Institute of Art and Ideas
Alternatives to capitalism
As China and Russia adopt their own variants, the reign of capitalism seems absolute. Yet there are many who wish for an alternative and some who claim a final crisis is in the making. Is there a radical alternative that we have not yet...
Sustainable Business Consulting
Determining Scope
Discusses how to determine your emissions scope (step two) and provides examples from other case studies
Curated Video
Methods of Extracting Metals from Their Oxides
This video explains different chemical reactions used for extracting metals from their oxides. The video starts with the simple method of reduction with carbon for metals such as iron, where the metal oxide is reduced, and carbon is...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Carbon Dioxide
Climate is the average type of weather that a region has. It is defined by temperature and moisture. Proximity to oceans and large mountain ranges defines climate too, depending upon the prevailing wind. While climates change over...
Sustainable Business Consulting
Why Sustainable Finance is Important
Describes market trends and key drivers for sustainable finance
Curated Video
The Nitrogen Cycle: Continuously Recycling an Essential Element
The video is a lecture presentation about the nitrogen cycle and how the essential element is continuously recycled in nature. The speaker first explains the concept of cycles in general and why they are necessary due to the finite...
Catalyst University
Determine the Hamiltonian for Multi-Electron Atoms #2 (Lithium)
Determine the Hamiltonian for Multi-Electron Atoms #2 (Lithium)
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Carbon Compounds
In this video, we explore the significance of carbon compounds in our everyday lives. Carbon, a common element found in all living things, forms the basis of organic compounds. This video is part of the 10-part series, Compounds in...
Financial Times
Carbon farming: fighting New Zealand’s agricultural emissions
Agriculture accounts for almost half of greenhouse gas emissions in New Zealand. It’s one reason the government is encouraging farmers to grow trees for carbon credits, which can then be sold, mainly to large companies looking to offset...
Science360
Chemists from around the world form new center to reinvent how chemicals are made
Up until now, chemists who want to design breakthrough drugs, formulate better agrochemicals, and develop new smart materials have designed their products using long-established laboratory methods. But, that's about to change. With...
Catalyst University
The Mechanism of Benzodiazepines | The GABA Receptor and Allosteric Modulation
In this video, we discuss the mechanism of benzodiazepines (e.g., xanax, ativan). In doing so, we also cover the functions of the GABAa receptor and the effects of benzodiazepines, barbiturates, and alcohols on it.
Science360
Researchers discover how elephant seals protect their organs when diving! NSF Science Now 24
In this week’s episode, we discover secrets in buried soils; we learn how elephant seals protect their organs when diving; we learn about Amulet -- the future in wearable technology; and, finally, we explore the fast-moving Thwaites...
Next Animation Studio
Scientists may have explained the solar system’s ‘Great Divide’
A separation known as the Great Divide splits the rocky planets and the gas planets in our solar system.
Next Animation Studio
Cryptocurrency mining could be contributing to climate change, study finds
New research from the Technical University of Munich has found that the amount of computing power needed to mine bitcoin produces roughly the same amount of carbon emissions as a major city like Las Vegas.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Can Seaweed Save the World: Seaweed Farming
Professor Tim Flannery investigates how seaweed is helping to save the world. From growing the foods of the future, helping clean polluted water and even combating climate change. Is it possible to farm seaweed in the open ocean to...
Next Animation Studio
Diseased trees turned into methane producers, study shows
A paper published in Geophysical Research Letters shows that aging and diseased trees produce flammable concentration of methane, believed to be a new source of the potent greenhouse gas. Applied on a global scale the methane releases...
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Jonathan Galazka Talks About Designing Experiments for the International Space Station
A conversation with Johnathan Galazka, a scientist in the Space Biosciences Research Branch at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
NASA
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 71, Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment Small Steps, Giant Leaps
Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment Principal Investigator Mike Hecht discusses the MOXIE technology demonstration that's generating oxygen on the Red Planet.
Science360
Rising CO2 Levels Make Forests Work Overtime
You might never know it, but the seemingly quiet Harvard Forest in Massachusetts is actually hard at work. Like other forests, it's busy doing some serious global housekeeping, which is being monitored by scientists at Harvard...
Professor Dave Explains
Introduction to Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry
So far we've learned a lot about general chemistry and organic chemistry, so let's move into inorganic chemistry and organometallic chemistry. In this series we will investigate all the elements on the periodic table that were ignored in...
TMW Media
Searching for Life in the Galaxy: How life on Earth began
What was proto-Earth like? How do Earth slowly form over time? Where were the first forms of life found on Earth? Searching for Life in the Galaxy, Part 1