SciShowSezon 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.

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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
    v
  • 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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