Meet Missoula’s Hank Green, one of America’s most popular science teachers

The science of lying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX3Hu8loXTE . The terrifying truth about bananas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex0URF-hWj4 . The teenage brain explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiduiTq1ei8 .

These are just a few of the subjects that musician and entrepreneur Hank Green has tackled in YouTube videos that have helped him win a huge online following and made him one of the country’s better-known science teachers.

"I’m Hank Green https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Green and I want to teach you chemistry. Please, do not run away screaming," he says, beginning a 10-minute video about atoms https://youtu.be/FSyAehMdpyI that has been viewed 1.6 million times. "Chemistry is not torture but instead the amazing and beautiful science of stuff, and if you give it a chance, it will not only blow your mind but also give you a deeper understanding of your world."

By Emma Brown

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