When it was ratified in 1789, the US Constitution didn't just institute a government by the people _ it provided a way for the people to alter the Constitution itself. And yet, of the nearly 11,000 amendments proposed in the centuries...

I'm sure you've heard of Isaac Newton and maybe of some of his laws. Like, that thing about "equal and opposite reactions" and such. But what do his laws mean? And how do they help us understand the world around us? In this episode of...

Mr. Andersen defines Newton's three laws of motion. He describes how the first law relates to inertia, how the second law relates to mass and acceleration, and how the third law allows a rocket to launch.

Dual citizen Britons faced new passport rules - here’s what you needed to know as of 25 February 2026.Source: The Independent

We continue our special look at guns and public health in the United States. This week, we're looking at how easily accessible firearms complicate the suicide rate in the United States. While people have always committed suicide, guns...

Aside from whatever a visit to the doctor costs you in money, it also costs you in time. A lot of it. Can we make that better? That's the topic of this week's Healthcare Triage.

In this video we look at the Anglo-Saxon Witan and other features of Anglo-Saxon government.

Charles I was executed by beheading on Tuesday 30 January 1649 outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall. These are his final words, read by Simon Blake.

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Although the Communists declared universal equal rights when they took over in 1949, Chinese society has remained riddled with inequality. Many Chinese women still fulfill traditional roles at home and at work. The situation is gradually...

Singapore’s legal system is modeled after the British system. Although certain rules may favor indigenous people of the country, most laws and regulations apply to everyone. Similar to the system in Britain, there are several levels of...

The legal system of Saudi Arabia is based on Sharia. Sharia is the paramount body of Islamic law, a collection of fundamental principles derived from different sources including the Holy Quran, the Sunna—the sayings and traditions of the...

Mexico’s law is based on the Napoleonic Code, which means that a person is presumed guilty until proven innocent. In most criminal cases, trial is by judge, not jury. Civil cases and those involving major felonies are tried in federal...

Japan’s legal system is based mainly on the model of prewar German and Soviet legal theory. Thus, the system is grounded not in judicial precedent but in the laws of the constitution. Culturally, the Japanese aren’t very litigious; they...

A look at marijuana laws across the United States.

This video provides an introduction to Newton's three laws of motion, explaining how they help us understand the movement of objects in our everyday lives. It discusses the first law of inertia, which states that an object remains still...

This video discusses seminal texts.

This is a video about seminal texts in history and how they are still used today.

A short video that discusses the differences between democratic and nondemocratic governments.

A video entitled "Implied Powers" that discusses the "necessary and proper clause" of the U.S. Constitution.

Thanks to new laws requiring salary ranges to be included in job postings, some workers will have more leverage with their employers... while others may have less.

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This video highlights the seriousness of cyber bullying, emphasizing its harmful effects on individuals' mental health and well-being. It...

Why existence? Why is there something rather than nothing? Why are we even here at all.We know a lot about the “how” and the “What” of our existence, but we don’t know much about the “why” of our...

Howcast - Check out this Portal 2 walkthrough and beat Chapter 1 - Part 3: Room 02/19 with this online demo.