Curated Video
Ancient, Underground Civilizations
Centuries-old tales suggest the existence of beings residing in vast subterranean cavities beneath Earth's surface. These stories are supported by ancient structures like the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum in Malta, pointing to a long history of...
Curated Video
Land of the Free
Dr. Forrester examines the writing of our National Anthem, the Treaty of Ghent ending the War of 1812, and how re-enactors show history.
The Guardian
David Hockney's lockdown sunrise and other masterpiece dawns
David Hockney created a glorious depiction of a sunrise on his iPad in April and emailed it from his lockdown in Normandy to the Guardian's art critic Jonathan Jones.
Debunked
English Phrases That We Get Wrong Everyday!
We've all been saying them, and we've all been wrong!
Curated Video
Word Choice: Creating Meaning with Mood and Tone
This video will help students understand and recognize the critical role and difference between mood and tone in word choice in poetry.
Curated Video
The Star-Spangled Banner
The Star-Spangled Banner recognizes that “The Star-Spangled Banner” was written toward the end of the War of 1812 by reviewing the lyrics.
John D Ruddy
The Dawn of Middle Earth - Manny Man Does Lore
Find out about the events that shaped the early world of JRR Tolkien's Middle-Earth leading to the Awakening of the Elves.
Schooling Online
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby - Chapters 8-9 Summary
It’s the day after an ugly scene in which tempers flared and someone lost their life. Things seem to be unravelling and a grieving man seeks revenge, but Gatsby clings to hope. Then Nick gets a hunch: something’s not right. By the end of...
Next Animation Studio
Dwarf planet Ceres is an ocean world: scientists
Scientists say Ceres is an ocean world with brine under the surface after reviewing data from NASA’s Dawn orbiter, according to new studies published separately in Nature Astronomy and Geoscience.
Weird History
The Origins of Everyday Clothes
Most people put on their outfits every day without questioning the history of clothing as they do it. You're clearly not one of these people, since you've landed on this page! Here's a list of things we still wear today and why we...
NASA
On a Mission: Season Two, Episode 7: Planet Asteroid
What’s in a name? Whether you call it a planet or an asteroid, missions that explore small worlds are always exciting.
Astrum
What did NASA's Dawn mission discover while at Vesta?
NASA's Dawn spacecraft was the first spacecraft to orbit two extraterrestial bodies, Vesta and Ceres. But what did it do and discover while it was there?
Next Animation Studio
NASA Dawn mission: spacecraft takes first image of dwarf planet Ceres
NASA's Dawn spacecraft is currently on its way to the asteroid belt where it will rendezvous Ceres, its largest celestial body. Ceres, also classified as a dwarf planet, has an average diameter of about 950 km (590 miles) making it...
Astrum
What did NASA's Dawn discover on Ceres?
NASA's Dawn mission finished in 2017. What did it discover while in orbit around Ceres?
Curated Video
A Wounded Warrior Begins her Journey with Entrepreneurship
Part 1/3 of Dawn Halfaker series: This video features Dawn Halfacre, an Iraq war veteran who lost her right arm during combat, sharing her story of resilience and determination. She founded Half Acre and Associates, a technology...
NASA
Young Cryovolcano on Ceres
Analysis of images from NASA's Dawn mission reveals that dwarf planet Ceres hosts an unexpectedly young cryovolcano that formed with the past billion years. Music credits: "Farewell to the King" by Richard Friedman [ASCAP]; Jefandyo...
NASA
Permanent Shadows on Ceres
Permanently shadowed regions capable of accumulating surface ice were identified in the northern hemisphere of Ceres using images taken by NASA’s Dawn mission combined with sophisticated computer modeling of illumination. CREDIT:...
NASA
The Invisible Network: 03. Time | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
Whether you're relying on the careful observations of 1950s amateur astronomers and backyard telescopes or state-of-the-art GPS tracking and navigation technology: knowing where you are in space means needing to know what time it is.
Oxford Comma
Poetic Devices Explained: COMPARISONS (Definitions, Examples, and How to Use Them).
The third video in our series on poetic devices, in this video will look at how poets use similes and metaphors to create comparisons between two images.
Professor Dave Explains
Introduction to Classical Physics
Physics is the grandaddy of the sciences! When those ancient dudes in togas were philosophizing about the way the universe works, they were setting the stage for what we now know of as physics, even though it didn't really get going...
Press Association
Sunak's proposed national service scheme will be “very competitive and selective”
Military roles in the Conservatives’ proposed national service scheme will be “very competitive and selective”, Rishi Sunak said. Speaking at a Q&A during a visit in Staffordshire, he said: “I think all of us have felt that our society...
Getty Images
European Cranes (Grus grus), North East Extremadura in Dehesa. The cranes migrate south in winter from Scandinavia and Northern Europe to Spain and roost in large numbers mainly on lake shores. They feed in the dehesas on acorns and invertebrates.
European Cranes (Grus grus), North East Extremadura in Dehesa. The cranes migrate south in winter from Scandinavia and Northern Europe to Spain and roost in large numbers mainly on lake shores. They feed in the dehesas on acorns and...
Getty Images
European Cranes (Grus grus), North East Extremadura in Dehesa. The cranes migrate south in winter from Scandinavia and Northern Europe to Spain and roost in large numbers mainly on lake shores. They feed in the dehesas on acorns and invertebrates.
European Cranes (Grus grus), North East Extremadura in Dehesa. The cranes migrate south in winter from Scandinavia and Northern Europe to Spain and roost in large numbers mainly on lake shores. They feed in the dehesas on acorns and...