SciShow
These Frogs Hide Thanks to Transparent Skin
Hanging out in the trees of Central and South America are some frogs with pretty unusual coloration. Which is to say, parts of them have no color at all. Their bellies are completely see-through!
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How the heart actually pumps blood - Edmond Hui
For most of history, scientists weren't quite sure why our hearts were beating or even what purpose they served. Eventually, we realized that these thumping organs serve the vital task of pumping clean blood throughout the body. But how?...
PBS
The Andromeda-Milky Way Collision
The Andromeda galaxy is heading straight toward our own Milky Way. The two galaxies will inevitably collide. Will that be the very last night sky our solar system witnesses?
SciShow
Is the Bystander Effect Real?
How much does the presence of other people affect our willingness to step in when someone needs help?
TED-Ed
TED-ED: What is chirality and how did it get in my molecules? - Michael Evans
Improve your understanding of molecular properties with this lesson on the fascinating property of chirality. Your hands are the secret to understanding the strange similarity between two molecules that look almost exactly alike, but are...
SciShow
Understanding ALS & SciShow News Takes the Ice Bucket Challenge
SciShow News explains the science behind ALS, the disease that has inspired millions to take the Ice Bucket Challenge. Learn what ALS is, what we do and don’t know about it, and watch SSN hosts take the challenge themselves!
Crash Course
How to Set and Achieve SMART Goals: Crash Course Business - Soft Skills
I know things can seem a bit overwhelming when you’re out of school, there are no more grades, and all of a sudden people are talking about five-year plans when it feels like you don’t know what’s happening in five weeks. But we’ve got...
TED-Ed
How do you know what's true? | Sheila Marie Orfano
A samurai is found dead in a quiet bamboo grove. One by one, the crime's only known witnesses recount their version of the events. But as they each tell their tale, it becomes clear that every testimony is plausible yet different. And...
SciShow
HIV, Circumcision & The Fight Against AIDS
SciShow News reports some promising new findings about the worldwide fight against HIV, including insights about how we can make the most of one of our newest weapons against HIV: circumcision.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How do glasses help us see? - Andrew Bastawrous and Clare Gilbert
Today, glasses help millions of people with poor vision be able to see clearly. But how? Andrew Bastawrous and Clare Gilbert help unravel the answer by explaining refraction - the ability of a transparent medium, like glass, water, or...
SciShow
The Taste of Color
To the average tongue, the color "red" doesn't have a flavor or a smell. But color can affect how we perceive the world in so many ways - including how things taste and smell!
SciShow
Graphene: The Next Big (But Thin) Thing
If you haven't heard of it before, you have now. And it may prove to be the next big thing in materials science. SciShow explains what it is, why it's so awesome, and what challenges we face in harnessing its amazing properties.
Bozeman Science
Naming Compounds - Part 2
Mr. Andersen shows you how write the chemical formula for chemical names.
TED Talks
How to turn a group of strangers into a team | Amy Edmondson
Business school professor Amy Edmondson studies ""teaming,"" where people come together quickly (and often temporarily) to solve new, urgent or unusual problems. Recalling stories of teamwork on the fly, such as the incredible rescue of...
SciShow
We Taught Birds to Sing by Altering Their Brains SciShow News
We can now implant memories into birds’ brains to teach them how to sing, and human fetuses have a couple muscles that disappeared from our adult ancestors over 200 million years ago.
SciShow
How the First Americans Got There
This week, researches published a genetic analysis of the 11,500-year-old remains of a baby found in Alaska, near where the first Americans crossed the Bering land bridge. That analysis has answered some lingering questions about human...
TED Talks
TED: It’s our city. Let’s fix it | Alessandra Orofino
Too often, people feel checked out of politics — even at the level of their own city. But urban activist Alessandra Orofino thinks that can change, using a mix of tech and old-fashioned human connection. Sharing examples from her...
SciShow
What Happens If You Use Your Feces as Fertilizer?
Being able to use human feces as fertilizer could be really helpful for human colonies on other planets. It could also be useful for human colonies on THIS planet! And who doesn’t love recycling!?
SciShow
Why Do Birds Sing in the Morning?
You’re having a dream, and for some reason that giant rabbit that’s about to eat you starts to sing like a bird. You wake up to find that birds are singing outside your window! Check out this SciShow Quick Question to find out why those...
TED Talks
TED: Me Too is a movement, not a moment | Tarana Burke
In 2006, Tarana Burke was consumed by a desire to do something about the sexual violence she saw in her community. She took out a piece of paper, wrote "Me Too" across the top and laid out an action plan for a movement centered on the...
SciShow
The Bees That Eat Corpses
Bees are quite beneficial little critters: pollinating flowers, making honey, and also...helping corpses decompose.
SciShow
Why Do Humans Like to Get High?
We’ve told you before that there really isn’t any evidence that animals consume mind-altering substances because they feel good to them. This makes it appear that the fondness for psychoactive drugs is, pretty...human. What is it about...
SciShow
How Dangerous Is Loneliness, Really?
Loneliness isn’t much fun, but it might also be harmful to your heart—not just in a metaphorical sense, but your actual physical heart, as well as some of your body's other functions.
Crash Course
The Periodic Table: Crash Course Chemistry
Hank gives us a tour of the most important table ever, including the life story of the obsessive man who championed it, Dmitri Mendeleev. The periodic table of elements is a concise, information-dense catalog of all of the different...