Curated Video
Can Humans Beat AI at Art?
We have long-been aware that artificial intelligences (AI) can out-perform humans at logical functions, but will they also exceed our artistic abilities? In 2021, Greg challenged an AI to an art competition. The results are both humbling...
Curated Video
Dinosaur Frills and Sexual Selection
Why did dinosaurs such as Triceratops have massive shields (frills) on their heads? Dr. David Hone argues that it was not for defence! It probably served as a socio-sexual display. Given that behaviours don’t fossilise, is it possible to...
Curated Video
Nano-bots to Cure Cancer?
You may have heard of nano-robots, but are these really “robots” (like Transformers), or are they something completely different? Professor Stoyan Smoukov shows us how nano-scale devices can be easily ‘grown’ from simple sources and how...
Curated Video
Why Did Einstein Hate Randomness?
How random are things, really? Well, at the tiny level of photons, randomness might be key to their existence. Einstein could not accept this and famously held the paraphrased opinion that, ‘God does not play dice with the universe’. In...
Curated Video
Can Virtual Reality Be Used For Teaching?
Will digital avatars create more engaging classrooms, or will they just fake engagement? Can we tweak digital AI interfaces to deliver more satisfying customer experiences? In this episode, Prof. Pat Healy explains some of the subtleties...
Curated Video
Using AI to Design Board Games
Could artificial Intelligence (AI) design a board game? New AI has amazed (and alarmed) the world with its cleverness, but can it be creative? In this episode, filmed in 2021, Dr. Mike Cook explains the AI systems that he has built to...
Curated Video
Foetal Sac Surgery Before the Baby is Even Born
What do we do if the foetal sac tears during pregnancy? Doctors can do surgery on a foetus before it’s born. That’s amazing. But, to do this, they need to pierce the sac that holds the amniotic fluid around the foetus. Patching up this...
Curated Video
What Colour Were Dinosaurs?
What colour were dinosaurs? Can we ever really know? In this episode, Dr. David Hone explains that we can now use fossil evidence, in a very clever way, to make some good guesses.
Great Big Story
The Surprising Role of Seagulls in the Pride Movement
Explore the remarkable story of George Hunt and Molly Warner, whose research on Western gulls off the coast of Santa Barbara in 1972 led to the groundbreaking discovery of homosexual behavior in wild bird populations. Despite facing...
Curated Video
Identifying Antarctica's Oldest Human Remains
The oldest known human remains in Antarctica, belong to a young indigenous woman from southern Chile. They were found on Yamaha Beach at Cape Shirreff in the South Shetland Islands and date back to between 1819 and 1825. This discovery...
Wonderscape
The Remarkable Intelligence of Octopuses
Discover the remarkable intelligence and adaptability of octopuses in this engaging video. Witness their intriguing behaviors in a marine lab, including nocturnal escapades, clever escapes, and unique interactions with humans, all...
Curated Video
Pandemic Perspectives: Biology
CONFRONTING FALLIBILITY: Dr Hie talks about how his hope is that the general public has a better appreciation of the ongoing process of scientific research, including uncertainty and fallibility, and the need for scientific research more...
Curated Video
Using Isotopes
Using Isotopes explores isotopes by describing how isotopes are used in scientific research and medicine.
Curated Video
The Research Experience
Princeton University physicist Paul Steinhardt describes the importance of getting children engaged in research from a young age.
Neuro Transmissions
How the NIH Funds American Science
President Trumpês proposed budget will cut $7 billion in NIH funding - over 20% of the total NIH budget. You might be wondering, where does NIH money go? This week, we heard from scientists across the country about their NIH funded...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Small Business, Cosmic Goals
Tabi Taliwaku Kalisa, program manager of NASA's Small Business Programs, shares how NASA helps small businesses to get involved in space exploration and scientific discovery by working with them from the spark of an idea to literally...
Curated Video
Measuring Business Efficiency with Inventory Turnover and Receivable/Payable Days
This video explains the concept of efficiency in business operations and three key formulae to measure it: inventory turnover, receivable days, and payable days. The presenter explains how inventory turnover is calculated and visualized,...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: International Space Station #2: Research
Dr. Tara Ruttley, Associate Program Scientist for the Space Station, talks about the kinds of scientific research we're doing and learning aboard the orbiting complex. Ruttley discusses why the research is important for us here on the...
Kenhub
How to find medical research and literature
Learn how to find the best information in the medical field.
NASA
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 47, ISS 20 – Space Station Complexity Small Steps, Giant Leaps
International Space Station Flight Director Royce Renfrew discusses the complexity of the orbiting laboratory as NASA counts up to 20 years of continuous human presence in space.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
John Kounios - Teachers Make a Difference
John Kounios, PhD, is a professor of psychology and director of Drexel University’s doctoral program in Applied Cognitive and Brain Sciences. He has published cognitive neuroscience research on insight, creativity, problem solving,...
NASA
Gravity Assist: Gravity Assist Podcast: Beyond Apollo with Planetary Geologist Jake Bleacher
It's been 50 years since humans walked on the moon. Now NASA is planning to return, this time to stay. What will future lunar missions look like? Why do we go back at all?
Rachel's English
INTERVIEW ENGLISH - Climate crisis - Learn English with TV
In today's lesson on Rachel's English, were going to dissect Anderson Cooper's recent 60 Minutes interview with Bill Gates. A lot of the terminology in this interview is for native English speakers and if you master it, you'll sound like...
Curated Video
The Nature of Biology - Section 1.3
In this section, I discuss the nature of biology. Quantitative research vs. Qualitative research, how society influences science, pure science vs. Applied science and what Technology is.