Center

12th - Higher Ed
Hank takes us on a journey to center of the Earth to explain both how the solid core formed and why it is so important for life as we know it.
Instructional Video4:29
SciShow

Hospitals are Hotspots for Antibiotic-resistant Germs

12th - Higher Ed
While antibiotics have saved millions of lives, misusing them can speed up how fast bacteria evolve to resist them. And it turns out that one of the biggest hotspots for these antibiotic-resistant bacteria…is hospitals.
Instructional Video8:44
SciShow

How The Six Degrees Phenomenon Has Changed Science

12th - Higher Ed
You may have heard about the Six Degrees of Separation phenomenon, but it isn't just a fun celebrity game, it helps scientists understand the spread of epidemics, the structure of the internet, and even the neural networks in your brain!
Instructional Video5:36
SciShow

eDNA: How Scientists See Hidden Animals

12th - Higher Ed
How do you track turtles that spend most of their time in muddy water and also look like rocks? It turns out, scientists have found a way to track such hidden animals using eDNA.
Instructional Video9:14
SciShow

We’re Teaching Robots and AI to Design New Drugs

12th - Higher Ed
It might sound like a concept from science fiction, but artificial intelligence is already facilitating the development process behind some pharmaceuticals. Hosted by: Michael Aranda
Instructional Video4:21
SciShow

More Clues to the Oldest Fossils Ever

12th - Higher Ed
New evidence suggests some fossils as the oldest known sign of life on Earth, and scientists may have a way to speed up the process of carbon neutralization in the ocean!
Instructional Video6:07
SciShow

Scientists Pull RNA from a 14,000 Year-Old Wolf | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
This week in news, a discovery in genetics that was once thought unbelievable, and a parrot so large that it shakes up what we know about avian evolution.
Instructional Video4:30
SciShow

Why Days Are Getting Longer

12th - Higher Ed
You can complain about having the longest day ever today, and here is the science to prove it!
Instructional Video7:16
TED Talks

TED: The outlaws of the ocean -- and how we're reeling them in | Tony Long

12th - Higher Ed
Pirate fishing, oil spills and other undetected crimes are destroying ocean ecosystems -- but we can't stop what we can't see. Harnessing the power of satellite data and AI to catch maritime offenders in the act, ocean conservation...
Instructional Video10:45
TED Talks

TED: A foster care system where every child has a loving home | Sixto Cancel

12th - Higher Ed
In the US, youth in foster care are nearly twice as likely as war veterans to suffer from PTSD. Placed in foster care at just 11 months old, 2023 Audacious Project grantee Sixto Cancel experienced the faults of the system firsthand. Now,...
Instructional Video4:35
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Can zoos actually save species from extinction? | Nigel Rothfels

Pre-K - Higher Ed
For thousands of years, native Takhi horses roamed the steppes of Central Asia. But by the late 1960s, their extinction seemed inevitable. To prevent this, scientists and zoos started a breeding program and soon began releasing new...
Instructional Video7:45
TED Talks

TED: The clean energy hub of the future | Rebekah Shirley

12th - Higher Ed
Why aren't more people investing in Africa's green energy? Environmental researcher Rebekah Shirley outlines the continent's immense potential for renewable power and calls for collaborative international investment -- and partnership --...
Instructional Video6:11
TED Talks

TED: How bad data traps people in the US justice system | Clementine Jacoby

12th - Higher Ed
Right now, hundreds of thousands of people are "stuck" in the US criminal justice system. They've completed all of their requirements for release, but nobody knows it because the system is run on old databases that don't talk to each...
Instructional Video5:35
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: What's hidden in Arctic ice? | Brendan Rogers and Jessica Howard

Pre-K - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video6:01
TED Talks

TED: What the discovery of exoplanets reveals about the universe | Jessie Christiansen

12th - Higher Ed
What are the planets outside our solar system like? Astrophysicist and TED Fellow Jessie Christiansen has helped find thousands of them (and counting), and the variety is more wonderful and wild than you might imagine. She shares details...
News Clip7:47
PBS

Why Cambodian Orphanages House So Many Children Whose Parents Are Still Alive

12th - Higher Ed
The concept of orphanages has long been considered outdated in developed countries. In the developing world, however, these institutions still house hundreds of thousands of children. But the surprising reality is that the parents of...
News Clip8:34
PBS

Families Of Colombia’s Disappeared Endure ‘Never-Ending Grief’ And A Wrenching Search

12th - Higher Ed
In Colombia, an estimated 83,000 people have been forcibly disappeared since 1958. But peace accords between the government and the FARC, the country’s largest guerrilla group, in 2016 mandated that finding the missing was a necessary...
News Clip1:28
Curated Video

Bosnia - War Victims Remembered

Higher Ed
Thousands of people gathered in Tuzla, Bosnia, on Friday (12/7) to commemorate the thousands of Muslim men slain by Bosnian Serbs near the eastern town of Srebrenica just a year ago. Emotions were running high at the service....
News Clip1:20
Curated Video

SYND 4 4 75 BLIZZARD REPORT

Higher Ed
Blizzard report 1 waves crash against dock 2 cars stuck in street 3 view from car past abandoned cars 4 man on skis 5 people push car 6 crowds of stranded passengers at airport Film: Pos - Sound: Mag SOF - Colour - NYFilm: No - LN...
News Clip6:08
PBS

Author Robert McCrum Explains How English Has Taken Root Worldwide (Jul. 23, 2010)

12th - Higher Ed
"Globish" Author Robert McCrum explains why the English language went global and how it has become the first worldwide language.
Instructional Video7:24
Bozeman Science

AP Biology Practice 7 - Connecting Knowledge

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains the final AP Biology practice on connecting knowledge. The video begins with an introduction to interdisciplinary studies and how science is changing over time. He describes differences of scale in...
Instructional Video19:22
SciShow Kids

Cats and Dogs | SciShow Kids Compilation

K - 5th
Anthony and Squeaks are spending the day watching videos all about cats and dogs of all varieties and they’re learning all sorts of interesting things along the way!