SciShow
The Virtually-Unkillable Virus That Makes Itself a Nucleus
In 2017, scientists discovered what appeared to be an unkillable virus that does something very un-virus-like... it builds its own nucleus inside its host's cells!
SciShow
Cephalopods Have a Totally Wild Way of Adapting
With their squishy bodies and color-changing abilities, octopuses and other cephalopods already look like our planet’s resident aliens. But researchers have discovered yet another thing that separates them from most other animals on Earth!
SciShow
Hiding a Nobel Prize From the Nazis
To keep their solid gold Nobel Prizes away from the Nazis, James Franck and Max von Laue sent their medals to trusted colleague Niels Bohr. But when Germany invaded Denmark in 1940, the medals were no longer safe - so chemist George de...
SciShow
We Totally Missed a Different Kind of Dementia for Decades
A key part of treating a disorder, is identifying what it's not. It turns out what we thought was one form of dementia may be multiple problems.
SciShow
What Saturn’s Rings Tell Us About Its Soupy Core
The insides of the our gas giant friend, Saturn, might be less of a mystery now that we’ve figured out how to use its rings to indicate its internal makeup. And the light emitted from some very old, very hungry black holes could be...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What’s the smallest thing in the universe? - Jonathan Butterworth
If you were to take a coffee cup, and break it in half, then in half again, and keep carrying on, where would you end up? Could you keep on going forever? Or would you eventually find a set of indivisible building blocks out of which...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The uncertain location of electrons - George Zaidan and Charles Morton
The tiny atoms that make up our world are made up of even tinier protons, neutrons and electrons. Though the number of protons determines an atom's identity, it's the electrons -- specifically, their exact location outside the nucleus --...
SciShow
Why You Can’t Listen to Music While You Work
Some people are capable of concentrating in a storm of noise and motion, and some get distracted by the slightest squeak of a classmate’s chair. This has to do with our brain’s ability to filter, and not only are both entirely natural,...
SciShow
How Intergalactic Particles Are Attacking Your Laptop
In the early 1980s IBM engineers had a hard time to to figure out inexplicable computer module failures in Denver, Colorado. When they finally cracked the puzzle, the cause turned out to be otherworldly.
Crash Course
Neutron Stars
In the aftermath of a 8 – 20 solar mass star’s demise we find a weird little object known as a neutron star. Neutrons stars are incredibly dense, spin rapidly, and have very strong magnetic fields. Some of them we see as pulsars,...
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NASA's Planetary Protection Job, and a Brand New Way to Study Neutrinos
The Planetary Protection Office is hiring and we've found a much easier way to study neutrinos.
SciShow
Why Don't Comets Ever Have a Green Tail?
There’s no question that comets have been regarded as some of the most beautiful things in the night sky for thousands of years. But why are their heads often green but never their tails?
Amoeba Sisters
Dichotomous Keys: Identification Achievement Unlocked
Join the Amoeba Sisters in discovering how to use a dichotomous key to identify organisms. This video also touches on the importance of scientific names. Table of Contents: Intro 00:00 What is a Dichotomous Key? 0:29 Scientific Names vs....
SciShow
These Insects are Smaller than a Single Cell...How?!
Fairies do exist! Well, sort of...meet the fairyfly, the smallest insect on Earth that specializes in the magic of miniaturization!
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Particles and waves: The central mystery of quantum mechanics - Chad Orzel
One of the most amazing facts in physics is that everything in the universe, from light to electrons to atoms, behaves like both a particle and a wave at the same time. But how did physicists arrive at this mind-boggling conclusion? Chad...
Amoeba Sisters
Endosymbiotic Theory
Explore the endosymbiotic theory with the Amoeba Sisters! This theory explains the development of the eukaryote cell from prokaryote cell symbiosis. Scientific theories are also briefly defined. Table of Contents: Intro 00:00 What is a...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How atoms bond - George Zaidan and Charles Morton
Atoms can (and do) bond constantly; it's how they form molecules. Sometimes, in an atomic tug-of-war, one atom pulls electrons from another, forming an ionic bond. Atoms can also play nicely and share electrons in a covalent bond. From...
Be Smart
Could We Clone Ourselves?
Is the science of Orphan Black realistic? Could we clone humans, or engineer them to have customized traits? We take a look at today's genetic engineering technologies to find out if designer babies and human cloning is, or should be, a...
SciShow
A New Comet’s Very, Very Near Miss
This week, a new comet will make its first visit to the inner Solar System, just barely missing Mars (we hope). SciShow Space News takes you there!
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Cell vs. virus: A battle for health - Shannon Stiles
All living things are made of cells. In the human body, these highly efficient units are protected by layer upon layer of defense against icky invaders like the cold virus. Shannon Stiles takes a journey into the cell, introducing the...
SciShow
How to Stop Cancer Using RNA
We know that our immune system watches out for us, but is there a way we could give it a leg up in spotting cancerous tumors?
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why is glass transparent? - Mark Miodownik
If you look through your glasses, binoculars or a window, you see the world on the other side. How is it that something so solid can be so invisible? Mark Miodownik melts the scientific secret behind amorphous solids.
SciShow
Thank Goodness for Chlamydia(e)
The group of bacteria known as Chlamydiae doesn't do much to endear itself to us since these bacteria can cause a variety of illnesses. But it turns out that we may have Chlamydiae to thank for life as we know it!