Instructional Video10:13
Crash Course

Representing Numbers and Letters with Binary: Crash Course Computer Science

12th - Higher Ed
Today, we’re going to take a look at how computers use a stream of 1s and 0s to represent all of our data - from our text messages and photos to music and webpages. We’re going to focus on how these binary values are used to represent...
Instructional Video7:48
TED Talks

TED: How I fail at being disabled | Susan Robinson

12th - Higher Ed
Born with a genetic visual impairment that has no correction or cure, Susan Robinson is legally blind (or partially sighted, as she prefers it) and entitled to a label she hates: "disabled." In this funny and personal talk, she digs at...
Instructional Video12:05
SciShow

Quiz Show: Vlogbrothers Face-Off: Hank v. John!

12th - Higher Ed
Welcome back to SciShow Quiz Show! In this episode Hank will be competing with older brother John Green in a battle of science related trivia on behalf of Subbable subscribers Anna Dilley & Andrew Villarreal.
Instructional Video11:57
TED Talks

TED: How your pictures can help reclaim lost history | Chance Coughenour

12th - Higher Ed
Digital archaeologist Chance Coughenour is using pictures -- your pictures -- to reclaim antiquities that have been lost to conflict and disaster. After crowdsourcing photographs of destroyed monuments, museums and artifacts, Coughenour...
Instructional Video11:17
TED Talks

Photographing the hidden story - Ryan Lobo

12th - Higher Ed
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Ryan Lobo has traveled the world, taking photographs that tell stories of unusual human lives. In this haunting...
Instructional Video13:39
TED Talks

TED: 4 lessons I learned from taking a stand against drugs and gun violence | Ilona Szabó de Carvalho

12th - Higher Ed
Throughout her career in banking Ilona Szabó de Carvalho never imagined she'd someday start a social movement. But living in her native Brazil, which leads the world in homicidal violence, she realized she couldn't just stand by and...
Instructional Video16:08
TED Talks

TED: Averting the climate crisis | Al Gore

12th - Higher Ed
With the same humor and humanity he exuded in "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore spells out 15 ways that individuals can address climate change immediately, from buying a hybrid to inventing a new, hotter brand name for global warming.
Instructional Video4:45
SciShow

This Stellar Blast Showered the Universe with… Calcium | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
We knew some stars created large amounts of calcium, but no one really ever knew how...until now! Plus, astrophysicists believe they’ve finally seen evidence of the star that created one of the most important supernovas ever!
Instructional Video8:22
TED Talks

TED: Know your worth, and then ask for it | Casey Brown

12th - Higher Ed
Your boss probably isn't paying you what you're worth -- instead, they're paying you what they think you're worth. Take the time to learn how to shape their thinking. Pricing consultant Casey Brown shares helpful stories and learnings...
Instructional Video5:40
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The myth of Loki's monstrous children | Iseult Gillespie

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Odin, the king of Asgard, was plagued by nightmares. Three fearsome figures haunted his dreams: a massive, writhing shadow; a shambling, rotting corpse; and worst of all, a monstrous beast with a deadly bite. Though their true forms were...
Instructional Video5:14
SciShow

How Fake Internet Accounts Divide Us and How to Stop Yourself From Falling for Them

12th - Higher Ed
The people behind fake posts can rely on a few tricks to get you on board. But there are ways to spot them, and ways to avoid falling for what they have to say.
Instructional Video14:48
TED Talks

Beau Lotto and Cirque du Soleil: How we experience awe -- and why it matters

12th - Higher Ed
Neuroscientist Beau Lotto conducted an ambitious study with Cirque du Soleil on the emotion of awe and its psychological and behavioral benefits. In this talk and live performance, he shares some of their findings -- and stands back as...
Instructional Video10:16
Be Smart

The Dinosaur On Your Thanksgiving Table

12th - Higher Ed
Eating turkey this holiday season? Chowing down on a roast chicken? You're eating a dinosaur! Entertain your family and friends with a little science lesson this year, and show them why bird bones tell us that birds are actually living...
Instructional Video18:35
SciShow

Talk Show: Dr. Diana Six, the Mountain Pine Beetle, and Another Insect that freaks Hank out

12th - Higher Ed
Diana Six teaches Hank about the Mountain Pine Beetle and all its glory, including taste! Then Jessi from Animal Wonders introduces Hank to a couple cuties he is not too sure about.
Instructional Video15:30
TED Talks

Stefan Sagmeister: Happiness by design

12th - Higher Ed
Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister takes the audience on a whimsical journey through moments of his life that made him happy -- and notes how many of these moments have to do with good design.
Instructional Video5:35
Be Smart

Is Santa Real? (A Scientific Analysis)

12th - Higher Ed
Happy Holidays! Ever wonder how Santa could possibly manage to deliver all those presents in a single night? Or what gives red-nosed reindeer the ability to fly? And why do your Christmas lights get tangled in knots no matter how...
Instructional Video12:04
TED Talks

TED: Who belongs in a city? | OluTimehin Adegbeye

12th - Higher Ed
Underneath every shiny new megacity, there's often a story of communities displaced. In this moving, poetic talk, OluTimehin Adegbeye details how government land grabs are destroying the lives of thousands who live in the coastal...
Instructional Video9:19
TED Talks

TED: The moral bias behind your search results | Andreas ekstrom

12th - Higher Ed
Search engines have become our most trusted sources of information and arbiters of truth. But can we ever get an unbiased search result? Swedish author and journalist Andreas ekstrom argues that such a thing is a philosophical...
Instructional Video11:41
SciShow

SciShow Quiz Show: With WheezyWaiter!

12th - Higher Ed
Welcome back to SciShow Quiz Show, where Hank goes head-to-head with Craig Benzine, better known as WheezyWaiter.
Instructional Video5:49
SciShow

How Political Questions Mess with Your Brain

12th - Higher Ed
It’s an election year, which means you’ve probably been bombarded with polls asking you questions about candidates and issues. But is information the only thing pollsters are after? Questions are often more than just questions. They can...
Instructional Video7:11
TED Talks

Julian Treasure: Shh! Sound health in 8 steps

12th - Higher Ed
Julian Treasure says our increasingly noisy world is gnawing away at our mental health -- even costing lives. He lays out an 8-step plan to soften this sonic assault (starting with those cheap earbuds) and restore our relationship with...
Instructional Video20:22
TED Talks

Nick Hanauer: Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming

12th - Higher Ed
Nick Hanauer is a rich guy, an unrepentant capitalist — and he has something to say to his fellow plutocrats: Wake up! Growing inequality is about to push our societies into conditions resembling pre-revolutionary France. Hear his...
Instructional Video5:21
SciShow

3 Things We Really Want to Know About COVID-19

12th - Higher Ed
It's been just about a year now since we first heard about COVID-19, and while we've learned a lot since then, there are still some big questions we'd like answered. Here are three of them.
Instructional Video13:16
TED Talks

TED: How deepfakes undermine truth and threaten democracy | Danielle Citron

12th - Higher Ed
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences.

The use of deepfake technology to manipulate video and audio for malicious purposes -- whether it's to stoke...