Crash Course
Little Theater and American Avant Garde: Crash Course Theater #40
In the early 20th century United States, big melodramatic productions were on Broadway, and everywhere across the country. Which inevitably led to an Avant-Garde backlash. An interesting part of the backlash was Little Theater, a...
Curated Video
Vince Gill hosts Country Hall of Fame fundraiser, with James Taylor, Joe Walsh and Kacey Musgraves
GILL RETURNS TO L.A. TO RAISE FUNDS FOR COUNTRY HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM EDUCATION PROGRAMSVince Gill was on the road again Tuesday (29 SEPT. 2016), and back in Los Angeles with some famous friends, to raise funds for a beloved cause: the...
SciShow
Why It Took a Decade to Launch The James Webb Space Telescope | Compilation
The James Webb Space Telescope has launched! But it was a very long road to get to this point, and we’ve been following the progress for a decade!
Crash Course
Free Will, Witches, Murder, and Macbeth, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 409
The Sound! The Fury! Today, we're talking about Shakespeare's Scottish play, Macbeth. So, was Macbeth really predestined to do all the murdering and bad kinging and other terrible stuff? That's the big question in Macbeth, and it's one...
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A few of the best math explainers from this summer
Announcement for the results of the first Summer of Math Exposition
TED Talks
Steven Wise: Chimps have feelings and thoughts. They should also have rights
Chimpanzees are people too, you know. Ok, not exactly. But lawyer Steven Wise has spent the last 30 years working to change these animals' status from "things" to "persons." It's not a matter of legal semantics; as he describes in this...
Crash Course
Candide: Crash Course Literature 405
John Green teaches you about Voltaire's hugely important Enlightenment novel, Candide. Candide tells a pretty wild story, but for the most part, it's about the best of all possible worlds. Which, spoiler alert, doesn't seem to be the...
TED Talks
TED: Redemption Song | John Legend
John Legend is on a mission to transform America's criminal justice system. Through his Free America campaign, he's encouraging rehabilitation and healing in our prisons, jails and detention centers -- and giving hope to those who want...
TED Talks
TED: Gene editing can now change an entire species -- forever | Jennifer Kahn
CRISPR gene drives allow scientists to change sequences of DNA and guarantee that the resulting edited genetic trait is inherited by future generations, opening up the possibility of altering entire species forever. More than anything,...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why should you read "Macbeth"? - Brendan Pelsue
There's a play so powerful that an old superstition says its name should never be uttered in a theater. A play that begins with witchcraft and ends with a bloody, severed head. A play filled with riddles, prophecies, nightmare visions,...
SciShow
Hydras Are What They Eat
You may have to open your mouth pretty wide to take a bite of a burger, but a Hydra can tear open its mouth to devour food larger than itself.
Crash Course
To the Lighthouse: Crash Course Literature 408
John Green teaches you about Virginia Woolf's modernist novel, To the Lighthouse. Let's face it. You're not reading To the Lighthouse for the plot. There's not a whole lot of plot, unless you count the tension about the beef stew. You're...
Crash Course
Central Nervous System: Crash Course A&P
Today Hank talks about your central nervous system. In this episode we'll explore how your brain develops and how important location is for each of your brain's many functions. Table of Contents Central Nervous System, Location and Brain...
Crash Course
English Civil War: Crash Course European History
The English Civil War. We'll talk about England after Elizabeth, in which things didn't go that smoothly. We'll talk about James I, Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, Charles II, and James II, all of whom ruled England, (and tried to rule all...
TED Talks
TED: How to be an upstander instead of a bystander | Angélique Parisot-Potter
If you see something wrong in the workplace, what should you do? Business leader Angélique Parisot-Potter says you should speak up, even when it's scary. Sharing her personal experience of voicing concerns at work, she offers three...
Curated Video
Second And Third Anglo Powhatan Wars
The second video covering Anglo-Powhatan wars. In the first one we covered the first Anglo-Powhatan war and the Jamestown massacre, so here we talk about the second and third Anglo-Powhatan wars, relations between the two sides and...
Curated Video
Princess Diana & Winston Churchill Family Tree
Princess Diana & Winston Churchill Family Tree
Curated Video
Berry Gordy Family Tree | Jimmy Carter's Motown Cousins
Berry Gordy Family Tree | Jimmy Carter's Motown Cousins
Curated Video
Creating Biodegradable Chewing Gum from Chicle Paste
The Serial Testers venture into the jungle to find chicle paste, a natural gum, and attempt to make biodegradable chewing gum. With the help of an organic gum specialist, they compare its properties to traditional chewing gum and test...
Curated Video
Innovative Student Designs Bomb-Proof Litter Bin to Enhance Security
James Jarrett, a 21-year-old student at Staffordshire University, has designed a revolutionary litter bin prototype. This tamper-proof device not only detects concealed explosives but also contains any subsequent detonation safely. By...
Curated Video
Who Would Be Jacobite King of the UK Today?
Who Would Be Jacobite King of the UK Today?
Curated Video
Revolutionary Technology to Detect and Combat MRSA Infections in Hospitals
This video highlights the story of James Wallacot, a patient who suffered from a highly drug-resistant strain of the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium (MRSA) after routine knee surgery. It emphasizes the need for improved detection and...
Curated Video
Synaesthesia
Synaesthesia, or mixed sensory perception, leads people to "see" smells or "hear" colours. Why does this occur and what does this tell us about brain function? Biology - Being Human - Learning Points. Each of our senses has different...
Curated Video
Huntington's: The Dilemma
Huntington's is a genetic disease, which usually occurs in middle age. There is a genetic test for Huntington's but, with no cure available, would you choose to be tested if you were at risk? Biology - Cells And DNA - Learning Points. A...