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Science Video of the Week Archive
February 2nd, 2025:
How otters are saving marine forests.
January 26th, 2025:
How do you become a marine biologist?
January 19th, 2025:
Do animals always evolve to be bigger?
January 12th, 2025:
Top fossil finds of 2024.
January 5th, 2025:
What is ahead for NASA in 2025.
December 29th, 2024:
NASA looks back at 2024.
December 22nd, 2024:
Working with sleigh-pulling reindeer.
December 15th, 2024:
Why instant hot cocoa is so lumpy.
December 8th, 2024:
The weirdest trees on Earth.
December 1st, 2024:
Happy Thanksgiving from the ISS!
November 24th, 2024:
Where did Earth's moon come from?
November 10th, 2024:
Hubble: The Final Frontier.
October 20th, 2024:
Launch of the Europa Clipper Mission.
October 13th, 2024:
The five largest living things!
October 6th, 2024:
The mysteries of why leaves change color in the Fall.
September 29th, 2024:
The Europa Clipper Mission.
September 22nd, 2024:
All about the Autumnal Equinox.
September 15th, 2024:
A family of otters catches fish.
September 8th, 2024:
How pencils are made.
August 18th, 2024:
An ancient plant mystery.
July 28th, 2024:
Olympics on the ISS.
July 21st, 2024:
Ancient, giant amphibians.
July 7th, 2024:
All about squirrels.
June 30th, 2024:
Cretaceous Arctic Dinosaurs.
June 16th, 2024:
Orphan elephant Toto from the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.
June 9th, 2024:
How to identify trees from a distance.
June 2nd, 2024:
Why are there so many old stone walls in the woods?
May 26th, 2024:
8 super cool spider species.
May 19th, 2024:
How birds hatch from their eggs.
May 13th, 2024:
The amazing aurora of May 2024.
May 5th, 2024:
A look back at the total solar eclipse.
April 21st, 2024:
Our Earth.
April 14th, 2024:
How redwoods grow so tall.
April 7th, 2024:
An overview of the solar eclipse of April 8th.
March 31st, 2024:
Folded circle snack: math of food.
March 24th, 2024:
Our mysterious prehistoric cousins.
March 17th, 2024:
Why are four leaf clovers so rare?
March 10th, 2024:
A test of wolf vs dog intelligence.
March 3rd, 2024:
How dogs were first domesticated.
February 25th, 2024:
Wolves that took over a marine ecosystem.
February 18th, 2024:
An introduction to modern wolves.
February 11th, 2024:
When did human ancestors begin using fire?
February 4th, 2024:
Why is the sky blue?
January 28th, 2024:
The different types of winter precipitation.
January 21st, 2024:
A sea otter conservation success story.
January 14th, 2024:
Why only Earth has fire.
January 7th, 2024:
NASA's plans for 2024.
December 31st, 2023:
Best International Space Station Science of 2023.
December 24th, 2023:
Why female reindeer keep their antlers in winter.
December 17th, 2023:
How ice-skates melt and refreeze ice.
December 10th, 2023:
How trees survive the winter.
December 3rd, 2023:
Megalodon.
November 26th, 2023:
The history of Planet Earth in one hour.
November 19th, 2023:
Thanksgiving science experiments.
November 12th, 2023:
Manatee conservation in Puerto Rico.
November 5th, 2023:
Are there parts of another planet inside Earth?
October 29th, 2023:
A DO NOT TRY AT HOME exploding Jack O'Lantern demo.
October 22nd, 2023:
The mysterious origins of bats.
October 15th, 2023:
The solar eclipse of October 14th.
October 8th, 2023:
Why do leaves change color?
October 1st, 2023:
The mysterious Tuatara.
September 24th, 2023:
The return of asteroid samples from Osiris-REx.
September 17th, 2023:
The lost region of Doggerland.
September 10th, 2023:
Photographing a fungi timelapse.
September 3rd, 2023:
Common owl calls.
August 20th, 2023:
How robots help humans in space.
August 13th, 2023:
The properties of water molecules.
August 6th, 2023:
How cheetahs run so fast.
July 30th, 2023:
The hugest bears in prehistory.
July 23rd, 2023:
What are clouds and how do they form?
July 16th, 2023:
Tide pool tour!
July 9th, 2023:
The weird animals of the Triassic.
July 2nd, 2023:
The chemistry of fireworks.
June 25th, 2023:
Are there earthquakes on other worlds?
June 18th, 2023:
Supervolcanoes.
June 11th, 2023:
Where did viruses come from?
June 4th, 2023:
The difference between snails and slugs.
May 28th, 2023:
That time it rained for 2 million years.
May 21st, 2023:
How corals build reefs.
May 14th, 2023:
A natural history of Mars.
May 7th, 2023:
Why do birds lay eggs in the spring?
April 30th, 2023:
A new dinosaur with membraned wings.
April 16th, 2023:
Meet the astronauts of the Artemis II moon mission.
April 2nd, 2023:
The ecology of vernal pools.
March 26th, 2023:
When did the first flowers bloom?
March 19th, 2023:
Demonstrating the new spacesuits for the Artemis missions.
March 12th, 2023:
The longest hibernating mammal: the arctic squirrel.
February 26th, 2023:
How fusion powers the Sun.
February 12th, 2023:
Why so many deep sea creatures grow gigantic.
February 5th, 2023:
Mt. Washington breaks wind chill record.
January 1st, 2023:
A look ahead at NASA's plans for 2023.
January 29th, 2023:
Arctic fox facts.
December 18th, 2022:
Celebrating Artemis 1 with a holiday lights display.
December 11th, 2022:
The women of the Artemis Program.
December 4th, 2022:
How do LED lights work?
November 27th, 2022:
How do trees pump water?
November 20th, 2022:
Blastoff of Artemis 1.
November 13th, 2022:
Climate change and the Arctic.
November 6th, 2022:
Facts about coral reefs.
October 30th, 2022:
Halloween Science: Ghosts.
October 23rd, 2022:
Halloween Science: How glow sticks work.
October 16th, 2022:
Halloween Science: Dry ice experiments.
October 9th, 2022:
Halloween Science: Why are pumpkins orange?
October 2nd, 2022:
Overview of NASA's DART mission.
September 18th, 2022:
The vernal and autumnal equinoxes.
September 11th, 2022:
Amazing spider moments.
September 4th, 2022:
The Orion Spacecraft for the Artemis I Mission.
August 28th, 2022:
An Overview of Artemis I.
August 21st, 2022:
The SLS Rocket for the Artemis I Mission.
August 7th, 2022:
Do blue animals really exist?
July 31st, 2022:
10 Years of Mars exploration with the Curiosity rover.
July 24th, 2022:
First images from the JWST.
July 17th, 2022:
10 Years of the Higgs Boson.
July 10th, 2022:
The current plan for Artemis I.
July 3rd, 2022:
What causes thunderstorms?
June 26th, 2022:
The science of rainbows.
June 19th, 2022:
The oldest dad in the fossil record.
June 12th, 2022:
The science of cheese.
June 5th, 2022:
Timelapse of spider web construction.
May 29th, 2022:
The success of the Mars Lander InSight Mission.
May 22nd, 2022:
Bioluminescence.
May 15th, 2022:
Black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
May 8th, 2022:
Hubble's Greatest 100 Images.
May 1st, 2022:
How do trees know when it is time to bloom?
April 24th, 2022:
6 year-old explains the Standard Model of particle physics.
April 17th, 2022:
10 experiments to try with eggs.
April 10th, 2022:
A new record for the farthest star ever seen.
April 3rd, 2022:
How the sailing stones of Death Valley move themselves.
March 27th, 2022:
Signs of spring.
March 20th, 2022:
Are there rainbows on Mars?
March 13th, 2022:
What is a salt marsh?
March 6th, 2022:
How sunflowers move to face the sun.
February 27th, 2022:
How fish survive winter in frozen lakes.
February 20th, 2022:
Olympic Science: The Science of Bobsledding.
February 13th, 2022:
Olympic Science: The Science of Snowboarding.
February 6th, 2022:
Olympic Science: The Science of Skis.
January 30th, 2022:
What is a blizzard?
January 23rd, 2022:
How animals see the world.
January 16th, 2022:
How to lasso a lizard.
January 9th, 2022:
The science of winter.
January 2nd, 2022:
Celebrating the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope.
December 26th, 2021:
2021 International Space Station Year in Review.
December 19th, 2021:
Natural history of reindeer.
December 12th, 2021:
The chemistry of cookies.
December 5th, 2021:
The differences between common conifer trees.
November 28th, 2021:
Can slime molds "think" without a brain?
November 21st, 2021:
The difference between a solar and lunar eclipse.
September 19th, 2021:
What is an Equinox?
September 12th, 2021:
How do apples grow?
September 5th, 2021:
Why return to the moon?
August 29th, 2021:
Amazing marine gastropods.
August 15th, 2021:
Get to know the Sun.
August 8th, 2021:
The first ever Space Olympics.
August 1st, 2021:
Why do fireflies glow?
July 25th, 2021:
Apollo 15 and the Lunar Roving Vehicle.
July 18th, 2021:
How honeybees get their jobs.
July 11th, 2021:
Tracking hurricanes.
July 4th, 2021:
How are fireworks made?
June 27th, 2021:
What causes tornadoes?
June 20th, 2021:
The mystery of dark matter.
June 13th, 2021:
3D scanning skulls with a laser.
June 6th, 2021:
NASA announces new missions to Venus.
May 30th, 2021:
Timelapse of a salamander growing from one cell.
May 23rd, 2021:
The many myths that have come from fossils.
May 16th, 2021:
China lands the Zhurong Rover on Mars!
May 9th, 2021:
Current research astronauts are doing in space.
May 2nd, 2021:
The amazing variety of bird nests.
March 21st, 2021:
What is spring?
March 14th, 2021:
How do mRNA vaccines work?
March 7th, 2021:
Mount Etna's recent eruptions.
February 28th, 2021:
Incredible, real footage of Perseverance landing on Mars.
February 21st, 2021:
Perseverance's seven minutes of terror - Live with NASA.
February 14th, 2021:
Perseverance's planned seven minutes of terror.
February 7th, 2021:
Why don't ducks feet freeze when they stand on ice?
January 31st, 2021:
What is NASA up to in 2021?
January 24th, 2021:
Muon particles and time dilation.
January 17th, 2021:
Zodiac Constellations.
January 10th, 2021:
Bats hibernating in snow dens.
January 3rd, 2021:
A year of sunrises from space.
December 27th, 2020:
Turning your Christmas Tree into a Bird Feeder.
December 20th, 2020:
How candy canes are made.
December 13th, 2020:
A new species of whale?
December 6th, 2020:
Christmas Tree Science.
November 29th, 2020:
How geodes form.
November 22nd, 2020:
Talking Turkey.
November 15th, 2020:
Science with Sophie: Season 3 Episode 1 - Optical Illusions.
November 1st, 2020:
Water on the moon!
October 25th, 2020:
OSIRIS REx touches down on an asteroid!
October 18th, 2020:
Why do astronauts float on the International Space Station?
October 11th, 2020:
Nobel Prize (Chemistry) goes to two women for the first time.
September 27th, 2020:
Why do leaves change their color?
September 20th, 2020:
Phosphene (a possible sign of life) detected on Venus.
September 13th, 2020:
5 cool facts about the American Kestrel.
September 6th, 2020:
Testing an SLS rocket booster for the Artemis Missions.
August 30th, 2020:
Exploring for deep sea creatures.
August 23rd, 2020:
Glowing rocks!
August 16th, 2020:
The hopeful release of three seal pups in Canada.
August 9th, 2020:
How a Peregrine Falcon catches its prey.
August 2nd, 2020:
Recap of the Perseverance launch.
July 26th, 2020:
The amazingness that is
Queztalcoatlus.
July 19th, 2020:
How to find Comet Neowise.
July 12th, 2020:
Perseverance: why the name of the new Mars rover matters.
July 5th, 2020:
How a supervolcano made some really cool fossils.
June 28th, 2020:
A baby chick hatching.
June 21st, 2020:
Preparing Perseverance.
June 14th, 2020:
The biology behind the Roly Poly.
June 7th, 2020:
Virtual Birdwatching for #BlackBirdersWeek.
May 31st, 2020:
Successful crewed launch with the Dragon capsule!
May 24th, 2020:
Preparing to launch astronauts from American soil.
May 17th, 2020:
Endangered pygmy hippo born at San Diego Zoo.
May 10th, 2020:
Celebrating mothers in the animal kingdom.
May 3rd, 2020:
Spinosaurus's
new tail discovery and swimming capabilities.
April 26th, 2020:
The 30th Anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope.
April 19th, 2020:
Backyard birding.
April 12th, 2020:
A bunny outfoxes a weasel.
April 5th, 2020:
Summary of Year 1 of the Artemis Program.
March 29th, 2020:
Naming the new Mars rover.
November 17th, 2019:
Birds inspire engineers.
November 11th, 2019:
Amazing prehistoric animation: "Out of Water".
November 3rd, 2019:
"Spy Hippo" remote-controlled hippo camera.
October 27th, 2019:
Levitating a pumpkin for Halloween.
October 20th, 2019:
The first all-woman spacewalk.
October 6th, 2019:
Poison vs Venom.
September 29th, 2019:
New crew members dock with the ISS.
September 22nd, 2019:
Greta Thunberg speaks at the NYC Climate Strike.
July 28th, 2019:
The science of thunderstorms.
July 21st, 2019:
The 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing.
July 14th, 2019:
4,000 Exoplanets.
July 7th, 2019:
How fireworks get their colors.
June 30th, 2019:
NASA's mission to Titan: DRAGONFLY.
June 23rd, 2019:
Ghost lineages in evolution.
June 16th, 2019:
NASA's plan to return to the moon by 2024.
June 9th, 2019:
Science with Sophie Season 2, Episode 4: FEAR
June 2nd, 2019:
Spot the (International Space) Station!
May 26th, 2019:
The Wonderful World of Worms.
May 19th, 2019:
Science with Sophie Season 2, Episode 2: SIMPLE MACHINES!
May 12th, 2019:
Understanding springtime allergies.
May 5th, 2019:
NASA's new Hubble Deep Sky Legacy Video.
April 28th, 2019:
Science with Sophie Season 2, Episode 1: FOOD!
April 22nd, 2019:
The Egg Collection at the Field Museum.
October 14th, 2018:
Emergency landing of the Soyuz.
October 7th, 2018:
NASA's 60th Anniversary.
August 26th, 2018:
15 Years in Space: NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
August 19th, 2018:
The amazing Animal Sound Library.
August 12th, 2018:
Launching the Parker Solar Probe.
July 22nd, 2018:
Shark Week: Changing the Perception of Sharks.
July 1st, 2018:
Searching for fossils--in the floor!
June 24th, 2018:
A safety update for the Hawaii Volcano eruption.
June 10th, 2018:
Understanding Martian volcanoes.
June 3rd, 2018:
The mystique and beauty of Yellowstone National Park.
May 27th, 2018:
A brief history of geologic time.
May 20th, 2018:
Learn more about bees for World Bee Day.
May 13th, 2018:
MARS COPTER 2020!
April 8th, 2018:
Introducing the Psyche Mission from NASA.
March 25th, 2018:
The sci-fi sounding call of the Weddell Seal.
March 18th, 2018:
David Attenborough meets the world's smallest lemur.
March 11th, 2018:
The Mars Insight Lander at JPL's test lab.
January 28th, 2018:
Science with Sophie, Episode 5: Dogs.
January 21st, 2018:
How non-migrating birds survive the winter.
January 7th, 2018:
Top 20 Earth from Space images of 2017.
December 17th, 2017:
Science with Sophie, Episode 4: Scabs.
December 10th, 2017:
How do snowflakes form?
December 3rd, 2017:
Frogcicles: How some frogs survive the winter.
November 26th, 2017:
Science with Sophie, Episode 3: Bubble Gum.
November 19th, 2017:
Thanksgiving dinner on the Space Station.
November 5th, 2017:
Science with Sophie, Episode 2: Tears and Snot.
October 29th, 2017:
An Interstellar Visitor.
October 22nd, 2017:
Science with Sophie, Episode 1: Potholes!
September 24th, 2017:
What an equinox actually is.
September 17th, 2017:
It's a long way from Amphioxus.
August 20th, 2017:
The science of the August 21st solar eclipse.
September 10th, 2017:
One last moment with the Cassini spacecraft.
August 13th, 2017:
What dolphins do in front of a mirror.
August 6th, 2017:
Celebrating Curiosity's first 5 years on Mars!
July 30th, 2017:
The adorable new camera drone on the International Space Station.
July 23rd, 2017:
Astronaut water landings and the Apollo 11 anniversary.
July 16th, 2017:
How hurricanes form and move across the Atlantic.
July 9th, 2017:
The incredible abilities of a jumping spider.
July 2nd, 2017:
Aurora Celebration for the 4th of July!
April 30th, 2017:
Science With Sophie: Episode 0.1 - Observations!
April 23rd, 2017:
Cassini's Grand Finale.
March 12th, 2017:
A superconductor on a 3-pi mobius strip.
March 5th, 2017:
An intro to the Dead Sea Scrolls, one of archaeology's greatest finds.
February 26th, 2017:
7 Earth-size planets discovered around TRAPPIST-1
February 19th, 2017:
10 Years of Cassini studying Enceladus and its ice and oceans
February 12th, 2017:
195 million year-old dinosaur protein!
February 5th, 2017:
The changing face of planet Earth, as seen by NASA.
January 29th, 2017:
An overview of Badlands National Park.
January 22nd, 2017:
NASA's tribute to the last man on the moon.
January 15th, 2017:
Hidden Figures Movie Trailer
January 8th, 2017:
RIP Vera Rubin: Astronomer who confirmed Dark Matter
October 23rd, 2016:
Three new crew members arrive aboard the ISS!
October 16th, 2016:
In celebration of my Pottermore Patronus: the nightjar!
October 9th, 2016:
Footage of an underwater volcanic eruption!
October 2nd, 2016:
Water plumes on Jupiter's moon, Europa!
September 25th, 2016:
Biking across a trough of Oobleck!
September 3rd, 2016:
An African Bullfrog dad keeps his tadpoles safe!
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