SciShow Kids
Ramps A Super, Simple Machine!
Jessi and Squeaks brought home a whole bunch of books! But they aren't quite sure how to get them up the stairs into the house. Join them as they learn about ramps and how these simple machines help us with our work!
TED Talks
TED: An interview with the Queen of Creole Cuisine | Leah Chase and Pat Mitchell
Leah Chase's New Orleans restaurant Dooky Chase changed the course of American history over gumbo and fried chicken. During the civil rights movement, it was a place where white and black people came together, where activists planned...
TED Talks
TED: The math behind basketball's wildest moves | Rajiv Maheswaran
Basketball is a fast-moving game of improvisation, contact and, ahem, spatio-temporal pattern recognition. Rajiv Maheswaran and his colleagues are analyzing the movements behind the key plays of the game, to help coaches and players...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The Infinite Hotel Paradox - Jeff Dekofsky
The Infinite Hotel, a thought experiment created by German mathematician David Hilbert, is a hotel with an infinite number of rooms. Easy to comprehend, right? Wrong. What if it's completely booked but one person wants to check in? What...
Bozeman Science
Mass Spectrometry
In this video Paul Andersen explains how a spectrometer was used to identify the presence of isotopes. This modified Dalton's original atomic theory because atoms of the same element had different masses. The functional parts of a mass...
SciShow
Hacking the Brain: The Future of Prosthetics
We usually think of 'hacking' as a bad thing, but scientists are working on ways to hack the brain that will greatly benefit people with prosthetics, and maybe someday people with paralysis.
SciShow Kids
Why Sea Cows Are Awesome? Animal Science for Kids
Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn all about an amazing aquatic mammal you may not have heard of before: the manatee!
Bozeman Science
The Hierarchy of Life
Paul Andersen explains how biology is ordered in the hierarchy of life. He first of all describes how emergent properties appear as you move to more inclusive systems. The then describes life at the following levels; atom, molecule,...
SciShow
So, Negative Gravity Is a Thing
In nature, most of our basic forces both attract and repel. In fact, gravity is the only exception. But, according to theorists, sound waves actually have negative gravity.
Crash Course
How Do Oceans Circulate? Crash Course Geography
Today, we're going to take a closer look at how the oceans circulate by following the life of a discarded water bottle as it gets snagged in the North Pacific Garbage Patch. We'll talk about what causes the movement of water, called...
Bozeman Science
London Dispersion Forces
In this video Paul Andersen describes the positive force intermolecular forces found between all atoms and molecules. As electrons are distributed unevenly it creates instantaneous dipoles which hold molecules together. This force even...
SciShow
7 Myths About Movement
Bumblebees fly, lights turn on, and you can ride a bike without falling over. We all know these things to be true, but what you may not know is the real reason behind why they work. Join Olivia to bust seven myths about motion.
SciShow
Why Do We Stretch in the Morning?
Humans (and our pets) frequently instinctively stretch as soon as we wake up. But why? What is happening in our bodies when we stretch and yawn to wake ourselves up?
TED Talks
TED: The creative power of your intuition | Bozoma Saint John
Great ideas are like electricity -- they snap into sharp focus and sprint from place to place. What's the best way to capture them? Bozoma Saint John, Chief Marketing Officer at Netflix, makes a compelling case to move away from an...
SciShow
Earth Has Another Magnetic Field
You probably know about the geomagnetic field that protects the earth from solar storms and radiation. But precision satellites have measured ANOTHER magnetic field coming from Earth, and its signals might hold the key to searching for...
TED Talks
Fabian Hemmert: The shape-shifting future of the mobile phone
In this short, amazing demo, Fabian Hemmert imagines one future of the mobile phone -- a shape-shifting and weight-shifting handset that "displays" information nonvisually. It's a delightfully intuitive way to communicate.
SciShow
Fascia: The Body's Remarkable, Functional Glue
There’s a connective tissue running all throughout your body that not only holds all your muscles and organs together, but also has sensory and mechanical properties that may explain some poorly understood medical phenomena.
TED Talks
TED: electrical experiments with plants that count and communicate | Greg Gage
Neuroscientist Greg Gage takes sophisticated equipment used to study the brain out of graduate-level labs and brings them to middle- and high-school classrooms (and, sometimes, to the TED stage.) Prepare to be amazed as he hooks up the...
TED Talks
TED: My long walk across India for women's freedom | Srishti Bakshi
There are 600 million women in India -- yet they are rarely seen outdoors after sunset because of safety concerns like harassment and catcalls. On a mission to create safer public spaces, women's rights advocate Srishti Bakshi talks...
Be Smart
Relationship Advice from the Animal Kingdom
Ever find yourself wishing for relationship advice and have no one to turn to? Looking for the secrets to a long and happy relationship but can't find the answers? Maybe you just want to know how to tell that certain someone that you...
SciShow
How Mind-Controlling Parasites Teach Us About Brains
Some parasites can hijack the brains of their victims and cause them to behave in strange ways, but how they do it, and do we humans need to be worried?
MinuteEarth
How Cats Became our Feline Overlords (ft. It's Okay To Be Smart)
Check out how cats became our favorite little murder machines. ___________________________________________ If you want to learn more about this topic, here are some keywords to get your googling started: Puma: The big cat with the...
Bozeman Science
Wave Energy
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the energy of a wave if directly related to the amplitude of a wave. The wave energy of a sound wave is the volume of the wave.
Crash Course
Joints: Crash Course A&P
We continue our look at your bones and skeletal system, skipping over the silly kid's song in favor of a more detailed look at your your axial and appendicular skeleton. This episode also talks about the structural and functional...