Instructional Video25:35
SciShow

Secrets of Snow | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
Winter is upon us, and for many that includes snow! And although snowflakes are ice crystals that become flakes under the right conditions, they also have mysteries that can be less simple to explain!
Instructional Video4:44
SciShow

Anatomy of a Super Storm

12th - Higher Ed
On the weekend of April 29th and 30th this year, a series of thunderstorms slammed the southern and midwestern US. SciShow News takes a look at those deadly storms using the latest, high-resolution data from the NOAA's GOES-16 weather...
Instructional Video1:24
SciShow

Why Does Alcohol Burn When You Drink It?

12th - Higher Ed
Why does alcohol cause that burning sensation on its way down?
Instructional Video11:11
SciShow

7 Nests That Will Change How You Think of Birds

12th - Higher Ed
There are estimated to be over 18,000 different bird species with a wide variety of nest shapes and sizes. From teeny, adorable cups to massive compost mounds, the diversity of birds’ nests is definitely impressive. Chapters 1 BALD...
Instructional Video2:04
MinutePhysics

Should You Walk or Run When It's Cold?

12th - Higher Ed
Is it better to walk or run when it's cold out? If you run, then you have to deal with wind, wind chill, etc, but your body generates more heat. If you stay still, standing or walking slowly, you don't generate as much heat, but don't...
Instructional Video3:15
SciShow

How Cold Can Earth Get?

12th - Higher Ed
These days it seems almost trivial to cool atoms down to near absolute zero temperatures in a lab, but what is the lowest possible naturally occurring air temperature on this planet?
Instructional Video3:50
SciShow

Why Do Manatees Die When Power Plants Shut Down?

12th - Higher Ed
While the Florida manatee is threatened by human activity in a myriad of ways, perhaps the most surprising among those threats is the closing of aging power plants.
Instructional Video2:16
SciShow

Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?

12th - Higher Ed
How do they do it? Penguins standing on ice, not only for days, but their whole lives! And their feet don’t hurt like ours would. It has something to do with blood and an amazing twist that penguins have developed.
Instructional Video3:51
SciShow

Breaking News There’s an Earth-like Planet Next Door!

12th - Higher Ed
The rumors are true! There's an Earth-like planet orbiting our neighboring star!
Instructional Video5:31
TED Talks

TED: How we can make energy more affordable for low-income families | DeAndrea Salvador

12th - Higher Ed
Every month, millions of Americans face an impossible choice: pay for energy to power their homes, or pay for basic needs like food and medicine. TED Fellow DeAndrea Salvador is working to reduce energy costs so that no one has to make...
Instructional Video17:21
SciShow

Cheers to the Science of Booze

12th - Higher Ed
Happy New Years! Ring in the new year the right way....by learning all about alcohol! The Science of Hangovers 0:35 Does Alcohol Kill Brain Cells? 3:42 Does Alcohol Keep You Warm? 5:46 Why Does Alcohol Burn When You Drink It? 7:21 Why...
Instructional Video2:55
SciShow Kids

Why Do We Yawn?

K - 5th
We yawn a lot when we're tired or warm, and sometimes we even yawn just because we see other people yawning! But why do we yawn in the first place?
Instructional Video3:26
SciShow

Earth, Two Degrees Warmer

12th - Higher Ed
A new report on climate change is pretty grim, but there is still a little hope.
Instructional Video11:01
TED Talks

Timothy Prestero: Design for people, not awards

12th - Higher Ed
Timothy Prestero thought he'd designed the perfect incubator for newborns in the developing world -- he even won awards for it. But he and his team learned a hard lesson when their incubator completely failed to catch on. Hear his...
Instructional Video2:40
SciShow

Why Pandas LOVE Rolling in Horse Manure

12th - Higher Ed
If you’re lucky enough to witness a panda applying a ripe layer of horse poop body paint to itself, you might assume it is a similar behavior to a dog frolicking in the stink of a dead animal. But in actuality, these pandas are reducing...
Instructional Video4:19
SciShow

Climate Change Could Be Taking the Ocean’s Breath Away

12th - Higher Ed
The Labrador Sea is also known as the ocean's lung, and there's evidence that it's in a lot of trouble.
Instructional Video2:38
MinuteEarth

The Faint Young Sun Paradox!

12th - Higher Ed
This video was supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation. To learn more, visit https://www.heisingsimons.org/ Credits (and Twitter handles): Script Writer: Emily Elert (@eelert) Script Editor: Rachel Becker (@RA_Becks) Video...
Instructional Video11:10
MinuteEarth

Unintended Consequences | MinuteEarth Explains

12th - Higher Ed
In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we learn that for pretty much every action we humans take, there’s an unintended consequence we didn’t see coming.
Instructional Video5:13
Be Smart

Why Do Clouds Stay Up?

12th - Higher Ed
There's nothing wrong with having your head in the clouds
Instructional Video4:58
SciShow

Thank Climate Change for the Awful Allergy Season

12th - Higher Ed
Every spring, around 20% of the population enters the season of sniffles, and some years are worse than others. But lately, there just don’t seem to be any better years because the different effects of climate change seem to be working...
Instructional Video3:39
SciShow

Active Volcanoes: The Perfect Egg Incubators

12th - Higher Ed
You probably don't think of active volcanoes as the ideal place to build a nursery, but for some animals, they're the perfect spot to incubate their unborn babies!
Instructional Video2:24
SciShow

Why Does the Cold Make You Pee?

12th - Higher Ed
Not everyone gets a winter as cold (or at the same time) as we do at SciShow, but no matter where you live, you may have wondered why venturing out into the cold often makes you have to pee more often.
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 Video9:30
TED Talks

Tara Djokic: This ancient rock is changing our theory on the origin of life

12th - Higher Ed
Exactly when and where did life on Earth begin? Scientists have long thought that it emerged three billion years ago in the ocean -- until astrobiologist Tara Djokic and her team made an unexpected discovery in the western Australian...