In this video Paul Andersen shows you how to use mathematical and computational thinking in a mini-lesson on measuring and graphing quantities. Two examples are included in the video and two additional examples are included in the...

While his disciples loved their roguish leader, Sun Wukong’s misadventures had spread chaos throughout the land. The Jade Emperor, watching from his throne in Heaven, decided he would no longer stand by as this monkey wreaked havoc...

On our bookshelf tonight, NewsHour's old friend and former longtime media

correspondent Terence Smith's memoir: "Four Wars, Five Presiden
ts: A
Reporter's Journey from Jerusalem to Saigon to the White Hou
se." Smith
spoke...

Arthur Brooks is the former president of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative Washington, D.C., think tank. Troubled by the level of animosity in the current U.S. political landscape, he's analyzed why we increasingly hate...

Book: Empire Falls

Jeffrey Brown caught up with the National Book Award fiction finalist Laila Lalami at the Miami Book Festival. Her latest work of fiction, "The Other Americans," explores issues of immigration and identity, part of our ongoing arts and...

Tennis legend Billie Jean King isn't just a pioneer of women's tennis -- she's a pioneer for women getting paid. In this freewheeling conversation, she talks about identity, the role of sports in social justice and the famous Battle of...

Gabe breaks down the steps for how he determined the density of the moon in Majora's Mask.

There's an angry divisive tension in the air that threatens to make modern politics impossible. Elizabeth Lesser explores the two sides of human nature within us (call them "the mystic" and "the warrior”) that can be harnessed to elevate...

So... what do Producers even do? It's a hard question to answer because there are so many different kinds of producers on a movie. In this episode of Crash Course Film Production, Lily Gladstone talks us through the different kinds of...

Most politicians choose their words carefully, to shape the reality they hope to create. But does it work? Etymologist Mark Forsyth shares a few entertaining word-origin stories from British and American history (for instance, did you...

Book designer Chip Kidd knows all too well how often we judge things by first appearances. In this hilarious, fast-paced talk, he explains the two techniques designers use to communicate instantly -- clarity and mystery -- and when, why...

Can you guess how tall the tallest tree is? Neither could we! Tag along with Jessi and Squeaks to learn all about the world’s tallest tree!

The architecture of the social internet itself tells us not to be patient - to load more tweets, to hit refresh for new posts, and to click the top search results. But just because information is new, or algorithmically determined to be...

In 1910, 90% of Black Americans lived in the South. By 1940, around 1.5 million Black Americans had left their homes, and 77% lived in the South. By 1970, 52% of Black Americans remained in the South. People moved away for many reasons,...

TED Fellow Zahra Al-Mahdi was raised by screens -- "storytelling machines" like TV and the internet that shaped her sense of self and reality. Now a multimedia artist and filmmaker, she challenges common historical narratives and...

Paul Andersen shows you how to graph data by hand. He explains the required elements of a scatter plot with a best fit line. He shows you how to properly scale and label the axes.

the Catlin Seaview Survey will be taking thousands of 360 degree panoramas of the Great Barrier Reef, not just for science, but so that every person with an internet connection can experience the world's largest structure...at least...

Confused by Chinese naming conventions, how to make introductions, or how to address business contacts? In China, the family name usually comes before the given name, but the situation is not always clear-cut; local variations of names...

Germans are usually more formal, and this is reflected in the way they refer to colleagues in initial interactions. This informative role-play takes the guesswork out of using the correct names and titles and shows you how to introduce...

Curious about when and how to exchange business cards in France? You’re not alone. Learn more about what’s included on business cards and the proper protocols for exchanging them. Review appropriate ways to address colleagues, both...

It’s vital to note that Mexicans value polite formality in business interactions. Learn more about the importance of using titles and polite greetings in Mexico. Wondering how to use titles appropriately when addressing colleagues? Brush...

In this video, you will learn how to create a dialogue box or a Modal, which can be generated with a button click.

After configuring and enabling the Bootstrap services on the computer, we will now look at creating our first simple web page.