SciShow
New York City's Microbiome
You might guess that big city subways would be filled with all sorts of nasty pathogens just waiting to infect the nearest unsuspecting human, but science doesn’t back this up at all.
TED Talks
Sarah Sze: How we experience time and memory through art
Artist Sarah Sze takes us on a kaleidoscopic journey through her work: immersive installations as tall as buildings, splashed across walls, orbiting through galleries -- blurring the lines between time, memory and space. Explore how we...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How the world's first subway system was built - Christian Wolmar
It was the dawn of 1863, and London's not-yet-opened subway system - the first of its kind in the world - had the city in an uproar. Most people thought the project, which cost more than 100 million dollars in today's money, would never...
SciShow
SciShow Quiz Show: We Eat Some Weird Stuff (Hank vs. Mike Falzone)
Longtime YouTuber and internet problem solver, Mike Falzone, goes head-to-head with Hank Green to see who is the true Quiz Show master!
TED Talks
Béatrice Coron: Stories cut from paper
With scissors and paper, artist Béatrice Coron creates intricate worlds, cities and countries, heavens and hells. Striding onstage in a glorious cape cut from Tyvek, she describes her creative process and the way her stories develop from...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What Aristotle and Joshua Bell can teach us about persuasion - Conor Neill
Imagine you are one of the world's greatest violin players, and you decide to conduct an experiment: play inside a subway station and see if anyone stops to appreciate when you are stripped of a concert hall and name recognition. Joshua...
Crash Course
Why Moving People is Complicated: Crash Course Engineering #41
Transportation is a big part of our world and engineers play a big role in making it happen. Today we’ll explore how transportation systems are designed and some things transportation engineers have to take into consideration, like...
SciShow
New York Citys Microbiome
You might guess that big city subways would be filled with all sorts of nasty pathogens just waiting to infect the nearest unsuspecting human, but science doesn’t back this up at all.
Curated Video
Seoul: Music, Culture, and Sports
Seoul, South Korea:"From this peninsula located in Central America we will travel to Seoul, a bustling city full of history and culture."
Curated Video
Los Angeles Subway: Overcoming Challenges for a Sustainable Future
This video discusses the challenges faced in constructing the Los Angeles subway system, which was built on a seismic fault line. Despite the difficulties, the subway tunnels are considered to be some of the soundest constructions in the...
Great Big Story
Opera underground, Alexis Cregger brings classics to NYC subways
Discover how Alexis Cregger and The Opera Collective transform NYC subways with opera, touching lives.
Curated Video
Storm Surges
Storm surges are huge domes of water sucked upwards by the eye of a hurricane. What happens if they hit the shore, or worse, a city? Earth Science - Weather - Learning Points. Storm surges are caused by low pressure in the eye of a...
Curated Video
Crazy Deep Fried Food Facts
Weird History Food is getting out the fryer for this one on Fried Foods. People worldwide have enjoyed various fried foods for centuries. Deep-frying is thought to date back to ancient Egyptian times; the process was meant to help...
Curated Video
City, Country, or Somewhere in Between?
Dr. Forrester talks about categorizing areas by their populations. Cities have a denser population of people and are characterized by taller buildings.
Great Big Story
Opera underground, Alexis Cregger brings classics to NYC subways
Discover how Alexis Cregger and The Opera Collective transform NYC subways with opera, touching lives.
Curated Video
The Evolution of Trains: From Fear to Innovation
This video provides a brief history of trains, from the initial fear and skepticism surrounding their safety to their widespread use today for both passenger and freight transport. It highlights key milestones such as the first safe...
All Ears English
1921 - Pesky Prepositions of Place in English Grammar In, On, or At
Pesky prepositions are everywhere in English! Today get a secret hack on how whether to use in or on when it comes to transportation plus get full clarity on the prepositions in, on, and at for place.
Curated Video
ASL vs BSL | Side by Side Comparison | American Sign Language and British Sign Language
We partnered up with Sign Say in the UK to show you a side by side comparison of ASL and BSL. Although there are many similarities in the different sign languages there are also many differences. See if you can spot the similarities and...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Applying the Right Model
In part 3 of INET's interview with John Kay, he tells us what the London Tube map and Max Planck can tell us about oversimplifying systems and models
Oxford Online English
Talking on the Phone in English - English Phone Vocabulary Lesson
In this lesson, you can learn how to deal with common situations and problems when you’re talking on the phone in English. You’ll see four dialogues, and then we’ll explain the vocabulary and phrases that we use. This way, you’ll learn...
Next Animation Studio
How Sump Pumps Clear Subway Floods
The New York City MTA closed the subway system for fear of flooding from Hurricane Irene. Underground sump pumps are activated when pressure sensors detect high water pressure. Impellers in the pumps propel the water into pipes that...
Next Animation Studio
Elon Musk’s Tesla, Boring Co. to expand Las Vegas transit system
Last week, the Las Vegas City Council voted to approve the Boring Company’s plan for a citywide Loop system.
Mr. Beat
How To Use Transit Directions in Google Earth
Here is a short video about how to get directions by public transport in Google Earth.