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Curated Video

NC Family Loses Everything in Matthew Floods

Higher Ed
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus064728Hurricane Matthew stayed off the North Carolina coast, but for Frankie McLaughlin and his family of 10 now living in a shelter, the storm took just about everything, he said. McLaughlin, who...
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Curated Video

Merkel visits Niger to strengthen bilateral ties

Higher Ed
Germany can build a military logistics base in Niger as it seeks to strengthen the fight against extremism in the West African country and in neighbouring Mali, Niger's president said on Monday.President Mahamadou Issoufou spoke...
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Curated Video

National Border Patrol Council Endorses Trump

Higher Ed
US Presidential candidate, Donald Trump on Friday received the endorsement of the 16,500-person National Border Patrol Council at Trump Tower in New York.Shortly after the endorsement, Trump met with nearly two dozen members of his...
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Curated Video

Kerry reax to Santos' Nobel peace prize

Higher Ed
US Secretary of State John Kerry congratulated Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on "winning the Nobel Prize for his courageous efforts to try to bring peace to Colombia."Kerry said he hopes the country will "get over the hurdles...
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Curated Video

Santos comments after Nobel peace prize win

Higher Ed
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to end a five-decade civil war that has killed more than 200,000 people - and said he received the award in the name of the Colombian...
News Clip2:38
Curated Video

NC Residents Assess Matthew's Devastation

Higher Ed
Skies cleared on Sunday over much of North Carolina, but the danger posed by Hurricane Matthew was likely to remain through at least the end of the week, when rivers could top or come close to records set 16 years ago by Hurricane...
Instructional Video11:39
PBS

Feynman's Infinite Quantum Paths

12th - Higher Ed
There is a fundamental limit to the knowability of the universe. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle tells us that the more precisely we try to define one property, the less definable is its counterpart. Knowing a particle's location...
Instructional Video12:07
Crash Course

Los Angeles Uprisings: Crash Course Black American History #45

12th - Higher Ed
In this episode of Black American History, Clint Smith teaches you about the complicated history of racial tension in South Central Los Angeles. You'll learn about the Watts Rebellion of 1965, a 6-day uprising in response to police...
Instructional Video2:57
MinutePhysics

Do Cause and Effect Really Exist? (Big Picture Ep. 2/5)

12th - Higher Ed
Thanks to Google Making and Science for supporting this series, and to Sean Carroll for collaborating on it! This video is about why there's no such thing as cause and effect at the level of fundamental particle physics, and how our...
Instructional Video10:39
PBS

Superluminal Time Travel + Time Warp Challenge Answer

12th - Higher Ed
By choosing the right path and the right reference frames, any superluminal motion can lead to information or objects returning to their origin before they depart.
Instructional Video13:10
Crash Course

Life Begins Crash Course Big History 4

12th - Higher Ed
In which Hank and John Green teach you about life on Earth. They won't be giving advice on how life should be lived, because this is a history series. Instead, they'll teach you about the earliest forms of life on Earth, and some of the...
Instructional Video16:13
TED Talks

TED: The counterintuitive psychology of insurance | Orit Tykocinski

12th - Higher Ed
The real reason you buy insurance may have as much to do with pleasing your psyche as it does protecting your wallet. Behavioral psychologist Orit Tykocinski explores the connection between insurance and the reality-distorting risks of...
Instructional Video11:31
Crash Course

Selma: Crash Course Film Criticism

12th - Higher Ed
Selma tells the story of Martin Luther King Jr. and one of the greatest non-violent protests in U.S. history. Ava DuVernay directs this historical drama that captured hearts and minds but also made us ask some questions about historical...
Instructional Video9:29
Crash Course

World Cinema - Part 1: Crash Course Film History

12th - Higher Ed
The world is a big place and cinema isn't limited to just the U.S. and Europe. There are a lot of vibrant and influential film movements and cultures from all over the world. In this episode of Crash Course Film History, Craig talks to...
Instructional Video9:25
SciShow

4 Tiny Missions Answering the Biggest Questions in Astrophysics

12th - Higher Ed
The Astrophysics Pioneers program is funding four innovative new missions that read like a best-hits album of the most exciting astronomical frontiers: from galaxy evolution and exoplanets, to neutron star mergers and astroparticle physics.
Instructional Video10:16
Bozeman Science

Thinking in Scale: Level 4 - Scale Models

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on thinking in scale. TERMS Phenomena - observable events in the natural world (require explanations) Time - an irreversible series of events Space - the dimensions...
Instructional Video4:28
Bozeman Science

Thinking in Causation - Level 4 - Cause, Mechanism and Effect

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on cause, mechanism and effect. TERMS: Cause - a thing that gives rise to an event Effect - an event Mechanism - the process underlying a phenomenon System - a set of...
Instructional Video4:42
SciShow

The Solar System Might Have a New Dwarf Planet! SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
After observing what we thought was just a big asteroid in the asteroid belt, a team of astronomers now thinks this might qualify as a dwarf planet. And scientists had the chance to directly observe the collision of two neutron stars for...
Instructional Video5:00
SciShow

This Planet Used to Be the Core of a Gas Giant? | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists may have found the light from two merging black holes, and a gas giant, without the gas.
Instructional Video4:37
SciShow

Walrus Flash Mob & 20 Years of Pot Research

12th - Higher Ed
35,000 walruses all hanging out at the same beach in Alaska? Why? Does global warming have anything to do with it? And what have we learned after 20 years of studying the effects of marijuana? SciShow News explains.
Instructional Video2:38
MinuteEarth

Are "Acts of God" Disappearing?

12th - Higher Ed
Considering humans' increased impact on the environment, we may want to reconsider whether there is still a place in our legal system for the Act of God defense. ___________________________________________ To learn more, start your...
Instructional Video3:51
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The benefits of daydreaming | Elizabeth Cox

Pre-K - Higher Ed
On a daily basis, you spend between a third and half of your waking hours daydreaming. That may sound like a huge waste of time, but scientists think it must have some purpose, or humans wouldn't have evolved to do so much of it. So,...
Instructional Video3:44
SciShow

The “Devil’s Staircase” Shows Why Earthquakes Are Hard to Predict

12th - Higher Ed
Devastating earthquakes happen every year, and it's difficult to predict when they will happen. But they do follow one mathematical pattern known as the Devil's staircase.
Instructional Video3:55
SciShow

How a Storm Triggered a City-Wide Asthma Attack

12th - Higher Ed
A very weird way a thunderstorm might kill you.