Catalyst University
A Brief History of Fat - [Part 3 3]
In this segment, we continue our discussion on Western diseases and explore how sugar, chronically elevated insulin, and inflammation lead to a diseased cardiovascular system.
Weird History
How Artificial Sweetener May Have Ruined The Roman Empire
Ancient Rome was the greatest empire in the world - until it collapsed. Did lead exposure doom the empire? Recent research uncovered high levels of lead in Imperial Rome's drinking water, but that wasn't the most dangerous source of lead...
All In One Social Media
WHAT Is Content Marketing? WHY do YOU need it?
Content marketing is what I am all about, but you might be wondering "what IS content marketing? WHY do I need this?" I am going to break it down for you step-by-step so you can grow YOUR business with BETTER content marketing!
Healthcare Triage
Health Harms from Pollution Can Choke the Economy
The Trump Administration's EPA has shown a propensity to ease regulations on polluting industries, in hopes of increasing economic output. Pollution has a lot of very well studied impacts on health, and those health problems can decrease...
Sustainable Business Consulting
What is a Green Team
Describes the functions and benefits of having a green team within your organization
Curated Video
Antibiotics: How Do They Work and Why is Resistance a Concern?
This video provides an overview of antibiotics, explaining how they work to help cure bacterial infections. It discusses the different types of drugs that treat symptoms versus those that work to cure the disease, as well as the...
Science360
Quantum entanglement microscopes advancing chemistry, medicine, materials science - Science Nation
Harnessing entangled photons to image fragile samples, such as living cells With support from the National Science Foundation, this University of Michigan team has built a new laser-based instrument called a quantum entanglement...
Debunked
What Happens When Your Body Is Exposed To Space?
It's depicted in so many different ways on the TV and in movies but what really happens to the human body when it's exposed to the vacuum of space. Do your eyes pop out, does your blood boil, do you suffocate or do you explode? Let's...
Organizational Communication Channel
Path-Goal Theory of Leadership
Path-goal Theory explains how leaders may approach their followers based upon the specific state of followers competence and motivation level as a way to chart an effective path forward toward the desired outcome.
Healthcare Triage
Drinking Alcohol During Pregnancy
Drinking during pregnancy is roundly frowned upon, for good reason. It's a huge risk factor for lots of post-natal problems. But prevention can be counter intuitive. Strong prohibitions and punitive measures for pregnant women who drink...
Science360
Japanese Quake Test
In Miki, Japan, a six-story wooden model condominium was shaken by the equivalent of a 7.5 magnitude earthquake. The test was said to be the largest simulated earthquake ever attempted with a wooden structure. The full-scale building sat...
Sustainable Business Consulting
CDP Submission Case Studies
Discusses the success of four companies in the answers they provided and business value they generated
Curated Video
How Competition Laws Impact Business Performance: Threats and Opportunities
This is a lecture video discussing how competition laws affect businesses' performance levels. The video explains what competition laws are and how they promote or seek to maintain market competition by regulating anti-competitive...
The Backyard Scientist
How to Grow A Lead Crystal Tree! Old Alchemy Demonstration.
AKA "Saturns Tree" or the "Tree of Saturn", it is a well known, but often forgotten demonstration. It is very easy to do at home, but you must be carefull.. Lead is very poisonous!
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Stages of Group Development
The stages of group development or decision emergence theory (Aubrey Fisher) describes what you have likely experienced in a team. This video looks a Fisher's four phases of group decision making and development (1970), sometimes called...
JJ Medicine
Pyelonephritis (Kidney Infection) | Causes, Pathophysiology, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Acute Pyelonephritis (Kidney Infection) | Causes, Pathophysiology, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment Acute pyelonephritis is a bacterial infection of the kidney that causes inflammation of the kidney. It is often a complication of a...
Science360
ENGINEERS DESIGN NEW LEAD DETECTOR FOR WATER
Mechanical engineer Junhong Chen and a team at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, have developed what you might think of as a "canary in the coal mine" for lead in water. With support from the National Science Foundation, they...
Curated Video
Anna May Wong: Hollywood's First Asian American Movie Star
At a time when racist laws and shameful stereotyping limited the careers of ethnic minority actors, Anna May Wong broke down doors to become the first Chinese American movie star in history!
Professor Dave Explains
Mechanisms of Natural Selection Conflict, Spite, and Reciprocity
We learned about how altruism can evolve in certain species, which involves cooperative behavior among closely-related organisms to enhance the inclusive fitness of the group. But this is also achieved through spiteful behavior towards...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Janice Cuny - Broadening Participation in Computing
Janice Cuny is the Program Director for Computing Education at the National Science Foundation. The CRA (Computing Research Association) board selected Janice E. Cuny to receive the 2007 A. Nico Habermann Award for her dedication,...
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Water pollution
It explains causes for water pollution, international standards for drinking water, biomagnification, eutrophication.
Healthcare Triage
The Implications of "Public Charge" on Immigrant Children
The Trump administration has put forth a rule change for immigration saying that if an immigrant gets one of a number of benefits from the government, it could lead to their being denied legal permanent residency or entry to the US. Will...
JJ Medicine
Vitamin B3 Niacin Deficiency (Pellagra) | Sources, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Vitamin B3 Niacin Deficiency (Pellagra) | Sources, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment **PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING ERRORS:** 1) When I said, "niacin is also known as nicotinic acid or nicotinamide", this is incorrect - niacin IS also...
ShortCutsTv
Insomnia Causes and Treatments
It can be as debilitating a physical injury', says one of the insomniacs interviewed in this film. First, we look at the causes of insomnia and how it can develop into a cycle of sleeplessness. Second, Professor Kevin Morgan explains...