SciShow Kids
Why Do Zebras Have Stripes? Animal Science for Kids
Jessi and Squeaks look into an animal mystery: Why do zebras have stripes?
SciShow
Taboos of Science
Hank discusses some of the taboos which have plagued scientific inquiry in the past and a few that still exist today.
TED Talks
Keith Bellows: The camel's hump
Keith Bellows gleefully outlines the engineering marvels of the camel, a vital creature he calls "the SUV of the desert." Though he couldn't bring a live camel to TED, he gets his camera crew as close as humanly possible to a one-ton...
TED Talks
Adam Savage: My obsession with objects and the stories they tell
Adam Savage talks about his fascination with the dodo bird, and how it led him on a strange and surprising double quest. It's an entertaining adventure through the mind of a creative obsessive.
TED Talks
TED: The ocean's shifting baseline | Daniel Pauly
The ocean has degraded within our lifetimes, as shown in the decreasing average size of fish. And yet, as Daniel Pauly shows us onstage at Mission Blue, each time the baseline drops, we call it the new "normal." At what point do we stop...
SciShow
10 Strange-Looking Prehistoric Animals
Take a close look at some of the strangest-looking animals evolution has created.
SciShow
How Plants Attract Bodyguards
Lots of plants make nectar to attract pollinators, but some make special, extra nectar pots outside their flowers to feed their bodyguards.
SciShow
This Animal Has a Retractable Anus
Most animals keep their poop chutes on the opposite side of their body from where they eat. But that doesn’t mean it’s always the case, and bryozoans are great examples of how creative you can get with where you put your anus.
SciShow
Milk, and the Mutants That Love It
Got milk? Fact is, most people don't -- and shouldn't -- because for them, ice cream and milkshakes are basically toxic. So why can some people drink milk and survive? Turns out they're mutants! SciShow explains.
Crash Course Kids
Food Chains Compilation
Maybe you'd like to just hear about one topic for a while. We understand. So today, let's just watch some videos about how we get energy. And how one animal gets energy from another animal, or a plant. It's all about food chains and food...
SciShow Kids
Weird Animal Teeth
Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn about a few animals with extreme teeth!
MinuteEarth
Why do Some Species Thrive in Cities?
Urban development can be tough on wildlife. But some plants and animals are adapting to our cities in surprising ways.
SciShow
Where Are All the Dead Animals
We are surrounded by wildlife, like pigeons and squirrels, all the time. Sadly, all those animals eventually die, but why don't we see carcasses on the street? Where do they go?
TED Talks
TED: How to create a world where no one dies waiting for a transplant | Luhan Yang
For nearly half a century, scientists have been trying to create a process for transplanting animal organs into humans, a theoretical dream that could help the hundreds of thousands of people in need of a lifesaving transplant. But the...
SciShow
These Animals Don’t Need Oxygen?!
It seems obvious that animals need oxygen to live, but deep in the Mediterranean Sea there is a very small animal that might be doing just fine without any oxygen at all.
SciShow Kids
Why Do Kangaroos Have Pouches? Animal Science for Kids
What do kangaroos, koalas, and opossums all have in common? Find out when you learn all about marsupials!
TED Talks
Jim Hudspeth: The beautiful, mysterious science of how you hear
Have you ever wondered how your ears work? In this delightful and fascinating talk, biophysicist Jim Hudspeth demonstrates the wonderfully simple yet astonishingly powerful mechanics of hair cells, the microscopic powerhouses that make...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What is dust made of? - Michael Marder
Less than a tenth the size of an ant, a dust mite's whole world is contained in the dusty film under a bed or in a forgotten corner. This realm is right under our noses, but from our perspective, the tiny specks of brilliant color blend...
SciShow
The New Oldest Animal Fossils?
A new study reports what might be the oldest fossil animals ever found. And we're also learning more about what role the hippocampus plays in certain types of visual memory.
SciShow
What is Selfing
This week, we've got new info about the strange-looking Tully Monster, and a report on a fish that was able to self-fertilize.
TED Talks
Chuck Murry: Can we regenerate heart muscle with stem cells?
The heart is one of the least regenerative organs in the human body -- a big factor in making heart failure the number one killer worldwide. What if we could help heart muscle regenerate after injury? Physician and scientist Chuck Murry...
TED Talks
Jack Horner: Where are the baby dinosaurs?
In a spellbinding talk, paleontologist Jack Horner tells the story of how iconoclastic thinking revealed a shocking secret about some of our most beloved dinosaurs.
Bozeman Science
Mechanisms of Timing and Control
Paul Andersen explains how organisms regulate timing and control. Phototropism and Photoperiodism allow plants to respond to light throughout the day and year. Circadian rhythms are used in all organisms (including animals) as an...
Crash Course Kids
Vegetation Transformation
Have you ever seen a magic trick where one thing changes to another thing? Well, that's nothing compared to what plants can do through a process called photosynthesis. In this episode, Sabrina talks about how photosynthesis works! This...