SciShow
The Experiment That May Have Broken Physics | SciShow News
Researchers have made some unexpected readings of mysterious particles called muons, which may make us reexamine the Standard Model in physics.
SciShow
Is the Five-Second Rule Real?
Oops! You drop your precious midnight snack on the floor! You just picked it up really quick, like less than five seconds, so it is ok to eat, right? But is the 5-second rule really legit? Hosted by: Michael Aranda ----------
SciShow
3 Extreme Ways Trees Survive the Winter
Animals have all kinds of adaptations to help them get through winter, from hibernation to boots and hats. But trees have to make it through the coldest months of the year alive, too, and they've developed some pretty extreme ways to do it!
SciShow
Why the Weak Nuclear Force Ruins Everything
The weak force has been causing trouble for a century, ruining everything physicists thought was true. But it might actually be responsible for your very existence.
TED Talks
TED: Why AI is incredibly smart -- and shockingly stupid | Yejin Choi
Computer scientist Yejin Choi is here to demystify the current state of massive artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, highlighting three key problems with cutting-edge large language models (including some funny instances of them...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The battle that formed the universe | Fabio Pacucci
It's time for the biggest battle in the Universe: the Big Bang. In one corner is gravity— the force that brings all matter together. In the other is pressure— the force that can push matter away. Over the next several hundred thousand...
TED Talks
TED: The danger and devotion of fighting for women in Afghanistan | Tamana Ayazi and Kat Craig
The women of Afghanistan are being persecuted under Taliban rule, but they're not standing down. Filmmaker Tamana Ayazi chronicles the harrowing reality of one women's rights advocate -- Zarifa Ghafari, Afghanistan's youngest female...
PBS
Kate DiCamillo wants to spread the joy of reading
Kate DiCamillo wasn't always a writer. She didn't actually start writing until she was 30 years old. It took six years before she was published, but it was her dream and so she kept trying. Now, DiCamillo is the author of children’s...
PBS
How Minnesota's Lack Of Teachers Of Color Hurts Students, And What Reform Could Look Like
Many schools across the United States are grappling with ways to close the
achievement gap between white students and students of color. Special
correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on those efforts in Minnesota,
which has some of...
PBS
How Big a Boost Do Working Seniors Give the Economy? (June 12, 2013)
Americans who work past traditional retirement age are extending their productive lives. They're also paying taxes longer, which may have big implications for the country's finances. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.
PBS
A Utah Infectious Disease Doctor On His State's Coronavirus Crisis
Coronavirus is spiking in parts of the U.S. spared the worst of the pandemic in its early days, as well as in states that already suffered. With an average of 75,000 new daily cases over the past week, hospital admissions are rising,...
PBS
How Wyoming manages to keep its rural schools open
The one-room schoolhouse may seem like a distant memory from U.S. history, but about 200 of them still exist today, including Wyoming’s tiny Valley Elementary School. It has only six students, but in Wyoming, education funding is...
PBS
Hunt for alien life zooms in on newly discovered solar system
Astronomers have identified seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a star that's just a mere 230 trillion miles from our own planet, raising the tantalizing prospect of life in a solar system beyond our own. Science correspondent Miles...
PBS
Italian olive trees are withering from this deadly bacteria
The Salento region in southern Italy is synonymous with its renowned olive groves, some of which are thousands of years old. But a deadly bacteria, which causes trees to wither, is threatening a critical part of Salento's livelihood and...
PBS
The race to develop coffee that can survive climate change
What has driven tens of thousands of Salvadorans to leave home, many for the U.S.? El Salvador's coffee beans suffered a devastating disease five years ago, and now face an even greater existential threat: climate change. Special...
PBS
Kenya Elephants
Widespread illegal poaching in the African wild is threatening elephants
and putting them at risk of disappearing in 10 to 15 years. Using some of
the same techniques developed to fight terrorism, a new intelligence-led
effort...
PBS
Exploring how and why so many migrants are crossing the southern border
Exploring How And Why So Many Migrants Are Crossing The Southern Border
PBS
Looking Back In History To Help Inform And Improve Future Race Relations Extended Interview
Daily reports of disturbing racial incidents and what appear to be
deepening racial divisions within the country leave many looking for
answers. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault recently spoke with
Dr. Ronald Crutcher, a...
PBS
How Some Election Officials Are Trying To Verify The Vote More Easily
How are state and local governments verifying the accuracy of the vote in
this critical election year? One approach designed to simplify a major
challenge for election officials as the ballots arrive is the risk-limiting
audit, which...
PBS
‘The Triumph Of Nancy Reagan’ Explores Former First Lady’S Influence In The White House
An actress-turned-first lady. During her more than 50 year marriage, Nancy Reagan was also the most trusted adviser to her husband, former President Ronald Reagan. Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty is out with a new book about her...
PBS
Civil Rights Pioneer Ruby Bridges On Activism In The Modern Era
In the 1960s, Ruby Bridges became the first African-American student to
integrate into an entirely white public school system in New Orleans. She
joins Charlayne Hunter-Gault, who followed in Bridges' footsteps 60 years
ago and...
PBS
Why is job opportunity still lagging for people with disabilities?
The unemployment rate for people with a disability is more than double than for those without. Even though the law bars such discrimination, it can be difficult for these Americans to get hired. But that's not the full story: Some...
PBS
How This Philanthropist Hopes To Boost Mid-Career Women Artists
The work of women artists makes up only 3 to 5 percent of major museums' permanent collections in the U.S. and Europe. Many of these artists struggle financially -- but Susan Unterberg is trying to change that. For decades, the artist...
PBS
Ruby Bridges
In 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first African American child to desegregate an elementary school. Thirty-seven years later, Ruby Bridges Hall discusses her memories of the first day she entered her new school in New Orleans,...