Be Smart
How Science Defines A Year
It's been one (tropical/sidereal/anomalous) year since I uploaded the very first It's Okay To Be Smart. Here's everything that's happened since!
Crash Course
How to Develop a Business Idea: Crash Course Business - Entrepreneurship
So, where do ideas come from? And what do you do with them once you have them? In this episode of Crash Course Entrepreneurship, Anna helps to answer these questions (and more) as we figure out what we need to do to launch our business.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you solve "Einstein's Riddle"? - Dan Van der Vieren
Before he turned physics upside down, a young Albert Einstein supposedly showed off his genius by devising a complex riddle involving a stolen exotic fish and a long list of suspects. Can you resist tackling a brain teaser written by one...
TED Talks
TED: My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | AJ Jacobs
Author AJ Jacobs embarked on a quest with a deceptively simple idea at its heart: to personally thank every person who helped make his morning cup of coffee. More than one thousand "thank yous" later, Jacobs reflects on the...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The science of attraction - Dawn Maslar
Romantic chemistry is all about warm, gooey feelings that gush from the deepest depths of the heart-right? Not quite. Actually, the real boss behind attraction is your brain, which runs through a very quick, very complex series of...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How will AI change the world? | TED-Ed
In the coming years, artificial intelligence is probably going to change your life— and likely the entire world. But people have a hard time agreeing on exactly how AI will affect our society. Can we build AI systems that help us fix the...
SciShow
Mimics, Twins, and Doppelgӓngers... Obviously | SciShow Quiz Show
Two bespectacled science YouTubers enter, one bespectacled science YouTuber leaves ... because while they may look suspiciously alike, Joe Hanson has his own channels while Hank’s gonna stick around here. The only question is who will...
TED Talks
TED: Why I have coffee with people who send me hate mail | Ozlem Cekic
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Ozlem Cekic's email inbox has been full of hate mail since 2007, when she won a seat in the Danish Parliament --...
TED Talks
TED: Why you should treat the tech you use at work like a colleague | Nadjia Yousif
Imagine your company hires a new employee and then everyone just ignores them, day in and day out, while they sit alone at their desk getting paid to do nothing. This situation actually happens all the time -- when companies invest...
Crash Course
T-Tests A Matched Pair Made in Heaven - Crash Course Statistics
Today we're going to walk through a couple of statistical approaches to answer the question: "is coffee from the local cafe, Caf-fiend, better than that other cafe, The Blend Den?" We'll build a two sample t-test which will tell us how...
SciShow
How to Make Pokémon GO
You wanna be the very best? Like no one ever was? Travel across your neighborhood with us and learn about some of the tech behind the phenomenon that is Pokémon GO.
SciShow
Is Coffee Disappearing... or Will It Just Taste Different?
Many of us rely on a morning cup of coffee, or several morning cups of coffee, to get us going. But climate change has the potential to shift not only where and how we grow coffee, but whether it can be grown at all.
Crash Course
Science Journalism - Crash Course Statistics
We’ve talked a lot in this series about how often you see data and statistics in the news and on social media - which is ALL THE TIME! But how do you know who and what you can trust? Today, we’re going to talk about how we, as consumers,...
SciShow
The Sad Truth About the Turmeric in Your Golden Latte
Now seems like a golden opportunity to talk about the positive health benefits of that turmeric in your morning latte.
SciShow
Why Does Skipping Coffee Give Me Headaches?
I normally drink about ten cups of coffee per day but today I decided to cut back and haven't had any caffeine but now my head hurts and I don't know why do YOU know why!?
SciShow
Fluid Dynamics and Aliens! (Okay, Not Really) | SciShow Quiz Show
This week, Dr. Shini Somara goes toe to toe with Hank in a battle of wits about fluid dynamics and life in space.
SciShow
Why Does Coffee Make You Poop?
It's common knowledge: you drink a lot of coffee, you're definitely going to poop. What isn't common knowledge is why your body reacts that way
Crash Course
Psychological Research - Crash Course Psychology
So how do we apply the scientific method to psychological research? Lots of ways, but today Hank talks about case studies, naturalistic observation, surveys and interviews, and experimentation. Also he covers different kinds of bias in...
Curated Video
France Typical Workday
New ReviewThe French typically start their workday at 9:00 a.m. or earlier and work until around 6:00 p.m. Executives are often expected to work longer, until 7:00 or 8:00 p.m., typically continuing with email communications. Learn more about what...
Curated Video
Indonesia Food and Eating Habits
New ReviewIndonesians commonly eat rice at every meal with a variety of side dishes of meat, fish, and vegetables. Energy is expensive, and foods are often quick-fried or sautéed. Even with the fertility of Indonesian lands and a long growing...
Curated Video
Mexico Food and Eating
New ReviewContrary to what you might think, most Mexican food is neither hot nor buried under lots of tomato sauce and melted cheese as it often is outside of Mexico. Explore the wide, rich variety of Mexican cuisine and the common eating habits...
Curated Video
Express Framework Mastery: From Beginner to Advanced with Node.js - Responding with Multiple Endpoints in Node.js
New ReviewIn this video, we provide a tutorial on how to create multiple endpoints for a Node web server and respond with data to each of those endpoints. We explain why multiple endpoints are necessary for building complex web applications and...
Curated Video
Brazil History
New ReviewHow has Brazil become the melting pot it is today? Find out by reviewing Brazil’s historical highlights and how the economy has evolved over the centuries. Learn about the arrival of Europeans in the 1500s; how Portugal extended rule and...
Curated Video
Brazil Typical Workday
New ReviewLearn all you need to know about a typical workday in Brazil by becoming familiar with topics such as work hours and workplace interactions. Did you know that it’s extremely important to develop business-friendly relationships with...