Common causes of death in ancient Greece and Rome had a lot to do with a lack of modern healthcare and wellness. In an urban society with no central plumbing, impure water supplies that transmitted bacteria, and insufficient medical...

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How Christianity Shapes Our Morality, Part 5

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A massive document leak reveals the secrets of shell companies. Matt Yglesias explains, adapting an analogy from reddit user DanGliesacktps://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikei...' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>DanGcomsack For much more...

More from Liz Plank's interview with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Subscribe to our channel!'http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>channel! Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and...

In 2017, researchers off the Bulgarian coast discovered the oldest intact shipwreck ever found. This ancient Greek vessel was not only nearly 2,500 years old, but was just one of 65 shipwrecks found at the bottom of the Black Sea in...

When one thinks of the Ancient World you would be forgiven for instantly thinking of either the cultural glories of ancient Greece or the military might of the Roman Empire. Yet the Mediterranean and the Near East was just one part of a...

Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street culture of participating partner countries abroad. Episodes are produced...

In which John Green teaches you about water! So, we talk about resources a lot on Crash Course, and today is no exception. It turns out people can't live without water, which means it's absolutely necessary for civilization. Today John...

Colon Cancer (Colorectal Carcinoma) is a cancer of the large intestine and/or rectum. This cancer can cause a variety of signs and symptoms, which we will discuss in this lesson.

Adam and Jack are playing in a small rectangular park... the length of this park is 7 yards and the width is 4 yards. What is the area of the park?

This fun animated video chronicles the history of how pizza developed from the flatbreads of ancient Greece and Rome to its modern incarnation in the United States. Animation: Fly Machine Picture Co. Still haven’t subscribed to...

NPR's Robert Krulwich and Odd Todd, in partnership with Wild Chronicles, present an animated cartoon series on the atom at the heart of global warming: carbon. In episode 3: If you break a carbon bond -- presto! -- civilization.

This clip looks at the physical features, climate, history and culture of Greece.

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“Roman Construction: The Arch, Vault, Dome, and Concrete” will explain how the Romans advanced in construction to undertake massive building projects.

This video is a quiz over the topics covered in the Circulation and Respiration series. In this video, we explore the important features of the circulatory and respiratory systems. We discuss the different types of blood vessels, the...

The first place that human civilization truly began was Ancient Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the Middle East. This was followed by Egypt, Greece, and many others. How did these regions develop through to the...

On today's episode Crofty makes a triumphant return, joining Charles to wax poetic about Beowulf, the Anglo-Saxon epic rich in historical and legendary connections, and to ask if the eponymous hero was a poet’s creation, or a figure of...

The development of scientific interest in seventeenth-century England can be traced through the writings of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn. A lecture by Margaret Willes, Independent Writer and Scholar 11 March