Instructional Video5:02
SciShow

Get Ready for a New Star in the Night Sky! SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Astronomers are predicting that two stars are likely to merge and explode, and it may happen soon... on a cosmic timescale. Plus, scientists break up a meteorite and find the oldest solid matter ever discovered on earth.
Instructional Video9:52
SciShow

The 7 Coolest Active Space Probes

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve sent thousands of things into space over the years! Many of them just orbit the Earth, and some are flying out past the edges of the Solar System. In this episode, we present our favorite currently active space probes!
Instructional Video6:00
TED Talks

Max Little: A test for Parkinson's with a phone call

12th - Higher Ed
Parkinson's disease affects 6.3 million people worldwide, causing weakness and tremors, but there's no objective way to detect it early on. Yet. Applied mathematician and TED Fellow Max Little is testing a simple, cheap tool that in...
Instructional Video3:55
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: What is deja vu? What is deja vu? - Michael Molina

Pre-K - Higher Ed
You might have felt it -- the feeling that you've experienced something before, but, in reality, the experience is brand new. There are over 40 theories that attempt to explain the phenomenon of deja vu. Michael Molina explains how...
Instructional Video5:26
SciShow

10 Science Superlatives of 2012

12th - Higher Ed
This year's end News episode wraps up with nothing but superlatives: the biggest, oldest, first, last, smallest and hottest developments in science from 2012.
Instructional Video4:43
SciShow

The Oldest Planet Ever Discovered

12th - Higher Ed
We've only found one planet in a globular cluster, where gravitational interactions should usually rip baby planets apart, but that's not all that excites astronomers about PSR 1620-26 b.
Instructional Video5:33
SciShow

Could a Shirt Hear Your Heartbeat? | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Microphones keep getting smaller and smaller, but have you ever asked what it would be like to have a bigger one in the form of a shirt? And though we tend to incorrectly think that we’re having two-way conversations with our pets, we...
Instructional Video5:17
PBS

Are MP3s & Vinyl Better than Live Music?

12th - Higher Ed
If you've ever talked to a vinyl purist (or are one yourself) you know that people can be pretty passionate about what format is king when it comes to music. And based on how much people like to brag about what band they saw live and how...
Instructional Video5:18
TED-Ed

TED-ED: An exercise in time perception - Matt Danzico

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Why is that some experiences feel like they last forever, while others fly by? We tend to miscalculate the time it takes to engage in novel activities due to the influence of memories. Matt Danzico explains why your childhood feels like...
Instructional Video5:52
TED Talks

TED: Greg Gage: How to control someone else's arm with your brain

12th - Higher Ed
Greg Gage is on a mission to make brain science accessible to all. In this fun, kind of creepy demo, the neuroscientist and TED Senior Fellow uses a simple, inexpensive DIY kit to take away the free will of an audience member. It's not a...
Instructional Video5:52
TED Talks

Greg Gage: How to control someone else's arm with your brain

12th - Higher Ed
Greg Gage is on a mission to make brain science accessible to all. In this fun, kind of creepy demo, the neuroscientist and TED Senior Fellow uses a simple, inexpensive DIY kit to take away the free will of an audience member. It's not a...
Instructional Video6:30
TED Talks

Abigail Washburn: Building US-China relations ... by banjo

12th - Higher Ed
Abigail Washburn wanted to be a lawyer improving US-China relations -- until she picked up a banjo. The TED Fellow tells a moving story of the connections she's formed touring across the US and China while playing that banjo and singing...
Instructional Video5:05
SciShow

We’re Talking To Aliens

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve done a lot of searching for life in the universe and we need to continue to if we hope to make contact. But not all of our attempts were expected to succeed. That’s where Beacon in the Galaxy comes in.
Instructional Video14:30
TED Talks

TED: How record collectors find lost music and preserve our cultural heritage | Alexis Charpentier

12th - Higher Ed
For generations, record collectors have played a vital role in the preservation of musical and cultural heritage by "digging" for obscure music created by overlooked artists. Alexis Charpentier shares his love of records -- and stories...
Instructional Video2:35
SciShow

Déjà Vu

12th - Higher Ed
Hank describes some of the best explanations that neurologists have come up with to account for the strange sensation we know as déjà vu.
Instructional Video6:28
TED Talks

TED: The technology of touch | Katherine Kuchenbecker

12th - Higher Ed
As we move through the world, we have an innate sense of how things feel -- the sensations they produce on our skin and how our bodies orient to them. Can technology leverage this? In this fun, fascinating TED-Ed lesson, learn about the...
Instructional Video13:15
TED Talks

TED: Let's scan the whole planet with LiDAR | Chris Fisher

12th - Higher Ed
We have archives of films, newspapers, even seeds -- what if we could make one for the entire surface of the earth? Drawing on his experience mapping an ancient city in the Honduran jungle, archaeologist Chris Fisher makes the case for...
Instructional Video17:58
TED Talks

TED: New video technology that reveals an object's hidden properties | Abe Davis

12th - Higher Ed
Subtle motion happens around us all the time, including tiny vibrations caused by sound. New technology shows that we can pick up on these vibrations and actually re-create sound and conversations just from a video of a seemingly still...
Instructional Video5:37
Bozeman Science

Rotational Inertia

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the angular momentum of an object if a product of the rotational inertia and the angular velocity. The rotational inertia depends on the mass, radius and shape of the rotating objects. A sample...
Instructional Video7:59
TED Talks

Cesar Kuriyama: One second every day

12th - Higher Ed
There are so many tiny, beautiful, funny, tragic moments in your life -- how are you going to remember them all? Director Cesar Kuriyama shoots one second of video every day as part of an ongoing project to collect all the special bits...
Instructional Video10:01
TED Talks

Mieux connaître la pollution de l’air pour mieux s’en protéger.

Higher Ed
Mieux connaître la pollution de l’air pour mieux s’en protéger. Afin de mieux comprendre la pollution de l’air et donc s’en protéger, 2018 TED Fellow, Romain Lacombe a développé une application mobile qui agrège des données afin...
Instructional Video1:20
MinutePhysics

The Most Burly Hurls

12th - Higher Ed
Which is the most intense Olympic throwing event? Shot put? Hammer? Discus? Javelin?
Instructional Video14:57
TED Talks

TED: How the blockchain will radically transform the economy | Bettina Warburg

12th - Higher Ed
Say hello to the decentralized economy -- the blockchain is about to change everything. In this lucid explainer of the complex (and confusing) technology, Bettina Warburg describes how the blockchain will eliminate the need for...
Instructional Video5:07
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Ancient Greece's greatest popstar | Diane J. Rayor

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Over 2,500 years ago, one of ancient Greece's most celebrated popstars and erotic poets enraptured listeners. The singer-songwriter offered a uniquely intimate perspective on love, passion, and longing, and was the first on record to...