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Why The Weather Is Worse At The Mall
Extreme weather sometimes happens in very specific areas thanks to extreme surface temperature differences.
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Can Hail Destroy Everything? Exploring the Impact of Hailstones
The team investigates the destructive power of hailstones, exploring how they form and how they can cause significant damage. Through experiments with supercooled water and high-speed impact tests, they simulate hailstorms to see their...
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World Record Hail: Water Droplet To Wrecking Ball
Have you ever wondered how hail is formed? Or just how big it can get? We learn how the IBHS Research Laboratory is using 3D printers, sophisticated potato guns, a sky-diving chamber, and other state-of-the-art equipment to help unravel...
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What is the Riskiest Region in the US as the Climate Changes
Climate Change is increasing the frequency and severity of natural disasters all around the world. And in the United States, more and more people seem to be moving to the places that are projected to be most impacted by climate change,...
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Thunder and Lightning
Thunderstorms can be an impressive sight, but how are they formed? What is happening deep inside certain clouds to create such huge bolts of energy? Earth Science - Weather - Learning Points. Thunderstorms form in dense tall clouds...
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Low-Level Clouds
How do the clouds closest to the Earth affect our weather? How are they formed and what do they look like? Earth Science - Weather - Learning Points. Temperature, humidity and air pressure produce ten different types of cloud. Those at...
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What is weather?
Check out the various forms of weather, what causes it, and how it affects our lives. People and places -Physical geography - Weather Learning Points The weather is the current state of the atmosphere in a particular location on Earth....
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Meteorologists
Understand how meteorologists can predict the weather. Physical processes -The Earth and beyond - Water and weather Learning Points Meteorologists try to predict, or forecast the weather. Areas of high pressure are often dry and sunny....
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Water cycle
Learn all about the Earth's water cycle. Physical processes -The Earth and beyond - Water and weather Learning Points Water constantly recycles itself through a process called the water cycle. Evaporation: the change of liquid water into...
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Navigating Love and Life's Challenges Amidst Declining Health
Jason expresses frustration about his declining ability to walk and the increasing difficulty of daily tasks. Alice tries to reassure him, but both are concerned about the challenges they might face in the future as his condition...
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Rain, Please Go Away
Dr. Forrester teaches about the different types of precipitation.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 3.1 Performance: Fairies and Bottom Lines 170-190
This video presents a scene from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" where Bottom interacts with the fairies Cobweb, Peaseblossom, and Mustardseed. The performance captures Bottom's comical bewilderment and polite conversation with the fairies,...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 1.1 Performance: Helena Lines 226-251
This video showcases Helena's soliloquy from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," where she muses on the irrational nature of love. Distraught over Demetrius's affection for Hermia despite her own beauty, Helena plans to win his love by...
PBS
Why the Dragon is Central to Chinese Culture
The Chinese dragon is one of the world’s most globally recognized monsters. Playing a major role throughout Chinese history, they were both creators and destroyers and controlled the elements. They've influenced everything from politics...
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Macbeth 5.7 Performance: Macduff, Lines 84-89a
In this triumphant moment from Act 5 in Macbeth, Macduff hails Malcolm as the rightful king, celebrating the end of Macbeth's tyrannical rule. He acknowledges the liberation of Scotland and pledges his allegiance to Malcolm, echoing the...
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Macbeth 5.7 Interview: Malcolm and Macduff
In this video, Malcolm and Ralph discuss the aftermath of the battle and the implications of Macduff and Young Seward's deaths. They explore themes of loyalty, honor, and the consequences of tyranny, shedding light on the characters'...
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Macbeth 1.3 Interview: The Witches
This video from a series on Shakespeare's "Macbeth" explores an intriguing interaction between the three witches and a host on a fictional show. The dialogue covers the witches' vengeful plans and supernatural abilities as they discuss...
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Macbeth 1.5 Performance: Lady Macbeth, Lines 1-13
This excerpt from "Macbeth" features Macbeth recounting his encounter with the witches who prophesied his future as Thane of Cawdor and eventually as king. He expresses awe at their supernatural disappearance and shares the news of his...
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Macbeth 1.3 Performance: The Witches, Lines 62-69
This video features a dramatic performance from Act 1, Scene 3 of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," where the witches discuss their vengeful activities. As they reveal their malevolent deeds, including tormenting a sailor whose wife refused to...
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Macbeth 1.3 Performance: Ross and Angus, Lines 90-108a
This video from a series on Shakespeare's "Macbeth" depicts the moment when Macbeth receives commendation from the king for his bravery in battle against the Norwegians. This scene illustrates the rising fortunes of Macbeth and sets the...
The Guardian
The far right in Britain
From Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts in the 1930s through to the National Front, the British National party and the English Defence League, the far right in Britain has been part of the political landscape for decades. Now anti-immigration...
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The Amazing Water Cycle: Exploring the Journey of Water
In this video, students learn all about how water moves below, on, and above ground to make the water cycle. We learn all sorts of new vocabulary words such as condensation and precipitation. Water changes forms, but the water we see...
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Types of Precipitation
Types of Precipitation distinguishes between the various forms of precipitation, including rain, snow, sleet, freezing rain, and hail.
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Deconstructing Machiavelli
UC Berkeley historian Martin Jay relates the rich web of ironies and subtleties surrounding the influence, past and present, that the renowned Renaissance political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli has had on our views on the truth in politics.