TED Talks
TED: The end of Roe v. Wade -- and what comes next | Kathryn Kolbert
Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision protecting people's right to have an abortion in the United States, will be overturned within a year, says reproductive rights attorney Kathryn Kolbert. In this electrifying call to...
MinuteEarth
How Long Did People Use To Live?
By analyzing survivorship curves over the centuries, we can learn what’s changed about how - and when - humans die.
Curated Video
Demographic Transition Model
Exploring models which describe changes in birth and death rates as countries go through five stages of development. How does development impact population age and rate of change? Human Geography - A Changing World - Learning Points. The...
Curated Video
LEDCs
What is a Less Economically Developed Country? And how does this affect the lives of those who live there? Human Geography - A Changing World - Learning Points. Less Economically Developed Country (LEDC) refers to a nation with a low...
PBS
Health Disparities in the Black Community: Past & Present
You're probably aware that the United States healthcare system is letting down many Black Americans. Today, Danielle looks at the historic reasons for distrust of medical establishment in the Black community as well as why these huge...
Professor Dave Explains
Paracelsus and Medicine During the Renaissance
We just learned about medicine in the Middle Ages, and the time period that follows is called the Renaissance. What advancements were made during this time? The most important figure in this period of medicine went by the name of...
Healthcare Triage
Infant Mortality in the United States is Surprisingly High
Many more babies die in the United States than you might think. In 2014, more than 23,000 infants died in their first year of life, or about six for every 1,000 born. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 25 other...
Curated Video
Sally Hemings: Surviving Slavery and Sexual Exploitation
Sally Hemings was an enslaved woman who had several children with Founding Father Thomas Jefferson. Her story of agency and eventual emancipation remains an inspiration.
Curated Video
Martha Moore Ballard: Diary of a Midwife
Written over 25 years, Martha Moore Ballard’s diary gives us a unique perspective into the midwifery profession and the lives of women in 19th century America.
Weird History
Most Common Killers In Ancient Rome and Greece
Common causes of death in ancient Greece and Rome had a lot to do with a lack of modern healthcare and wellness. In an urban society with no central plumbing, impure water supplies that transmitted bacteria, and insufficient medical...
Healthcare Triage
Infants and the Medicaid Expansion
What can we do about infant mortality and disparities in health care? This week we take a look at a recent study in JAMA that may have an answer.
Weird History
Afflictions you might catch in Medieval Towns
Life in the Middle Ages was dangerous. Whether living in a communal setting, fighting abroad, or simply tending a field, there were numerous challenges that could bring it all to an end. Life inside a castle or a monastery may have...
Weird History
The Biggest Badass Woman In American History
All western schoolchildren have heard of Sacagawea, and even more know the story of Pocahontas either from class or the Disney movie. But who was the great – and comparatively unknown – Marie Dorion? No less than one of the most...
Getty Images
Discarded Teddy bear, child's room, man walks in.
Discarded Teddy bear, child's room, man walks in.
Getty Images
Discarded Teddy bear, child's room.
A classic brown teddy bear left of the floor at night in a child's bedroom at night, with a toy car and dog. At first we see an open door with copy space on the carpet, the bear is to the left. Then the camera tracks across the teddy...
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Teddy at night.
A teddy bear lying on the floor of a child's bedroom late at night with an open door and other toys in the room. Dolly shot.
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Discarded Teddy bear, child's room, man walks in.
Discarded Teddy bear, child's room, man walks in.