SciShow
Why Does Wasabi Burn Your Nose?
The answer to why wasabi is such a nose burner has to do with a compound that researchers are trying to use in a creative way! Hosted by: Stefan Chin
SciShow
Why Humans May Actually Be Fish
Is there a chance that more species may actually be closer to fish than we originally thought?
TED Talks
TED: Are life-saving medicines hiding in the world's coldest places? | Normand Voyer
Could the next wonder drug be somewhere in Canada's snowy north? Take a trip to this beautiful, frigid landscape as chemist Normand Voyer explores the mysterious molecular treasures found in plants thriving in the cold. These scarcely...
Crash Course
Federal Theatre and Group Theater: Crash Course Theater #42
The 1930s in the United States were pretty bad for employment in all industries, and the theater was no exception. As part of Roosevelt's New Deal, the Works Progress Administration created a division called the Federal Theatre Project....
TED Talks
TED: What you can learn from people who disagree with you | Shreya Joshi
Youth leader Shreya Joshi diagnoses a key source of political polarization in the US and shows why having "uncomfortable conversations" with people you disagree with is crucial to bridging the divide. "When we are able to recognize what...
TED Talks
TED: Hidden connections that transcend borders and defy stereotypes | Aparna Bharadwaj
Global consumer strategist Aparna Bharadwaj shares a fascinating glimpse at under-the-radar affinities that transcend cultures and borders -- from the way people snack in China and Saudi Arabia to how people shop for clothes in the US...
Curated Video
The United Nations says that environmental crime is helping to finance criminal, militia and terrorist groups. According to a new report, the militant group al-Shabab makes up to $56 million dollars per year from illegal charcoal. (June 24)
SOUNDBITE: (Swahili) Matthew Mutie, charcoal trader:
"We face many challenges. It is difficult to get water, as the rivers are as far away as Makindu, 20 kilometres (12 miles) from here. We don't have agricultural land we can't plant, as...
Curated Video
Nearly 4 years into his papacy, Pope criticised for being 'out of touch'
Tarquinia, Italy - March 25, 2009
1. Wide church of San Francesco in Tarquinia
2. Mid nuns entering church
3. Wide of procession entering church
4. Close of Archbishop Raymond Burke
5. Archbishop and priests
6. Close up priest kissing...
Curated Video
UPITN 25 1 79 GROMYKO MEETS ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER FORLANI
Russian Foreign Minister, Andrei Gromyko, meet with his Italian counterpart, Arnoldo Forlani, in Rome.
1. vs exterior of the Farnesina, the Italian foreign ministry
2. vs interior Gromyko arrives at the Farnesina and is greeted by...
Curated Video
COLOMBIA: LAST PATRIOTIC UNION SENATOR FLEES COUNTRY AFTER THREATS
Bogota, Colombia - 22 October 1997 & file
22 March 1990
1. Wide shot of funeral of UP leader, Bernardo Jaramillo
2. Various of funeral
3. Mid shot of dead unionist inside his car (file)
22 October 1997
4. Set up shot of Jaime...
Curated Video
Australian appeals guilty verdict in murder of law student, hearing
1. Prison van driving into back entrance of Palace of Justice
2. Policeman trying to stop the cameraman filming
3. Prison van entering the palace
4. Arrested people getting out of van, shot through cracl in Palace of Justice gate
5....
Curated Video
Six-party talks envoys meet for working level meeting on North Korea
1. Wide exterior of one of Russian Foreign Ministry's buildings
2. Members of six way working group walking in garden
3. Various of group posing for photographs
4. Wide of group seated for talks
6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir...
Curated Video
Indian PM visits Kashmir, comment on relations with Pakistan
1. Wide of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arriving for news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Manmohan Singh, Indian Prime Minister:
"All those who have the good and the well being of the people of Jammu and Kashmir in their hearts...
Curated Video
Iran says UN sanctions invalid, warns it will resist pressure to freeze enrichment
1. Various of exteriors of UN building in Vienna
2. Interiors of the opening session of the board of governors meeting
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ali Asghar Soltanieh, the chief Iranian delegate to the International Atomic Energy...
Curated Video
Workers Protest Trump Taj Mahal Casino Closing
Trump Taj Mahal casino has closed, becoming the fifth Atlantic City casino to go out of business since 2014. Monday's closing comes after billionaire owner Carl Icahn failed to reach a deal with union workers over health and pension...
PBS
How Social Entrepreneurs Use Rice Husks to Fuel Micro Power Grids in India (January 17, 2013)
India suffers from chronic power interruptions and failures stemming from energy policies created to court voter blocs. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on efforts by social entrepreneurs to solve part of India's power...
Crash Course
Chemoselectivity and Protecting Groups: Crash Course Organic Chemistry
Things have been getting more and more complicated here in Crash Course Organic Chemistry, and as we deal with more complex molecules, parts of molecules we don’t want to react will start reacting along with the parts that we do....
3Blue1Brown
Group theory, abstraction, and the 196,883-dimensional monster
An introduction to group theory, and the monster group.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Electric vocabulary - James Sheils
We all know the words around electricity -- _charge," _positive," _battery" and more. But where do they come from and what do they really mean? Let the history of these words illuminate the physics of electric phenomena.
TED Talks
TED: The psychology of inequality and political division | Keith Payne
If we want to fix our politics, we have to do something about inequality, says social psychologist Keith Payne. Showing how economic inequality changes the way people see and behave towards one another, Payne helps explain the rise of...
SciShow
What Do We Actually Know About Depression? | Compilation
One of the topic that we've talked about the most is depression. It is a really complicated subject, so we’ve put together some of our episodes about depression to hopefully help you understand more about it.
SciShow
Getting Free Serotonin from Nature | Compilation
Serotonin is the chemical messenger we can thank for being related to feelings of happiness, and one of the ways you can produce this chemical is to turn to our old friend nature! So maybe a visit to the dog park really can make you feel...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why do people fear the wrong things? - Gerd Gigerenzer
A new drug reduces the risk of heart attacks by 40%. Shark attacks are up by a factor of two. Drinking a liter of soda per day doubles your chance of developing cancer. These are all examples of a common way risk is presented in news...