Soliloquy
How did Ancient Greek Philosophers Know the Earth was Round?
The Ancient Greeks had determined the planet was a sphere 2000 years before Columbus set sail for the New World, and they came up with estimates too! So how did the Ancient Greeks Philosophers work out that the Earth was a sphere and how...
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Curated Video
Sage Mesa residents face massive increase in water bills
Most people don't rate their water bill as one that stresses them out. But for people living in a neighbourhood just outside Penticton, it's another matter. A privately-owned system is sending people big bills to keep the water flowing....
Bloomberg
Retired Justice Kennedy Says It's Up to U.S. to Prove Democracy Can Succeed
Nov.28 -- Retired Justice Anthony Kennedy tells David Rubenstein that "people all over the world" look to the U.S. to see what democracy and freedom mean. The justice says the divisive political climate is "not making the case for...
Curated Video
RR7917B USA COMPUTER TEACHING
A computer-based teaching method, operating in
Baltimore, Maryland, is claiming startling successes
in teaching basic English and mathematics. Originally
used for adult illiterates, the scheme is now being
extended to adolescents who...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Music food and colour on show in Madrid Cyborg display
CLEAN : Music food and colour on show in Madrid Cyborg display
Bridgeman Arts
The School of Athens - Raphael
A detailed view of Raphael's famous fresco ""School of Athens"" from the Stanza della Segnatura.
AFP News Agency
VOICED : La gastronomia africana se refina en Lagos
VOICED : La gastronomia africana se refina en Lagos
Bridgeman Arts
Unknown ancient greek and roman artists - Alois Riegl - Legitimization of styles
The classical antiquity goes from the 8th century BC until the 5th century AD, but very often the concept ""classicism"" is understood as a unique style. However, it includes an enormous variety of styles and techniques. Art historian...
Curated Video
DR CONGO: RWANDAN ARMY WITHDRAWAL
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After two-and-a-half-years of war, there is renewed hope for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Early on Wednesday, Rwandan troops pulled back from their positions around Pweto, the front line Congolese town they had...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Pescado la nueva especialidad afgana
VOICED : Pescado la nueva especialidad afgana
Curated Video
New app links up foodies and chefs
It's a twist on the traditional dinner party.
This is the "CookApp" - which is causing a stir in Buenos Aires.
The technology is bringing a whole new vibe to dinner parties, enabling strangers to meet around gourmet food in the homes of...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Colombian chef delights palates with touch of art
CLEAN : Colombian chef delights palates with touch of art
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : The Gers department: Avian flu leads to duck shortages for duck foiegras
In the Gers, breeders have chosen to force-feed female ducks that are usually set aside (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Avian flu: in France, force-feeding ducks due to lack of drakes
We have decided to raise and force-feed ducks": in the Gers, a region in southwestern France, farmers have chosen to force-feed ducks that are usually put aside (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
VOICED : En Cuba la revolucion se vive ahora en la cocina
VOICED : En Cuba la revolucion se vive ahora en la cocina
Crash Course
History of Media Literacy Part 1: Crash Course Media Literacy #2
Even Plato understood the importance of media! Part of an ongoing series of media literacy videos, the resource takes viewers to where it all began ... ancient Greece. The video covers the emergence of media and the written word, the...
TED-Ed
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
What is reality, knowledge, and the meaning of life? Discover Plato's response to these bold questions in his "Allegory of the Cave" and explore this famous historical thinker's vision of an ideal society as he saw it within the...
Khan Academy
Correction Calendar Notation
Salman Khan corrects an incorrect calculation from the previous video. It was wrong because there was no actual year zero. He discusses correctly determining the year based on the common AD, BC, or BCE abbreviations.
Crash Course
Plato and Aristotle: Crash Course History of Science #3
Biology, cosmology, philosophy ... Plato and Aristotle had theories about them all! How did these ancient scholars shape the science of today? The third video in the History of Science series compares and contrasts the ideas of the famed...
The School of Life
Plato On: The Allegory of the Cave
What would you say if someone told you that your dreams and goals are merely phantoms in your own mind? A video analysis of Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" from The Republic takes high schoolers through the famous metaphor,...