SciShow
8 Elements You Might Not Know That Are Extremely Useful
There are 118 elements on the periodic table, but it seems like only a handful of them get any attention. But just because you haven't heard of an element doesn't mean that it isn't a vital part of everyday life! Learn about these lesser...
SciShow Kids
What Is the Sun Made Of? | Dr. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Have you ever wondered what the sun is made of? Dr. Cecilia Payne-Gaposhkin wondered that, too, and she used science to figure out the answer! Find out how she did that and more about her amazing life and...
Crash Course
The New Chemistry: Crash Course History of Science
One of the problems with the whole idea of a single Scientific Revolution is that some disciplines decided not to join any revolution. And others just took a long time to get there.
Great Big Story
Discovering phosphorus, Hennig Brand's accidental breakthrough
How Hennig Brand's quest for gold led him to discover phosphorus by boiling urine in 1669.
Wonderscape
Harnessing Power: The Story of Electricity Generation
Discover the fascinating journey of electricity generation in this concise video. From Michael Faraday's initial experiments with copper coils and magnets to modern hydroelectric turbines, learn how electric currents are created and...
Jabzy
The Crazy Things People used to believe about Animals | Bestiary, Pliny the Elder, Biology History
The Crazy Things People used to believe about Animals | Bestiary, Pliny the Elder, Biology History
Neuro Transmissions
A (Brief) History of Brain Sciences
Neuroscience and psychology have a lot in common. But where does one begin and the other end? What are the differences? And how did we end up with these two different-yet-overlapping fields? It turns out that the history of brain science...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Beautiful Science
Chat with the curator of the exhibition entitled Beautiful Science: Ideas that Changed the World, which spans centuries of scientific progress, and includes original books and drawings by scientific luminaries such as Galileo, Robert...