You’d never tell just by staring out from a sandy beach, but the coasts are gradually getting darker, and the effects of this darkening are only beginning to be understood.

Five years ago, Roz Savage quit her high-powered London job to become an ocean rower. She's crossed the Atlantic solo, and just started the third leg of a Pacific solo row, the first for a woman. Why does she do it? Hear her reasons,...

Sting's early life was dominated by a shipyard—and he dreamed of nothing more than escaping the industrial drudgery. But after a nasty bout of writer's block that stretched on for years, Sting found himself channeling the stories of the...

How do you engineer stealth? Sneak a peek at the methods employed to hide aircraft and boats from detection.

Aboard an overloaded ship carrying more than 500 refugees, a young woman becomes an unlikely hero. This single, powerful story, told by Melissa Fleming of the UN's refugee agency, gives a human face to the sheer numbers of human beings...

Photojournalist Barat Ali Batoor was living in Afghanistan -- until his risky work forced him to leave the country. But for Batoor, a member of a displaced ethnic group called the Hazara, moving home to Pakistan proved dangerous too. And...

Singer-songwriter Dawn Landes tells the story of Tori Murden McClure, who dreamed of rowing across the Atlantic in a small boat -- but whose dream was almost capsized by waves the size of a seven-story building. Through video, story and...

Robert Neuwirth spent four years among the chaotic stalls of street markets, talking to pushcart hawkers and gray marketers, to study the remarkable "System D," the world's unlicensed economic network. Responsible for some 1.8 billion...

Hank tells you about cavitation - the power of tiny bubbles to weaken metal, kill fish & maybe even cure cancer.

When you think of Archimedes' Eureka moment, you probably imagine a man in a bathtub, right? As it turns out, there's much more to the story. Armand D'Angour tells the story of Archimedes' biggest assignment -- an enormous floating...

In this episode, we discuss the Wave Particle Duality and why quantum mechanics is weirder than anything we're used to in our daily lives!

People have been exploring the oceans since prehistoric times, way before they had GPS to help them figure out where they were. Here are 6 ingenious ways our ancestors navigated the oceans.

Bill and Webb can’t seem to agree, so they head the The Fort where Mister Brown tries to help them work together by teaching them about mutualisms, or when different types of animals help each other in the wild!



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We've learned before here on SciShow Kids how boats can float on water using displacement! Today, Bill and Webb will show you how to build you own boat and see displacement in action! Anchors aweigh!

Each kind of light has a unique wavelength, but human eyes can only perceive a tiny slice of the full spectrum -- the very narrow range from red to violet. Microwaves, radio waves, x-rays and more are hiding, invisible, just beyond our...

Mole is tired of spring cleaning and explores the world outside his home. He meets Rat who teaches him about boating and life on the river, including meeting the eccentric Toad.

The Uros Islands on Lake Titicaca are unique, human-made floating islets crafted from water-resistant totora reeds. Constantly maintained as the reeds rot every few weeks, they’re anchored with eucalyptus poles to withstand the lake’s...

Visit Washington Crossing Historic Park in Pennsylvania to learn how George Washington and the Continental Army won the Battle of Trenton.

The English language is chock full of sailing jargon like even the term “chock full’ but why is that?

Welcome back to the FLUCTUS channel for a feature on the most technologically advanced Patrol Boats speeding at up to 50 knots to control coastal waters, from Reconnaissance and coastal surveillance to maritime law...

This video explains the concept of trolling in online behavior, likening it to fishing with bait to provoke and upset others. Trolls seek negative social rewards by causing mischief and watching others react. The key to dealing with...

The 4 Ps of marketing, Product, Price, Place, Promotion each signify a different area that marketing focuses on. In this video we talk about the concept of price and value and how we determine how the price truly...

Volunteers and local citizens joined forces in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey to save lost and abandoned animals.

Howcast - Whether you blew through your budget halfway through your trip, or just want to pick up a little extra spending money, there are good ways to find a day's pay on the road.