Big Think
Maria Mitchell: America’s First Celebrity Scientist
Big Think is proud to partner with the 92Y in bringing you this series on female genius as part of its 7 Days of Genius Festival -http://www.92y.org/Genius. Read more at BigThink.com:...
Science360
NSF's 70th Anniversary Symposium - Part 1 (livestream version)
To begin a year-long commemoration of NSF's 70th anniversary, and 75 years since the publication of "Science - the Endless Frontier," the National Science Foundation held a two-day symposium. To view the version with the breaks removed:...
National Geographic
Could You Draw an Entire City From Memory? This Artist Can. | National Geographic
Diagnosed with autism at age three, Stephen Wiltshire is now famous for producing highly detailed scenes after just a brief glance. He recently traveled to Mexico City for his latest work. After taking a short walking tour of the city,...
Curated Video
The Evolution of Humans | Evolution | Biology | FuseSchool
Only in the last 570 million years have life forms that we are familiar with started to evolve. Much of what we know about evolution comes from the fossil record. The first mammals started appearing about 220 million years ago, and only...
Crash Course
Earth Science: Crash Course History of Science #20
How old is Earth and how do scientists know the answer? Throughout history, many researchers, scholars, and leaders answered this question with varying degrees of accuracy. The 20th episode of Crash Course History of Science introduces...
Crash Course
Marie Curie and Spooky Rays: Crash Course History of Science #31
Marie Curie overcame limitations to become the first person to win two Nobel Prizes. A video presentation outlines her work and discoveries in radioactivity. The narrator gives a timeline of her achievements as she sacrificed her own...
Crash Course
Micro-Biology: Crash Course History of Science #24
Robert Koch and his team of scientists identified the germs that cause diphtheria, typhoid, pneumonia, gonorrhea, meningitis, whooping cough, tetanus, plague, leprosy, syphilis, and more—that's some important work! Over a period of 100...
Crash Course
The Computer and Turing: Crash Course History of Science #36
Computers have changed the world but how have computers themselves changed? A Crash Course History of Science episode focuses on the the history of the computer. It opens with defining what a computer is and continues by introducing the...
Crash Course
The New Astronomy: Crash Course History of Science #13
Sword duels, religious unrest, war—who says science is boring? Aspiring astronomers discover fascinating facts about the famous scientists that dared challenge the accepted model of the solar system in the 13th video of a 16-part History...
Veritasium
World's Roundest Object!
The definition of a kilogram is debatable. An informative video (as part of a larger playlist) shares the problem with the current definition of a kilogram. It explains why the concept became a challenge to explain as well as multiple...
Crash Course
The Atomic Bomb: Crash Course History of Science #33
Einstein, a famous pacifist, sent a letter to FDR encouraging development of a nuclear weapon. An interesting video opens with this historical event and moves through the development of atomic bombs. It shares the use of atomic weapons...