TED Talks
Dean Kamen: To invent is to give
Inventor Dean Kamen lays out his argument for the Segway and offers a peek into his next big ideas (portable energy and water purification for developing countries).
SciShow
Record-Breaking Discoveries of 2016!
It’s been a pretty cool year for science around the globe, and we here at SciShow like to highlight the superlatives: some of the biggest, oldest, fastest, and most amazing discoveries of 2016.
MinutePhysics
The Physics of Car Crashes
How is the chemical energy of gasoline transformed into kinetic energy of a moving car? And where does that kinetic energy go when the car crashes into something and stops moving?
SciShow
The Most Dangerous Part of Space Travel Coming Home
SciShow Space takes you through perhaps the scariest part of every space mission -- re-entry. How do astronauts survive the turbulent return to Earth’s atmosphere? Math, y’all!
SciShow
Can Cold Showers Really Improve Your Health?
Some people tout the health and productivity benefits of cold showers, but how much do they really do?
SciShow
Destroying Space Junk With Lasers, and Two Rare Eclipses!
This week on SciShow Space News, astronauts had to take the scenic route to the ISS because of some space debris. And this month, you might get to see two eclipses: a solar eclipse, and a rare supermoon eclipse.
TED Talks
TED: A smog vacuum cleaner and other magical city designs | Daan Roosegaarde
Daan Roosegaarde uses technology and creative thinking to produce imaginative, earth-friendly designs. He presents his latest projects -- from a bike path in eindhoven, where he reinterpreted "The Starry Night" to get people thinking...
TED Talks
Heather Barnett: What humans can learn from semi-intelligent slime
Inspired by biological design and self-organizing systems, artist Heather Barnett co-creates with physarum polycephalum, a eukaryotic microorganism that lives in cool, moist areas. What can people learn from the semi-intelligent slime...
SciShow
Carcolepsy: Why Do We Get Sleepy in Cars?
It turns out there are number of aspects of driving that can potentially conspire to lull our bodies into a potentially dangerous state of drowsiness.
SciShow
Spotted One of the Fastest Pulsars Ever Seen SciShow News.mp4
Astronomers have found a new celestial object, and it's moving really, really fast!
TED Talks
Yves Behar: A supercharged motorcycle design
Yves Behar and Forrest North unveil Mission One, a sleek, powerful electric motorcycle. They share slides from distant (yet similar) childhoods that show how collaboration kick-started their friendship -- and shared dreams.
TED Talks
TED: How to stop swiping and find your person on dating apps | Christina Wallace
Let's face it, online dating can suck. So many potential people, so much time wasted -- is it even worth it? Podcaster and entrepreneur Christina Wallace thinks so, if you do it right. In a funny, practical talk, Wallace shares how she...
SciShow
A Surprisingly Simple Secret to Supersonic Flight
Making a faster plane takes more than building better engines and structures. To go supersonic, engineers had to solve hundreds of problems -- including ditching one of the biggest assumptions in aerodynamics!
SciShow
Game Theory: The Science of Decision-Making
With up to ten years in prison at stake, will Wanda rat Fred out? Game theory is looking at human interactions through the lens of mathematics.
SciShow
RIP Philae? The Latest on the Comet Mission
SciShow Space News explains what happened to Philae, the first spacecraft on the surface of a comet, and shares what scientists say about the future of the mission.
MinutePhysics
Common Physics Misconceptions
What if you thought the earth was flat? And then you found out it isn't?
SciShow
MU69 is Flat, and No One Knows Why - SciShow News
MU69 seems to be much flatter than we thought and the Gaia space telescope can tell us where galaxies have been and, maybe, where they're going.
TED Talks
TED: Why we need to go back to Mars | Joel Levine
Planetary scientist Joel Levine shows some intriguing -- and puzzling -- new discoveries about Mars: craters full of ice, traces of ancient oceans, and compelling hints at the presence, sometime in the past, of life. He makes the case...
SciShow
Why Are Rockets Launched in Florida?
Out of all the locations NASA could have chosen in the U.S., why Florida?
SciShow
Meet the Real Tyrannosaurus rex
For more than a hundred years, we've been studying fossils of Tyrannosaurus rex. But despite all the new insights we've gained, many of the popular images of T. rex still seem to be stuck in the past.
SciShow
Does Mars Need The Cloud?
Earlier this year, scientists pitched a mission to bring 'the cloud' to Mars. While this proposal may seem expensive and risky, it's a legitimate idea that could fundamentally change how we plan space missions!
TED Talks
TED: How to gain control of your free time | Laura Vanderkam
There are 168 hours in each week. How do we find time for what matters most? Time management expert Laura Vanderkam studies how busy people spend their lives, and she's discovered that many of us drastically overestimate our commitments...
SciShow
7 of the Most Uniquely Fierce Sharks
Sharks come in a lot of different shapes and sizes and many of them don't look like the ones you see in movies. Here are seven sharks that went down some decidedly strange evolutionary paths.