Curated Video
Abortion at sea
Making abortions illegal does not stop them from happening, but it does stop them happening safely. Meet the charity taking women out to international waters where they can have safe abortions without fear of prosecution.
Science360
Computer scientist Francine Berman - ScienceLives
Francine Berman is Professor of Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She serves on a broad spectrum of national and international leadership groups and committees, including the newly-established Research Data Alliance,...
Curated Video
Mass Media: Conflict
The stories we share as a society come packaged inside our movies, video games, novels, and other media. These stories provide a shared experience, and bring different groups together. This is a positive effect of mass media, but not all...
Professor Dave Explains
Introduction to Psychology
It's time to learn about the mind! This is actually not the same as the brain, which we learned about in the biopsychology series. The mind is located in the brain, but it can't quite be reduced to brain function if we wish to describe...
Step Back History
How a Pill Changed History
Today we’re going to explore the most important invention of the 20th century. Despite its size, it’s incredible how much it liberated our daily lives. I am of course talking about the birth control pill.
Curated Video
Forming Irregular Plural Nouns by Sound
This video is a lesson on how to determine whether a noun is singular or plural. It explains common mistakes people make when forming plural nouns and provides rules to follow. By asking yourself if the noun sounds right in the sentence,...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Is poverty the main cause of illness?
We ring fence NHS spending and western countries spend ever more on medicine. But a third of all deaths are due to medical intervention and some argue poverty not pathogens makes the biggest difference. Is it a fantasy to believe that...
SWPictures
SURVIVOR'S GUIDE - Living Dangerously
Every year in Bangladesh at least 30,000 children die through accidents and almost a quarter are drownings. But burns, traffic accidents and electrocution are also common causes of childhood deaths and injuries. Families regard these...
The Viral Fever
Water: Uros Island People, Peru
Humans cannot survive for more than a few days without water. We are made of 70% water, and so is the entire planet. For these reasons, human identity is forever linked to water, both fresh and salt. The Uru people have take "living with...
Journey to the Microcosmos
The Tiny Worlds Inside of Single-Celled Organisms
We often focus on the organisms, but what about the even smaller world inside of them?
TLDR News
Why is Pride Still Important in 2020? - TLDR News
A number of people seem to believe that pride is no longer necessary, and that equality has been reached for LGBTQ+ people. In this video, we try and explain why we believe that's not true, and how we still have a lot of progress to make.
Journey to the Microcosmos
Preserving the History of the Microcosmos With Prepared Slides
Sometimes, pictures and videos aren’t enough. Sometimes the best way to share what you’ve seen under the microscope is, well, to share the actual thing you’re looking at.
Science360
The National Science Foundation - A Foundation for Innovation
A video highlighting how NSF support for fundamental research is critical to discovery, innovation and the economic growth of the nation.
Learning Mole
Mystery of The Missing Cat
This Lucas Detective video lesson is the Mystery of Sally's Missing Cat.Students will enjoy joining Lucas in this animated video as they discover STEM subjects and work to unveil the mystery.
CuriosaMente
What´s the use of history? CuriosaMente EN #2
Is history useful? It seems just like a bunch of dates and events you have to learn. Or isn't? Is there a "true" history? History serves various purposes: Learning from the Past: It helps us learn from past experiences and understand the...
Curated Video
5 Influential African Women In History
Though often ignored, women, such as the ones highlighted here, are critical to remembering the specific way Black people have enacted change in world history. Their lives reveal the importance of culture in activism. African women’s...
Flame Media
Real Future: What is Transhumanism?
Lots of presidential candidates make bold promises, but only one candidate in this year's presidential election is offering the promise of eternal life. That's Zoltan Istvan, the first-ever presidential candidate from the Transhumanist...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Lucien Vattel - Learning Through the Heart
Lucien Vattel is a leader and visionary in educational game development, research, and curriculum, and a designer and producer of over a dozen distributed educational games with over 14 years of experience on a wide variety of projects...
SWPictures
Vaccine Hunters: The Price of Life
Vaccines are expensive and the funding is complex. From Big Pharma, to public sector, to universities, to NGOs, the UN, non-profit, not-for-profits and huge donations from private foundations, for the drug companies the trail from...
Visual Learning Systems
Features of Fish: Life Cycle of Fishes
This colorful, lively series of videos explores the fascinating features of fishes. The major characteristics of this widely diverse group of vertebrates are described through the use of live-action video. Special attention is paid to...
NASA
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 25, NASA Technology Transfer Small Steps, Giant Leaps
NASA Technology Transfer Program Executive Dan Lockney discusses the transfer of innovative space and aeronautics technologies for practical, terrestrial applications.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Do Economists Have Social Responsibilities?
Economics is not, nor can it be, value-free. George DeMartino discusses economist’s influence, whether they should ever lie, and the irreparable ignorance that haunts economics. DeMartino argues for professional ethics in economics as a...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Dale Russakoff - The Prize Who's in Charge of America's Schools
Dale Russakoff spent twenty-eight years as a reporter for the Washington Post, covering politics, education, social policy, and other topics. From 1994 to 2008, she served in the Post’s New York Bureau, which included covering the NYC...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australia on Fire - Kangaroo Island
Firefighters are still battling to control the blaze on Kangaroo Island, two weeks after flames tore through dense bush and farmland.