Instructional Video5:31
SciShow

The First Room Temperature Superconductor! (Still No Hoverboards) | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Hot off the presses, this week has been cool! Researchers have discovered the first room-temperature superconductor, and another group has created a type of paint that actually stays cooler than the environment around it!
Instructional Video3:50
SciShow Kids

What is a Blizzard? | Winter Science | Weather Science | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
Usually when it's snowing outside, it's really calm, pretty, and fun to play in! But there are certain types of big snowstorms, called blizzards, that can get really windy, wild, and even dangerous!
Instructional Video13:18
SciShow

Talk Show: Human Orgasms & Daisy, the Boa Constrictor

12th - Higher Ed
This week on SciShow Talk Show Hank talks with Dr. Lindsey Doe about the female orgasm. Special guest Jessi Knudsen Castañeda brings Daisy, a curious Boa Constrictor.
Instructional Video4:40
TED Talks

TED: Rethink the desktop with BumpTop | Anand Agarawala

12th - Higher Ed
Anand Agarawala presents BumpTop, a user interface that takes the usual desktop metaphor to a glorious, 3-D extreme, transforming file navigation into a freewheeling playground of crumpled documents and clipping-covered "walls."
Instructional Video3:40
SciShow Kids

4 Facts to Know About Reindeer

K - 5th
It's getting really cold where Jessi and Squeaks live, and that has her thinking about a super cool animal that's always ready for super cold weather: Reindeer!
Instructional Video9:34
SciShow

SciShow Talk Show! Peter, Self-healing Skin, & Professor Claw the Emperor Scorpion

12th - Higher Ed
Featuring Peter Winkler, our SciShow graphics guru, and Professor Claw, the emperor scorpion. We decided it would be cool to have guests come into the studio and talk about science with Hank. in this episode, Peter and Hank discuss the...
Instructional Video24:41
TED Talks

Sirena Huang: An 11-year-old's magical violin

12th - Higher Ed
Violinist Sirena Huang gives a technically brilliant and emotionally nuanced performance. In a charming interlude, the 11-year-old praises the timeless design of her instrument.
Instructional Video2:23
SciShow

Why Do We Yawn

12th - Higher Ed
Why do we yawn? If you think the answer is BOR-ing, then maybe your brain's just overheated. Let Hank explain the new thinking behind why we ... hold on ... *yawn*. Excuse me.
Instructional Video4:46
SciShow Kids

What Is the Sun Made Of? | Dr. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

K - 5th
Have you ever wondered what the sun is made of? Dr. Cecilia Payne-Gaposhkin wondered that, too, and she used science to figure out the answer! Find out how she did that and more about her amazing life and...
Instructional Video3:07
SciShow

The Terrifying Fish with Transparent Teeth

12th - Higher Ed
The deep-sea dragonfish is a predator that lives deep in the Pacific Ocean. Like many other deep sea predators, it's got an oversized jaw and a bioluminescent appendage to attract prey, but it does have one weird (and strangely useful)...
Instructional Video4:50
SciShow

Could Dark Matter Stars Exist?

12th - Higher Ed
Most of the universe is made up of dark matter, so could it form into stars and galaxies like regular matter?
Instructional Video4:03
TED Talks

Uldus Bakhtiozina: Wry photos that turn stereotypes upside down

12th - Higher Ed
Artist Uldus Bakhtiozina uses photographs to poke fun at societal norms in her native Russia. A glimpse into Russian youth culture and a short, fun reminder not to take ourselves too seriously.
Instructional Video5:20
SciShow

The Simple Molecule Behind Our Complex Universe

12th - Higher Ed
All the complexity in the universe ultimately owes its existence to one of the simplest materials possible: molecular hydrogen. And not only did this molecule play a huge role in building the universe as we know it, today, it also helps...
Instructional Video4:32
SciShow

The 100-Year Mystery of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands

12th - Higher Ed
Diffuse interstellar bands were first discovered in 1919 and since then scientists have found nearly 500 of them. How many do we understand? Only one.
Instructional Video3:55
SciShow Kids

Watch Soap Grow!

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks just did a really cool and easy experiment: they put a special kind of soap in the microwave and made it grow! Now they want to do it again to check their results and figure out how it happened!
Instructional Video4:36
SciShow

Weird Places: The Lava Lake in Antarctica

12th - Higher Ed
What could be cooler than a permanent lava lake surrounded by snow!?
Instructional Video18:57
TED Talks

TED: Nerdcore comedy | Ze Frank

12th - Higher Ed
Performer and web toymaker Ze Frank delivers a hilarious nerdcore standup routine, then tells us what he's seriously passionate about: helping people create and interact using simple, addictive web tools.
Instructional Video9:59
SciShow

5 Creepy Weather Phenomena That Shouldn't Be Allowed

12th - Higher Ed
Weather isn’t all sunshine and rainbows—sometimes it’s rain, and sometimes that rain looks like blood. Chapters 1 BLOOD RAIN 1:39 BLACK RAIN 2:52 BLACK BLIZZARDS 4:36 4 VOLCANIC TORNADOES 7:47 HEAT BURSTS 9:10
Instructional Video4:19
SciShow

3 Surprising Ways Animals Use Saliva

12th - Higher Ed
To humans, drool can seem pretty disgusting, but other animals use saliva in surprising ways. Here are some of the weirdest ways other animals use their spit to survive!
Instructional Video2:24
SciShow Kids

How Do Koalas Stay Cool? Animal Science for Kids

K - 5th
Koalas live where it’s often hot and dry. But koalas can’t sweat! So how do they keep cool? Jessi has the answer!
Instructional Video5:15
SciShow

There’s a Birth Control for Stars

12th - Higher Ed
Black holes are already pretty extreme, but some stand out among their peers, driving cosmic engines that outshines the rest of the galaxy and even serving as birth control for stars!
Instructional Video4:43
TED Talks

TED: Could fish social networks help us save coral reefs? | Mike Gil

12th - Higher Ed
Mike Gil spies on fish: using novel multi-camera systems and computer vision technology, the TED Fellow and his colleagues explore how coral reef fish behave, socialize and affect their ecosystems. Learn more about how fish of different...
Instructional Video9:23
Bozeman Science

PS2B - Types of Interactions

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen explains how objects interact when touching and at a distance. Electromagnetic forces are very important when objects are touching and fields explain both electromagnetic and gravitational forces. The strong and weak...
Instructional Video17:13
SciShow Kids

Animal Guessing Game! | Compilation | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
Squeaks and Jessi are spending the afternoon playing "Guess That Animal" and learning about some of their favorites!