Tylenol Is Made From Crude Oil. Can We Change That?

From SciShow. A lot more depends on fossil fuels than you might expect. Like your medicine cabinet. No, not the plastic pill bottles… the pills /themselves/ might be derived from crude oil. It might be possible to change that and use plastic instead, but we’ll need some unexpected help. Hosted by: Jaida Elcock (she/her) ———-…

Glia Are Your Brain’s Most Mysterious Cells

From SciShow. Instead of studying neurons like most neuroscientists, Beth Stevens studies a kind of brain cell that generations of her colleagues ignored: glia. While these cells were once thought to be little more than the glue that held the brain together, Stevens is learning that they may be the key to understanding multiple neurological…

You Had A Cell That Was Larger Than A Bedsheet

From SciShow. When she was pregnant a few years ago, Hannah Yevick was reading about the placenta and learned it contained a cell whose surface spanned a whopping 13 square meters—larger than a King-sized bed sheet. The Brandeis University biophysicist was immediately fascinated, and her research on this giant cell is now revealing a lot…

How Do You Follow A Hit Like CRISPR?

From SciShow. When Feng Zhang was in his early 30s, he used a set of genes found in bacteria called CRISPR to pioneer a new kind of gene editing tool in human cells. Today, the MIT biochemist is studying a different set of microbial genes called TIGR. And they may be the key to developing…

New Series SciShow: Field Trips Drops TOMORROW!

From SciShow. When it comes to exploring the unexpected in science, some stories are too big to cover in the studio. So we’ve come together with our friends at HHMI’s Tangled Bank Studios to bring you SciShow: Field Trips. Each episode, we’ll bring you face to face with researchers at the cutting edge of scientific…

The Coolest Fossils of 2025

From SciShow. Visit https://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free and get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Every year, we dig up the most amazing fossil discoveries and explore what they reveal about the ancient past. Here are the winners from 2025! Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them) ———- Support us for $8/month on…

Bugs Use Tools

From SciShow. You’ve heard of tool-making crows and chimps. But there’s a whole world of insects, spiders, and bugs that manage to get crafty with the things in their environment. Even some spiders, who use the bodies of other insects as the tools. Here’s a few of the weirdest ways they do it. Hosted by:…

All Penguins Are From Australia

From SciShow. When you think of animals of Antarctica, there’s nothing more classic than a penguin. But new research suggests that these lovable waddling water birds didn’t get their start on the icy continent. Turns out, they’re from Australia? Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them) ———- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going!…