SciShow
The Last Living Thing Won't Be a Cockroach
There are several ways the world could end, and scientists have given a lot of thought to what the last living thing will be.
SciShow
Actually Understand Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes affects over 400 million people. It can be confusing and difficult to manage, so in this video we'll answer all your questions about type 2 diabetes, including what to eat, what affects your risk, and is there a cure.
SciShow
Does COVID Cause Cancer?
There's a troubling link between COVID and certain cancers, but as always, it's complicated.
SciShow
Wait, We JUST Banned Asbestos?
Amphibole asbestos has been (mostly) illegal in the United States since 1989. So why is the EPA just banning chrysotile asbestos in the year 2024? And is chrysotile really safer?
SciShow
The Rare Disorder That Turns Everyone Else Into Demons
Prosopometamorphopsia is an extremely rare disorder of facial processing that makes other people's faces look demonic or seem to melt. But in the process of treating these people, we can also learn how our brain understands what a face...
SciShow
Why City Birds Love Cigarettes
Urban birds like house finches and house sparrows are great at finding materials to repel pests and parasites from their nests. Unfortunately, one of those materials is used cigarette butts.
SciShow
This Simple Test Could Detect Half of All Cancers
Cancer is a complicated disease, and there's no simple blood test for early detection and screening to spot cancer in general. That might be changing thanks to LINE-1, a retrotransposon gene that doesn't do anything.
SciShow
To Save Sinking Cities, Just Add Water
It's more than climate change putting coastal cities at risk of catastrophic flooding. Subsidence, or sinking, affects cities as they pump out groundwater to use. The solution might be as simple as putting it back.
SciShow
Boom Boom Thump: How to Make Quieter Supersonic Planes
Supersonic jets like the Concorde face concerns over safety, high carbon output, and cost. They also make loud sonic booms so loud that only transoceanic flights are legal. Now one NASA program is trying to make a quiet supersonic plane...
PBS
Is Interstellar Travel Impossible?
Space is pretty deadly. But is it so deadly that we’re effectively imprisoned in our solar system forever? Many have said so, but a few have actually figured it out.
SciShow
The Weirdest Things That Sneezing Can Do To You
Chances are, the worst thing that's happened to you because of a sneeze is a snot rocket. But for these people, sneezing caused anything from damaged ears to a broken neck! But in one case, a sneezing fit saved one woman from needing...
SciShow
How Can Microbes Protect Crops From Drought?
Solving food shortages caused by droughts is a big challenge that may benefit from a tiny ally. Turns out that the microbes living in the soil around plants can give them a boost when water's scarce, which means more food for us, which...
MinuteEarth
Why It's Impossible To Win a Nuclear War
Nuclear war is a terrifying existential threat, but we shouldn't only fear the blasts because the ensuing smoke is the real killer.
SciShow
3 Things Your Dog Should Not Be Doing
Dogs do a lot of weird things, and sometimes they’re funny enough to post on Tumblr. But before you do, make sure li’l Scamp isn’t doing any of these three things -- because they spell trouble.
SciShow
The Key to an Artificial Heart ... and Open-Heart Surgery
Scientists have been trying to pull blood out of the body and put it back in again since the early 1800s, but bypass machines haven't been easy to get right.
SciShow
If Tomatoes Could Talk, Here’s What They’d Say | SciShow News
We’d pictured the plant-fruit relationship as one-way, but new research reports that sometimes the fruit can talk back! And while cow burps are a widely cited contributor to climate change, it turns out that wild pigs might also be...
SciShow
How Did a Magnet Just Break My Monitor?
If you’ve managed to break your boxy old computer monitor by sticking a magnet on it, you have a lot to learn about the 20th century technology of cathode ray tubes.
SciShow
How Do We Know We’re Tired?
Sleep is complicated. And there's still a lot we don't know about it, but zebrafish larvae are a surprisingly good place to look to learn more about what makes us sleepy.
SciShow
Wood-eating Clams: The Real Kraken?
For thousands of years, a sea creature has plagued sailors by attacking and devouring their ships. It is so destructive that reportedly it swiss-cheesed the hulls of Christopher Columbus’s ships, sinking at least two of them.
SciShow
How Do Turtles Live So Long?
We all know turtles live an amazingly long time, but what's their secret? And can we apply it to humans?
SciShow
Can Screens Damage Your Eyes?
You might have heard that exposure to unnatural lights from digital devices can hurt your eyes. But is that true? Hosted by: Stefan Chin
SciShow
We're One Step Closer to Understanding Aging
Scientists have had a variety of hypotheses about how chemical stress can affect DNA to cause aging, but a new study has just shown the process in action. Hosted by: Hank Green
SciShow
The New Gel That Regrows Brains
A new healing gel helped mice regrow brain tissue after a stroke, and scientists suspect someone out there is producing a bunch of ozone-destroying CFCs in defiance of an international agreement! Hosted by: Hank Green
SciShow
New Research: Laser Guided Lightning
Researchers have published a new method of guiding lightning strikes using a laser. And another team of researchers developed a new test that uses DNA as bait for respiratory viruses like COVID-19.