SciShow
Why You Might Want Someone Else's Poop Inside You
Donating your blood could save someone's life. And so could donating your poop. Correction: The writer for this episode was actually Hannah Thomasy, who is wonderful.
SciShow
Why You Might Want Someone Else's Poop Inside You
Donating your blood could save someone's life. And so could donating your poop.
SciShow
Why Can't You Donate Platelets After Taking Aspirin?
Curious why you can't donate platelets after taking aspirin? Wonder no more!
SciShow
Can You Keep Donating and Regrowing Your Liver?
Fun Fact: people can donate over half of their liver, and the tissue will grow back within a year! Knowing that, it seems pretty logical to assume that we could just keep donating and regrowing our livers over and over again, but is that...
TED Talks
TED: Why some people are more altruistic than others | Abigail Marsh
Why do some people do selfless things, helping other people even at risk to their own well-being? Psychology researcher Abigail Marsh studies the motivations of people who do extremely altruistic acts, like donating a kidney to a...
Crash Course
Acid-Base Reactions in Solution: Crash Course Chemistry
Last week, Hank talked about how stuff mixes together in solutions. Today, and for the next few weeks, he will talk about the actual reactions happening in those solutions - atoms reorganizing themselves to create whole new substances in...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The strengths and weaknesses of acids and bases - George Zaidan and Charles Morton
Vinegar may have a powerful smell, but did you know it's actually a weak acid? In the chemical economy, acids actively give away their protons while bases actively collect them -- but some more aggressively than others. George Zaidan and...
Curated Video
Mesomeric Effect (+M): How Phenol Releases Electrons
The +M effect refers to electron donation through resonance, as seen in phenol where the hydroxyl group donates electrons into the benzene ring. This increases electron density in the ring and impacts reactivity and acidity
The Business Professor
Political Action Committee (PAC)
In the United States, a political action committee (PAC) is a tax-exempt 527 organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaigns for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation.
Curated Video
Does Donating Blood Burn Calories?
Donating blood can lead to weight loss, but this loss is not significant. As covered in this video, the average donation is 1 pint of blood, which weighs about 1 pound; so right off the bat, you’re walking out of the donation center 1...
Barcroft Media
Up Across The Atlantic - Jonathan Trappe Attempts Cluster Balloon Flight Record
RALEIGH, NC - APRIL 10: Jonathan Trappe attempts the world's first day/night cluster balloon flight in addition to attempting to break known endurance records on April 10, 2010 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Taking off at 5.35pm on Saturday...
Oxford Comma
Chapter by Chapter (Never Let Me Go): Chapter Eighteen
Welcome to the eighteenth video in our chapter by chapter analysis of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go! In this video we'll look at the start of part three and how Ishiguro masterfully makes an extreme situation seem all too relatable....
The Economist
Where does foreign aid go?
Rich countries are giving more in foreign aid than ever before. But which countries are the most generous?
Curated Video
Foreign aid: who gives the most, and where does it go?
Rich countries are giving more in foreign aid than ever before. We analysed the data to see which countries are spending and receiving the most
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Impoverished Flint neighborhood struggles with water crisis
Residents in Northern Flint are still struggling with the water crisis hitting the city, in a neighborhood where many houses are abandoned and around 45 percent of the population lives below the US poverty level. Locals hope Sunday's...
Curated Video
USA: DR BLOBEL WINS NOBEL PRIZE FOR MEDICINE (2)
English/Nat
The Nobel Prize for medicine was awarded Monday to Dr. Guenter Blobel of The Rockefeller University in New York City. Blobel who is 63 and a native of Germany, was awarded the prize for his research on proteins -- research...
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Are you too ugly to be a sperm donor?
VOICED: Are you too ugly to be a sperm donor?
Curated Video
Attack Victim Donates Money That Was Donated To Her
The 76-year-old woman was beaten by a 39-year-old man in San Francisco. The woman fought back.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Donors give blood amid shortage as COVID-19 forces people to stay at home
People wear face masks to give blood at a donation centre in San Francisco as hospitals experience a shortage in blood supplies during the coronavirus crisis (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bloomberg
Billionaire Paul Allen Commits $100M to Fight Ebola
Oct. 24 -- Bloomberg's Betty Liu reports that musician Kenny G has tweeted a defense of himself to the Chinese government after being linked to supporting pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. She speaks in todays Movers and Shakers on...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Glittering year for Myanmars golden pagoda
VOICED : Glittering year for Myanmars golden pagoda
Curated Video
Duchess of Sussex gives fashion tips during royal visit
DUCHESS OF SUSSEX GIVES FASHION TIPS DURING ROYAL VISIT