SciShow
The Rarest Cancer in History (It's Also the Weirdest)
The medical industry has developed countless methods and tools for diagnosing the myriad of illnesses that can befall us. This, as you might guess, includes cancer. But it took a research team five months to diagnose this specific cancer...
TED-Ed
Demolition, disease, and death: Building the Panama Canal | Alex Gendler
In the 19th century, the California gold rush brought thousands of settlers to America's west coast. But finding gold may have been easier than transporting it back east. The only hope for avoiding a grueling six month wagon journey was...
Weird History
How A Notorious Criminal's Pet Hippos Are Still A Huge Problem Decades Later
Pablo Escobar: kingpin and... animal lover? In the 1980s, Escobar's zoo at Hacienda Nápoles took shape, filled with exotic animals, including hippos. The zoo was only functional for about 10 years before the Colombian government claimed...
Great Big Story
Float Along Colombias Rainbow River
Explore the mesmerizing beauty of Caño Cristales, a river located in Meta, Colombia, which transforms into a vibrant display of colors between the wet and dry seasons.
Curated Video
The Absolute Beginners Guide to Cybersecurity 2023 - Part 4 - Using VPNs
In this video, you will learn about a security tool called Virtual Private Network or a VPN, which is used to provide a secure connection to another network over the Internet. This clip is from the chapter "Internet and Browsing...
Curated Video
Building the Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is a vital trade route linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Its fascinating story goes back hundreds of years.
Great Big Story
Float Along Colombias Rainbow River
Explore the mesmerizing beauty of Caño Cristales, a river located in Meta, Colombia, which transforms into a vibrant display of colors between the wet and dry seasons. Discover how the unique aquatic plant species in the riverbed bloom,...
Great Big Story
Living on the Most Crowded Island on Earth
Explore the fascinating story of Santa Cruz del Islote, a unique island off the coast of Colombia that houses over 1200 residents on land equivalent to two soccer fields. Discover the challenges and simplicity of life in this close-knit...
Great Big Story
Living on the Most Crowded Island on Earth
Explore the fascinating story of Santa Cruz del Islote, a unique island off the coast of Colombia that houses over 1200 residents on land equivalent to two soccer fields. Discover the challenges and simplicity of life in this close-knit...
Curated Video
Soyuz U Rocket: From Space Workhorse to Orbital Joyrides
This video discusses the use of the Soyuz U launcher for space tourism, highlighting its reliability and cost-effectiveness. It mentions successful past missions with millionaire passengers and plans to double the number of tourists in...
The Guardian
The golden poison dart frog: 'Like holding a loaded gun'
Lucy Cooke, the 'amphibian avenger', really loves frogs. She travels to a remote region of Colombia's wild west to look for one of the world's most toxic animals: Phyllobates terribilis, the golden poison frog. Protecting it from...
Curated Video
Venezuelans cross Colombia border for concert
Hundreds of Venezuelan youths were on Friday flocking to cross the border from Venezuela to Colombia, where billionaire Richard Branson is throwing a fundraiser concert later.
Weird History
How A Chilean Coal Mine Revealed A Monster Snake
Most people have never heard of the Cerrejón coal mine, located in Colombia. The mine pumps out over 30 million tons of coal each year, and it's also become a critical site for scientists. In fact, the coal mine ranks as one of the best...
Learn French With Alexa
Combien ?
Learn how to ask questions with the French word: combien (how much/many?)
Next Animation Studio
TikTok secretly collected users’ MAC addresses: report
TikTok engaged in a banned data-collecting process that harvested highly personalized information from its users for more than a year, an investigation by the Wall Street Journal has found.
The Economist
Could blockchain save the Amazon rainforest?
A technology originally developed to support bitcoin could unlock a new bio-economy in the Amazon. If it works more money could be made by preserving the rainforest than cutting it down.
CuriosaMente
9 Preguntas Curiosas sobre la Historia Desconocida de México - CuriosaMente 241
¿Los chinos llegaron a México antes que los españoles? ¿México tiene frontera con Colombia? ¿Se censuró el Himno Nacional? ¿Quién descifró la escritura Maya? ¿Se independizó el Norte? ¿Yucatán fue un país? Los Primeros Mestizos: Gonzalo...
The Economist
Cocaine: why the cartels are winning
America spends $40bn a year on the war on drugs. But its “zero tolerance” approach has done little to curb addiction or overdose rates, which are the highest in the world.
Next Animation Studio
Colombian cartel boss captured by security forces
Colombian security forces have arrested the country’s most wanted drug lord, Dairo Antonio Usuga, head of the country’s largest drug cartel, near his jungle hideout.
Next Animation Studio
Colombian Lemur Studio Design fits shoes with mine detector
Bogota-based Lemur Studio Design has developed SaveOneLife, a wearable mine detector that fits in a shoe and warns the wearer of potentially deadly landmines nearby him.
Next Animation Studio
Man allegedly behind Haitian President’s assassination identified
A suspect arrested on suspicion of masterminding the assassination of Haiti’s president was plotting to become president, according to the chief of Haiti’s National Police, cited by The New York Times.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Luisa Caycedo-Kimura Teachers Make a Difference - Elena Caycedo
Luisa Caycedo-Kimura is a Colombian-born poet, translator, and educator. Her honors include a John K. Walsh Residency Fellowship at The Anderson Center, an Adrienne Reiner Hochstadt Fellowship at Ragdale, and a Robert Pinsky Global...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Migrant Women in Business
Movin' to the Country is a series that celebrates the entrepreneurs, innovators and dreamers transforming Australia's beautiful regional areas in surprising new ways. Luz immigrated to Australia from Columbia and quickly realized that...
Next Animation Studio
Details of chase and firefight that led to capture of alleged assassins of Haitian president emerge
The gunmen who assassinated Haiti's president around 1 a.m on Wednesday, July 7, were initially allowed to drive away from the president’s house, before being met by a massive security services roadblock.”