PBS
The Long History Of Presidents As Authors
Journalist and historian Craig Fehrman has written a book called “Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote.” He sits down with John Yang to discuss the long history of presidential writing, the...
Bozeman Science
Thinking in Structure and Function - Level 1 - Structure and Function
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on structure and function. TERMS Structure - parts in a material object Function - an activity or purpose for a thing Shape - external form of an object Stability -...
SciShow
The Secret to Better Chocolate Was Inside Us All Along
Researchers have been able to engineer super-strong fibers made of muscle proteins with the help of protein-assembling microbes. And some other research might eliminate the need to temper chocolate, a part of the chocolate production...
SciShow
Top 10 New Species of the Year (NOW WITH PICTURES)!
THIS IS A RE-POST OF SCISHOW NEWS, WITH PHOTOGRAPHS! SORRY TO ALL THOSE WHO WATCHED IT WITHOUT THEM. Scientists around the world discover about 18,000 new species every year. Each new organism has not only to be found, but also studied,...
3Blue1Brown
What DO we know about turbulence?
A look at what turbulence is (in fluid flow), and a result by Kolmogorov regarding the energy cascade of turbulence.
SciShow
Weird Places: The Bay of Fundy
SciShow takes you on a tour of Canada's Bay of Fundy, home of the largest tidal range in the world.
3Blue1Brown
Why 5/3 is a fundamental constant for turbulence
A look at what turbulence is (in fluid flow), and a result by Kolmogorov regarding the energy cascade of turbulence.
Crash Course
Batman & Identity: Crash Course Philosophy
Hank explores different ways of understanding identity – including the Indiscernibility of Identicals, and essential and accidental properties. In what ways does affect identity? In what ways does it not? What does it mean for a thing to...
Crash Course
White Dwarfs & Planetary Nebulae
Today Phil follows up last week’s look at the death of low mass stars with what comes next: a white dwarf. White dwarfs are incredibly hot and dense objects roughly the size of Earth. They also can form planetary nebulae: huge,...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: What is the shape of a molecule? - George Zaidan and Charles Morton
A molecule is nearly all empty space, apart from the extremely dense nuclei of its atoms and the clouds of electrons that bond them together. When that molecule forms, it arranges itself to maximize attraction of opposite charges and...
SciShow
The First Computer-Generated Bacterial Genome | SciShow News
In this week's news, scientists announce that they’d made the first entirely computer-generated bacterial genome, and a new surgical procedure that does away with cuts and scars.
SciShow
Plastic Bunny 3D Printed From Its Own DNA
A team is encoding digital data into DNA molecules which are then embedded into larger physical objects, like this plastic bunny! And researchers are working on a new, low maintenance oral contraceptive.
TED Talks
TED: Making sense of string theory | Brian Greene
Physicist Brian Greene explains superstring theory, the idea that minscule strands of energy vibrating in 11 dimensions create every particle and force in the universe.
SciShow
These AIs Are About to Revolutionize Biology
Even though proteins are fundamental to life, it’s hard to predict what they look like. But two independent groups announced that they’d cracked it, and it’s all thanks to some seriously clever artificial intelligence.
PBS
Topology Riddles | Infinite Series
Can you turn your pants inside out without taking your feet off the ground?
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How to see more and care less: The art of Georgia O'Keeffe | Iseult Gillespie
Feeling disconnected from creating art within classical conventions, artist Georgia O'Keeffe began experimenting with abstract drawings that defied easy classification. Using the shapes and rhythms of nature to capture her internal...
SciShow
The Only Water on Earth Without Life
When it comes to water on Earth, life finds a way. Even in the hottest, most acidic, and saltiest waters in the world, odds are you'll find some kind of organism adapted to live in it. There is, however, a place with water so extremely...
SciShow
Weird Places The Bay of Fundy
SciShow takes you on a tour of Canada’s Bay of Fundy, home of the largest tidal range in the world.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Sajan Saini: How do self-driving cars "see"?
It's late, pitch dark and a self-driving car winds down a narrow country road. Suddenly, three hazards appear at the same time. With no human at the wheel, the car uses smart eyes, sensors that'll resolve these details all in a...
SciShow
How Earth’s Tides Gave Us Life As We Know It
While astronomers are busy searching for life beyond Earth, they’ve also started asking another question: If life seems so difficult to find, then why is our world so full of it? One answer might be overhead right now: the Moon!
SciShow Kids
Blobfish: The World's Ugliest Animal | Biology for Kids | SciShow Kids
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.
Be Smart
What Do Raindrops Really Look Like?
What do raindrops look like? Exactly how we drew them as kids, right? Wrong! Teardrop-shaped rain is physically impossible. This week I went inside a vertical wind tunnel to bring you the true shape of rain.