The Practicality of Skipping for Animals and Astronauts
SciShow explains the practicality of skipping for many land animals, astronauts, and children but not necessarily for adult humans.
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Why Certain Animals Might Rain From the Sky
SciShow host Stefan Chin explains several different reasons why certain animals might rain from the sky.
Why Smoke Always Blows in Your Face Around a Fire
Hank Green of SciShow excitedly explained why smoke gets in your face and follows you around a fire despite where you're sitting.
Why Flamingos Stand on One Leg For Hours at a Time
Hank Green of SciShow corrects a previous video to explain why flamingos can stand on only one leg for hours at a time. He and…
The Real Reason Raccoons Dip Their Food in Water
In a procyonid episode of SciShow, host Olivia Gordon explains the real reason that raccoons dunk their food in water. Let’s just say that cleanliness…
Scientists Recruit People to Conduct Home Experiments to See Why Their Cats Like to Sit Inside of Boxes
How scientists turned to humans with cats to learn why felines sit in boxes or squares and how they would interpret implied squares.
Journey to the Microcosmos, A Fascinating Video Series About the Various Forms of Microscopic Life
Hank Green of SciShow and James Weiss of Jam’s Germs have pooled their collective scientific knowledge to launch a new Complexly video series entitled Journey…
How a Lack of Photoreceptor Cells Causes Most Mammals to Be Less Colorful Than Fish and Birds
SciShow host Olivia Gordon explains why most mammals are not as richly colorful as fish, insects, and birds. As it turns out, color is not…
Why Treatment for Chemo Brain Is So Incredibly Elusive
Hank Green of SciShow explains why the foggy forgetfulness of chemotherapy induced cognitive impairment aka Chemo Brain is so very difficult to identify due to…
Why the Human Mind Can Become More Motivated After Watching Cute Animal Videos
SciShow Psych host Brit Garner explains why the human mind can become demonstrably more motivated on tasks after watching cute animal videos. Garner explains the…