Since measles vaccines started making their rounds, child mortality has dropped by up to 90% percent in some countries. That’s more than you’d expect if the measles vaccine just prevented deaths from measles. Can science explain this...

On SciShow News this week, Hank explains how it can rain on the sun and dives in to findings from the NASA twin study!

If you had the power to forget, would you do it? Michael Aranda explains how this might be possible in this episode of SciShow.

In the early days of the Cold War, it was difficult to send and receive messages across the globe. Before the US launched its first satellite in January 1958, the military tried a creative solution: bouncing radio waves off the Moon.

An astonishing amount of research has gone into the question of whether asparagus really makes your urine smell funny. Sci Show explains it all inside!

There are a whole lot of people out there who have bought into the notion that, in order to be physically fit, you should aim for taking 10,000 steps a day. But where did this idea come from, and how did we all agree on this magical,...

In this bracing talk, coral reef ecologist Jeremy Jackson lays out the shocking state of the ocean today: overfished, overheated, polluted, with indicators that things will get much worse. Astonishing photos and stats make the case.

There’s an invisible line between two groups of islands in the Indian Ocean with two totally different animal populations. It took three branches of science to figure out why it exists.

The apparent void in the darkness of space is not as empty as you might think. In fact, it somehow holds the key to creating stars, planets, and even us! And Dutch super-scientist Ewine van Dishoeck made it her life's work to figure out...

The Crab Nebula is one of the most studied things in the sky, but it took glimpses through various wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum to get a full picture of what’s hiding inside!

Do you ever feel so tired that you want to sleep for a few months? Scientists are searching for ways to cause human hibernation.

Animals that eat things are at the forefront of this week’s news, from mice with pain-killing hunger to fish with signs of diabetes.

Every summer it seems like there’s that one person who always gets a lot of mosquito bites. But what makes people mosquito magnets?

If you’re getting restless from social distancing and wishing you could do more to help fight the global pandemic, here are some ways that you can help scientists fight COVID-19—all from the comfort of your home.

This is episode 7 of our animated series "Think Like A Coder." This 10-episode narrative follows a girl, Ethic, and her robot companion, Hedge, as they attempt to save the world. The two embark on a quest to collect three artifacts and...

SciShow explains radiocarbon dating, the best way to date a dead thing!

Chemical engines can only move us through the solar system so quickly, but a faster method is being engineered right now that could get us to Mars in just 40 days!

New information has helped us understand where domestic horses came from. And by counting some tree rings, researchers were able to find evidence of Norse presence in the Americas in 1021 CE.

We have been studying our home galaxy for years, but even though astronomy has come a long way, there is still a lot we don't know about the Milky Way.

Unfortunately, time machines don't exist, but there are other ways to learn about our sun's past.

Jessi had the weirdest dream last night and wants to share with you why our brains make dreams.

Sperm count in Western countries has been dropping for over a hundred years, and scientists have some ideas as to what’s behind this swimmer shortage.

We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to the things they don't, says poet and teacher Clint Smith. A short, powerful piece from the heart, about finding the courage to speak up...

In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on testing causes.

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Tests - a planned act that is done to learn
something
Cause - a thing that gives r
ise to an event
Support - t
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