SciShow
Curiosity: Mars' Next Visitor
Plutonium powered robot car! With a laser gun! That's (kind of) what's hurtling through space right now as part of NASA Mars Science Laboratory heads for the Red Planet. Hank walks you through this historic mission, with the help of some...
SciShow
Could Life Be Older Than Earth?
SciShow Space explores new theories about the timing of the development of life on Earth, and elsewhere in the universe.
TED Talks
TED: One very dry demo | Mark Shaw
Mark Shaw demos Ultra-Ever Dry, a liquid-repellent coating that acts as an astonishingly powerful shield against water and water-based materials. At the nano level, the spray covers a surface with an umbrella of air so that water bounces...
SciShow
We May Have Found the First Exomoon! SciShow News
We’ve discovered what appears to be the first known moon outside of the solar system and new models of Europa’s surface predict the presence of ice blades!
SciShow
There Are Planet-Sized 'Tornadoes' on the Sun!
Solar tornadoes are not tornadoes, and scientists are studying a black hole with a telescope bigger than the earth!
SciShow
The Apollo Lunar Lander (And How We Screwed It Up)
You called it, and we are grateful! Hank analyzes what went wrong with our intro, which gave us the perfect opportunity to talk about the awesomeness that is the Apollo Lunar Lander!
SciShow
Why Did We Keep Sealed Moon Samples?
We’ve been sitting on samples of the lunar surface for decades and, with better technology than when they were taken, we are opening them back up to take another look!
SciShow
It’s Probably Not Aliens on Venus… But It Could Be | SciShow News
Is there life on Venus? If there is, it would have to be unlike anything we’ve ever seen! New evidence means the possibility of life there is in question, but it could also mean a few other things.
MinuteEarth
Why Are Leaves Green? Part 2
Still wondering why leaves are green and not purple or even black? CHLOROPHYLL! It's how leaves work.
MinuteEarth
The Hottest Place on Earth
This video explores the concept of measuring the hottest place on Earth, challenging the assumption that Death Valley holds the record. By discussing the limitations of traditional weather stations and highlighting the use of satellite...
SciShow
The Sun's Center Is 39,000 Years Younger Than Its Surface
In the early 1960s, Richard Feynman was quoted as saying that Earth's center should be a day or two younger than its surface. 50 years later, scientists re-did the math.
MinutePhysics
Why Raindrops Are Mathematically Impossible
Why Raindrops Are Mathematically Impossible
SciShow
Snowstorms on Mars!
New research looks into how snow falls on Mars, and scientists have been looking into other things falling from the sky onto planets: diamonds!
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The chemistry of cookies - Stephanie Warren
You stick cookie dough into an oven, and magically, you get a plate of warm, gooey cookies. Except it's not magic; it's science. Stephanie Warren explains via basic chemistry principles how the dough spreads out, at what temperature we...
Be Smart
Sunburn, Sweat and the Science of Summer!
A summertime look at why we sweat, why we burn, and why our fingers wrinkle in the pool
SciShow
These Icy Rocks Might Be from Another Solar System | SciShow News
New research suggests that Venus’ patterned crust might currently be more active than we thought! Astrophysicists have also modeled the orbits of mysterious objects between Jupiter and Neptune, and found that they could have come from...
SciShow
The Ridiculous Reasons It's Hard to Measure Sea Level
From problems with the moon, to the lumpiness of earth, sea levels aren't quite as exact as we have them figured out to be.
SciShow
New Evidence of Water on Jupiter! SciShow News
We’ve got some new evidence for water beneath Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, and a new model of Jupiter’s weird magnetic field.
SciShow
Why It's So Hard to Land on Mars
We’ve sent more spacecraft to Mars than any other planet, but around half of the probes that have ever attempted to explore Mars have either crashed or disappeared.
TED Talks
David Deutsch: After billions of years of monotony, the universe is waking up
Theoretical physicist David Deutsch delivers a mind-bending meditation on the "great monotony" -- the idea that nothing novel has appeared in the universe for billions of years -- and shows how humanity's capacity to create explanatory...
PBS
Will Mars or Venus Kill You First?
Humans have been talking about space colonization for quite some time, but our neighboring planets are not exactly the most hospitable places. If we are ever going to be successful, we should probably figure out where we could reasonably...
SciShow
Could Water Survive on the Closest Exoplanet?
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?
SciShow
Climate Change Could Be Taking the Ocean’s Breath Away
The Labrador Sea is also known as the ocean's lung, and there's evidence that it's in a lot of trouble.
MinuteEarth
How Do Some Waves Get SO Big?
All over the world, giant wave breaks appear because of underwater geology that supercharges their wave energy.