You've probably seen a few cubes sitting in an art gallery and questioned why they were there. How could cubes be important? How did we get here? This is the case for Minimalism.

A day does not go by without using simple machines. This program explores the six major types of simple machines with practical, colorful examples of each. Vivid video footage illustrates how each of the following simple machines works...

Corals are important ecosystem engineers, providing habitat and nutrient recycling to tropical reefs. However, coral species' richness and abundance are in decline worldwide, due in large part to the impacts from global industrialization...

Setenil Rock Homes, Spain part 3/3: This video explores the unique town of Sentenil, known for its olive production and cave homes built into the cliffs. It also delves into the town's past as a wine producer and how some locals are...

Upon viewing the Rocks video series, students will be able to do the following: Define rock as a solid, naturally-occurring mixture of minerals. Define minerals as solids with a definite chemical composition and crystal structure....

Setenil Rock Homes, Spain part 2/3: The video discusses the town of Setenil de las Bodegas, Spain, where houses have been sculpted into the stone walls of the rocky landscape. The unique infrastructure of the town allows for constant...

This program outlines the classification system of sedimentary rocks. Specific attention is paid to the different ways sedimentary rock forms. The relationship between sedimentary rocks and the formation of fossils is investigated. Other...

Dr. Mark Naison, Professor of African American Studies and History at Fordham University, is the author of seven books and over 300 articles on African American politics, labor history, popular culture and education policy. His...

Corals are important ecosystem engineers, providing habitat and nutrient recycling to tropical reefs. However, coral species' richness and abundance are in decline worldwide, due in large part to the impacts from global industrialization...

In This Episode, Tyler Teaches Us About Martin Luther King Jr on Unarmed Truth and Unconditional Love

This video explores five fun facts about Rocks.

It turns out that warm-blooded animals aren’t warm all of the time! Researchers at Brown University studying the muscles in bats’ wings found that their wings operate at a significantly lower temperature than their bodies, especially...

Ozier Muhammad graduated with a B.A., in photography from Columbia College in Chicago. He has been a photojournalist for more than 3 decades. His first job was as a staff photographer at Ebony Magazine. Ozier joined The Charlotte...

Earth is a living, dynamic world thanks to volcanoes and the planetary heat that fuels them. The InSight mission wants to see if Mars also has a heartbeat deep inside its cold exterior.

In this video, we explore the concept of weight and mass. We learn that weight is a measure of the amount of mass in an object, and scales are used to measure weight. Weighing Things part 3/7

Lewis R. Gordon is an Afro-Jewish philosopher, political thinker, educator, and musician (drums, other percussive instruments, and piano), who was born on the island of Jamaica and grew up in the Bronx, New York, where he attended...

In this video I explore some crazy ways to cook an egg, and kind of go into the science behind it. Plus, its a great excuse to break out the flamethrower! Making a squirt gun flamethrower is very dangerous.

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To study the history of life on Earth and look for it beyond our planet, scientists in the field of astrobiology look for signs called “biosignatures.” NASA Goddard researcher Heather Graham discusses some of the oldest evidence of life...

There’s major excitement on the beach when Ralph spots a ship! But this quickly turns to rage when Ralph realises that Jack’s hunters let the signal fire go out. Tensions flare as Ralph confronts Jack, who only seems to care about...

We hike in the Australian Outback with Abigail Allwood to visit the most ancient fossils on Earth, and track the imprint of life over space and time with David Grinspoon.

Alright, we did side to side, now let's go up and down! This is important if you are Wile E. Coyote and you want to drop rocks off of cliffs and know beforehand how long it takes to hit the ground, so you can finally get that pesky...

The Roskilde Festival in Denmark is the biggest music festival in Northern Europe, featuring hundreds of artists and bands across various genres. Learn about its history, including a tragic incident that occurred there in 2000.

From construction to medicine, clay has been an important material for humans for thousands and thousands of years. It is a fine-grained rock or soil containing metal oxides, and organic matter. From pottery and construction to writing...

Whatever is inside the earth is very hot. The trail of clues leads to the model of a metallic core surrounded by a rocky mantle. Huge, slow convection currents rise up, often resulting in earthquakes and volcanoes.