Yapoks are cute aquatic marsupials, and they're the only living creatures that need pouches for their sacs.

This problem is called the "100 Prisoners Problem"

Do We Have to Get Old and Die?

In our second to last episode of Soft Skills, Evelyn talks to us about Power and how it's not always bad, not always good, and useful to understand. Enjoy!

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You probably know that losing weight is really hard. But it may not be just because of your cheat day frequency; your body actually fights back to make losing weight harder.

Have you ever wondered why we wear clothes? I mean, beyond the obvious. Why does wearing a jacket in the cold keep your warmer? What is happening to all the heat inside your body? In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini talks...

Juice cleanses or fasts are thought of as a popular way to detox and reboot the digestive system. But, like most fad diets, juice cleanses might not be doing what you think they are.

Soil doesn't seem like it's "alive", yet it functions like a living thing in lots of key ways.

We hear about calories all the time: How many calories are in this cookie? How many are burned by doing 100 jumping jacks, or long-distance running, or fidgeting? But what is a calorie, really? And how many of them do we actually need?...

Robert Wright uses evolutionary biology and game theory to explain why we appreciate the Golden Rule ("Do unto others..."), why we sometimes ignore it and why there’s hope that, in the near future, we might all have the compassion to...

If you see something wrong in the workplace, what should you do? Business leader Angélique Parisot-Potter says you should speak up, even when it's scary. Sharing her personal experience of voicing concerns at work, she offers three...

The Hindu Kush Himalaya region is the world's third-largest repository of ice, after the North and South Poles -- and if current melting rates continue, two-thirds of its glaciers could be gone by the end of this century. What will...

Get to know Pablo Neruda, one of the most celebrated poets of the 20th century and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. -- A romantic and a revolutionary, Pablo Neruda was one of the most celebrated poets of the 20th century, but...

Before the sun never set on the British Empire; before Genghis Khan swept the steppe; before Rome extended its influence to encircle the Mediterranean Sea; there was ancient Assyria. Considered by historians to be the first true empire,...

February 2nd is Groundhog Day in the United States, and Jessi and Squeaks are celebrating by sharing all kinds of amazing groundhog facts with us! Learn what groundhogs eat, where they live, and how they make it through tough winters!

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On Thanksgiving, we destroyed the myth that turkey makes you sleepy. But there are lots of holiday myths, and in this episode of Healthcare Triage, we take apart some more. These all come from a paper Aaron co-wrote in the BMJ.

This video discusses how tax policies in Australia heavily incentivize property investment, leading to high levels of household debt and limited housing supply in desirable areas. The focus on encouraging homeownership rather than...

Although most Singaporeans are influenced by Western popular culture and media, they are Asian in their social etiquette and customs. They tend to be kind and courteous. Humility, reserve, and modesty are valued. Rarely are they...

In this video, discover how to reset a Cisco device to factory settings and recover lost passwords.

In this video, you will learn about a fundamental concept of probability, the central limit theorem. The author explains this comprehensively as the base for the following lectures.

In this lesson, you will learn about an important concept in probability, the expected value or outcome.

Even Stevens – Chapter 7 (Football Story)