TED Talks
TED: How Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google manipulate our emotions | Scott Galloway
The combined market capitalization of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google is now equivalent to the GDP of India. How did these four companies come to infiltrate our lives so completely? In a spectacular rant, Scott Galloway shares...
SciShow
Why You Shouldn't Always Trust Your Gut | The First Instinct Fallacy
You've probably been told at some point or another to "trust your gut", but is that actually good advice?
TED Talks
Ross Lovegrove: Organic design, inspired by nature
Designer Ross Lovegrove expounds his philosophy of "fat-free" design and offers insight into several of his extraordinary products, including the Ty Nant water bottle and the Go chair.
SciShow
Why Do Babies Smell So Good?
You may be familiar with it, that sweet comforting smell of new babies. So why do babies have this particular odor? Well, it has to do with psychology and a little bit of biology.
SciShow
Why Humans Feel Disgust, and Why Other Animals Might Too
You might think something is so "icky" that you try avoid it, and scientists think there's a reason humans, and even some other animals, do this.
Crash Course
Natural Law Theory: Crash Course Philosophy
Our exploration of ethical theories continues with another theistic answer to the grounding problem: natural law theory. Thomas Aquinas’s version of this theory says that we all seek out what’s known as the basic goods and argued that...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Inside the minds of animals - Bryan B Rasmussen
Do animals think? It's a question that has intrigued scientists for thousands of years, inspiring them to come up with different methods and criteria to measure the intelligence of animals. Bryan B Rasmussen navigates through this...
Bozeman Science
Animal Behavior
Paul Andersen steps you through eight types of animal behavior. He starts by defining ethology and explaining that behavior varies from innate to learned. He discusses each of the following with examples; instinct, fixed action pattern,...
Crash Course
George Orwell's 1984, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 402
In which John Green continues discussing George Orwell's 1984. Today we're talking about what the novel 1984 has to say about what some have called today's surveillance society. We'll also look at the idea that language can be used as a...
Curated Video
Looking into the Future
We use instinct to sense exactly what is going to happen without seeing it. Baseball players show how instinct allows them to predict the future. Biology - Being Human - Learning Points. Our sense of vision is constantly keeping track of...
Curated Video
Fight or Flight
Danger elicits an instinctive biological response. Find out which hormones control whether we run away, or stand our ground and fight. Biology - Being Human - Learning Points. At the first sight of danger, messages are sent to the brain...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ronni Abergel - Unjudge Someone
Ronni Abergel, introduces the concept of "unjudging" someone in the context of the Human Library initiative. He explains that judgment is a natural survival instinct, but it often leads to missed opportunities and misunderstandings....
Curated Video
The Core of Influence & Persuasion: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos - Character, Reason, and Emotion
The earliest thinker in the Western tradition whose ideas about influence and persuasion come down to us was Aristotle. He asserted that we need three things to build a persuasive argument: ethos, logos, and pathos. In English, these...
Curated Video
Our Need For Ritual
David Goldberg, Former Senior Rabbi Emeritus of London’s Liberal Jewish Synagogue describes how we all share the need for ritual.
Curated Video
Romantic Movement
This video discusses the influences and philosophies of the American Romantic movement, using examples from poetry of the time.
Professor Dave Explains
Scales of Ecology Part 1: Organisms and Populations
The best way to start a study of ecology is to look at the scales of ecology, from the smallest things the field studies, to the biggest. On the small end, ecologists can study individual organisms, as well as populations of those...
Tarver Academy
Be able to spot a scam or hoax online - DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
In This Episode, Tyler Teaches Us About How to Be able to spot a scam or hoax online - DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
Mazz Media
Migrate
This live-action video program is about the word migrate. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word migrate through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Mazz Media
Instincts
This live-action video program is about the word instincts. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word instincts through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Infognostica
The Science of Yoga (Part 4 - Diet)
Yogic science concerning diet is known as Ayurveda. This video tells us about the fire in us called Agni, which is likened to a metabolic furnace. It has the potential to create Ojas, as well as Ama. Enchanted Valley Kevin MacLeod...
Mazz Media
Migration
This live-action video program is about the word migration. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word migration through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
XKA Digital
Be fearless
Rick started his business career as a graduate engineer in Electronics but quickly moved into the corporate world of sales. In 2004, he developed a fashion and lifestyle brand called Joystick Junkies and took the brand from making'dodgy'...
Barcroft Media
I Was Spat Out By A Whale
PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA - FEBRUARY 16: A DRAMATIC set of pictures show a man nearly being swallowed by a Bryde’s Whale off Port Elizabeth Harbour. Rainer Schimpf, 51, has worked as a dive tour operator in South Africa for over 15...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Christine Beck - 'Swans and Hearts'
Christine Beck holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing degree from Southern Connecticut State University and is the author of Blinding Light (Grayson Books 2013), I’m Dating Myself, (Dancing Girl Press 2015) and Stirred, Not...