TED Talks
TED: Want to be an activist? Start with your toys | McKenna Pope
McKenna Pope's younger brother loved to cook, but he worried about using an Easy-Bake Oven -- because it was a toy for girls. So at age 13, Pope started an online petition for the American toy company Hasbro to change the pink-and-purple...
TED Talks
TED: How artists can (finally) get paid in the digital age | Jack Conte
It's been a weird 100 years for artists and creators, says musician and entrepreneur Jack Conte. The traditional ways we've turned art into money (like record sales) have been broken by the internet, leaving musicians, writers and...
SciShow
Vanessa Hill of BrainCraft & Sugar Gliders | SciShow Talk Show
Vanessa Hill of BrainCraft shares her science YouTube story with Hank and reveals a big announcement! Jessi from Animal Wonders and a special Australian friend or two join in the second half.
Crash Course
The Future of Artificial Intelligence
Today, in our final episode of Crash Course AI, we're going to look towards the future. We've spent much of this series explaining how and why we don't have the Artificial General Intelligence (or AGI) that we see in the movies like...
SciShow
"Flesh-Eating" Bacteria
Hank gets straight to the facts in the unfortunate case of Aimee Copeland, who was injured during a zip-lining accident and subsequently contracted a rare disease.
Bozeman Science
How to Make an Educational Screencast (Mac)
Paul Andersen shows you how to use Screenflow, Keynote, and Omnidazzle to make an educational screencast.
Crash Course
How YouTube Knows What You Should Watch
Today we’re going to talk about recommender systems which form the backbone of so much of the content we see online from video recommendations on YouTube and Netflix to ads we see on Facebook, Twitter, and well, everywhere else. We’ll...
Bozeman Science
Student and Teacher Opinions on Educational Technology Wanted
Student and Teacher Opinions on Educational Technology Wanted
SciShow
The Future of SciShow
SciShow has a lot in store for the future! Find out what we're planning, and get a sneak peek at the people behind the show.
TED Talks
Margaret Gould Stewart: How giant websites design for you (and a billion others, too)
Facebook's "like" and "share" buttons are seen 22 billion times a day, making them some of the most-viewed design elements ever created. Margaret Gould Stewart, Facebook's director of product design, outlines three rules for design at...
TED Talks
Eric Whitacre: A virtual choir 2,000 voices strong
In a moving and madly viral video last year, composer Eric Whitacre led a virtual choir of singers from around the world. He talks through the creative challenges of making music powered by YouTube, and unveils the first 2 minutes of his...
SciShow
Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Playlist
50 years ago, humans walked on the moon! Let's celebrate by watching some of our favorite videos about the Apollo missions.
TED Talks
TED: Listening to shame | Brené Brown
Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown, whose earlier talk on vulnerability became a viral hit, explores what can happen when people confront their shame head-on. Her own humor,...
SciShow
Space Hype!
Sometimes science news is less about stuff that actually happened, as much as it is about people going "PAY ATTENTION TO ME" and space news is no exception. In fact this week there was probably as much hype as real news, all in the name...
Be Smart
Why I Love PBS
1. Tell us what you love about public media using #IlovePBS 2. Learn more about public media at http://pbs.org/value. 3. Find your representative at https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members
SciShow
How to Make Plasma in Your Microwave ... With a Grape
You’ve probably seen the videos on YouTube turning grapes into fireballs in the microwave. Well, there’s a pretty cool scientific explanation for why a grape is perfect for making plasma.
SciShow
International Skeptics Day Playlist
In honor of October 13th, International Skeptics Day, Hank has put together this playlist of some of the most interesting science-y, skeptic-y videos from all around YouTube.
SciShow
Logic Problems, Energy, and Lollipop!
Special Guest Derek Muller stumps Hank with logic problems and talks about energy, teaching tools and education through video. Jessi from Animal Wonders also joins the conversation to talk about Lollipop, the striped skunk.
TED Talks
TED: How Black girls can reclaim their voice in music | Kyra Gaunt
How does music shape us? Digital ethnomusicologist and TED Fellow Kyra Gaunt studies how Black girls can preserve the integrity of their own voices while listening, dancing and singing to pop songs largely engineered by men, often with...
SciShow
Why Are Celebrity Crushes So Intense?
Your love for Rihanna or Tom Hardy may be unrequited, but that doesn't necessarily make it unhealthy.
SciShow
How the Internet Was Invented | The History of the Internet, Part 1
The Internet is older than you might think!