Instructional Video5:19
SciShow

Why Isn't Mount Denali a Volcano?

12th - Higher Ed
Alaska has the most volcanoes out of all the US states, but researchers think they don't have enough. Here's the weird science behind looking for Alaska's volcanoes, and what we've learned about volcanism along the way.
Instructional Video29:22
SciShow

Why We Can't Predict Earthquakes

12th - Higher Ed
Earthquakes have the power to devastate entire communities—a little advanced notice could make a world of difference with an impending earthquake. So why can't they be predicted? Join Rose Bear Don't Walk for a new episode of SciShow,...
Instructional Video2:28
SciShow

Why There's a Straight Line Through Scotland

12th - Higher Ed
If you take a look at a map of Scotland, you'll notice an eerily straight line running through the highlands, this is the Great Glen Fault the product of half a billion years of time and geology.
News Clip7:42
PBS

Decades on, millions of unexploded U.S. bombs left in Laos

12th - Higher Ed
The United States dropped 270 million bombs on Laos between 1964 and 1973. On Tuesday, President Obama became the first U.S. president to visit the country, promising to provide the Laotian people to remove the unexploded bombs that...
News Clip3:08
PBS

Why we need to stop sharing American Dream success stories

12th - Higher Ed
Why would author Casey Gerald want people to stop highlighting success stories like his own? Gerald says he grew up on "the wrong side of the tracks" and went on to Harvard Business school. But he says celebrations of the American Dream...
News Clip2:29
Curated Video

US hands over Herat to Italian ISAF forces, Karzai with Abizaid

Higher Ed
Agency Pool Herat 1. US and Italian soldiers carrying flags - US, Afghan, Italian - in ceremony to hand over Herat PRT (Provincial Reconstruction Team) from US troops to Italian ISAF troops at PRT headquarters 2. Wide shot ceremony 3....
News Clip2:37
PBS

Why we need to stop sharing American Dream success stories

12th - Higher Ed
Why would author Casey Gerald want people to stop highlighting success stories like his own? Gerald says he grew up on "the wrong side of the tracks" and went on to Harvard Business school. But he says celebrations of the American Dream...
Instructional Video5:29
SciShow

Why Billions of Passenger Pigeons Died in Under a Century

12th - Higher Ed
How could the most abundant bird in North America go extinct so quickly? Short answer: us.
Instructional Video12:05
SciShow

Quiz Show: Vlogbrothers Face-Off: Hank v. John!

12th - Higher Ed
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.
Instructional Video9:46
SciShow

Are We Overdue for a Megaquake?

12th - Higher Ed
If you live in the U.S. you may have heard that the Pacific Northwest is supposedly overdue for an earthquake of colossal, devastating proportions. If that’s true, how can we better understand the threat and be prepared for the day it...
Instructional Video3:44
SciShow

The “Devil’s Staircase” Shows Why Earthquakes Are Hard to Predict

12th - Higher Ed
Devastating earthquakes happen every year, and it's difficult to predict when they will happen. But they do follow one mathematical pattern known as the Devil's staircase.
Instructional Video9:01
TED Talks

TED: How we're saving one of Earth's last wild places | Steve Boyes

12th - Higher Ed
Navigating territorial hippos and active minefields, TED Fellow Steve Boyes and a team of scientists have been traveling through the Okavango Delta, Africa's largest remaining wetland wilderness, to explore and protect this near-pristine...
Instructional Video1:51
SciShow

Why Are Belly Flops So Painful

12th - Higher Ed
You botched your forward double somersault and biffed it hard on the water. Why does it have to hurt so bad?
Instructional Video6:06
SciShow

Don't Worry About That Asteroid That Might Hit This Year | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
That asteroid the headlines have been warning people about isn't likely to actually hit us, and scientists might have solved a mystery that could save lives: the relationship between tides and earthquakes.
Instructional Video4:32
SciShow

How Ancient Buildings Became Accidental Seismographs

12th - Higher Ed
We use seismographs to record the time, location and magnitude of earthquakes as they happen. But in the last three decades, a new field of study has emerged that is learning to track these details about earthquakes of old using the...
Instructional Video2:30
SciShow

Why There's a Straight Line Through Scotland

12th - Higher Ed
If you take a look at a map of Scotland, you'll notice an eerily straight line running through the highlands, this is the Great Glen Fault the product of half a billion years of time and geology.
Instructional Video2:31
SciShow

Why Does Plane Food Taste So Bad?

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve all heard the jokes about airline food, but have you ever wondered why most everyone in the world hates it so much?
Instructional Video3:54
SciShow

Moonquakes and Marsquakes

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space explores the origins of Earthquakes that aren't on Earth. Moonquakes and Marsquakes can happen, too!
Instructional Video10:54
SciShow

6 Ways Species Rely on Humans for Survival

12th - Higher Ed
Sometimes, a species has declined so dramatically that they require serious human intervention to ensure they don’t disappear forever. Here are six ways we’re using conservation and science to keep those species alive.... Chapters ...
Instructional Video6:22
Bozeman Science

Law of Superposition

12th - Higher Ed
Mr. Andersen explains the law of superposition and the principle of original horizontality. He uses an animation to explain how rock layers can accumulate over time.
Instructional Video12:53
TED Talks

TED: The love, forgiveness and healing fathers need | Charles C. Daniels, Jr.

12th - Higher Ed
Fathers have a profound impact on their children's lives, yet an estimated ten million kids in the US see their dads less than once a month. Through his advocacy and mental health center, therapist Charles C. Daniels, Jr. empowers...
Instructional Video2:06
SciShow

Indonesian Earthquakes

12th - Higher Ed
Hank briefs us on the news of earthquakes in Indonesia and helps us understand why these had less impact than earthquakes which hit the area in 2004.
Instructional Video29:08
SciShow

Will We Ever be Able to Predict Earthquakes?

12th - Higher Ed
Here on SciShow, we’ve talked quite a bit about how difficult it is to predict earthquakes, and how we prepare for them. So today, let’s take a tour of earthquake science!
Instructional Video11:04
Bozeman Science

Geology

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains how rock is formed and changed on the planet. The video begins with a brief description of rocks, minerals, and the rock cycle. Plate tectonics is used to describe structure near plate boundaries. Hot...