TED Talks
TED: A tale of mental illness -- from the inside | elyn Saks
Is it okay if I totally trash your office? It's a question elyn Saks once asked her doctor, and it wasn't a joke. A legal scholar, in 2007 Saks came forward with her own story of schizophrenia, controlled by drugs and therapy but...
Curated Video
Top 4 Inherited Mental Health Disorders: What You Need to Know
Psychiatrist Dr. Tracey Marks explains the top 4 mental health conditions with the highest heritability (greatest genetic influence). She discusses what heritability means, the role of environmental triggers, and how knowing your family...
The Backyard Scientist
Pouring molten Aluminum into a Pumpkin (cooled with liquid nitrogen!!!)
The inside of a pumpkin has a pretty interesting geometry. I had the idea to cast the inside to see what it looks like, but the inside of the pumpkin is very fragile and the 1000 degree aluminum pretty much destroys it as soon as it...
Neuro Transmissions
Why nature is good for your mental health
Back in the day, doctors would send patients with anxiety and depression into the mountains because the fresh air would do them good. Though they did not have the research to back it up, they knew that nature was good for our mental...
PBS
Are Millennials Bad with Money?
Boomers accuse millennials of being fiscally irresponsible, while millennials say boomers broke the economy… so who’s right?
EarthEcho International
Into the Dead Zone: Investigating the Impact of Wastewater on Our Water Planet
This video explores the issue of dead zones in water bodies around the world, caused by the release of nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater and agricultural runoff. The expedition team investigates the impact of these pollutants on...
Curated Video
Solving Two-Step Word Problems
In this video, students learn how to solve two-step word problems by completing all the necessary steps. The video provides examples of adding and subtracting marbles in a race, emphasizing the importance of not overlooking any...
TED Talks
Kay M. Tye: What investigating neural pathways can reveal about mental health
Neuroscientist Kay M. Tye investigates how your brain gives rise to complex emotional states like depression, anxiety or loneliness. From the cutting edge of science, she shares her latest findings -- including the development of a tool...
TED Talks
TED: Don't suffer from your depression in silence | Nikki Webber Allen
Having feelings isn't a sign of weakness -- they mean we're human, says producer and activist Nikki Webber Allen. Even after being diagnosed with anxiety and depression, Webber Allen felt too ashamed to tell anybody, keeping her...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The many meanings of Michelangelo's Statue of David - James Earle
We typically experience classic works of art in a museum, stripped of their original contexts, but that serene setting can belie a tumultuous history. Take Michelangelo's statue of David: devised as a religious symbol, adopted as a...
Crash Course
What is space and how do we study it Crash Course Geography
Today we're going to talk about SPAAAAAACE, but not like stars and satellites and stuff. Instead, we're going to talk about geographic space. In geography, we can look at the world and the places and spaces we inhabit with four distinct...
TED Talks
TED: What's so funny about mental illness? | Ruby Wax
Diseases of the body garner sympathy, says comedian Ruby Wax -- except those of the brain. Why is that? With dazzling energy and humor, Wax, diagnosed a decade ago with clinical depression, urges us to put an end to the stigma of mental...
SWPictures
Building Mental Health Services in Cambodia: Overcoming Trauma and Shortages
The video discusses how Cambodia, with the help of the University of Oslo, started a mental health system from scratch after the devastating rule of the Khmer Rouge. The program has trained psychiatrists, but there is still a shortage of...
SciShow
The Surprising Link Between Allergies and Suicide
Our mood is influenced in many ways by our environment, and researchers have discovered a possible connection between the pollen in our air and a rise in suicide.
Curated Video
CISSP® Certification Domain 1 Security and Risk Management Video Boot Camp for 2022 - The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-37 Revision 1 and 2
This video explains NIST SP 800-37 revision 1 and 2. This clip is from the chapter "Certified Information Systems Security Professional CISSP Domain 1 - Security and Risk Management" of the series "CISSP® Certification Domain 1: Security...
The Wall Street Journal
Spotlight on Mental Health
Social psychologist Amy J.C. Cuddy discusses the coronavirus pandemic’s effects on anxiety, depression and burnout, and how employers can address mental health challenges among their staff, with Tess Vigeland, host and producer for WSJ...
Learn French With Alexa
GCSE French Speaking: What did you do to celebrate your birthday?
In this video we look at this question: Qu’est-ce que tu as fait pour célébrer ton anniversaire ? - What did you do to celebrate your birthday? (AQA Theme 1 - Identity and culture, Topic 4 - Customs and festivals in French-speaking...
Healthcare Triage
The Stigma of Mental Illness: Is it All in Your Head?
All too often, mental issues are dismissed with some form of the expression, "it's all in your head." To which we say, duh. Mental illness is very often in your head, as the brain is the primary organ impacted in many, many varieties of...
Healthcare Triage
New Obesity Drugs May Impact Mental Health
In mid to late 2023 there was a flurry of news reports about patients taking new weight loss drugs reporting associated mental health concerns, including suicidal thoughts. There's still a lot of research to be done to fully understand...
Weird History
11 Ways Corruption Led To French Revolution
Though historians have been right to point to a variety of French Revolution causes - ranging from economic and social issues to questions of political representation - it is also true that French royal excess played no small role in...
Next Animation Studio
Screen time linked to mental health problems in kids and teens
A new study has linked excessive gaming, watching TV, or on smartphones to anxiety and depression in kids as young as two.
The Guardian
Jamal Edwards breaks taboos around men's mental health
Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK. Jamal Edwards, founder of film-making company SBTV, asks why so many men are taking their own lives, and whether society’s stereotypes of masculinity have stopped men from seeking...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What is depression? - Helen M. Farrell
Depression is the leading cause of disability in the world; in the United States, close to ten percent of adults struggle with the disease. But because it's a mental illness, it can be a lot harder to understand than, say, high...
TED Talks
Rebecca Brachman: A new class of drug that could prevent depression and PTSD
Current treatments for depression and PTSD only suppress symptoms, if they work at all. What if we could prevent these diseases from developing altogether? Neuroscientist and TED Fellow Rebecca Brachman shares the story of her team's...