Natural History Museum
The early exploration of queer nature | LGBTQ+ natural history tour | Stop 5
Some of the earliest references to queer nature comes from Aristotle, where he talks about female hens presenting as males. Discover how over the following centuries these birds allowed writers to explore questions of scientifically...
National Geographic
President Obama Credits Mom and Hawaii For His Love of Nature | National Geographic
In an interview on Midway Atoll with National Geographic environment writer Craig Welch, the President reflected on his legacy and how he thinks we should focus efforts to save natural places. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Barry Joseph - Informal Science Learning in a Digital Age
Barry Joseph is known as a changemaker who is passionately devoted to envisioning new ways digital media can "address significant personal and social issues." Since 2012 Joseph has worked as the Associate Director For Digital Learning at...
Curated Video
200 years, WWI & WWII, Communism: The Story of Berlin's Natural History Museum
The Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin exists as a witness to history. For 200+ years its scientists have pursued research in the face of WWI and bombings in WWII, political turmoil, and an ever-changing planet. We were invited to share the...
Curated Video
How the Ilopango Eruption Altered Ancient Civlizations Across the Globe
A recent study of an ice core sample from Greenland has pinpointed the Central American Ilopango mega-eruption to 431 AD. This eruption is believed to have devastated an entire Maya region and caused global cooling that affected climates...
Curated Video
New Series Announcement! | Natural News from The Field Museum
STARTING SEPTEMBER 14TH! There's a lot of science that happens both within and outside the walls of a natural history museum, and we thought it was about time we bring more of those stories right to you. Stay tuned for regular news...
Curated Video
George Washington Brought to Life: Facial Reconstructions & History Documentary
George Washington: Facial Reconstructions & History Documentary. What did George Washington do during his lifetime, why is he so important, and even one step further, what did he really look like? What did America’s first President...
TED Talks
Anna Deavere Smith: Four American characters
Writer and actor Anna Deavere Smith gives life to author Studs Terkel, convict Paulette Jenkins, a Korean shopkeeper and a bull rider, excerpts from her solo show "On the Road: A Search for American Character."
National Geographic
This Is Your Brain on Nature | Explorer
Science is proving what we've always known intuitively: nature does good things to the human brain—it makes us healthier, happier, and smarter. Nature writer David Gessner explains why. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get...
IT'S HISTORY
Active Volcanoes, Natural Disasters and the Fate of Humanity I INTO CONTEXT
On the 24th of November, a volcano erupted on the Cape Verde island of Fogo - hundreds had to be evacuated. Catastrophes like volcanoes, floods and earthquakes are just some of many threats that mother nature faces us with. The awareness...
MinuteEarth
How Birds Almost Escalated The Cold War
To find out how you can help Nature Canada protect at least 30% of the world’s lands and ocean by 2030, visit https://www.naturecanada.ca/?utm_source=MinuteEarth. A technology to ignore birds on radar ended up being useful to study and...
MinuteEarth
How Many Mass Extinctions Have There Been?
Thanks to Audible for supporting this video. Get your free 30-day trial at https://www.audible.com/minuteearth Thanks also to our Patreon patrons: Today I Found Out, Maarten Bremer, Mark Roth, Jeff Straathof, Tony Fadell, Ahmed, Muhammad...
American Museum of Natural History
When Carnivores Took to the Water
AMNH scientist Camille Grohé studies the evolutionary history of aquatic carnivores, including otters, seals and sea lions. How and when did their land-dwelling ancestors first take to the water? By comparing the inner ears of modern and...
American Museum of Natural History
Science Bulletins: Opening Up the Pocket Shark
AMNH scientists use genetic testing and advanced imaging techniques to “dissect” the tiny, rare, and fragile pocket shark. To learn about its mysterious behaviors, however, researchers will have to observe a living pocket shark in its...
American Museum of Natural History
Science Bulletins: Sea Creatures Face the Acid Test
An AMNH scientist digs into the fossil record to discover why ammonites, a highly successful group of mollusks, perished after an asteroid strike 65 million years ago, while their cousins the nautilids became unlikely survivors. The...
American Museum of Natural History
Earth Day 1970 – 2017: What’s Changed?
The first Earth Day was in 1970. What’s changed since? Our population has doubled. We’re emitting 2.4 times more CO2. Sea levels have risen 4 inches. But the world has also changed for the better. See how our actions since 1970 have...
American Museum of Natural History
Science Bulletins: Gravitational Waves Detected
LIGO sensors picked up tiny ripples in space-time caused by a black hole merger that took place 1.3 billion years ago. It was the first direct evidence of gravitational waves, one century after they were predicted by Einstein’s theory of...
Tate
A Brief History of Art Undressed with Dawn O'Porter | Unlock Art | Tate
Television presenter and writer Dawn O'Porter takes us on a whistle-stop tour of nudity in art, from its origins 25,000 years ago to the present day. With an unflinching gaze, O'Porter tackles the ever-changing rules of acceptability for...
Life Noggin
How Different Are You From Ancient Humans?
Modern humans are incredible creatures, but how did we evolve into these beautiful specimens? What were early human ancestors like? Watch More: Could You Survive 2.5 Million Years Ago? ►►►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy7BiiOI_No...
Curated Video
How Bird Vomit Helps Us Understand History
Like many kids, I dissected owl pellets when I was in school - but I never realized they can be used by scientists to learn about certain aspects of an ecosystem. And today, paleontologists like Matt McDowell are using these pellets to...
Curated Video
Fossil Fish, Pt. II: A History
Join us for Part II in our quest to uncover the tropical world of ancient Fossil Lake! Palm trees in Wyoming! Sex in the fossil record! Check out "Lost World of Fossil Lake: Snapshots from Deep Time," by Lance Grande bit.ly/1p79CXv Gems...
World Science Festival
Science and Story: Nature's Dramas
From diseases and disasters to the miracles wrought by evolution, the environmental forces that shape our lives are the inspiration for countless science writers. This event featured five award-winning authors whose best-selling books...
Curated Video
The Wonderful World of Worms
Earthworms & leeches, parasitic nematodes, bristle worms, velvet worms, bobbit worms! Dr. Anna J. Phillips, Curator of Parasitic Worms and Protozoa at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History took us back into the...
Curated Video
Fossil Sharks
Wherein we take an adventure into the deep oceans of history in pursuit of fossilized sharks. NEW! Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thebrainscoop/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thebrainscoop Producer, Writer, Creator, Host: Emily...