Curated Video
Mastering Swift 2 Programming (Video 45)
Swift 2 is a multi-paradigm programming language that has expressive features familiar to modern functional languages, and does not forget the object-oriented features of Objective-C. Things that took a block of code in Objective-C are...
Curated Video
How Tornadoes Form
Explore the fascinating and destructive phenomenon of tornadoes. From how they form to the rating scales used to measure their strength, we learn about the science behind these powerful storms. We also discuss important safety measures...
Cerebellum
Space Facts II - Lunar Ranging
Space Facts II puts viewers on the forefront of space exploration, examining its role on Earth in fighting forest fires, controlling diseases (such as diabetes), combating air pollution and mapping solar and lunar cycles. This video...
Healthcare Triage
More Than Just a Haircut: The Role of Barbershops in Healthcare
Barbershops have long played a significant social, economic, and cultural role in African-American life. Barbershops foster both confidentiality and camaraderie, which seems like a good environment to talk to men about hypertension.
Curated Video
Measuring Reaction Times through the Ruler Drop Test: Investigating the Effect of Practice
The video is a lecture presentation on measuring reaction times. The presenter explains the concept of reaction time. The hypothesis that is being investigated in the experiment is whether reaction times can be reduced with practice. The...
Visual Learning Systems
Working With Data: Measuring and Data
Numbers, sketches, images, and recordings are all examples of data we use everyday. This fun and informative program illustrates the ways data is used in our lives and by scientists. Special emphasis is placed on how data is used to help...
Curated Video
Measuring Productivity in Domestic and International Contexts
This video focuses on issues around measuring productivity in both domestic and international contexts. The video explains the various inputs that are measured and highlights the common approach of measuring productivity on a per hour...
Curated Video
Understanding Elasticity in Business: Price and Income Elasticity of Demand
This video provides an overview of the two main forms of elasticity in business: price elasticity of demand (PED) and income elasticity of demand (YED). The speaker explains the concepts of elasticity and responsiveness, and goes on to...
AllTime 10s
10 Everyday Things You're Doing Totally Wrong
You probably think you've got things pretty sorted. But every day you screw up the simplest of tasks. (Don't worry, we all do).
Visual Learning Systems
Introduction to the Metric System: Introduction
This program introduces students to the usefulness and fun of the metric system. The concept of measurement as related to the metric system kicks off the video, followed by examples of how the metric system is used in science. Through a...
Science360
New sensors to monitor storm surge on bridges
A University of Florida team is starting to gather real-time data on the impact of waves and rising water on bridges during hurricanes. Unlike studies that rely on tests in wave laboratories, this research will use data transmitted...
Curated Video
Measuring Unemployment
The video lecture is about measuring unemployment, discussing the difference between unemployed and claimant count measures, and the reliability of the data. The instructor explains the ILO standard definition of unemployment and how it...
Curated Video
The Economics of Happiness: Measuring Development Beyond GDP
This video explores the concept of happiness as a measure of economic development. It discusses the limitations of traditional measures of development, such as the Human Development Index, which do not consider the overall level of...
Curated Video
Measuring Populations: Investigating the Distribution of Daisies with Distance from Trees
This video is a lecture presentation on measuring populations. The presenter explains how to investigate the distribution of daisies in a field and how it varies with distance from a line of trees. The hypothesis is formulated based on...
Curated Video
Understanding Fiscal Finances: Government Budgets and Deficit Measurements
The video discusses fiscal finances, specifically government budgets and deficit measurements in the UK. The presenter goes through various terms and calculations used when assessing UK fiscal performance, such as the government budget,...
Curated Video
Using Quadrants in Biology Experiments
The video discusses the use of a quadrant in two different biology experiments. The first experiment involves using a quadrant to estimate the population of daisy plants in a given area. The video explains the steps involved, including...
Curated Video
Measuring Speed in the Laboratory
This video is a lecture presentation on measuring speed in the laboratory. The presenter discusses the basic equation for speed and explains how to measure distance and time accurately using rulers, measuring tape, stopwatches, or light...
Curated Video
Titrations: A Practical Experiment with Hydrochloric Acid and Sodium Hydroxide
This video is a lecture presentation on titrations. The presenter discusses the theory behind the experiment and then demonstrates how to carry out a titration to determine the volume of hydrochloric acid needed to neutralize a certain...
Curated Video
Measuring Populations: Estimating Daisy Populations in a Given Area
This video is a lecture presentation on how to measure populations using an experiment that estimates the population of daisies in a given area. The experiment is conducted by randomly placing a quadrant, a square wire frame that has...
Science360
All-in-one weather and crop monitor delivers agricultural insight to farmers – CES 2018
NSF-funded small business Arable Labs has developed a crop and weather sensor that delivers real-time, precision weather information straight to the hands of farmers in the field. The technology packs sensors into portal devices that...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Mahzarin R. Banaji - Blindspot Hidden Biases of Good People
Mahzarin R. Banaji received her PhD from Ohio State University and was a postdoctoral fellow at University of Washington. She taught at Yale University for 15 years, receiving the Lex Hixon Prize for Teaching Excellence. She is currently...
NASA
IBEX: Exploring The Edge Of Our Solar System
This video explains the way IBEX will create a global map of the boundaries of our solar system. The two Voyager spacecraft launched in the 1970s gave data for two points on the map, but by using energetic neutral atoms, IBEX images the...
Sustainable Business Consulting
Case Study GHG Inventory Cost Savings
Provides a case study of a financial institution from completing a GHG Inventory that resulted in massive cost savings
Healthcare Triage
Another Year, Another Flu Shot
The flu vaccine is tailored from year to year to match the current/expected strains. That means it’s sometimes a home run, and sometimes less of one. You, and your kids, should still get one every year.