Greetings all!

There are a few YouTube channels I watch on a regular basis that I’d put in the science/math bin. Here are a few examples:

NileRed Standup Maths Steve Mould AlphaPhoenix

I was wondering if anyone here had any recommendations for other science/math channels to follow or a resource that aggregates good channels. As a lay person, as in no college level education on these topics, I’m not sure I have the qualifications to determine if a channel is highly accurate or not. I think I’ve done a good job finding channels that are accurate but wanted to check in with folks that may be able to better determine that.

I’m particularly interested in astronomy, cosmology, and evolution.

  • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.catEnglish
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    5 days ago

    3blue1brown is phenomenal. It taught me how to understand a bunch of things better than studying them academically did.

    “Journey to the Microcosmos” is wonderful.

    ZeFrank has quite a lot of accurate biology if you want a humor channel in there.

    PBS Eons is great.

    I haven’t checked them out, but I feel like things like Nebula or CuriosityStream may be becoming better sources for this stuff than YouTube is. YouTube seems like it is becoming a chess, and I see no real reversal of that in the cards any time soon.

    • Balthazar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      5 days ago

      I’ll second 3blue1brown.

      Scott Manley is, of course, mainly interested in rockets, but does cover sciencey things too (I believe he’s a former professional astronomer).

      I like Cleo Abram’s “optimistic science” shorts.

      • FanBlade@lemmynsfw.comOPEnglish
        5·
        5 days ago

        Love Scott Manley!

        After looking up Cleo Abram I remembered I watched a video where she was hanging out with a paleontologist and that I enjoyed how geeked out she was to find some fossils :) I’ll check out those shorts! Shorts are nice with the kids too. They’re still a bit younger but are curious so that may be the perfect length.

    • FanBlade@lemmynsfw.comOPEnglish
      3·
      5 days ago

      Awesome, thanks for the recommendations!

      I’ll have to take a closer look at Nebula and CuriosityStream. I think they come up in ads enough that they wind up on my mental ad blocker so I’ve never looked closely at them :)

      • tb_@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        4 days ago

        I like Nebula. It’s not too expensive, there’s a lot of great creators, and it’s an easy way to support a variety without subscribing to all sorts of Patreons.