TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The curse of the monkey's paw | Iseult Gillespie
Sergeant-Major Morris regaled his friends with epic tales from faraway lands— until one asked about an artifact the Sergeant had alluded to. Slowly, he produced the object: a mummified monkey’s paw. He explained that a holy man had...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why should you read “Dune” by Frank Herbert? - Dan Kwartler
A mother and son trek across an endless desert. Wearing special suits to dissipate heat and recycle moisture, the travelers aren’t worried about dying of thirst. Their fears are much greater. Soon, the sound of the desert is drowned out...
Curated Video
L.A. Noire Walkthrough Part 98: "The Gas Man" (4 of 10)
Howcast - Check out part 99 of this L.A. Noire walkthrough and beat "The Gas Man" with this online demo.
PBS
Death Worms: Fact or Fiction?
Rumored to roam some of the world’s most desolate places the poisonous, killer death worm can trace its history in folklore back thousands of years. Made more famous and frightening with science fiction series like Dune and Tremors,...
Curated Video
Constructing a Heliodome in Switzerland
This video presents the story of building a Heliodome in Switzerland for Herbert and Gabriella Lotscher, focusing on the use of local materials and the benefits of the design. Building Tomorrow episode 7, part 7
Curated Video
Great Expectations Part II: Becoming a Gentleman
A video overview of part II of Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations. Using excerpts from the 1946 version of the movie, we review important events and interactions in part II of the book. Pip has moved to London and is adjusting...
PBS
Dune, The Most Important Sci Fi Series Ever? (Feat. Princess Weekes)
The planet is Arrakis. Also known as Dune. And y’all, it’s a mess. December of this year, we were supposed to see the arrival of director Denis Villeneuve’s interpretation of the 1965 novel Dune, which had been previously (and rather...
Curated Video
Rising trade tensions
Dan Ikenson of the Cato Institute on rising tensions as NAFTA talks loom
Curated Video
Cancer drugs routinely thrown out, wasting millions of dollars per year: study
The health-care system is wasting millions of dollars by buying cancer medications that are thrown out because of the way they are packaged by drug makers — in one-size-fits-all vials that hold too much for most patients, a study found....
Press Association
Lib Dems become UK’s third largest party again after ‘record-breaking night’
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has hailed his party's best results in a century, as an eye-catching campaign which focused on marginal seats sent more than 70 new Lib Dem MPs to Parliament.
Bloomberg
The Business of Sports in Africa
It's not just a game. Sports is an industry measured in the hundreds of billions and, played right, can catapult emerging economies to new heights economically and reputationally. In Africa, home to the world's fastest-growing...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Philadelphia Athletics win World Series
Quick title card: 'Athletics win World Series, Philadelphia - ninth inning rally gives A's 3-2 victory over Chicago in fifth and deciding game' / Pres. Herbert Hoover and First Lady Lou Hoover / intertitle: 'President and Mrs. Hoover see...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Wives of Kefauver committee members at NYC courthouse during Kefauver hearings
VS Mrs. Herbert (Eugenia) O'Conor, Mrs. Estes (Nancy) Kefauver (in center, wearing hat with netting), Mrs. Charles (Loretta) Tobey in corridor of courthouse during Kefauver committee hearings
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DGA Awards press room
Herbert D Stein at the DGA Awards press room on March 11, 2000. (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images)
Curated Video
Utah Governor Proposes Banning Conversion Therapy For Minors
In a statement, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said, "I'm grateful that we have found a way forward that will ban conversion therapy forever in our state."
Bridgeman Arts
End of Coolidge presidency, Herbert Hoover, Al Smith campaign, Hoover victory, 1928
President Coolidge with wife and aide - signs from the Herbert Hoover campaign - Hoover on podium - Candidate Al Smith - views from the presidential campaigns - Hoover and Coolidge outside Capitol
Bloomberg
VW Plans to Build Battery Plant in US, CEO Says
Volkswagen Chief Executive Officer Herbert Diess talks about the company's new push to make electric car batteries. The automaker just broke ground on a new cell factory in Germany. Diess says they are looking for new sites in the US as...
Bloomberg
VW CEO Sees a Lot of Challenges Ahead in 2021
May.06 -- Herbert Diess, chief executive officer at Volkswagen AG, discusses the company’s trajectory of growth, the impact of the chip shortage and his outlook for the business. Volkswagen posted first-quarter profit that beat...
Curated Video
Police are hunting a Pennsylvania couple they say killed a Good Samaritan who befriended them before he was cut up and stuffed into a backpack in a Los Angeles hotel room.
HEADLINE: Pa. couple sought for dismembering man in LA hotel
CAPTION: Police are hunting a Pennsylvania couple they say killed a Good Samaritan who befriended them before he was cut up and stuffed into a backpack in a Los Angeles hotel...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Inmates testifies to bribing Duterte critic for beer concerts
CLEAN : Inmates testifies to bribing Duterte critic for beer concerts