Instructional Video14:44
SciShow

Sunburns, Sunbeams, and Sunspots: A Summer Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
We're enjoying the summer here in Montana, and to help celebrate we thought we'd put together a compilation of our favorite sun-related episodes from our past. Don't worry, you won't need sunglasses for this one!
Instructional Video12:33
SciShow

5 Burning Questions About Water | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
We've collected all the episodes we've done over the years answering questions about water. Pour yourself a glass before diving into this watery compilation!
Instructional Video22:42
SciShow

What's It Like to Live in Space? | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
If you want to spend any amount of time in space, you'll have to make adjustments to your lifestyle. From what you eat, to how you go to the bathroom, to regular activities you're simply not allowed to do on the ISS, SciShow Space has...
Instructional Video2:37
SciShow

Your Appendix Isn't Useless, After All

12th - Higher Ed
You probably think the appendix is a useless organ left over from our evolutionary past, but it turns out it may be doing something important after all.
Instructional Video4:58
SciShow

What Squids and Frogs Taught Us About How Brain Cells Talk

12th - Higher Ed
Back in the early days of neuroscience, we didn't study the animals you might expect to learn about how brain cells communicate.
Instructional Video4:10
SciShow

Huge Sperm and Giant Tentacles: Relax, It's Marine Biology

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow shares the latest developments in science, this week including new insights into the evolution of giant sperm, and the discovery of a whole new order of animal.
Instructional Video17:07
SciShow

SciShow Quiz Show: The Birds and the Bees ... Literally

12th - Higher Ed
Matthew Gaydos, producer of Animal Wonders, The Financial Diet, and Sexplanations, faces off against Hank Green! Watch them show off their knowledge of the birds and the bees, literally!
Instructional Video6:19
SciShow

The First Gene-Edited Babies Are Here, Like It or Not | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
A researcher in China used the gene editing technique known as CRISPR to change the DNA of human embryos. Hank unpacks why this is being universally condemned by scientists.
Instructional Video22:20
TED Talks

Juan Enriquez: The life code that will reshape the future

12th - Higher Ed
Scientific discoveries, futurist Juan Enriquez notes, demand a shift in code, and our ability to thrive depends on our mastery of that code. Here, he applies this notion to the field of genomics.
Instructional Video16:45
TED Talks

Juan Enriquez: Will our kids be a different species?

12th - Higher Ed
Throughout human evolution, multiple versions of humans co-existed. Could we be mid-upgrade now? Juan Enriquez sweeps across time and space to bring us to the present moment -- and shows how technology is revealing evidence that suggests...
Instructional Video7:06
SciShow

Why Is This Virus So Contagious?

12th - Higher Ed
SARS-CoV-2 is super contagious, and researchers don’t yet know all the reasons why. But by comparing this new virus to the similar one that causes SARS, we’ve found a lot of promising leads that could help us figure out how to beat this...
Instructional Video5:56
SciShow

These Adorable Wolves Play Fetch – And Defy Dogma | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
We thought that we taught dogs how to play fetch, but some adorable wolf pups may have just proved us wrong. Also some plants may be immortal?
Instructional Video4:34
SciShow

CBD: Marijuana Without the High

12th - Higher Ed
Warning: Contains talk of cannabis. CBD: Marijuana Without the High
Instructional Video14:55
TED Talks

Susan Solomon: The promise of research with stem cells

12th - Higher Ed
Calling them "our bodies' own repair kits," Susan Solomon advocates research using lab-grown stem cells. By growing individual pluripotent stem cell lines, her team creates testbeds that could accelerate research into curing diseases --...
Instructional Video15:45
TED Talks

TED: What will humans look like in 100 years? | Juan enriquez

12th - Higher Ed
We can evolve bacteria, plants and animals -- futurist Juan enriquez asks: Is it ethical to evolve the human body? In a visionary talk that ranges from medieval prosthetics to present day neuroengineering and genetics, enriquez sorts out...
Instructional Video5:05
SciShow

Don't Eat the Watermelon Snow!

12th - Higher Ed
You know, it's probably best to just not put snow in your mouth regardless of color.
Instructional Video4:45
SciShow

How to Reprogram a Brain Cell

12th - Higher Ed
In Parkinson's disease, certain kinds of neurons die over time, but it might be possible to reprogram other types of cells in the brain to replace those lost ones.
Instructional Video5:23
SciShow

What That Pig Brain Study Really Tells Us

12th - Higher Ed
This month, in a study that has the potential to change the way we think about death, scientists revealed that they successfully restored some processes in the brains of dead pigs -- at least partially. What did the study actually tell...
Instructional Video12:07
TED Talks

Laura Rovner: What happens to people in solitary confinement

12th - Higher Ed
Imagine living with no significant human contact for years, even decades, in a cell the size of a small bathroom. This is the reality for those in long-term solitary confinement, a form of imprisonment regularly imposed in US prisons. In...
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 Video3:16
SciShow

Brittle Stars Could Teach Robots To See With Their Skin

12th - Higher Ed
Brittle stars are eyeless, brainless animals that spend their time hanging out in dark crevices of coral reefs. But despite all this, it seems that they can still see...using their skin!
Instructional Video6:54
Bozeman Science

LS1B - Growth and Development

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen answers the following question: How do organisms grow and develop?
Instructional Video17:21
SciShow

Cheers to the Science of Booze

12th - Higher Ed
Happy New Years! Ring in the new year the right way....by learning all about alcohol! The Science of Hangovers 0:35 Does Alcohol Kill Brain Cells? 3:42 Does Alcohol Keep You Warm? 5:46 Why Does Alcohol Burn When You Drink It? 7:21 Why...
Instructional Video3:57
SciShow

Poor, Misunderstood Poison Ivy

12th - Higher Ed
It sure seems like some plants really don't want you hiking through their woods, but maybe your immune system is just overreacting.