There have been a lot of scientific discoveries around COVID, but other science stories did happen in 2020 — including amazing discoveries about everything from dinosaurs to parasites.

RNA, the genetic messenger, makes sure the DNA recipe gives your cells exactly what they ordered. But sometimes that means inhibiting some other RNA that got the recipe wrong. This process is called RNA interference (RNAi), and it acts...

* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talks bluntly about politics and diplomacy, making the case that...

The most cost-effective way to save a human life right now is to help give Vitamin A drops to certain groups of people, thanks to the health effects of the drops and the ease of their distribution.

2017 has been an eventful year, so as it comes to a close we'd like to look back at some of its most superlative science.

This week on SciShow Space News, photos of Comet 67P and Pluto are helping us solve old mysteries and creating some new ones.

Astronomers might have finally discovered part of why Tabby's Star acts so strangely and we have some new ideas about what triggers a type Ia supernova.

Probably twice the size of a modern gorilla, Gigantopithecus is the greatest great-ape that ever was. And for us fellow primates, there are some lessons to be learned in how it lived, and why it disappeared.

Some elements can basically be liquids and solids at the same time, which is a whole new state of matter, and scientists have discovered a new species of human in the Republic of the Philippines!

In this video Paul Andersen explains how electric force on an object inside a field can be calculated by multiplying the charge of the object (in C) times the electric field strength (in N/C).

An ISS resupply mission is launching today and the space station should have a new inflatable room to experiment with!

Astronomers have finally found evidence to help solve the missing baryon problem, and they're pointing telescopes toward the Intergalactic Medium to figure it out.

Hank tells us about the Kepler Space Telescope and its new data!

The nerve disease ALS left graffiti artist TEMPT paralyzed from head to toe, forced to communicate blink by blink. In a remarkable talk at TEDActive, entrepreneur Mick Ebeling shares how he and a team of collaborators built an...

Ever notice how adding "super" in front of something makes it way more awesome? Hank gives us the rundown on the Yellowstone SUPERcomputer.

Neptune's radius is almost four times larger than Earth's, its surface has super intense storms, and we barely know anything else about it. It is time to send another orbiter out there.

Enceladus’ environment could totally be habitable for at least one real-world microbe and we just found the oldest supernova.

Researchers think they may have found a new way to study planets after they've been "buried" in a star! Astronomers are also officially acknowledging the discovery of a distant body with a thousand-year orbit and an adorable nickname.

How is it that you can be looking at a distinct object in front of you, yet picture something entirely different in your mind? The inner workings of what’s happening in our brains to allow this is a puzzle that scientists are now...

Microphones keep getting smaller and smaller, but have you ever asked what it would be like to have a bigger one in the form of a shirt? And though we tend to incorrectly think that we’re having two-way conversations with our pets, we...

In this video Paul Andersen explains how the location of matter can be determined at the nanoscale using the wave function. The absolute value of the wave function can be used to determine the probability of finding matter in a...

When Michael Bierut was tapped to design a logo for public school libraries, he had no idea that he was embarking on a years-long passion project. In this often hilarious talk, he recalls his obsessive quest to bring energy, learning,...

In this video Paul Andersen explains how the kinetic energy gained by an object is equivalent to the work done on the object. The force on the object must act parallel or antiparallel to the motion of the object to do work. Several...

We’ve discovered a planet that, for its size, is in a very strange place around it’s star! And other scientists, inspired by comets, have come up with a new way to potentially make breathable oxygen for people exploring Mars in the future.