SciShow
"Flesh-Eating" Bacteria
Hank gets straight to the facts in the unfortunate case of Aimee Copeland, who was injured during a zip-lining accident and subsequently contracted a rare disease.
SciShow
Why Does Everything Stink Less in Winter?
There are lots of reasons stinky things don’t smell as strong in cold weather. You can maybe guess some of the reasons, but others may surprise you!
Amoeba Sisters
Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic Cells (Updated)
This Amoeba Sisters video starts with providing examples of prokaryotes and eukaryotes before comparing and contrasting prokaryotic cells with eukaryotic cells! Contents: 00:00 Intro 1:27 Modern Cell Theory 1:37 3 Domains (with examples...
SciShow Kids
Life Under The Ice with Ariel Waldman! | A Field Trip to Antarctica! | SciShow Kids
Mister Brown gets a video message from his friend, Ariel Waldman, a real scientist who went all the way to Antarctica to study life that lives under the ice!
SciShow
Purple Bacteria: Turning Poop Into Biofuel
Scientists are turning wastewater into fuel, using special bacteria, and other scientists have unveiled bionic mushrooms that can produce electricity!
SciShow
Glowing Rats and Extreme Genetic Engineering
Hank discusses some of the recent developments in synthetic biology, and why some advocacy groups are calling for a moratorium on those developments.
SciShow
9 Animals That Will Outlive Us
Lack of food, no sunlight and nuclear disaster might mean the end of the world for humans, but these 9 animals just might make it.
Amoeba Sisters
Archaea
What is the domain Archaea? Explore the archaeans with the Amoeba Sisters! This introductory video compares and contrasts characteristics of Archaea with bacteria. Time-Stamped Table of Contents: 00:00 Intro 0:47 Extremophiles 1:00...
PBS
When The Earth Was Purple
Besides the blue of the oceans, the dominant color of our planet, as we know it, is green. But imagine a time when the Earth looked a little .... purple.
TED Talks
TED: A new weapon in the fight against superbugs | David Brenner
Since the widespread use of antibiotics began in the 1940s, we've tried to develop new drugs faster than bacteria can evolve -- but this strategy isn't working. Drug-resistant bacteria known as superbugs killed nearly 700,000 people last...
SciShow
Why Do Some Shots Make Your Arm Hurt So Much?
From MMR boosters to tetanus, you'll probably get a lot of shots in your life. And one thing you might notice is that some of them don't feel like much, but some of them can make your arm reallllly sore! Why is that?
SciShow
Two Fungi That Produced a New Type of Antibiotic: SciShow Talk Show
Andrea and Don Stierle talk with Hank about their work analyzing various microorganisms in the Berkeley Pit and how they discovered a new type of antibiotic. Then Jessi joins in to show off Blueberry, the northern blue-tongued skink.
MinuteEarth
MinuteEarth Explains: Food
In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we examine the weird world of what we like to eat.
SciShow
The Man Who Tried to Give Himself An Ulcer... For Science
In 1984, Dr. Barry Marshall had a theory about ulcers that he couldn't convince the science community of. So, he took matters into his own hands... or stomach, and infected himself with a potentially deadly bacterium.
Amoeba Sisters
Gene Regulation and the Order of the Operon
Explore gene expression with the Amoeba Sisters, including the fascinating Lac Operon found in bacteria! Learn how genes can be turned "on" and "off" and why this is essential for cellular function.
SciShow
SciShow Quiz Show: Weird Animal Parenting
How do adult strawberry poison frogs pass on toxins to their tadpoles? What happens when scientists add iodine to axolotl tanks? Find out, as our How To Adult hosts Rachel Calderon-Navarro, Project Manager at DFTBA, and Hank Green face...
SciShow
A Brief History of Life on Earth: The Full Series
From the Archean Eon to the Holocene Epoch, check out this SciShow mini-series for a primer about life on earth.
Bozeman Science
LS4B - Natural Selection
In this video Paul Andersen defines natural selection as differential reproductive success. He then explains how natural selection shapes organisms on our planet through variation and selection. A K-12 teaching progression is also included.
SciShow
Why Cancer Labels Are Super Misleading
What does it actually mean when a label says something ‘causes cancer’? Those labels can be misleading, but knowing the legal and scientific reasoning behind them can help.
SciShow
Is It Gross to Blow out Birthday Candles
A certain viral video may have brought it to your attention that blowing out candles on a birthday cake might be gross, but exactly how gross depends on who’s blowing the candles out.
Amoeba Sisters
Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles
Explore the cycling of carbon among carbon reservoirs! Then discover the importance of nitrogen, essential for amino acids and nucleotides, and learn about the nitrogen cycle! Expand details for table of contents. Table of Contents:...
SciShow
Does Air on Planes Make You Sick?
If you get sick a few days after a flight, you might want to blame it on the recycled air in the plane- but planes aren't actually giant germ incubators.
SciShow
How Scientists Protect the World's Most Famous Art
Conserving and restoring art can be pretty tricky. Thankfully, scientists have been learning how to restore artwork in some pretty cool ways that are effective, safe, and a little weird, to be honest.
Crash Course
Why the Evolutionary Epic Matters: Crash Course Big History
Today we're talking about evolution_basically the history of all life on Earth. The thing is, why are we talking about this. Well, the story of life, all the way back to single celled microbes billions of years ago, is all part of our...