MinuteEarth
How Many Mass Extinctions Have There Been?
Want to learn more about the topic in this week's video? Here are some keywords/phrases to get your googling started: - Mass Extinction Event: a significant, global decrease in the diversity of life - "Big 5": The five biggest mass...
PBS
Will Wormholes Allow Fast Interstellar Travel?
From Stargate to Interstellar, wormholes are our favorite method for traveling across fictional universes. But they are also a very serious field of study for some of our greatest minds over the last century. So what’s the holdup? When...
SciShow
The Bizarre World Of Underwater Sneezing
For us terrestrial animals, sneezing is a regular part of life involving the movement of a lot of air. But animals that live underwater and don't breathe air like we do also sneeze. Sea sponges, corals, and hagfish use their snot to...
MinutePhysics
How to Simulate the Universe on your Laptop
One Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in one minute!
MinutePhysics
Minute Physics: What is Gravity?
In this episode, we discuss the basic nature of gravity, one of the four fundamental forces in our universe.
SciShow
Science on Trial in Italy
Hank has some thoughts on the news that several Italian scientists who were convicted of 29 counts manslaughter for making an "inadequate risk-assessment" before an earthquake.
SciShow
We Finally Know How Anesthesia Works
Even though doctors have been using general anesthesia for nearly 200 years, they haven’t really understood the details of how it temporarily shuts down your brain — until now.
SciShow
Why Don't Humans Have a Mating Season?
Unlike lots of other animals, there’s no such thing as the “mating season” for humans, and it might have to do with how we raise our kids.
Curated Video
BOSNIA: US COMMERCE SECRETARY RON BROWN IN PLANE CRASH
Natural Sound
A US Air Force plane carrying U-S Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and eleven others has crashed in the Adriatic close to Dubrovnik.
Brown was flying to Dubrovnik from Tuzla where he was on a visit to mark the beginning of ...
Curated Video
Oil industry executives meet for 17th world congress
1. Wide shot of guests entering the venue for the opening ceremony
2. Wide of guests entering
3. Mid shot of Ali Rodriguez Araque, president of Venezuela's national oil company (PDVSA)
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ali Rodriguez Araque,...
Curated Video
Israeli and Palestinian reaction to meeting between Netanyahu and Obama
Ramallah, West Bank
1. Palestinian peace negotiator Saeb Erekat entering office
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Saeb Erekat, Palestinian negotiator:
"President Obama spoke about peace without without specifying its requirements to the prime...
Curated Video
UPITN 28 8 76 KRUGER AND SUZMAN INTERVIEW
Interviews with Jimmy kruger, the Justice and Police Minister, and South African politician and anti-apartheid campaigner, Helen Suzman.
1. SOUNDBITE (English): mcu Kruger replies to press questions
2. SOUNDBITE (English): vs of Suzman...
3Blue1Brown
But what is a Fourier series? From heat flow to circle drawings | DE4
Fourier series, from the heat equation to sines to cycles.
MinuteEarth
How Many Mass Extinctions Have There Been?
Want to learn more about the topic in this week's video? Here are some keywords/phrases to get your googling started: - Mass Extinction Event: a significant, global decrease in the diversity of life - "Big 5": The five biggest mass...
3Blue1Brown
But what is a Fourier series? From heat flow to circle drawings: Differential Equations - Part 4 0f 5
Fourier series, from the heat equation to sines to cycles.
3Blue1Brown
Solving the heat equation: Differential Equations - Part 3 of 5
Solving the heat equation.
Curated Video
Fall of The Roman Empire...in the 15th Century: Crash Course World History
In which John Green teaches you about the fall of the Roman Empire, which happened considerably later than you may have been told. While the Western Roman Empire fell to barbarians in 476 CE, the Byzantines in Constantinople continued...
Crash Course
Congressional Delegation: Crash Course Government and Politics
In which Craig Benzine teaches you about delegation, and informal powers. What are all these federal agencies about? Well, the president has a lot of stuff to do as the chief executive, and as much as Americans like to talk about...
TED Talks
TED: Filming democracy in Ghana | Jarreth Merz
Jarreth Merz, a Swiss-Ghanaian filmmaker, came to Ghana in 2008 to film the national elections. What he saw there taught him new lessons about democracy -- and about himself.
Curated Video
Alexander the Great and the Situation ... the Great? Crash Course World History
In which you are introduced to the life and accomplishments of Alexander the Great, his empire, his horse Bucephalus, the empires that came after him, and the idea of Greatness. Is greatness a question of accomplishment, of impact, or...
SciShow
The Virtually-Unkillable Virus That Makes Itself a Nucleus
In 2017, scientists discovered what appeared to be an unkillable virus that does something very un-virus-like... it builds its own nucleus inside its host's cells!
SciShow
Houseplants Can (Probably) Make You Happier
Houseplants are great for decoration and cute Instagram pictures - plus they make for pretty chill roommates. As if that wasn’t enough, there is actually some evidence that houseplants can also be good for your mental health.
PBS
Telling Time on a Torus
What shape do you most associate with a standard analog clock? Your reflex answer might be a circle, but a more natural answer is actually a torus. Surprised? Then stick around.
TED Talks
TED: The mathematician who cracked Wall Street | Jim Simons
Jim Simons was a mathematician and cryptographer who realized: the complex math he used to break codes could help explain patterns in the world of finance. Billions later, he's working to support the next generation of math teachers and...