SciShow
New Surprises from the Asteroid Bennu - SciShow News
There’s nothing boring about Bennu! From its chemistry, size, shape, and spin to its extremely old age, it proves that even the smallest objects in the solar system have a bizarre and fascinating history.
SciShow
Why Curveballs Are in the Eye of the Beholder
In baseball, a curveball can be pretty hard for a batter to hit. And it turns out the reason why might have more to do with the batter's eyes than the pitcher's arm!
SciShow Kids
Why Do We Get Dizzy?
Have you ever been on a ride on the playground that made you really dizzy, like a merry-go-round? Have you ever wondered where that weird, spinning sensation comes from? Jessi and Squeaks have the answer!
SciShow
How Space Might Have Shaped Our DNA
The DNA inside our cells almost exclusively twists in one direction, but the reason for this might be out of this world!
SciShow
How Do Curveballs Change Direction in Midair?
It’s amazing how professional baseball players can throw very fast curveballs, but do you know how do curveballs change direction in midair?
TED Talks
Sarah T. Stewart: Where did the Moon come from? A new theory
The Earth and Moon are like identical twins, made up of the exact same materials -- which is really strange, since no other celestial bodies we know of share this kind of chemical relationship. What's responsible for this special...
MinutePhysics
How To Discover Weird New Particles - Emergent Quantum Quasiparticles
This video is about weird condensed matter systems, aka materials that have bizarre emergent particles in them that are unlike most other particles in the universe.
SciShow
The Mysterious Leap Second
Leap Day's got nothing on the Leap SECOND! Hank explains why a second is being added to 2012 and why some are upset about it.
Crash Course
How to Identify Molecules - Proton NMR: Crash Course Organic Chemistry
If you were given a chemical and told to identify it, how would you go about doing that? You could look at different factors like color, boiling point, melting point, or smell, but the answer still might not be clear. Thankfully, today...
SciShow
Why Days Are Getting Longer
You can complain about having the longest day ever today, and here is the science to prove it!
SciShow
How We Proved Earth Rotates Using a Giant Swinging Ball
People have suspected that Earth rotates for thousands of years, but how did we first prove it?
SciShow
How a Frozen Earth Gave the Moon Its Shape
It might look like a perfect circle, but the Moon is actually wider than it is tall. Now, new calculations indicate that the Moon’s shape is a remnant of a time when Earth might’ve been covered in a single, global ice sheet.
SciShow
The Strongest Magnetic Field in the Universe
Hint: It's not your collection of awesome refrigerator magnets!
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What on Earth is spin? - Brian Jones
Why does the Earth spin? Does a basketball falling from a spinning merry-go-round fall in a curve, as it appears to, or in a straight line? How can speed be manipulated while spinning? In short, why is the spinning motion so special?...
SciShow
What If Earth Spun the Other Way?
How different would things be if Earth had always rotated in the opposite direction?
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why does ice float in water? - George Zaidan and Charles Morton
Water is a special substance for several reasons, and you may have noticed an important one right in your cold drink: ice. Solid ice floats in liquid water, which isn't true for most substances. But why? George Zaidan and Charles Morton...
SciShow
How To X-Ray A Black Hole
Black holes are everywhere, including at the center of our galaxy. But because they’re invisible they’re quite difficult to study. Looking at the disks of material surrounding them, however, can give us tons of clues about how they...
MinuteEarth
MinuteEarth Explains: Space
In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we travel beyond Earth and explore some of our favorite mysteries about space.
SciShow
Why Do the Planets Orbit in the Same Plane?
While there is a little wiggle room, the planets in our solar system really are orbiting on mostly the same level. Why do they do that?
MinuteEarth
Why Can't We Get Power From Waves?
Wave power hasn’t yet made a splash because it’s hard to use waves to spin turbines, and because the sea is a harsh place to build things. ___________________________________________ To learn more, start your googling with these...
MinuteEarth
Tidal Locking - Why Do We Only See One Side of the Moon?
Tidal Locking - Why Do We Only See One Side of the Moon
SciShow
Is the Power Grid Ready for Green Energy?
Despite the rise of renewable energy, the backbone of the power grid is fossil fuels. Adapting the grid to green energy sources is more complicated than flipping a switch.
SciShow
What Would Earth Be Like Without a Moon?
SciShow Space takes to you a world where the night is always dark, the tides are paltry -- and the days are only 8 hours long. See how different Earth would be if there were no moon!
SciShow
Why Do Boomerangs Come Back?
Learning to throw a boomerang properly takes a lot of practice. And aerodynamics.