Science

The Montana State University has created an impressive educational nature and science series in Terra: The Nature of Our World. The production is slick and the videos diverse and informative. The website design isn't very intuitive though, with viewers needing to scroll up on pages to see the videos they're looking for. This unique design takes some time to get used to.

Brian Dunning looks to change the way you think with his educational science series, inFact. This informative series takes popular media topics, including the dangerous ingredients in vaccines and the benefits of detoxification, and delivers the truth. By refusing to blindly accept what the media force feeds, Dunning encourages his viewers to do the same.

Space is regarded as the last unexplored frontier, a world which still holds many unanswered questions for mankind. SpaceRip sets about answering some of them with its YouTube channel, Cosmic Journeys. The channel features well-produced documentaries about a range of fascinating space-focused topics, from black holes to extraterrestrial life. The episodes may not answer all of your questions, but they'll prove compulsive viewing for science junkies.

In the tradition of irreverent blender experiment series Will It Blend comes twice-weekly web program, Is It a Good Idea to Microwave This? In most cases the answer is a resounding no, never, not on your life. But it's always fun to see exactly what will happen in this humorous science program.

In the vein of Bill Nye comes Dylan Hart, with his family-friendly edutainment series Scientific Tuesdays. We've seen Hart before in his popular webseries Household Hacker, but the projects he takes on here are more easily replicated than his electronic mods. By pairing common items with easy-to-understand instruction, Hart helps us bring science into our homes.

Television programs like Mythbusters and Braniac have shown us the lighter side of science. Now we can add Revision3's weekly series Joe Genius to the mix. Host Jonah Ray looks to the internet to showcase the best and worst home grown experiments, before commentating on their successes and failures.

Isn't it amazing; we know our favorite celebrities' cereal of choice and children's names, but we know virtually nothing about the people who really make a difference in our world. Nova looks to change all that with its science webseries The Secret Life of Scientists. With a new season kicking off later this month, it's a great time to discover this surprisingly entertaining web gem.

An educational web channel is rarely one to get excited about, but TED Talks seems to buck the trend. The diversity of its lectures, which tackle such quirky topics as "The Technology of the Heart" and "Inside an Antarctic Time Machine" is surely key to its success. There's also an awful lot here; with more than 750 videos to choose from there's bound to be more than a few that interest you.

For years we've marveled at the glossy, colored images of the world around us in the pages of the National Geographic. Now the magazine has taken the leap online with its own webseries. The use of high-definition video makes the stories come alive in this weekly educational science and nature series.

Science of Scams is an informative science series which reveals the scams behind everything from Ouija boards to ESP. These videos may be a bitter pill for those folks who love their tarot cards and horoscopes to swallow, but it'll no doubt prove fascinating viewing for skeptics and inquiring minds.