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How Do Glaciers Move?
Glacier ice is weird. It's solid. Solid things aren't supposed to flow. But glacier ice flows like a liquid, and it does that without melting! How is this possible? I traveled to Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska to find out.
Bozeman Science
Matter
Mr. Andersen gives a brief description of matter. The five states of matter are also discussed.
SciShow
The Science of Alcohol: From Beer to Bourbon
Alcohol has been an important part of human culture for a very long time, and from the basic process, we've figured out how to create a wide variety of alcohol beverages!
Bozeman Science
Solids and Liquids
In this video Paul Andersen compares and contrasts the properties of solids and liquids. Solids have a more organized structure which can either be amorphous or crystalline. In liquids the intermolecular forces are lower and so the...
Bozeman Science
The Chloroplast
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the chloroplast in plants harnesses power from the Sun to form high energy molecules like glucose. The structure of a chloroplast as well as a brief discussion of the light reaction and Calvin...
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How Cells Got Their Membranes (Maybe) | SciShow News
For life to evolve on Earth, a bunch of complex organic molecules had to evolve a way to assemble into cells. So how did those proto-cells get cell membranes? Some researchers have a new hunch. Also, scientists are borrowing a trick from...
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Here's What Kevlar and Your Smartphone Have in Common
You might not believe it, but the same chemistry that brought us bulletproof vests and modern sailing sails also gave us the technology to build your smart phone. But that doesn’t mean these chemists were thinking about these...
Crash Course
Water - Liquid Awesome: Crash Course Biology
Hank teaches us why water is one of the most fascinating and important substances in the universe.
Crash Course Kids
The Great Aqua Adventure
Water travels... a lot. In fact, the water cycle is amazing and takes water all over the planet by using evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina shows us how the water cycle works and...
Crash Course
Solutions: Crash Course Chemistry
This week, Hank elaborates on why Fugu can kill you by illustrating the ideas of solutions and discussing molarity, molality, and mass percent. Also, why polar solvents dissolve polar solutes, and nonpolar solvents dissolve nonpolar...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: There may be extraterrestrial life in our solar system - Augusto Carballido
Is there extraterrestrial life in our solar system? Or are we alone? Take a journey to the ocean worlds on Jupiter and Saturn to investigate the possibility. -- Deep in our solar system, a new era of exploration is unfolding. Beneath the...
Crash Course
Kinetic Theory and Phase Changes: Crash Course Physics
How the heck do we map out a planet without oceans? NASA had to figure that out when we sent the Mariner 9 probe to Mars. There's some tricky, yet fascinating science behind all of it! In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini talks...
Bozeman Science
Fossil Fuels
In this video Paul Andersen explains how fossil fuels are formed when organic material is heating and squeezed in an anaerobic environment. Formation, extraction, advantages, and disadvantages are discussed for coal, petroleum and...
SciShow
How to Make Snow (If You're Not Elsa)
In this episode Hank explains how snow is made using science.
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New Jupiter Weirdness From Juno
Astronomers have announced the Juno space probe’s first findings from Jupiter!
Bozeman Science
Intermolecular Forces
In this video Paul Andersen explains how intermolecular forces differ from intramolecular forces. He then explains how differences in these forces account for different properties in solid, liquids and gases. Some of these properties...
SciShow Kids
Build a Tiny Plant World! Science Project for Kids
Jessi and Squeaks just learned about terrariums, and now they want to make one for themselves! Join them to learn all about these tiny gardens in a bottle and how you can make one of your own!
Crash Course
Saturn
Saturn is the crown jewel of the solar system, beautiful and fascinating. It is a gas giant, and has a broad set of rings made of ice particles. Moons create gaps in the rings via their gravity. Saturn has dozens of moons, including...
SciShow Kids
Blow Up A Balloon With Science! #sciencegoals
Can you believe that you can blow up a balloon without actually blowing your own air into it!? Follow along with this super neat experiment and find out how!
Bozeman Science
Photosynthesis
Paul Andersen explains the process of photosynthesis by which plants and algae can convert carbon dioxide into useable sugar. He begins with a brief description of the chloroplast. He describes the major pigments in a plant (like...
SciShow
Is There Liquid Water on Mars?
Mars might be full of salty liquid water! Plus, a guide to the upcoming Lyrids meteor shower.
SciShow Kids
How People (And Squids) Measure Things
There is more than one way to measure the same thing! Jessi and her friend The Giant Squidstravaganza (Squid for short) explore the differences between the Metric System and the Imperial System.