TED Talks
TED: The technology of touch | Katherine Kuchenbecker
As we move through the world, we have an innate sense of how things feel -- the sensations they produce on our skin and how our bodies orient to them. Can technology leverage this? In this fun, fascinating TED-Ed lesson, learn about the...
TED Talks
David Kelley: How to build your creative confidence
Is your school or workplace divided between the "creatives" versus the practical people? Yet surely, David Kelley suggests, creativity is not the domain of only a chosen few. Telling stories from his legendary design career and his own...
TED Talks
Eddi Reader: "What You've Got"
Singer/songwriter Eddi Reader performs "What You Do With What You've Got," a meditation on a very TED theme: how to use your gifts and talents to make a difference. With Thomas Dolby on piano.
SciShow
3 Senses You Didn't Know You Had
At some point, you've probably learned about the five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. However, the classic list doesn't account for all the sensations we experience and use to navigate the world around us!
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There's No Such Thing As Cold
You've felt cold before. Sometimes it's cold outside. But what if I told you that "cold" isn't real? There's no substance or quantity called "cold" in science. We can't measure the amount of "cold" in something. Instead it's about what's...
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Masks? Handwashing? Sanitizer? — How to Protect Yourself from Coronaviruses
Today, we all do our best to protect ourselves from coronaviruses. But a lot of what people are doing doesn’t really help, and it could take away supplies from those who actually need them. Hank explains what does help, and how it...
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Why do we get dark circles under our eyes? #shorts #science
Why do we get dark circles under our eyes? #shorts #science
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Why Is My Tongue Stuck to This Flagpole?
First of all, DON'T DO IT! But if you WERE to stick your tongue to a cold flagpole, why would it stick?
SciShow Kids
Amazing Snakes!
Snakes are super cool and super helpful, but people believe a lot of things about them that just aren't true. Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn what's true and what's false about these radical reptiles!
TED Talks
TED: Your fingerprints reveal more than you think | Simona Francese
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Our fingerprints are what make us unique -- but they're also home to a world of information hidden in molecules...
SciShow Kids
Why Do Animals Have Whiskers? | Amazing Animal Senses | SciShow Kids
Squeaks and Mister Brown are learning about senses! Did you know that animals that have whiskers can use them to sense things? First Grade Next Generation Science Standards Crosscutting Concept: Structure and Function: The way an object...
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Why Don’t Haircuts Hurt?
Jessi is getting a haircut later, but what makes it so that your hair doesn't hurt when you go to get it cut?
TED Talks
TED: electrical experiments with plants that count and communicate | Greg Gage
Neuroscientist Greg Gage takes sophisticated equipment used to study the brain out of graduate-level labs and brings them to middle- and high-school classrooms (and, sometimes, to the TED stage.) Prepare to be amazed as he hooks up the...
SciShow Kids
Leave Poison Ivy Alone! Botany for Kids
Jessi and Squeaks are ready to play outside, but there’s a unique plant they should be sure to avoid: poison ivy!
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It's Time to Visit an Asteroid!
OSIRIS-REx is launching soon and it will become the first American spacecraft to return samples from an asteroid!
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Narwhals: Unicorns of the Sea!
The ocean is full of some amazing creatures, but one that remains a bit of a mystery is the Narwhal, which looks like an underwater unicorn.
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Why Don't Birds on Power Lines Get Zapped?
If you stick your finger in a socket, you’re in for a bad time, so how can birds perch on power lines without getting zapped?
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Let’s Make Oobleck!
Jessi's in the lab, mixing up something kind of strange: Oobleck! Come find out all about this goo that can be a solid and a liquid at the same time, and then learn how to make some for yourself!
SciShow
Why can't you tickle yourself?
You might be susceptible to "tickle attacks," but have you ever wondered why you can't tickle yourself?
Bozeman Science
Heating
In this video Paul Andersen explains how heating is the transfer of energy (heat) from a warmer object to a cooler object. Heat can be transferred through conduction, convection and radiation. At the microscopic level conduction results...
TED Talks
TED: A glimpse of the future through an augmented reality headset | Meron Gribetz
What if technology could connect us more deeply with our surroundings instead of distracting us from the real world? With the Meta 2, an augmented reality headset that makes it possible for users to see, grab and move holograms just like...
Bozeman Science
Heat Exchange
In this video Paul Andersen explains how energy can be transferred from warmer objects to colder objects through heat. Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance. When two objects are in...
SciShow Kids
Why Does Tickling Make Me Laugh?
If you're ticklish, you know that you can't stop from laughing and wiggling around when you get tickled! But why does your body react this way, and why can't you stop it? Jessi's here to fill you in!
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5 Animals With Superpowered Senses
From the ability to see “invisible” types of light to the power to taste all over their body, meet five incredible animals whose super senses far surpass our own! Chapters STAR-NOSED MOLES 3:04 HARBOR SEALS 4:56 CATFISH 6:49 BEARS 8:26