Professor Dave Explains
The Second Law of Thermodynamics: Heat Flow, Entropy, and Microstates
What the heck is entropy?! You've heard a dozen different explanations. Disorder, microstates, Carnot engines... so many different wordings and interpretations! Really, they are all related, so let's go through a few different...
Barcroft Media
Meet The Instagram Star With Cerebral Palsy: Born Different
CORONA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 28, 2017: A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl with cerebral palsy has become an Instagram Star. Finley Smallwood may only be four-years-old but she already has over 100,000 followers on social media. At a glance, you'd think...
Curated Video
Exploring the Elastic Properties of Rubber
This video explains the elastic properties of rubber and how its molecular structure allows it to stretch and return to its original shape. It also discusses the role of entropy, as well as various treatments and processes to enhance its...
Professor Dave Explains
The Laws of Thermodynamics, Entropy, and Gibbs Free Energy
We've all heard of the Laws of Thermodynamics, but what are they really? What the heck is entropy and what does it mean for the fate of the universe? How does soap work?! So many questions answered in this clip! Enjoy!
FuseSchool
Sickle cell anaemia
There are about 4.4 million people in the world who have sickle-cell anaemia, while an additional 43 million are carriers. but did you know? Having the sickle cell allele actually protects you against malaria. This means you are more...
Curated Video
Lyndon B. Johnson: The Great Society Speech
In 1964, 36th U.S. President, Lyndon B. Johnson commanded the heart of the nation while delivering his "The Great Society" speech. Can you hear any parallels to modern-day America?
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Susan Williams White - Autism Spectrum Disorders
Susan W. White, Ph.D. is an associate professor at Virginia Tech. She established the Virginia Tech Psychosocial Interventions (PI) lab in 2006. As director of the PI Lab, Dr. White's research seeks to identify psychological processes...
Mazz Media
Genetic Diseases
In this live-action program viewers will learn that a monogenic disorder is a genetic disease caused by small-scale genetic differences that cause the malfunction of a single gene and that many diseases result from such genetic...
Barcroft Media
26-Year-Old Model Wears Her 'Wrinkles' With Pride: BORN DIFFERENT
A 26-YEAR-OLD woman with a rare condition that makes her look decades older is challenging beauty standards by becoming a model. Hoping to break into the modelling industry, Sara Geurts from Minneapolis, Minnesota, is determined to carve...
Neuro Transmissions
Psychology of Depression
Without question, you or someone you know has experienced depression. Perhaps you found this video because you are looking for help in overcoming depression. Help comes in many forms and here we explore popular forms of therapy that are...
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I Hid My Eating Disorder For 8 Years
A 28-YEAR-OLD woman, whose weight dropped to 88lbs at the height of her eating disorders, is publicising her story to show other sufferers that recovery is possible. Lindsey Hall, from Fort Worth, Texas, says her eating disorders first...
Mazz Media
Talk It Out: I Have An Eating Disorder. Now What?
This program asks and helps to answer several questions: Do you or your friend have an eating disorder? Who can develop an eating disorder? By viewing this program, students will learn what they can do to help someone with an eating...
Neuro Transmissions
Neuroscience of Depression
About 1 out of every 14 people suffers from depression. What causes depression in the brain? Is depression inherited? And importantly, does depression medication work? In this video, we discuss the cause of depression, the changes in the...
Visual Learning Systems
Genetics in Action: Genetic Disorders
This video builds on the genetic work of Mendel and takes the student through additional genetic discoveries made in the twentieth century. The Law of Segregation and the Law of Independent Assortment are plainly illustrated. The notions...
FuseSchool
Inherited Genetic Disorders
This girl has six fingers on her left hand. She has a condition called polydactyly, which causes extra fingers or toes. Her father and grandmother as well as some of her cousins also have the condition. This should give you a clue about...
Neuro Transmissions
The Neuroscience of Eating Disorders
Many of us are lucky enough to live in a world where food is easily accessible. We no longer have to hunt wild animals or scrounge for edible plants to survive. However, in spite of (or likely because of) this luxury, millions of people...
Curated Video
Healthy babies born in Britain after scientists used DNA from three people to avoid genetic disease
Testing during the in vitro fertilization process can usually identify whether these mutations are present. (Scripps News)
Curated Video
Gaming disorder now a disease according to WHO
For a diagnosis to be made, the negative effects of too much gaming must continue for at least a year. However, the World Health Organization says only one to three per cent of gamers meet the criteria.
Curated Video
Matthias Schoenaerts and Diane Kruger star in ‘Disorder’
In ‘Disorder’, Matthias Schoenaerts plays Vincent, an ex-soldier suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Vincent is hired as a bodyguard to protect the wife and child of a wealthy Lebanese arms dealer while he’s out of town. The...
Curated Video
Far-right rioters attack asylum seeker hotels in UK’s Rotherham, Tamworth
Days of unrest continue in the United Kingdom as Prime Minister Keir Starmer says rioters will be ‘brought to justice’.
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Far-right protesters clash with police in UK cities as unrest spreads
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned the far right for the unrest and backed police to take strong action.
Curated Video
be Well: The symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and breakthroughs in treatment
April is Parkinson's Awareness Month. During this time, we try to understand the complexity of the disorder. Dr. Zion Zibly, a neurosurgeon at Greenwich Hospital, talks about the symptoms and the new breakthroughs in treatment.
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be Well: Raising awareness about eating disorders
The director of the Center for Behavioral Health at New York Tech, Psychiatrist Dr. Liat Jarkon is shining a light on the seriousness of eating disorders and raising awareness to the resources available.