10 YouTube channels that talk about science in simple terms

Cgp gray

The channel is run by an anonymous author, about whom all that is known is that he worked as a physics teacher in an English school.

school, and then (as they would say in Russia) decidedbecome self-employed and made my own YouTube channel. It's not just about science, Gray makes a video about what Brexit is and why it's still being discussed even though the referendum passed two years ago, how to improve the way passengers board planes to avoid queuing, and why airports will never be used his method. Or What Is Reddit - a video in which Gray explains how the site works, after which the creator of Reddit said that he could hardly tell it better himself.

Videos are extremely rare, but if you nevervisited this channel, then you will have enough materials until the end of the weekend. The author also has a second channel, where he tells why he stopped using the Internet when he noticed that he could no longer concentrate, and came up with an improved version of New Year's promises - a theme for a year.

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell

The project of German designers and popularizersscience, whose name translates as "In short." At first it was an amateur channel, where in their free time they talked about different topics. One of the first to use beautiful design and digital animation to explore topics such as the functioning of the human immune system, overpopulation of the Earth and neutron stars. Later, this design was copied by dozens of channels, but not one of them became so famous.

Now the channel is so popular that it has a staff and even its own design bureau. If it’s difficult for you to watch a video in English, some of the videos are translated into Russian.

Oversimplified

The name of the channel answers the main claim topopular science channels. OverSimplified is a retelling of historical events in the most simplified and understandable format. And this applies both to the information itself and to the way it is presented (let the animation and some jokes of the author not scare you away).

Periodic Videos

Friend of the aforementioned CGP Gray Brady Haran togethertogether with Professor Martin Polyakov created the website Periodic Videos - a project where in short educational videos they talk about each element of the periodic table.

If you click on any item, you can seefunny video about him - without any officialdom and tedium, with experiments and comments. For example, in a video about Mendeleev, received in 1955 by a group of American scientists, they tell what this element is and explain how Mendeleev is associated with vodka.

Second thought

Channel name - a reference to the main idea of ​​the book“Think slowly, decide quickly!”, Where the human thinking system was divided into two components. Thinking alone can answer most questions, simplifying and not wasting energy on it. Second thinking is a more pumped mind that is difficult to activate, but it can answer the most difficult questions. The channel just answers them - is it possible to move in time, what will happen if we increase the budget of NASA and why we did not find aliens.

Wendover production

Wendover Productions is an explanation of how the world works, from economics to engineering challenges. There are a lot of videos dedicated to the author’s favorite topic - airplanes!

Wisecrack

Wisecrack is a collective of comedians,academics, filmmakers and artists who are very curious about the world. They explore complex ideas and try to explain them in simple ways with elements of entertainment. Pay attention to the Thug Notes section, where literary works are parsed in a rather non-standard format.

Asap science

Mitchell’s Canadian vloggers YouTube channelMoffith and Gregory Brown, in which animated videos about science and education are released weekly. Can I erase my own memories? How do smartphones affect a person? What really happens in the brain when it is stoned by alcohol or marijuana? These and many other questions are answered in videos made in a fascinating way.

Vsauce

Video blogger Michael Stevens created Vsauce 10 yearsback. In his project, he deliberately asks strange or abstract questions and tries to answer them as specifically as possible. What will happen if an atomic war happens in the world? Can we accidentally kill the microscopic life on Mars, or maybe it will kill us? What will the extinction of people look like?

Minutearth

Drawn comic book authors explain differentthe nuances of the functioning of our world. Here you can find out why snakes look so creepy, why the tyrannosaurus rex needs such small front legs and how mushrooms can cause rain.