SciShow
Water Weirdness Sweaty Comets, and Titan's Hidden Oceans
SciShow News gives you some wet and weird developments from around the solar system, including new insights about what liquid lurks under the surface of Titan, and a sweaty comet that's been spotted on its way toward the sun.
SciShow
How Do Astronauts Do Their Business?
So how do astronauts manage to pee and poop in microgravity? And what happens to all of their waste? Do you really want to know? If you do, the answers are inside!
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why are there so many insects? - Murry Gans
If insects suddenly morphed into large beings and decided to wage war on us, there's no doubt that humans would lose. There are an estimated 10 quintillion individual insects on earth, outnumbering humans by more than a billion to one....
SciShow
400 Million New Stars in Our Galaxy!
The Gaia space observatory released a detailed 3d map of the Milky Way, and scientists have figured out why Charon's north pole is red!
SciShow
How Much Does the Sun Affect Earth’s Climate?
The sun is obviously a big factor in the earth's weather, but changes in the solar cycle don't always affect our climate in straightforward ways.
SciShow
Astrobiology & the Search for Alien Life
Hank talks about astrobiology - the study of and search for life in the universe off Earth. Right now, the field has more questions than answers, but all they all seek to answer that one fundamental query: are we alone in the universe?
SciShow
5 Things We Can Learn From Alaska
Science probably isn’t the first thing that pops into your head when you think about Alaska, but it has a lot to offer when it comes to learning about the world, from cold corals to our behavior.
MinuteEarth
TRANSPARENT Solar Panels?!
Infinitesimally small quantum dots can turn a window into a see-through solar panel!
SciShow
Quiz Show: Vlogbrothers Face-Off: Hank v. John!
Welcome back to SciShow Quiz Show! In this episode Hank will be competing with older brother John Green in a battle of science related trivia on behalf of Subbable subscribers Anna Dilley & Andrew Villarreal.
TED Talks
TED: 4 environmental 'heresies' | Stewart Brand
The man who helped usher in the environmental movement in the 1960s and '70s has been rethinking his positions on cities, nuclear power, genetic modification and geo-engineering. This talk at the US State Department is a foretaste of his...
SciShow
The Most Massive Dinosaur, and Are Earthquakes Contagious?
SciShow News introduces you to the most massive land animal ever to walk the earth (pretty much) and tells you what’s going on with all of these earthquakes lately.
SciShow
Football Disease, Moon Base Dreams, and the Deepest Vents Ever!
Hank breaks the news to you about your brain on football, the reality behind the latest moon-base plan, and an epic win -- and fail -- in the animal kingdom.
SciShow
Why We Want to Find Plate Tectonics in Space
It’s not easy to find active plate tectonics on other worlds, but doing so may bring us one step closer to finding a planet that can support life.
PBS
Why is the Earth Round and the Milky Way Flat?
Our universe is not a very diverse place when it comes to shapes. Large celestial bodies become spheres, galaxies become discs, and there is little room for variation. Why is this? Well it turns out physics has some pretty strict rules...
SciShow
Record-Breaking Space Discoveries of 2016!
2016 was a lot of things, but for astronomers, it meant the discovery of some of the farthest, faintest, and youngest objects in the universe we've seen yet.
Be Smart
The Odds of Finding Life and Love
Love is a complicated combination of brain chemicals and behavior that scientists are only just beginning to figure out. And it's remarkable that in every society that we have looked at on Earth, romantic love exists. So if love is so...
TED Talks
Jonathan Foley: The other inconvenient truth
A skyrocketing demand for food means that agriculture has become the largest driver of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental destruction. Jonathan Foley shows why we desperately need to begin "terraculture" -- farming for...
SciShow
A Better Way to Study Earth, and Lessons from Jellyfish Galaxies
A new detector can use neutrinos to help us take a peek inside Earth, and a study of jellyfish galaxies can help us understand more about an unsolved problem in astronomy.
SciShow
A Year in Space, and the Lunar Eclipse!
Two astronauts are about to embark on the One Year Mission which can help us understand more about the long-term effects of being in space, and there is an upcoming total lunar eclipse (the shortest one this century)!
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The Sun's surprising movement across the sky - Gordon Williamson
Suppose you placed a camera at a fixed position, took a picture of the sky at the same time every day for an entire year, and overlaid all of the photos on top of each other. What would the sun look like in that combined image? A...
SciShow
The Tallest, Smallest, and Oldest Science of 2019
Scientific discovery often dabbles in the extreme, challenging and exceeding what we think of as "possible." And this year's discoveries were no different! We present to you three scientific discoveries made this year that set out to...
SciShow
Why Does the Ocean Smell Like That?
What gives the ocean its distinct, sometimes pungent smell? It turns out the answer is more than just dead fish or salt: it’s the scent of tons of phytoplankton being munched on!