In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Hank answers some frequently asked questions about it, and how it got to be so crazy. What is up with this storm? Has this ever happened before? This is global warming right? Like SciShow on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow on Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/scishow References and image licenses for this episode […]

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on a world that was not Earth, has died. Getting his pilot’s license before his driver’s license probably didn’t hurt when it came to becoming one of the world’s most famous men – certainly the world’s most famous space man. A remarkable man who was able to accomplish […]

In this final segment on the four fundamental forces of physics, Hank tackles the magnetic force, the second of the two ways in which electromagnetism is apparent in the universe. Like SciShow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com.scishow References: http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/mediacenter/publications/flux/vol2issue2/milestones.html http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/mod_tech/node83.html http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/ http://www.explainthatstuff.com/magnetism.html Forces of Nature by P.C.W. Davies Introduction to Elementary Particles […]

Hank talks about space shuttle Discovery’s retirement, a private space “taxi cab” service, a breakthrough with man-made DNA, and the similarities between religion and pornography in your brain. Like SciShow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow More on Synthetic Biology: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7-ofCWJiUg References for this episode can be found in the Google document here: […]

Leap Day’s got nothing on the Leap SECOND! Hank explains why a second is being added to 2012 and why some are upset about it. Like SciShow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow

Curly, festive ribbons are a delight, sure, but the physics behind HOW they curl is much more exciting! Hosted by: Olivia Gordon ———- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ———- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters — we couldn’t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Patrick Merrithew, Will and […]

You’ve probably heard this one before: Plastic is made from oil, and oil is made from dinosaurs, so a plastic dinosaur is made out of real dinosaur. It sounds pretty profound… but it’s not that simple. Hosted by: Olivia Gordon ———- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ———- Dooblydoo thanks go to […]