SciShow

Season 2025

SciShow comments on just about any topic from subatomic physics to the Big Bang, toxic chemicals to butt hair, viruses to human societies. Every topic is covered from a scientific perspective but in plain English with a touch of tongue in cheek humor.

Where to Watch SciShow • Season 2025

149 Episodes

  • Why Miners Are Flocking Back to This Abandoned Mine
    E1
    Why Miners Are Flocking Back to This Abandoned Mine
  • What Would Happen If We Just Kept Digging?
    E2
    What Would Happen If We Just Kept Digging?
  • Four Secret Frog Facts
    E3
    Four Secret Frog Facts
  • Does Underwear Affect Sperm Counts?
    E4
    Does Underwear Affect Sperm Counts?
  • The Hunt for the Blackest Black
    E5
    The Hunt for the Blackest Black
  • What Does The Vagus Nerve ACTUALLY Do?
    E6
    What Does The Vagus Nerve ACTUALLY Do?
  • Could a Time Traveler Survive History’s Worst Diseases?
    E7
    Could a Time Traveler Survive History’s Worst Diseases?
  • How Killing Trees Could Save The Planet
    E8
    How Killing Trees Could Save The Planet
  • Could Balloons and Elevators Replace Rockets for Space Travel?
    E9
    Could Balloons and Elevators Replace Rockets for Space Travel?
  • That Time A Tsunami Lasted 9 Days
    E10
    That Time A Tsunami Lasted 9 Days
  • Earth Had A Ring & It Changed Life Forever
    E11
    Earth Had A Ring & It Changed Life Forever
  • There's a Third Kind of Cholesterol (It's Really Bad)
    E12
    There's a Third Kind of Cholesterol (It's Really Bad)
  • The Heaviest Things Humans Have Ever Built
    E13
    The Heaviest Things Humans Have Ever Built
  • This Anti-Aging Supplement Might Actually Work
    E14
    This Anti-Aging Supplement Might Actually Work
  • Why Do We (Still) Have Wisdom Teeth?
    E15
    Why Do We (Still) Have Wisdom Teeth?
  • AI Doesn't Need To Be Self-Aware To Be Dangerous
    E16
    AI Doesn't Need To Be Self-Aware To Be Dangerous
  • The REAL Science of Groundhogs
    E17
    The REAL Science of Groundhogs
  • Did Vikings Use These Crystals To Navigate?
    E18
    Did Vikings Use These Crystals To Navigate?
  • Dams Are Great. They Need To Go
    E19
    Dams Are Great. They Need To Go
  • Why Planes Drop Millions of Flies on Panama Every Day
    E20
    Why Planes Drop Millions of Flies on Panama Every Day
  • So You Want to Carve an Ad Into the Moon
    E21
    So You Want to Carve an Ad Into the Moon
  • Poop Treats Parkinson’s (and Allergies, and MS, and Liver Disease, and...)
    E22
    Poop Treats Parkinson’s (and Allergies, and MS, and Liver Disease, and...)
  • Trees Are All Dead Inside (And That's a Problem)
    E23
    Trees Are All Dead Inside (And That's a Problem)
  • How To Solve Game Theory's Unsolvable Problem
    E24
    How To Solve Game Theory's Unsolvable Problem
  • What Made These Rainbow Mountains?
    E25
    What Made These Rainbow Mountains?
  • The Octopuses Are Making Fish Armies
    E26
    The Octopuses Are Making Fish Armies
  • How Shaking Unmixes Your Breakfast Cereal
    E27
    How Shaking Unmixes Your Breakfast Cereal
  • The Oldest Living Thing was Trapped for 2 Billion Years
    E28
    The Oldest Living Thing was Trapped for 2 Billion Years
  • This Canadian Lake Changes Its Spots Every Year
    E29
    This Canadian Lake Changes Its Spots Every Year
  • The Wildest Ways We Remove Lice from Salmon
    E30
    The Wildest Ways We Remove Lice from Salmon
  • Exercise Actually Makes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Worse
    E31
    Exercise Actually Makes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Worse
  • Bird Flu is Here
    E32
    Bird Flu is Here
  • The Flu May Cause Alzheimer's
    E33
    The Flu May Cause Alzheimer's
  • Does Red Wine Really Go with Steak?
    E34
    Does Red Wine Really Go with Steak?
  • JWST Made a Cosmological Crisis Worse
    E35
    JWST Made a Cosmological Crisis Worse
  • v
    E36
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  • Scientists Are Arguing About Why This Rock Shimmers
    E59
    Scientists Are Arguing About Why This Rock Shimmers
  • Some Women Are Ending Their Periods. Is That Safe?
    E60
    Some Women Are Ending Their Periods. Is That Safe?
  • Why Scientists Launch Fish With Cannons
    E61
    Why Scientists Launch Fish With Cannons
  • What You Don’t Know About King Tut’s Space Dagger
    E62
    What You Don’t Know About King Tut’s Space Dagger
  • What’s Below Absolute Zero?
    E69
    What’s Below Absolute Zero?
  • Why On Earth Did We Think Urine Was Sterile?
    E70
    Why On Earth Did We Think Urine Was Sterile?
  • This Is What Happens When Regular People Go To Space
    E71
    This Is What Happens When Regular People Go To Space
  • We Don’t Know Where Chocolate Comes From
    E72
    We Don’t Know Where Chocolate Comes From
  • Science Takes That Might Make You Angry | Compilation
    E73
    Science Takes That Might Make You Angry | Compilation
  • These Are The Worst Research Papers Of All Time
    E74
    These Are The Worst Research Papers Of All Time
  • We Used To Clean Our Clothes With Gasoline
    E75
    We Used To Clean Our Clothes With Gasoline
  • Stress Eating Explained (And Other Weird Fight Or Flight Responses)
    E79
    Stress Eating Explained (And Other Weird Fight Or Flight Responses)
  • The Lake Where Hundreds of People Died… Twice
    E80
    The Lake Where Hundreds of People Died… Twice
  • This Is The Best Predator Defense Of All Time
    E81
    This Is The Best Predator Defense Of All Time
  • Did We Just De-Extinct Dire Wolves?!
    E82
    Did We Just De-Extinct Dire Wolves?!
  • How Do Eggs Know When to Hatch?
    E83
    How Do Eggs Know When to Hatch?
  • The Secret To Saving The Oceans Is In… Clams?
    E84
    The Secret To Saving The Oceans Is In… Clams?
  • What’s Causing the Parkinson’s Belt?1
    E85
    What’s Causing the Parkinson’s Belt?1
  • 5 Giant Snakes and the Evolution of Super-sized Serpents
    E86
    5 Giant Snakes and the Evolution of Super-sized Serpents
  • The Man Who Stole The Moon
    E87
    The Man Who Stole The Moon
  • Reforestation Does Not Begin With Planting Trees
    E99
    Reforestation Does Not Begin With Planting Trees
  • This Gorgeous Gemstone Traps Nuclear Waste
    E123
    This Gorgeous Gemstone Traps Nuclear Waste
  • Seaweed, Pineapple, and Other Things You'll Soon Be Wearing
    E124
    Seaweed, Pineapple, and Other Things You'll Soon Be Wearing
  • How Many of William Shakespeare's Atoms Are in You?
    E125
    How Many of William Shakespeare's Atoms Are in You?
  • Which Animal Would Win In A Fight?
    E126
    Which Animal Would Win In A Fight?
  • The Inca Used This To Write Without Words
    E127
    The Inca Used This To Write Without Words
  • The MIT Physicist Who Broke Baseball
    E128
    The MIT Physicist Who Broke Baseball
  • 7 Of The Weirdest Fossil Hoaxes Ever
    E129
    7 Of The Weirdest Fossil Hoaxes Ever
  • How Space Awakens Sleeping Viruses
    E130
    How Space Awakens Sleeping Viruses
  • Is This Drug the Cure to Opioid Addiction
    E131
    Is This Drug the Cure to Opioid Addiction
  • Cold Turkey Doesn't Work But Vaccines Might Help You Quit Nicotine
    E132
    Cold Turkey Doesn't Work But Vaccines Might Help You Quit Nicotine
  • The Problem With Code-Switching
    E138
    The Problem With Code-Switching
  • The Organ That Drove a Scientist to Kill
    E139
    The Organ That Drove a Scientist to Kill
  • The Places Where People Live Past 100 (Are Fake)
    E143
    The Places Where People Live Past 100 (Are Fake)
  • The Potato Famine Could Happen Again
    E144
    The Potato Famine Could Happen Again
  • The Mysterious Disease That Wiped Out The Tudors
    E145
    The Mysterious Disease That Wiped Out The Tudors
  • One of the World’s Oldest Experiments is This Patch of Grass
    E146
    One of the World’s Oldest Experiments is This Patch of Grass
  • Ivermectin Actually IS a Miracle Drug
    E147
    Ivermectin Actually IS a Miracle Drug
  • What’s Under Antarctica’s Ice?
    E148
    What’s Under Antarctica’s Ice?
  • The Oldest Rock on Earth Is Older Than Earth Itself
    E149
    The Oldest Rock on Earth Is Older Than Earth Itself
  • The Bizarre Museum Heist to Steal ... Birds
    E150
    The Bizarre Museum Heist to Steal ... Birds
  • How Bad Are Processed Foods, Really?
    E151
    How Bad Are Processed Foods, Really?
  • How Old IS Language?
    E152
    How Old IS Language?
  • 5 Weird Ways People Tried to Live Forever
    E153
    5 Weird Ways People Tried to Live Forever
  • Can You Melt Wood?
    E154
    Can You Melt Wood?
  • Do Animals Exercise?
    E155
    Do Animals Exercise?
  • So You Need To Dispose Of Some Nuclear Waste…
    E156
    So You Need To Dispose Of Some Nuclear Waste…
  • How Crocodilians Just Keep on Surviving
    E157
    How Crocodilians Just Keep on Surviving
  • Mining the Moon with Microbes
    E158
    Mining the Moon with Microbes
  • Why More Young People Are Getting Colon Cancer
    E159
    Why More Young People Are Getting Colon Cancer
  • The Asteroids Big Enough to Wipe Out All Life
    E160
    The Asteroids Big Enough to Wipe Out All Life
  • The Sahara Used To Be Green.
    E161
    The Sahara Used To Be Green.
  • How to Make a Warning Last 10,000 Years
    E162
    How to Make a Warning Last 10,000 Years
  • Amethyst Used to be Really Valuable
    E163
    Amethyst Used to be Really Valuable
  • A Strange Thing Is Happening Beneath North America
    E164
    A Strange Thing Is Happening Beneath North America
  • These Five Caves Changed What We Know About Ourselves
    E165
    These Five Caves Changed What We Know About Ourselves
  • Physicists Don’t Understand Why Knitting Works
    E166
    Physicists Don’t Understand Why Knitting Works
  • How Does Lava Make Perfect Hexagons?
    E167
    How Does Lava Make Perfect Hexagons?
  • Scientists Have Found the Perfect Urinal Shape
    E168
    Scientists Have Found the Perfect Urinal Shape
  • Why Don't We Have More Fossils?
    E169
    Why Don't We Have More Fossils?
  • The Pandemic Made People Worse Drivers
    E170
    The Pandemic Made People Worse Drivers
  • 6 Ways Aliens Could Find Us
    E171
    6 Ways Aliens Could Find Us
  • Hank Green Asks A Physicist Anything
    E172
    Hank Green Asks A Physicist Anything
  • Scientists Don’t Know Where Gold Comes From
    E173
    Scientists Don’t Know Where Gold Comes From
  • There Are Too Many Ways to Make a Mummy
    E174
    There Are Too Many Ways to Make a Mummy
  • Perimenopause Is Real And It Changes Your Brain
    E175
    Perimenopause Is Real And It Changes Your Brain
  • The Russian Scientist Who's Bringing Back the Ice Age
    E176
    The Russian Scientist Who's Bringing Back the Ice Age
  • Why Did These Ancient People Abandon Copper?
    E184
    Why Did These Ancient People Abandon Copper?
  • How Dogs Can Help Us Prevent Cleft Palates
    E185
    How Dogs Can Help Us Prevent Cleft Palates
  • These Ancient Sticks are Teaching Us Physics
    E186
    These Ancient Sticks are Teaching Us Physics
  • Joseph Stalin Was Very Wrong About Agriculture
    E188
    Joseph Stalin Was Very Wrong About Agriculture
  • How Much Information Can A Human Head Hold?
    E189
    How Much Information Can A Human Head Hold?
  • This Is Where We’re Gonna Bury The ISS
    E190
    This Is Where We’re Gonna Bury The ISS
  • The Weird Connection Between Antidepressants and Cancer
    E191
    The Weird Connection Between Antidepressants and Cancer
  • There Are Two Kinds of Curious
    E192
    There Are Two Kinds of Curious
  • Nuclear Bombs Made Art Forgery Way Harder
    E193
    Nuclear Bombs Made Art Forgery Way Harder
  • Sir Isaac Newton and the Unfair Reputation of Alchemy
    E194
    Sir Isaac Newton and the Unfair Reputation of Alchemy
  • We Still Don’t Know Why We Walk on Two Legs
    E195
    We Still Don’t Know Why We Walk on Two Legs
  • You Stop Glowing When You Die
    E196
    You Stop Glowing When You Die
  • 5 Animals That Are Thriving in the Human Hellscape
    E197
    5 Animals That Are Thriving in the Human Hellscape
  • A Researcher Hid This Fossil For Decades. Here’s Why
    E198
    A Researcher Hid This Fossil For Decades. Here’s Why
  • The Terrifying Physics of Shaking Hands With an Alien
    E199
    The Terrifying Physics of Shaking Hands With an Alien
  • How to Make Fair DnD Dice from ANY Shape
    E200
    How to Make Fair DnD Dice from ANY Shape
  • The First Human Bladder Transplant Just Happened
    E201
    The First Human Bladder Transplant Just Happened
  • 5 Scary Science Headlines You Don't Need To Worry About
    E202
    5 Scary Science Headlines You Don't Need To Worry About
  • Bagged Salad Shouldn’t Exist
    E203
    Bagged Salad Shouldn’t Exist
  • We’ve Lost Control of AI
    E204
    We’ve Lost Control of AI
  • Was the Trojan War Fought Over a Rock?
    E205
    Was the Trojan War Fought Over a Rock?
  • Will Humanity Ever Reach 1 on the Kardashev Scale?
    E206
    Will Humanity Ever Reach 1 on the Kardashev Scale?
  • Ozempic Is Both Better And Worse Than You Think
    E207
    Ozempic Is Both Better And Worse Than You Think
  • How The Demon Core Killed a Man in 9 Days
    E208
    How The Demon Core Killed a Man in 9 Days
  • The 500-Year-Long Experiment
    E209
    The 500-Year-Long Experiment
  • 6 Places with Weird Human Mutations
    E210
    6 Places with Weird Human Mutations
  • The Best Birthstone (According to Science)
    E211
    The Best Birthstone (According to Science)
  • Babies Understand More Than You Think
    E212
    Babies Understand More Than You Think
  • We Forgot How to Cure Scurvy 7ish Times`
    E213
    We Forgot How to Cure Scurvy 7ish Times`
  • 5 Times Mosquitos Might Have Changed The Course Of History
    E214
    5 Times Mosquitos Might Have Changed The Course Of History
  • Mirror Bacteria Could Destroy All Life As We Know It
    E215
    Mirror Bacteria Could Destroy All Life As We Know It
  • Could You Kiss a T. rex?
    E216
    Could You Kiss a T. rex?
  • The Priest Who Stole China's Biggest Secret
    E217
    The Priest Who Stole China's Biggest Secret
  • The Quantum Quest for a Perfectly Random d20
    E218
    The Quantum Quest for a Perfectly Random d20
  • Mongols Attacked And The Earth Fought Back
    E219
    Mongols Attacked And The Earth Fought Back
  • How Radioactive Is Marie Curie’s Lab Today?
    E220
    How Radioactive Is Marie Curie’s Lab Today?
  • How Rare Are Extra Organs?
    E221
    How Rare Are Extra Organs?
  • The Weirdest Adoptions in the Animal Kingdom
    E222
    The Weirdest Adoptions in the Animal Kingdom
  • Many Crystals Take Millions of Years to Form, Not These
    E223
    Many Crystals Take Millions of Years to Form, Not These
  • This Island Might Help Us Understand The Origins of Life
    E224
    This Island Might Help Us Understand The Origins of Life
  • CRISPR Just Saved a Baby’s Life… Millions Could Follow
    E225
    CRISPR Just Saved a Baby’s Life… Millions Could Follow
  • The Single Bolt of Lightning that Killed 835 Sheep
    E226
    The Single Bolt of Lightning that Killed 835 Sheep
  • The Genius Spiders Changing How We Think About Brains
    E227
    The Genius Spiders Changing How We Think About Brains
  • We Didn’t Evolve Color Vision to See Color
    E228
    We Didn’t Evolve Color Vision to See Color
  • You’re Steeping Your Tea Too Long
    E229
    You’re Steeping Your Tea Too Long
  • DnD Really Is Therapy
    E230
    DnD Really Is Therapy

 

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