Tumble Science Podcast for Kids
The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution, which began in the mid 1700s, fundamentally changed the way people lived. It was a period in history that brought the invention of many new machines such as the steam engine, a device that changed agriculture...
Financial Times
Mapping how railroads built America
A new look at antique US railroad maps reveals how cities grew over the past 200 years. The FT's Alan Smith and Steven Bernard trace how cities, people and the economy spread from coast to coast. Featuring data from the HISDAC-US Data...
Financial Times
How far will electric transport take us?
When it comes to getting from A to B, the future is electric. From autonomous cars in tomorrow's smart cities, to e-scooters and flying taxis, the FT's Daniel Garrahan looks at just how far electricity will take us.
Flame Media
Real Future: Fixing broken cities
America is home to some of the biggest, most futuristic tech companies in the world. But America's infrastructure — its roads, bridges, sewers and tunnels — is stuck in the past, and falling apart, endangering millions of people. We go...
Independent Producers
Corals and Climate Change
What makes up a coral? This audio story takes you to an underwater observatory where a scientist is studying coral reefs. The scientist has found that CO2 in the ocean is making the ocean warmer and dissolving the coral reef system. But...
Healthcare Triage
The Benefits of Paid Sick Leave for Workers, Employers, and Pretty Much Everybody
Maybe the person working near you, the one who dragged himself to work and is now coughing and sneezing, couldn't afford to stay home. Each week about 1.5 million Americans without paid sick leave go to work despite feeling ill. At least...
Next Animation Studio
Sea levels could rise by over 5 meters by the year 3000 if current
Antarctic ice sheet melting could increase sea levels by over five meters by the year 3000 if current warming trends continue.
60 Second Histories
Norman cathedrals & monasteries
Discover how the Normans settled the land by building churches and monasteries and explains how the locals paid rent to the church which in turn paid taxes to the king.
Next Animation Studio
China bans individual travel to Taiwan
Beijing has banned individuals free travel to Taiwan, amid what it says are rising cross-strait tensions.
Science360
How robots learn! NSF Science Now 35.
In this week's episode, we learn about models that simulate how a majority of Americans can actually eat food grown locally, how robots learn, fun and educational video games for the classroom and finally we explore a future forest.
Weird History
How You Could Survive the Black Plague
The Black Death changed the world. As the most profound epidemic in human history, the plague claimed the lives of millions, with nearly half of Europe's population perishing from the disease. Some feared they were living through the...
Mr. Beat
Toronto and Montreal Compared
Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Montreal and Toronto, the two largest cities in Canada.
Mr. Beat
London and Paris Compared
Mr. Beat compares and contrasts London and Paris, two cities that have dominated the world for hundreds of years.
Curated Video
Covid-19: what will happen to the global economy?
The covid-19 pandemic has caused economic chaos and uncertainty. Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, and Edward Carr, our deputy editor, answer your questions about the global economy
Institute for New Economic Thinking
A Growth Slowdown is Coming
U.S. GDP accounting underestimates intangible capital, overstates financial capital, and is all but oblivious to the erosion of human and social capital. Peter Temin, the Elisha Gray II Professor Emeritus of Economics at the...
Financial Times
Mapping how railroads built America - Ep 3
A new look at antique US railroad maps reveals how cities grew over the past 200 years. The FT's Alan Smith and Steven Bernard trace how cities, people and the economy spread from coast to coast.
Soliloquy
Why do Dutch cities get renamed for 3 days a year?
For three days each year, Dutch cities get renamed. For example, the city I live in changes from Oosterhout to Kaaiendonk! This is all done as part of the Burgundian Carnival tradition, but let’s take a deeper look. It all started in...
The Wall Street Journal
IOT And The New Frontier Of Risk
Kevin McNamee, Director, Threat Intelligence, Nokia and Nasrin Rezai, Global Chief Information and Product Security Officer, GE explore security failings in the Internet of Things and how companies can avoid them.
Next Animation Studio
Plastic straw pollution drawing global attention
Municipalities around the world are increasingly cracking down on plastic pollution, especially single-use straws. According to the National Park Services, Americans use about 500 million straws a day which works out to 1.5 straws a...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: Water in the Air - Snow
Water in the Air reveals the varied phases of water that surround us, fall on us, travel in air, and serve as a crucial component of the water cycle. Emphasis is on the fact that water in air can be vapor or solid, visible or invisible,...
The Wall Street Journal
5G and Enterprise
5G is the next big step in connectivity and may prompt major changes on the factory floor, in the retail store and even in the boardroom. What are the clearest enterprise applications and how can CIOs best deploy this new technology?
Mr. Beat
Lawrence and Ames Compared
Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Lawrence, Kansas and Ames, Iowa, both college towns located in the American Midwest. Mr. Beat is a bit familiar, you could say, with Lawrence. He has help with Ames with Xander from the channel ARTexplains.
Next Animation Studio
Hurricanes Moving North, Set to Slam into New York
The BBC reports that a new study in the journal Nature Geoscience argues that if the planet’s average temperature keeps rising, hurricanes and typhoons will start to move farther northward and southward, entering the world’s most...
The Art Assignment
Try combinatory play with books. | Pablo Helguera | The Art Assignment
This week we meet Pablo Helguera, an artist, museum educator, and writer, at the Indianapolis stop of his Spanish language bookstore Librería Donceles. His assignment challenges you to give old books new lives through combinatory play.