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TED Talks
Manuel Lima: A visual history of human knowledge
How does knowledge grow? Sometimes it begins with one insight and grows into many branches; other times it grows as a complex and interconnected network. Infographics expert Manuel Lima explores the thousand-year history of mapping data...
SciShow
The Oldest DNA Ever Found
Researchers mapped the mammoth family tree by extracting DNA from fossils. Also, scientists found some sessile animals living under Antarctica's ice shelf, and they're really cool.
Tate
Taryn Simon – 'We're All Ghosts of Another Time' | TateShots
American photographer Taryn Simon talks about her Tate Modern exhibition, 'A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters'. Simon mixes photography and text in a series works that chart family bloodlines. At the heart of each group of...
PBS
When We First Walked
Out of all mammals, only humans walk on two feet. Discuss the current scientific understanding of when this specific adaptation began. A video shares facts about many different species and theories about why the shift occurred. New...
Geography Now
Geography Now! Denmark
Denmark is the historical home of the Vikings, but now it's a modern kingdom that includes Greenland. It's ranked one of the happiest countries in the world, and the culture emphasizes cooperation and spending time with family and...
TED-Ed
The Fascinating History of Cemeteries
An irreverently illustrated video history of how human societies have honored their dead is both suitable and thought-provoking for high schoolers in the frame of mind to step back from the sadness of death. Scholars...
Crash Course
Charles V and the Holy Roman Empire: Crash Course World History #219
Charles V was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire during its (arguably) most tumultuous period: the Protestant Reformation. Examine Charles V's rise to power, lofty objectives, and ultimate failure with a video from Crash Course World...