Instructional Video10:16
PBS

Black Holes from the Dawn of Time

12th - Higher Ed
Primordial black holes may be lurking throughout our universe. How large are they, how many are out there and what would happen if they moved through our solar system?
Instructional Video2:18
SciShow

Why is Red Meat ... Red?

12th - Higher Ed
When you cut into a nice, juicy steak what's all that liquid that pours out? Is it blood? It looks like blood. ...it's not blood.
Instructional Video4:52
Be Smart

23 Reasons to be Cheerful (Thanks to Science!)

12th - Higher Ed
23 Reasons Science Gave Us to be Cheerful
Instructional Video20:56
SciShow

SciShow Quiz Show: Pit Stains & Climate Change

12th - Higher Ed
Megan Toenyes, a former SciShow videomaker returns for a showdown with her former employer!
Instructional Video3:16
SciShow

The World's 5 Rarest Animals

12th - Higher Ed
Today's extraordinarily depressing dose comes to you in honor of Lonesome George, the world's last Pinta Island tortoise, who passed away earlier this summer - Hank brings us the stories of five more extremely rare animals who may be...
Instructional Video4:34
SciShow

Why Frogs Sometimes Fall From the Sky

12th - Higher Ed
It doesn't seem possible, but animal rain is definitely real, and there is an actual scientific explanation for it... probably.
Instructional Video21:48
TED Talks

Paula Scher: Great design is serious, not solemn

12th - Higher Ed
Paula Scher looks back at a life in design (she's done album covers, books, the Citibank logo ...) and pinpoints the moment when she started really having fun. Look for gorgeous designs and images from her legendary career.
Instructional Video3:20
SciShow

Rogue Planets, Loners of the Universe

12th - Higher Ed
Meet one of the newest celestial bodies to be discovered: rogue planets, worlds that hurtle around the galaxy without any parent star. Caitlin Hofmeister explains how we found them, and where we think they might have come from.
Instructional Video6:09
SciShow

What We Still Don't Know About Stockholm Syndrome

12th - Higher Ed
Stockholm Syndrome has become a pop culture clich_, but the truth behind it is a little more complicated than TV might have you believe.
Instructional Video1:53
SciShow

Why Does Getting Water Up Your Nose Hurt So Much?

12th - Higher Ed
Jumping into a refreshingly cold body of water on a hot summer day can feel wonderful, except for your nose. Why does it hurt so much when you get water up your nose?
Instructional Video2:03
SciShow

Meteor Explosion

12th - Higher Ed
Hank talks about the search for pieces of a special meteoroid that exploded over California & Nevada last month.
Instructional Video3:01
SciShow

Gold: The Big Bling

12th - Higher Ed
Hank talks about a shiny element that has fascinated humans for millenia.
Instructional Video10:50
TED Talks

TED: Cloudy with a chance of joy | Gavin Pretor-Pinney

12th - Higher Ed
You don't need to plan an exotic trip to find creative inspiration. Just look up, says Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society. As he shares charming photos of nature's finest aerial architecture, Pretor-Pinney...
Instructional Video1:58
SciShow

"Flesh-Eating" Bacteria

12th - Higher Ed
Hank gets straight to the facts in the unfortunate case of Aimee Copeland, who was injured during a zip-lining accident and subsequently contracted a rare disease.
Instructional Video2:51
MinuteEarth

Why Does This Shrimp Cost More Than A Car?

12th - Higher Ed
Some aquarium hobbyists will pay $10,000 or more for a single shrimp because of the rarity of their colors or patterns.
Instructional Video4:29
SciShow

Cotard's Syndrome: When People Believe They're Dead

12th - Higher Ed
What would happen if you realized that you've died, but your friends and family don't seem to notice? Well, they might point out that no, you're not dead,you just might have Cotard's Syndrome.
Instructional Video3:47
SciShow

Can Pets Be Allergic to People?

12th - Higher Ed
Maybe you have a dog or cat who greets you with a sneezing fit once you walk in the door from work. Is it possible you're the problem?
Instructional Video2:49
SciShow

Blazars Are A Thing

12th - Higher Ed
Hank explains how quasars and blazars are both the same thing - just oriented differently in respect to us - and how that impacts the way we perceive them and how it also effects the ways we can study them.
Instructional Video5:24
SciShow

The Rarest Cancer in History (It's Also the Weirdest)

12th - Higher Ed
The medical industry has developed countless methods and tools for diagnosing the myriad of illnesses that can befall us. This, as you might guess, includes cancer. But it took a research team five months to diagnose this specific cancer...
Instructional Video8:59
TED Talks

TED: The ocean's shifting baseline | Daniel Pauly

12th - Higher Ed
The ocean has degraded within our lifetimes, as shown in the decreasing average size of fish. And yet, as Daniel Pauly shows us onstage at Mission Blue, each time the baseline drops, we call it the new "normal." At what point do we stop...
Instructional Video7:35
SciShow

Venomous Mammals, Sensory Receptors & the Moon's True Origin Story

12th - Higher Ed
Hank describes to us some news stories that illustrate how science is continually changing the things we think we "know" - from the status of various animals species, to the way our senses work and even where the Moon came from -...
Instructional Video4:36
SciShow

Weird Places: The Lava Lake in Antarctica

12th - Higher Ed
What could be cooler than a permanent lava lake surrounded by snow!?
Instructional Video9:54
SciShow

How 6 Rare Diseases Are Changing Everyday Medicine

12th - Higher Ed
Sometimes, studying uncommon maladies can reveal larger insights into how our bodies work!<br/>
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Instructional Video2:20
SciShow

Why Do We Eat Raw Fish But Not Raw Chicken?

12th - Higher Ed
We might order fish raw, but why don't we ever order chicken that way?