PBS
What If the Galactic Habitable Zone LIMITS Intelligent Life?
Our solar system is a tiny bubble of habitability suspended in a vast universe that mostly wants to kill us. In fact, a good fraction of our own galaxy turns out to be utterly uninhabitable, even for sun—like stellar systems. Is this why...
PBS
Nautiloids Thrived For 500 Million Years Until These Guys Showed Up
Around 30 million years ago, a new group of predators began to push nautiloids from their former global range into a single remaining refuge. But who were these predators?
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How do schools of fish swim in harmony? - Nathan S. Jacobs
How do schools of fish swim in harmony? How do the tiny cells in your brain give rise to the complex thoughts, memories, and consciousness that are you? Oddly enough, those questions have the same general answer. Nathan S. Jacobs...
SciShow
What We Know About the New Coronavirus January 2020
The WHO has declared the new coronavirus a global public health emergency—but that doesn't mean you should panic.
SciShow
Why Are Periodical Cicadas So ... Periodical?
Certain cicada species in North America emerge from the ground by the millions every 13 or 17 years. But why those specific intervals? Are cicadas secretly prime-number-loving mathematicians?!
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: David Ian Howe: A brief history of dogs
Since their emergence over 200,000 years ago, modern humans have established communities all over the planet. But they didn't do it alone. Whatever corner of the globe you find humans in today, you're likely to find another species as...
TED Talks
Steven Johnson: The Web as a city
Outside.in's Steven Johnson says the Web is like a city: built by many people, completely controlled by no one, intricately interconnected and yet functioning as many independent parts. While disaster strikes in one place, elsewhere,...
Curated Video
Predicting Emergence: How Science Explains Complex Behavior
New ReviewGroup human behavior can be largely explained by physics. In fact, crowds, traffic and pedestrian behavior can be modeled using using principle from physics. Everyone in a crowd has their own thoughts and plans and problems – but they...
Curated Video
Frankenstein's regret and the scientific revolution
Pupil outcome: I can explain how Shelley uses 'Frankenstein' to express her own views towards the Scientific Revolution. Key learning points: - Many critics read 'Frankenstein' as a criticism of the Scientific Revolution. - The...
Curated Video
Landmarks - Italy Island
ITALY ISLAND WE MARVEL AT MAN'S INGENUITY IN CONSTRUCTING TALL BUILDINGS SO THE EMERGENCE OF A LONG DISAPPEARED ISLAND CERTAINLY QUALIFIES AS A LANDMARK. IN LATE 2006, A SERIES OF SPECTACULAR MOUNT ETNA ERUPTIONS IN SICILY SAW THE...
Wonderscape
The History and Ongoing Challenges of Homelessness in the U.S.
This video explores the history of homelessness in the United States, from the term "tramps" in the 1800s to the changing landscape in the 1980s and beyond. Learn about key factors like gentrification, policy changes, and systemic...
Curated Video
Sound and Light: Reflection and Refraction of Light
By the end of this learning object, the student will be able to: Demonstrate light refraction and some related concepts.86717
Curated Video
Why Was Everybody Kung Fu Fighting In The 70s?
Black Kung Fu films reigned in the 1970s – a fusion of Blaxploitation and Kung Fu where protagonists took justice into their own hands…in style! These films were wildly popular, a welcome response to the anger many people felt against...
Curated Video
What is Cog's Ladder of Group Experiences? - Team Development
Cog’s Ladder of Group Experiences is a model of group development that expands on the Tuckman Model we looked at in an earlier video.
Curated Video
The Resurfacing of Ferdinanda Island: A Spectacular Seismic Event
In this video, we learn about the reemergence of an island off the coast of Sicily due to seismic activity. The island, formed by a submerged volcano, has resurfaced multiple times in history, causing territorial disputes among nations....
Curated Video
Can Images Classify Themselves? | Self-Organization and Neural Cellular Automata
Can Images Classify Themselves? | Self-Organization and Neural Cellular Automata
Curated Video
Apache Kafka - Real-time Stream Processing (Master Class) - Emergence of Bigdata - A Quick Recap
This is the first lecture of this course that talks about some history, from where we started, and where are we going with the data processing. Here, you will learn about the Big Data problem and how it started. This lesson will...
Curated Video
Jeff Sachs - America in Crisis: What Role for Government? 1/5
In Part 1 of this interview From the Director's Chair, INET Executive Director Robert Johnson talks with Jeffrey Sachs about Sachs's book The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity. Sachs doesn't view 2008 as...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Stages of Group Development
The stages of group development or decision emergence theory (Aubrey Fisher) describes what you have likely experienced in a team. This video looks a Fisher's four phases of group decision making and development (1970), sometimes called...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Epidemiological transition
Epidemiological transition is the changing patterns of disease (and causes of death) seen in human history. Those of us interested in public health and global health need to understand that this process isn’t over. The epidemiology of...
History Hit
A History of Unbelief: Irish identity and Catholicism, Part 1
Why is Catholicism so entrenched in Ireland? Is there still a link between Catholicism and Irish identity? Is Irish Atheism about a lack of practice or core lack of belief? A History of Unbelief, Part 5
The Viral Fever
Water: Uros Island People, Peru
Humans cannot survive for more than a few days without water. We are made of 70% water, and so is the entire planet. For these reasons, human identity is forever linked to water, both fresh and salt. The Uru people have take "living with...
The March of Time
MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: EQUIPMENT AND MEN ARRIVE AT THE BEACH
MS Seaman signaling morse code w/ light / VS United States 3rd Marine Division landing on Iwo Jima beach, reinforcement soldiers, M4 Sherman tanks, trucks pulling artillery, & Jeeps emerging from landing crafts, VS US soldier's boots.
The March of Time
MOT 1941: NAZI OCCUPIED NORWAY: NIGHT OF ESCAPE
NIGHT: MS Sail boat in dock MS Norwegian men coming out of hideout MS Nazi guard patrolling dock MS Norwegian men hiding w/ back against wall MS German guard walking away MS Norwegian men leaving from wall HA WS Men onto sail boat in...