Instructional Video5:18
SciShow

Best Nap Ever: Rotifers Wake Up After 24,000 Years

12th - Higher Ed
Tiny creatures called rotifers seem to have no problem continuing their lives after waking from a refreshing 24,000-year nap. And DNA samples from goats that lived 30,000 years ago tell us a bit about how humans were managing them back...
Instructional Video2:43
SciShow Kids

The World’s Ugliest Animal

K - 5th
The blobfish has been called 'The World's Ugliest Animal', but it's actually really cool. Find out why it's shaped the way it is with Jessi and Squeaks.
Instructional Video5:00
SciShow

Keeping the Fungus Among Us in Space

12th - Higher Ed
Developing new methods for survival in space is a constant and ever-evolving process, and a well known Earthly organism has the potential for multiple applications within space’s unforgiving environment!
Instructional Video22:16
SciShow

The Most Hardcore Creatures on Earth | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
From mice that battle scorpions to microscopic moss piglets that can survive a solar storm, here are 6 of Earth’s most hardcore beings!
Instructional Video5:05
SciShow

Could Water Survive on the Closest Exoplanet?

12th - Higher Ed
Exoplanets are being discovered in the habitable zone to sustain life as we know it. Could water be found on the closest exoplanet to us?
Instructional Video3:47
SciShow

Why We Send Animals to Space

12th - Higher Ed
What happens when you send a duck, a rooster and a sheep with monkeys and dogs into space? Scientists had to find out -- and for decades, they've been studying life in space with the help of some crawly, wiggly, fluttery, furry friends.
Instructional Video3:59
SciShow

Why Do We Have Such Long Childhoods?

12th - Higher Ed
Compared to most animals in the vast kingdom, humans have one of the longest childhoods. And you might think this is so we have time to develop our advanced thinking skills, but scientists think it might not be that simple.
Instructional Video2:34
MinuteEarth

The Science of Hobbit Gluttony

12th - Higher Ed
Because smaller animals have to eat more relative to their bodyweight, Tolkein’s hobbits need to eat a lot - not for comfort, but for survival.
Instructional Video3:37
SciShow

The Most Dangerous Part of Space Travel Coming Home

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space takes you through perhaps the scariest part of every space mission -- re-entry. How do astronauts survive the turbulent return to Earth’s atmosphere? Math, y’all!
Instructional Video8:00
SciShow

7 Things You Should Know About Bed Bugs

12th - Higher Ed
1 in 5 Americans either has had bed bugs, or knows someone who has. And the problem isn’t going away. It’s actually getting a lot worse.
Instructional Video9:49
SciShow

From Crabs to Flies: 5 of Nature’s Most Doting Parents

12th - Higher Ed
Being a parent requires a lot of time and energy, but some animals are extremely devoted to caring for their young, and these five might not be the ones you would expect. Chapters View all BROMELIAD CRABS 1:32 BURYING BEETLES 2:26 DISCUS...
Instructional Video14:11
TED Talks

Lucy Cooke: Sloths! The strange life of the world's slowest mammal

12th - Higher Ed
Sloths have been on this planet for more than 40 million years. What's the secret to their success? In a hilarious talk, zoologist Lucy Cooke takes us inside the strange life of the world's slowest mammal and shows what we can learn from...
Instructional Video4:53
SciShow

More New Earth-like Planets Nearby!

12th - Higher Ed
Between the new, potentially Earth-like planets, organic molecules on Ceres, and SpaceX's successful launch, it's been quite a week in space!
Instructional Video2:55
SciShow

Slingshot Spiders Put Fighter Pilots to Shame

12th - Higher Ed
There are all kinds of ways that a spider can catch its prey, but few species are as extreme as the slingshot spider!
Instructional Video2:21
SciShow

Ghost Crabs Take Stomach Growling to a Whole New Level

12th - Higher Ed
You think your tummy rumbles? Meet the ghost crab — it growls using teeth inside its stomach, and not because it’s feeling peckish!
Instructional Video10:58
SciShow

More About Cats, & Gonzo the Toucanet: SciShow Talk Show Episode 6

12th - Higher Ed
Katherine is back with more information about cats and Jessi from Animal Wonders shares Gonzo the crimson-rumped toucanet.
Instructional Video6:13
Amoeba Sisters

Biomagnification and the Trouble with Toxins

12th - Higher Ed
Explore biomagnification which can happen when toxins become more highly concentrated when moving up through trophic levels in the food chain. Uncontrolled use of DDT is used in video as an example. Learn why bioaccumulation can occur in...
Instructional Video4:43
SciShow

Life in a Mars Colony

12th - Higher Ed
Could we one day live on Mars? Reid Reimers explains Mars One could help colonize the red planet.
Instructional Video17:11
TED Talks

Dayananda Saraswati: The profound journey of compassion

12th - Higher Ed
Swami Dayananda Saraswati unravels the parallel paths of personal development and attaining true compassion. He walks us through each step of self-realization, from helpless infancy to the fearless act of caring for others.
Instructional Video4:54
SciShow

It's Official, Life Could Survive on Enceladus

12th - Higher Ed
Enceladus’ environment could totally be habitable for at least one real-world microbe and we just found the oldest supernova.
Instructional Video8:30
MinuteEarth

How To Go Extinct

12th - Higher Ed
Our new evolution simulator reveals that extinction often happens when conditions change quickly.
Instructional Video4:41
SciShow Kids

How Plants Drink Fog! | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
Trees need water to grow, so how do Redwood trees get so big, despite the fact that it gets so dry? First Grade Next Generation Science Standards Crosscutting Concept: Structure and Function: The way an object is shaped or structured...
Instructional Video4:32
SciShow

Why Don't Sharks Have Bones?

12th - Higher Ed
Eat facts, Shark Week! Hank takes you on a tour of the shark's amazing anatomy, including the many adaptations that made it a great predator -- despite not having any bones.
Instructional Video4:48
SciShow

Do Bacterial Cells Store Memories?

12th - Higher Ed
Some bacteria seem to be using a type of memory to help them alter future behaviors, based on their past experiences.