SciShow
This Flatworm Remembers Things After You Cut Off Its Brain
Planarians are flatworms most known for being able to grow a new head if it gets cut off, but perhaps even stranger is the fact that their new head retains some of the memories from the old one. Hosted by: Michel Aranda
SciShow
Why Scientists Are Using Mice to Make Human Cells
Stem cells are widely believed to hold great promise in medical research because of their ability to transform into all sorts of other cell types, and scientists can grow it in living mice.
TED Talks
TED: Fashion has a pollution problem -- can biology fix it? | Natsai Audrey Chieza
Natsai Audrey Chieza is a designer on a mission -- to reduce pollution in the fashion industry while creating amazing new things to wear. In her lab, she noticed that the bacteria Streptomyces coelicolor makes a striking red-purple...
TED Talks
TED: Civilization on the Moon -- and what it means for life on Earth | Jessy Kate Schingler
We could realistically see people starting to live and work on the Moon in the next decade -- and how we do it matters, says space policy researcher Jessy Kate Schingler. In this fascinating talk, she discusses the critical issues that...
SciShow
Optogenetics: Using Light to Control Your Brain
Optogenetics may allow us to use light like a remote control for our brains, and treat diseases like retinitis pigmentosa.
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
This Flatworm Remembers Things After You Cut Off Its Brain
Planarians are flatworms most known for being able to grow a new head if it gets cut off, but perhaps even stranger is the fact that their new head retains some of the memories from the old one.
SciShow
Two Fungi That Produced a New Type of Antibiotic: SciShow Talk Show
Andrea and Don Stierle talk with Hank about their work analyzing various microorganisms in the Berkeley Pit and how they discovered a new type of antibiotic. Then Jessi joins in to show off Blueberry, the northern blue-tongued skink.
TED Talks
TED: Listening to shame | Brené Brown
Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown, whose earlier talk on vulnerability became a viral hit, explores what can happen when people confront their shame head-on. Her own humor,...
TED Talks
TED: How will we survive when the population hits 10 billion? | Charles C. Mann
By 2050, an estimated 10 billion people will live on earth. How are we going to provide everybody with basic needs while also avoiding the worst impacts of climate change? In a talk packed with wit and wisdom, science journalist Charles...
TED Talks
Jared Diamond: Why do societies collapse?
Why do societies fail? With lessons from the Norse of Iron Age Greenland, deforested Easter Island and present-day Montana, Jared Diamond talks about the signs that collapse is near, and how -- if we see it in time -- we can prevent it.
SciShow
6 Home Remedies Actually Supported by Science
In the comments of our episode debunking six popular home remedies, a lot of you asked us if there are any that do work. Well, here’s the answer! Chapters 1 PRUNES FOR CONSTIPATION 1:58 OATMEAL FOR DRY SKIN 2:34 3 GINGER FOR MORNING...
TED Talks
Anirudh Sharma: Ink made of air pollution
What if we could capture pollution in the air around us and turn it into something useful? Inventor Anirudh Sharma shares how he created AIR-INK, a deep black ink that's made from PM 2.5 pollution. See how he hacked together a clever way...
TED Talks
TED: My quest to defy gravity and fly | Elizabeth Streb
Over the course of her fearless career, extreme action specialist Elizabeth Streb has pushed the limits of the human body. She's jumped through broken glass, toppled from great heights and built gizmos to provide a boost along the way....
SciShow
Healing Hearts, Space Jewelry, and the Newest Mammal
Hank reveals the latest discoveries, including a way to make new, beating heart cells, ancient Egyptian jewelry made from meteorites, and the first mammal to be discovered in the Americas in 35 years, the adorable olinguito.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The accident that changed the world - Allison Ramsey and Mary Staicu
In 1928, scientist Alexander Fleming returned to his lab and found something unexpected: a colony of mold growing on a Petri dish he’d forgotten to place in his incubator. And around this colony of mold was a zone completely and...
Food Farmer Earth
Exploring an Organic Mushroom Farm: Wild and Cultivated Varieties
Dive into the innovative practices of an organic mushroom farm. Learn how they cultivate a diverse range of mushrooms, manage seasonal growth, and harness both wild and medicinal varieties.
Curated Video
Life in Space
Bacteria from a sneeze was inadvertently sent to the Moon. When it returned to Earth, it came back to life. What does this mean for the possibility of life in the Universe? Physics - Universe - Learning Points. In 1969, Apollo 12 went to...
Curated Video
Antibiotics
Discover why antibiotics have become one of the most frequently used medicines. And why their efficiency is threatened by the emergence of superbugs. Biology - Healthy Living - Sir Alexander Fleming discovered the first antibiotic for...
Curated Video
Instant Crystals
We use a supersaturated solution of sodium ethanoate to demonstrate instant crystallisation. Sodium ethanoate is added to water and is then heated to allow all of the crystals to dissolve. When it is cooled it forms a supersaturated...
Curated Video
Ferrofluids
We compare the properties of three iron mixtures: iron and water, iron and oil and a ferrofluid - a mixture of compounds containing iron and oil. First, we look at how iron filings behave when mixed with water and then oil. We then hold...
Curated Video
Precipitate Formation
We add potassium iodide and lead(II) nitrate to the opposite sides of a Petri dish filled with water to see how quickly they diffuse. When added to the water, the chemicals spread through the dish and when they meet they react to form...
Curated Video
Nature's Pharmacy: Rediscovering Grandma's Remedies for Common Ailments
Join Mac Lesggy as he explores the effectiveness of traditional remedies like honey, thyme, and lemon in treating common ailments. Learn from health experts about the science behind these natural solutions and witness how essential oils...
Curated Video
What Most People Get Wrong About Abortion
On June 24, 2022 the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and we are SHOOK. The abortion debate is divided along party lines, and steeped in a cloud of myths. What’s science and what’s science fiction? We’ve got the truth about...