Instructional Video11:00
SciShow

SciShow Quiz Show: With the SciShow Space Reid Reimers!

12th - Higher Ed
Welcome to SciShow Quiz Show, where SciShow Space co-hosts Hank and Reid are back for another round!
Instructional Video12:30
SciShow

Science for Getting Swole: An Exercise Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
New Year's resolutions often include a goal to exercise more, so we've put together a few of our favorite fitness-themed episodes into one place for our lovely viewers!
Instructional Video7:13
SciShow

Secrets of the Vampire Squid

12th - Higher Ed
This week in SciShow News, Hank tells us about some weird science, including a squid that's not a squid, animals that can talk, and new insights into how you can mess up your body much faster and for much longer than you ever thought...
Instructional Video5:02
SciShow

How a Century-Old Procedure Could Help Us Fight COVID-19

12th - Higher Ed
Some potentially good news on the COVID-19 treatment front: Thanks to a technique that’s more than a century old, recovered COVID-19 patients may be in a position to help the rest of us -- with their blood plasma.
Instructional Video4:46
TED-Ed

TED-ED: What's the difference between hibernation and sleep? - Sheena Faherty

Pre-K - Higher Ed
The Arctic Ground Squirrel hibernates by burrowing under the permafrost and slipping into a state of suspended animation. The female black bear can give birth while she hibernates. The fat-tailed dwarf lemur prepares to hibernate by...
Instructional Video2:16
SciShow

Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?

12th - Higher Ed
How do they do it? Penguins standing on ice, not only for days, but their whole lives! And their feet don’t hurt like ours would. It has something to do with blood and an amazing twist that penguins have developed.
Instructional Video2:33
SciShow

What Causes Runner's High?

12th - Higher Ed
After a good distance of running, you might have felt a sensation of happiness. That is the runner's high and some chemicals in your body cause it.
Instructional Video15:04
TED Talks

TED: Could this laser zap malaria? | Nathan Myhrvold

12th - Higher Ed
Nathan Myhrvold and team's latest inventions -- as brilliant as they are bold -- remind us that the world needs wild creativity to tackle big problems like malaria. And just as that idea sinks in, he rolls out a live demo of a new,...
Instructional Video4:00
SciShow

Why Fava Beans Can Kill You

12th - Higher Ed
For some people, fava beans can be deadly. What is it about this little legume that makes it so?
Instructional Video3:42
SciShow

6 Surprising Blood-Drinking Animals

12th - Higher Ed
Hank introduces us to 6 blood-drinking (or otherwise consuming) animals that you may not be aware of. Don't freak out... Chapters VAMPIRE BAT 1:35 LAMPREY 1:52 HOOD MOCKING BIRD 2:20 THE VAMPIRE FINCH 2:46 BUTTERFLIES 2:56 HUMANS 3:22
Instructional Video11:57
TED Talks

Robin Morgan: 4 powerful poems about Parkinson's and growing older

12th - Higher Ed
When poet Robin Morgan found herself facing Parkinson’s disease, she distilled her experiences into these four quietly powerful poems — meditating on age, loss, and the simple power of noticing.
Instructional Video2:44
SciShow Kids

How Do Cuts Heal?

K - 5th
If you've ever had a little cut or scratch, you know it doesn't take long for it to heal! But do you know how different parts of your body work together to fix you up good as new when you're hurt?
Instructional Video2:49
SciShow

Chimera Cats and Your Mom

12th - Higher Ed
Hank talks about chimeras, and why Venus the cat probably isn't one - but your mom might be
Instructional Video15:30
TED Talks

TED: How we're using drones to deliver blood and save lives | Keller Rinaudo

12th - Higher Ed
Keller Rinaudo wants everyone on earth to have access to basic health care, no matter how hard it is to reach them. With his start-up Zipline, he has created the world's first drone delivery system to operate at national scale,...
Instructional Video7:47
SciShow

The Women Who Killed Whooping Cough

12th - Higher Ed
Whooping cough used to infect hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. and kill thousands of children every year. Join us as we learn about the women who developed the vaccine that has since saved thousands of lives.
Instructional Video13:06
SciShow

Which is Worse For You Sugar or Fat

12th - Higher Ed
For decades, we’ve heard how terrible fat is for us, but more recently, sugar has become the new villain. What does the science actually say about these two macronutrients and how they affect our health?
Instructional Video5:25
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The surprising effects of pregnancy | TED-Ed

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Muscles and joints shift and jostle. The heart's pounding rhythm speeds up. Blood roars through arteries and veins. Over the course of a pregnancy, every organ in the body changes. Initiated by a range of hormones, these changes begin as...
Instructional Video4:16
Be Smart

Sunburn, Sweat and the Science of Summer!

12th - Higher Ed
A summertime look at why we sweat, why we burn, and why our fingers wrinkle in the pool
Instructional Video4:29
SciShow

Kleptopredation Natural Turduckens

12th - Higher Ed
Some birds steal food from other birds to save themselves work, but kleptopredators take it one step further!
Instructional Video4:54
SciShow

Why You Might Want Someone Else's Poop Inside You

12th - Higher Ed
Donating your blood could save someone's life. And so could donating your poop.
Instructional Video4:13
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: How does your body process medicine? - Celine Valery

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Have you ever wondered what happens to a painkiller, like ibuprofen, after you swallow it? Medicine that slides down your throat can help treat a headache, a sore back, or a throbbing sprained ankle. But how does it get where it needs to...
Instructional Video2:38
SciShow

Why Can't You Donate Platelets After Taking Aspirin?

12th - Higher Ed
Curious why you can't donate platelets after taking aspirin? Wonder no more!
Instructional Video5:23
SciShow

3 Things We Can Do to Stop Ebola

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow News explains the science behind the latest efforts to stop the spread of ebola: including airport screenings, treatments for patients, and developments in the search for a vaccine.
Instructional Video2:18
SciShow

Why is Red Meat ... Red?

12th - Higher Ed
When you cut into a nice, juicy steak what's all that liquid that pours out? Is it blood? It looks like blood. ...it's not blood.