It turns out that warm-blooded animals aren’t warm all of the time! Researchers at Brown University studying the muscles in bats’ wings found that their wings operate at a significantly lower temperature than their bodies, especially...

Dan White is founding partner and executive producer at Filament Games, an educational game design and development studio in Madison, WI. Founded in 2005, Filament's 20 title portfolio includes a diversity of STEM, literacy, and civics...

Budget authorization for the Children's Health Insurance Program in the US ran out a couple of months ago, and there's no reauthorization in sight. A LOT of kids are insured through this program. Aaron runs you through what's about to...

Senior Trump Administration official Seema Verma has written that Medicare is in financial trouble, and one step in fixing it is giving consumers "incentives to be cost-conscious." This may be coded language for something called premium...

In this video we discuss the three groups who contribute to UK election campaigns. We talk about how much parties, candidates and third parties are allowed to spend as well as the increasingly broken system which tracks campaign spending.

The claim that Bill Gates is somehow responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic has swept some areas of the internet. Conspiracies surround his vaccine and suggest that he is attempting to administer population control; we examine and...

Is there a role for the state in fostering innovation?



The usual caricature of government involvement in business, which has become especially prominent in the last 40 years, can be seen in the classic American...

ViSUS LLC, a small business funded by the National Science Foundation, has created software to help farmers analyze aerial photos of crops.



Farmers often gather crop data using drones to take aerial photos, but it can take up...

Yesterday, despite prior assurances, Johnson's government announced that they'd be increasing taxes in order to cover NHS costs and the rising costs of social care. However, this move has proved controversial especially because of who's...

A video highlighting how NSF support for fundamental research is critical to discovery, innovation and the economic growth of the nation.

At the 2020 WSJ Health Forum, New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker spoke with Health & Science Bureau Chief Stefanie Ilgenfritz about lessons we can apply from this pandemic to fighting the next superbug.

Sickle Cell Disease affects 100,00 Americans, and has been pretty well understood for a long time. So, why are there only two drugs available for the condition? Why are so few research dollars allocated to the problem? Well, the answers...

Dr. Supovitz conducts research on how education organizations use different forms of evidence to inquire about the quality and effect of their systems to support the improvement of teaching and learning in schools. Dr. Supovitz also...

Scientists are concerned that melting Arctic sea ice will increase the amount of fresh water in the Beaufort Gyre, which could spill out into the Atlantic and cause major climate shifts in North America and Western...

From the section: Introduction to Self-Driving Cars. In this section, we’ll cover a brief history and an overall outcome that you can expect by the end of this course.



Introduction to Self-Driving Cars: A Brief History of...

Exercise isn't the key to weight loss. Still. But food companies want to convince you otherwise. This is Healthcare Triage News.

Greg Martin walks you through the successes and failings of various initiatives that he has started and tries to identify lessons learned for those that are interested in innovation and entrepreneurship in the global health / public...

European Bank Recapitalization

The video is a presentation on the different sources of business finance available to various companies. The presenter explains the importance of acquiring the optimal amount of funding to fulfill various financial requirements and cope...

In this week’s episode, we examine electric eels, test out a new at-home screening test for people on blood thinners, learn about a new app for reporting floods and, finally, examine how RoboBees use static electricity to stick to surfaces.

In 2008 a global financial meltdown was just barely contained. But Adam Tooze says that the crisis of confidence has had long aftershocks.
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Adam Tooze, Columbia University historian and author of the new book Crashed: How a...

Planned Parenthood and abortion funding, a civil debate around the issue. A look at the Planned Parenthood debate. Should Congress cut off Medicaid and Title X funding to Planned Parenthood? A short history of Planned Parenthood and a...

Mickey Drexler, founder of Drexler Ventures and the former CEO of J.Crew, discusses how he navigated the clothing brand through the 2008 financial crisis alongside two founders who both started their companies during the last recession.

A young sportsman who is a paraplegic explains some of the issues surrounding the use of stem cells in this video for secondary science students.



Drawing on his personal experience of living with a disability, Craig McMillan...