SciShow
Why Are There Bacteria In My Yogurt?
Having bacteria in your food doesn't really sound great, but you couldn't have yogurt without it! Learn why in this week's QQ!
TED Talks
TED: The mathematics of war | Sean Gourley
By analyzing raw data on violent incidents in the Iraq war and others, Sean Gourley and his team claim to have found a surprisingly strong mathematical relationship linking the fatality and frequency of attacks.
TED Talks
Eli Pariser: What obligation do social media platforms have to the greater good?
Social media has become our new home. Can we build it better? Taking design cues from urban planners and social scientists, technologist Eli Pariser shows how the problems we're encountering on digital platforms aren't all that new --...
Crash Course
Planning & Organization: Crash Course Study Skills
The best way to make sure you're making the most of the time you have is to start off well organized. This week we're talking about planning and organizational systems and how to set yourself up for success.
SciShow
What Science Has Taught Us About Stonehenge
Over the years, lots of explanations have been proposed as the origin of Stonehenge, including lost technologies, outright magic, and — of course — aliens. What do we actually know about this prehistoric mystery?
Crash Course
Plant Cells: Crash Course Biology
Hank describes why plants are so freaking amazing - discussing their evolution, and how their cells are both similar to & different from animal cells.
PBS
Ocean clean-up
About 9 million tons of plastic are dumped into the world's oceans every year -- enough to fill a football stadium 23 miles high. But a project dubbed the Ocean Cleanup aims to eliminate it with a method that researchers are testing in...
Bozeman Science
DNA and RNA - Part 2
Paul Andersen continues his description of DNA and RNA. He begins with the structure of DNA and RNA and moves into the process of DNA Replication. He also describes the central dogma of biology explaining how DNA is transcribed to mRNA...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What makes the Great Wall of China so extraordinary
The Great Wall of China is a 13,000-mile dragon of earth and stone that winds its way through the countryside of China. As it turns out, the wall's history is almost as long and serpentine as its structure. Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen...
Crash Course
The Hero's Journey and the Monomyth: Crash Course World Mythology
Let's get Heroic with Mike Rugnetta. This week on Crash Course World Mythology, we're talking about the Hero's Journey and the Monomyth, as described by Joseph Campbell. Campbell's theories about the shared qualities of human story...
Bozeman Science
Resistivity
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the resistivity of a material opposes the flow of charge. Conductors (like metal) will have a low resistivity and insulators will have a high resistivity. Semiconductors will have a moderate...
Bozeman Science
ATP: Adenosine Triphosphate
Paul Andersen explains the structure, function and importance of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). He begins by describing the specific structure of the molecule and its three main parts: adenine, ribose sugar, and phosphate groups. He...
Curated Video
China Functional Roles in Business
New ReviewThe Chinese take hierarchy very seriously, but don’t be intimidated! Navigating corporate and government hierarchies is key to successful business negotiations and decision-making. Learn how this complex system impacts work culture,...
Curated Video
Mastering Active and Passive Voice: Enhancing Your Writing Clarity and Impact
New ReviewThis video provides a comprehensive overview of the differences between active and passive voice in writing and offers practical tips on how to identify and improve passive sentences. The presenter explains how active voice makes writing...
Curated Video
Mastering Styles in Google Docs: Structuring and Formatting Large Documents
New ReviewThe video provides a comprehensive guide on how to effectively use styles in Google Docs to format and structure large documents. It emphasizes the importance of adding styles to text to create a cohesive and organized document. Viewers...
Curated Video
Patterns of Organization
New ReviewThis video demonstrates how to identify various patterns of organization in poetry.
Curated Video
Style Outline
New ReviewThis video explains the structure of writing a MLA style outline for writing.
Curated Video
Mainpoints
New ReviewThis video outlines elements of a plot to identify the main events of a story.
Curated Video
Tone
New ReviewA video titled "Tone" that explains the use of sensory wording, sentence, structure, and figurative language to convey tone.
Curated Video
Sonnets
New ReviewA video titled "Sonnets" detailing four popular types of sonnets in literature.
Curated Video
Plotting a play
New ReviewA video titled "Plotting a play" that explains how to create an outline to help you write the plot of a play.
Curated Video
Haiku and Free Verse
New ReviewA video titled "Haiku and Free Verse" depicting the difference in each style of poetry.
Curated Video
Concise Writing
New ReviewA video titled "Concise Writing" which instructs write more concisely.
Curated Video
Composing a Persuasive Essay
New ReviewA video titled "Composing a Persuasive Essay" which explains the components needed to write a persuasive essay.