TED Talks
Jennifer Lin: Improvising on piano, aged 14
Pianist and composer Jennifer Lin gives a magical performance, talks about the process of creativity and improvises a moving solo piece based on a random sequence of notes.
TED Talks
TED: I survived a terrorist attack. Here's what I learned | Gill Hicks
Gill Hicks's story is one of compassion and humanity, emerging from the ashes of chaos and hate. A survivor of the London terrorist bombings on July 7, 2005, she shares her story of the events of that day -- and the profound lessons that...
Crash Course
Advanced CPU Designs: Crash Course Computer Science
So now that we’ve built and programmed our very own CPU, we’re going to take a step back and look at how CPU speeds have rapidly increased from just a few cycles per second to gigahertz! Some of that improvement, of course, has come from...
SciShow
This Problem Could Break Cryptography
What if, no matter how strong your password was, a hacker could crack it just as easily as you can type it? In fact, what if all sorts of puzzles we thought were hard turned out to be easy? Mathematicians call this problem P vs. NP, it...
SciShow
The Future of Space Telescopes: Umbrellas & Glitter!
After Hubble and Webb, what's the future of space telescopes? Two ideas in planning stages right now involve the space-age versions of umbrellas and glitter.
TED Talks
Suzanne Lee: Grow your own clothes
Designer Suzanne Lee shares her experiments in growing a kombucha-based material that can be used like fabric or vegetable leather to make clothing. The process is fascinating, the results are beautiful (though there's still one minor...
3Blue1Brown
Oh, wait, actually the best Wordle opener is not “crane”…
Contents: 0:00 - The Bug 3:31 - How the best first guess is chosen 8:54 - Does this ruin the game?
PBS
The Tully Monster & Other Problematic Creatures
There are animals in the fossil record that challenge some of our most basic ideas about what animals are supposed to look like. If there ever was a monster on this planet that was worthy of the name, it might have been the Tully Monster.
Crash Course
The Director: Crash Course Film Production
So... what do Directors even do? That's not an easy question to answer but today Lily will do her best. Generally, directors are the driving creative force behind a movie, deciding what kind of cinematic world the story will take place...
SciShow Kids
Amazing Snakes!
Snakes are super cool and super helpful, but people believe a lot of things about them that just aren't true. Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn what's true and what's false about these radical reptiles!
SciShow
SciShow Talk Show: Biocrust with Rebecca Durham
Welcome back to Scishow TalkShow! In this episode Hank learns more about Biocrust explained by Rebecca Durham. Jessi Knudsen Castañeda also brings a ball python named Puzzle.
3Blue1Brown
How secure is 256 bit security? Cryptocurrency - Part 2 of 2
When a piece of cryptography is described as having "256-bit security", what exactly does that mean? Just how big is the number 2^256?
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you solve the birthday cake riddle? | Marie Brodsky
Your friend's birthday is tomorrow, and he's turning... well... you've forgotten. A ginormous cake has been prepared and your job is to sculpt his age as the chocolate centerpiece. The birthday boy is a giant, and you're afraid that if...
SciShow Kids
Why Don’t Haircuts Hurt?
Jessi is getting a haircut later, but what makes it so that your hair doesn't hurt when you go to get it cut?
TED Talks
John Lloyd: An animated tour of the invisible
Gravity. The stars in day. Thoughts. The human genome. Time. Atoms. So much of what really matters in the world is impossible to see. A stunning animation of John Lloyd's classic TEDTalk from 2009, which will make you question what you...
Be Smart
How Many Species Are There?
How many species are there on Earth? In biology, this is one of a fundamental question that we still don't have a very good answer for. Imagine if chemists didn't know all the elements of the periodic table, or if physicists didn't know...
SciShow
Why Is This Island Disappearing?
Hoboro Island off the coast of Japan may soon be an island of the past, and it’s primarily due to one unsuspecting isopod.
Be Smart
What Are Rainbows?
Dorothy went over one. LeVar Burton read to us under one. In a song, Kermit the Frog connected us to one. Even Mork's suspenders were made of them. Our culture, and our skies, are full of rainbows, but do you know how they form? Do we...
SciShow Kids
Ostriches: The World's Biggest Birds! | Biology for Kids | SciShow Kids
There are all sorts of flying birds, but some of the world's biggest are ones that stick to the ground, like the awesome ostrich!
SciShow
What Does Facebook Really Know About Your Personality?
Facebook has access to extensive data about its millions of users across the world, but what exactly can they learn from that information?
SciShow Kids
Why Do We Have Eyebrows?
When you think about it, your eyebrows are a little strange! But they're also really important! From protecting your eyes to helping others know how you feel, those little bits of hair in the middle of your face have some big jobs!
TED Talks
BJ Miller: What really matters at the end of life
At the end of our lives, what do we most wish for? For many, it's simply comfort, respect, love. BJ Miller is a hospice and palliative medicine physician who thinks deeply about how to create a dignified, graceful end of life for his...