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Social Groups: Crash Course Sociology
How do the groups that you're part of affect you? How do you, in turn, affect those groups? Today we are talking about how people in society come together with a look at social groups. We’ll look at what social groups are, the different...
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More Organic Nomenclature Heteroatom Functional Groups - Crash Course Organic Chemistry
Oxygen is pretty dang amazing! Some of the most intensely studied functional groups in organic chemistry have oxygen atoms. In this episode of Crash Course Organic Chemistry, we're building on the last episode's discussion of...
SciShow
Homophobia and Consumerism
Hank discusses some new research that studied what makes us unhappy with ourselves and with other people, focusing on homophobia and consumerism.
SciShow
Why Nutrition Studies Keep Contradicting Each Other
It seems like nutrition studies contradict a lot, and it’s practically impossible to get a straight answer on whether a given food or supplement is good for you. But why?
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The Weaponization of Outbreaks - Crash Course Outbreak Science
A sad reality that we have to face when studying outbreak science is that sometimes groups of people use outbreaks intentionally to inflict harm on another group. We call this "weaponizing an outbreak", and it's the focus of this episode...
SciShow
Do Menstrual Cycles Really Sync Up?
Have you had your period at the same time as your friends or family members? Is this a physiological effect or coincidence? Join Hank Green as he provides some insight on this phenomenon!
Bozeman Science
LS2D - Social Interactions and Group Behavior
In this video Paul Andersen explains the importance of social interactions and group behavior. Organisms live in groups because it overs them greater success and has been selected for through natural selection. Some groups are stable and...
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E Z Alkenes Electrophilic Addition Carbocations - Crash Course Organic Chemistry
Alkenes are an important type of molecule in organic chemistry that we’re going to see a lot more of in this series. But before we can really get into the many cool reactions alkenes do, we need to go over some of the basics. In this...
TED Talks
TED: Inside the mind of a former radical jihadist | Manwar Ali
For a long time, I lived for death, says Manwar Ali, a former radical jihadist who participated in violent, armed campaigns in the Middle east and Asia in the 1980s. In this moving talk, he reflects on his experience with radicalization...
SciShow
The Secret of Regeneration in... Alligators
Why can amphibians, fish and even some reptiles regenerate limbs, while birds and mammals can’t? Researchers think they might have found a clue on the tip of the alligator’s tail.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How the Normans changed the history of Europe - Mark Robinson
In the year 1066, 7,000 Norman infantry and knights sailed in warships across the English Channel. Their target: England, home to more than a million people . Around the same period of time, other groups of Normans were setting forth all...
TED Talks
TED: The moral roots of liberals and conservatives | Jonathan Haidt
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we're left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to...
TED Talks
TED: Why I have coffee with people who send me hate mail | Ozlem Cekic
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Ozlem Cekic's email inbox has been full of hate mail since 2007, when she won a seat in the Danish Parliament --...
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Interest Groups: Crash Course Government and Politics
Today, Craig is going to talk about something you fans out there have been demanding for months - money in politics. Specifically, we're going to talk about special interest groups and their role in the U.S. political system. Special...
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More EAS - Electron Donating and Withdrawing Groups: Crash Course Organic Chemistry
In the previous episode we discussed what happens when we use electrophilic aromatic substitution to add a group to a benzene ring, but what happens when you try to add even more groups? Well, things get a little more complicated. In...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The method that can "prove" almost anything | James A. Smith
In 2011, a group of researchers conducted a study designed to find an impossible result. Their study involved real people, truthfully reported data, and commonplace statistical analyses. So how did they do it? The answer lies in a...
SciShow
How Stereotypes Affect Your Test Scores
It turns out stereotypes can affect you-whether you believe in them or not.
Crash Course
Hydrocarbon Derivatives - Crash Course Chemistry
Functional groups? Functional groups within functional groups? Hank takes today's Crash Course video to discuss some confusing ideas about Hydrocarbon Derivatives, but then makes it all make more sense.
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More EAS & Benzylic Reactions: Crash Course Organic Chemistry
We’ve already learned a lot about electrophilic aromatic substitution (EAS) and benzene, but guess what? There’s even more to learn! In this episode of Crash Course Organic Chemistry we’ll revisit our old friends the Friedel-Crafts...
SciShow
SciShow Talk Show with Toby Spribille & A New Lichen Discovery
Welcome back to SciShow Talk Show where Hank talks to interesting people about interesting things! This week, Hank discusses a new lichen discovery with researcher Toby Spribille.
Crash Course Kids
Organizing Properties
Have you ever thought about all the different kinds of groups you’re a part of? Like, there’s the friends you hang out with and your family, your hockey team, your Crash Course fan club, and that’s just for starters! And even though...
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Race, Ethnicity, and the Cultural Landscape: Crash Course Geography
Sometimes culture can seem invisible like when we're surrounded by signals that tell us we're with others who are like us, but if we live or travel somewhere where the traits that define social norms are not our traits, culture can...
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Algorithmic Bias and Fairness
Today, we're going to talk about five common types of algorithmic bias we should pay attention to: data that reflects existing biases, unbalanced classes in training data, data that doesn't capture the right value, data that is amplified...