Curated Video
The Power of Herbal Medicine
This video provides an overview of herbal medicine, highlighting its historical and modern uses. It explores the potential benefits and challenges associated with herbal medicine, emphasizing its alternative status in modern medicine....
Townsends
These Plants Could Have Saved You! - Historical Herbal Medicine
Books we recommend about historical medicine▶ http://www.townsends.us/book-recommendations-medicine.html ▶▶ In this episode Jon goes back in time to 1836 and Prairie Town to ask about medicinal herbs used on the early American frontier....
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ginny Lowe Connors - 'Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Classroom'
Ginny Lowe Connors’ chapbook, Under the Porch (Hill-Stead Museum, 2010) won the Sunken Garden Poetry Prize. She’s published several poetry collections, including Barbarians in the Kitchen (Antrim House Books, 2005) and The Unparalleled...
Packt
Kafka Console Consumer Command Line Interface (CLI)
This video explains the CLI commands related to the Kafka console consumer. This clip is from the chapter "Command Line Interface (CLI) 101" of the series "Apache Kafka Series - Learn Apache Kafka for Beginners".In this section, you will...
TED Talks
Michael Specter: The danger of science denial
Vaccine-autism claims, "Frankenfood" bans, the herbal cure craze: All point to the public's growing fear (and, often, outright denial) of science and reason, says Michael Specter. He warns the trend spells disaster for human progress.
National Geographic
Herbal Tea Remedy: What's Inside | National Geographic
At a traditional pharmacy located in Chengdu, China, doses of an herbal remedy are prepared to help patients cope with the heat and humidity of summer. At home, patients will brew the doses into a tea to drink. ➡ Subscribe:...
Curated Video
Tending the Wild: Gathering Medicine
Indigenous peoples in California relied on traditional gathering to provide for all of their food and medicinal needs. California's landscapes produce hundreds of indigenous plant species that have been used thousands of years prior to...
The Met
Art and Artifice in the Illustrated Herbal of al-Ghāfiqī
Jaclynne J. Kerner Assistant Professor of Art History State University of New York at New Paltz William Osler, the renowned Canadian-born physician, professor of medicine, and bibliophile, purchased a pair of densely illustrated,...
World Science Festival
Brave New Prehistoric World
Recent breakthroughs in dating ancient samples of DNA and human remains have led to a radical reassessment of human origins. At least ten other early human groups–some with the cognitive capacity to make art, jewelry and herbal...
Cerebellum
Late Scientific Revolution - The Renaissance
Part II of The Scientific Revolution explores the latter half of this movement and the gradual acceptance of scientific truth. This fascinating period of history chronicles European society's emergence from church domination that...
CuriosaMente
¿Quienes fueron los Incas?
¡El imperio del sol! ¿Cómo era la civilización inca? Los incas, conocidos como "el Pueblo del Sol", formaron un vasto imperio en el Nuevo Mundo que abarcó una extensa región que incluía Perú, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile y Argentina. Su...
Curated Video
Italy, Pompeii - Roman Brothel (Lupanar)
Researchers believe that the town was founded in the 7th or 6th century BC by the Osci or Oscans. It came under the domination of Rome in the 4th century BC, and was conquered and became a Roman colony in 80 BC after it joined an...
SciShow
4 Plants That Are Great for Humans
A quarter of all prescription drugs in the U.S. come from substances that are found only in plants. In this episode of SciShow, we take a look at four of these talented plants who make our lives better.
SciShow
Can Vitamin C and Zinc Help Cure Colds?
You’ve probably heard that taking vitamin C or zinc will keep you from getting sick, but it turns out that those popular cure-alls don't actually work.
Curated Video
The Many Benefits of Bamboo
This video provides an overview of the incredible versatility and significance of bamboo. From its use in construction and culinary arts to its cultural symbolism, bamboo proves to be a multifaceted plant that is not only practical but...
Curated Video
How Tea Took Over the World
Tea is a beloved and versatile beverage with a rich history and a range of health benefits. From its origins in East Asia to its cultivation in various climates around the world, tea offers a variety of flavors and processing methods to...
The Wall Street Journal
Key Developments in Regulation
Get up to date on important legal and regulatory developments in cybersecurity and privacy so far this year, and what else you can expect in 2022.
Science360
No sweat! Lightweight, wearable tech converts body heat to electricity
In episode 64, Charlie and Jordan explore wearable thermoelectric generators, or TEGs, that can efficiently convert body heat to electricity. Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new design for harvesting body...
TED-Ed
The Chinese Myth of the Immortal White Snake
Do you believe in true love? Could you love a monster? What would you sacrifice for someone you love? An ancient Chinese myth poses these cosmic questions in a retelling of "The Myth of the Immortal White Snake."