PBS
How Teenagers' Lack of Sleep is Taking a Toll on Their Mental Health
Research has found that teenagers should be getting eight to ten hours of sleep every night. But many are sleeping far less than that and nearly one in four also suffer from insomnia. William Brangham reports on why it's so hard for so...
PBS
These Colorado preschoolers learn hands-on farming to prevent childhood obesity
As childhood obesity soars among low-income communities with limited access to fresh produce, some educators in Colorado are combating the problem by joining the farm-to-preschool movement. Now these preschoolers are learning their ABCs...
SciShow
Walrus Flash Mob & 20 Years of Pot Research
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.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What would happen if you didn't sleep? - Claudia Aguirre
In the United States, it's estimated that 30 percent of adults and 66 percent of adolescents are regularly sleep-deprived. This isn't just a minor inconvenience: staying awake can cause serious bodily harm. Claudia Aguirre shows what...
SciShow
Does Having Abusive Parents Mean You’ll Become One?
Growing up in a violent household creates the risk of perpetuating that violence later in life, but is it avoidable?
SciShow
How Dangerous Is Loneliness, Really?
Loneliness isn’t much fun, but it might also be harmful to your heart—not just in a metaphorical sense, but your actual physical heart, as well as some of your body's other functions.
Curated Video
Is Dysthymia a High Functioning Depression?
Is Dysthymia a High Functioning Depression? That's what I am talking about in this video. High functioning depression is a term people will use to describe the degree of depression someone has. That is usually determined by how they...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Baptiste Barbot - Creativity and Identity Development in Adolescence
Baptiste Barbot is an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Methods in the Department of Psychology at Pace University, and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Yale University, Child Study Center. His background is in both Developmental and...
TLDR News
10 Years Later: Has Cannabis Legalisation Worked? Crime, Health & Tax After Weed - TLDR News
It's been about 10 years since cannabis was legalized in Washington and Colorado, so we want to review how it's been going... In this video we take a look at how legalizing cannabis impacted health, tax rates, and crime in the states...
Psychology Unlocked
Should Teenagers Work? - Steinberg et al. (1982)
This video tackles the question of whether teenagers should take paid work alongside their education. Based on Steinberg et al.'s (1982) findings, this video challenges the notion that teenagers should use their free-time for financial...
Healthcare Triage
Firearms and Suicide: Guns and Public Health Part 3
We continue our special look at guns and public health in the United States. This week, we're looking at how easily accessible firearms complicate the suicide rate in the United States. While people have always committed suicide, guns...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
John Weisz - Youth Mental Health Interventions
John Weisz was born and reared in Mississippi and received a BA from Mississippi College, in his home town of Clinton. He later served with his wife Jenny in the U.S. Peace Corps, in Kenya, where both worked as teachers. Then Weisz...
Healthcare Triage
It's Time for Your HPV Vaccine. Which is Effective after Only Two Shots
We know that Human Papillomavirus causes genital warts and cancer. We know that the vaccine protects people against the seven high-risk variants of the virus which are responsible for about 90% of cervical cancers. It also protects...
Science360
Total recall!
In NSF Science Now 59, we explore using virtual reality for memory recall; teenage emotion overload, and finally, we examine the role dopamine plays in forming episodic memories. Check it out!
Next Animation Studio
Screen time linked to mental health problems in kids and teens
A new study has linked excessive gaming, watching TV, or on smartphones to anxiety and depression in kids as young as two.
Healthcare Triage
Breakfast. Take it. Or leave it.
Lately, I've become a target for people who like to tell me that "I'm doing nutrition" wrong. Evidently, some people don't agree with my plea, "Don't judge" when it comes to what others eat.
Healthcare Triage
E-Cigarette Update: What to Do about Kids and Vaping?
We've covered e-cigarettes before, but there's new evidence, and new policies. You deserve an update. That's the topic of this week's Healthcare Triage.
Healthcare Triage
Condoms Prevent STD, Too Many Kids are Homeless, and Environmental Factors and Homicide
Three quick hits today. All from JAMA Pediatrics. This is Healthcare Triage News.
Healthcare Triage
Kids Have a Hard Time Perceiving Obesity
If we want kids to make better decisions about their health, it helps if they understand if they're unhealthy to begin with. When it comes to weight, that's unfortunately not the case. This is Healthcare Triage News.
Curated Video
Writing Clear Reasons to Support Your Claim
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of supporting claims with clear reasons in argumentative writing. They provide examples and guide students through exercises to practice identifying claims, reasons, and evidence. The...
Bridgeman Arts
Carnaby Street, London 1968
A train journey from Billericay to London Liverpool Street and then off to Tottenham Court Road on to Soho and Carnaby Street, Gt Marlborough street, Oxford Street, Leicester square, a drive to Essex countryside for a picnic.
Bridgeman Arts
USA in the 1940s
American families socialize around parked cars. They grab food from car trunk and eat at tables overlooking coast. Men play ball and look under car bonnets. A man fishes from the shoreline whilst the families play around him on the...
Curated Video
U.S. Surgeon General: Mental Health Crisis Amid American Youth
The advisory's first recommendation suggests mental health should be acknowledged as an essential part of overall health.