SciShow
What If Your Ears Switched Sides of Your Head?
We can tell which direction a sound is coming from using just two ears, but how do we do that? What would happen if our ears switched sides?
SciShow
Cherenkov Radiation : Particles Faster Than the Speed of Light?
In something like water, particles like electrons can beat light in a race - and cause a blue glow to prove it.
Crash Course
The Physics of Music: Crash Course Physics
Music plays a big part in many of our lives. Whether you just like to listen or you enjoy playing an instrument, music is powerful. So what is music? How does it work? What are the physics of music? In this episode of Crash Course...
SciShow
The Future of Air Travel
It used to be that you could get on a Concorde jet and fly across the Atlantic ocean faster than the speed of sound, but what does the future hold for supersonic flight?
SciShow
Why Do Geiger Counters Make That Clicking Sound?
You don't have to fight feral ghouls to be familiar with the clicking sound of a geiger counter, but what exactly makes these radiation detecting devices click?
SciShow
Life or Death Farts: How Animals Use Passed Gas
We aren’t the only animals that pass gas, but other animals have found some much more creative ways to harness the power of their farts! Chapters View all SONORAN CORAL SNAKES 0:45 HERRING 1:48 3 MANATEES 4:06 SOUTHERN PINE BEETLES 4:32...
Crash Course
Language: Crash Course Psychology
You know what's amazing? That we can talk to people, they can make meaning out of it, and then talk back to us. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank talks to us and tries to make meaning out of how our brains do this thing...
Crash Course Kids
Spaced Out
So... how big is the Universe? It's big... really big... no, bigger than that... it's big. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina gives us some perspective on this whole Universe thing and how we fit into it.
Crash Course
Cinema, Radio, and Television: Crash Course History of Science
Radio, Cinema, and Television have been staples in news coverage, entertainment, and education for almost 100 years. But... where did they all come from? Who started what and when and why? In this episode, Hank Green talks to us about...
SciShow
How Jupiter’s Moons Showed Us the Speed of Light
Light travels through space as fast as anything in the universe possibly can, but before scientists could figure out light’s speed, they had to figure out whether that speed was even finite.
SciShow
Calendars, Codes & Virgins: 3 Myths About the Maya
Hank talks about the Maya, and helps dispel some myths about their historic civilization, revealing how, ultimately, they were just like us: smart, flawed, and awesome.
SciShow
Why Don't We Throw Trash in Volcanoes?
We have a garbage problem. Wouldn't it make sense to throw that trash into the nearest volcano?
Crash Course
Collisions: Crash Course Physics
COLLISIONS! A big part of physics is understanding collisions and how they're not all the same. Mass, momentum, and many other things dictate how collisions can be unique. In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini sits down to lead...
SciShow
Why Does Your Stomach Make Noises?
Your digestive system makes weird noises sometimes. You can't really stop it from happening, but you can find out why it happens in the first place!
TED Talks
TED: Love letters to what we hold dear | Debbie Millman
In a series of visual, animated love letters, designer Debbie Millman reflects on the things she's grateful for by exploring the wonders of her garden, New York City, travel and storytelling. "As we navigate through this crisis, I'm...
Crash Course
Traveling Waves: Crash Course Physics
Waves are cool. The more we learn about waves, the more we learn about a lot of things in physics. Everything from earthquakes to music! Ropes can tell us a lot about how traveling waves work so, in this episode of Crash Course Physics,...
Be Smart
What's The Loudest Possible Sound?
What is the loudest possible sound? What about the quietest thing we can hear? And what do decibels measure, anyway? In this video you'll learn what makes sound
Crash Course
Blood Vessels, part 2: Crash Course A&P
And now we return to blood vessels. In this episode, we start discussing what blood pressure is, how it can become "high", and what that means for our health. One of the more interesting points is that your body has ways of dealing with...
SciShow
Why Real Avalanches Aren't Like Cartoons
Avalanches can be powerful and dangerous, but not all of them are created equal, and not everything you've seen on TV is likely to actually set one off.
SciShow
Cymatics: Turning Sound into Art
Sound waves vibrate more than just our eardrums, they can also make visual art!
SciShow Kids
How Do We Sing?
Sam the Bat is visiting today, and Jessi wants to use a cool trick to show him how we use a special part of our body to sing.
SciShow
Why Can’t We Make New Stradivari Violins?
Stradivarius are synonymous with quality, but how we can replicate their sound is a mystery!
Bozeman Science
Sound Waves
Mr. Andersen explains how sound waves are created and perceived. A brief discussion of pitch and loudness are included. A generated sound of varying pitches is also included.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: What light can teach us about the universe - Pete Edwards
Humanity has long been looking at the universe and asking the big questions: How did it begin? How will it end? Cosmologists are searching hard for the answers, but where do they even start? The answer is light. Pete Edwards outlines the...