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The Art Assignment
Fix an object you feel bad for. | Diana Shpungin | The Art Assignment
We meet with Brooklyn-based artist Diana Shpungin. Diana's work and her assignment for you are both based on empathy -- it's a feeling we usually have for other people, but Diana wants you to direct your empathy towards objects instead.
Curated Video
Subjective Pronouns
Subjective Pronouns demonstrate proper English grammar by identifying and correctly using correct subjective pronoun case.
The Art Assignment
Use creativity to transform a discarded object. | Brandan Odums | The Art Assignment
The Art Assignment continues its journey through New Orleans with Brandan "BMike" Odums, the mastermind behind "ExhibitBE", a collaborative street art exhibition that transformed an unoccupied apartment building and gave it new life. Now...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Electric vocabulary - James Sheils
We all know the words around electricity -- _charge," _positive," _battery" and more. But where do they come from and what do they really mean? Let the history of these words illuminate the physics of electric phenomena.
History Hit
West Africa Before the Europeans: Rediscovery and beyond
Why are we ignorant of the archaeology left behind in West Africa? Are West Africans going to rediscover their history and will there be a demand of giving back physical objects from foreign museums in aiding that rediscovery?
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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...
The Art Assignment
What Art tells us about Gender
There is a huge range of ways that gender has been understood and represented in the history of art. We look at a few examples that show us gender is a concept that has never been fixed: Hermaphroditos by the ancient Greeks, Titian's...
Curated Video
Commodification arguments and objections
NASA
The Hubble Deep Field: Looking Back In Time
The Hubble Space Telescope has made over 1.5 million observations since its launch in 1990, capturing stunning subjects such as the Eagle Nebula and producing data that has been featured...
Natural History Museum
POSTPONED Gender Equality in a Planetary Emergency | Our Broken Planet
This event has been postponed, please check back soon for a new date. Women are disproportionately affected by the climate crisis. They are also leading the way as the most active and effective agents and campaigners of action against...
Natural History Museum
What Extinction Means for Our Planet | Our Broken Planet
Nature is declining globally at an unprecedented rate. The primary driver of extinction is human land-use change, over half of which is to make way for agriculture. Over one million plant and animal species are predicted to face...
Natural History Museum
Gender Equality in a Planetary Emergency | Our Broken Planet
Women are disproportionately affected by the climate crisis. They are also leading the way as the most active and effective agents and campaigners of action against the environmental challenges we all face. To prevent, adapt and mitigate...
Natural History Museum
Meet Wildlife Photographer Ripan Biswas | Live Talk with NHM Scientist
Wildlife photographer Ripan Biswas has multiple awards to his name, including winning the 2020 “Wildlife Portfolio” and 2019 “Animal Portrait” categories in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Specialising in macro...
The Cynical Historian
The Russian Intervention (1918-1920) | Wars you've never heard of
America really has been at war with Russia. Not in the Cold War sense, but a real shooting war with Allied troops invading the motherland. Don't believe it? Just watch and find out. This war changed everything for US-Soviet relations and...
Curated Video
Is a Final Theory of Everything Possible? Exploring Scientific Progress
Is a theory of everything really possible? What makes us think it even exists? If we look at historical precedent, we can see that we have united seemingly completely unrelated forces and particles to a...
Clarendon Learning
Albert Einstein for Kids | Lean all about Einsteins life and his major discoveries
In this video about Albert Einstein for Kids we learn about one of the most famous scientists in history. Albert Einstein contributed to many scientific areas but one of his most important contribution to the world of physics and science...
Tate
Helen Johnson – ‘Humour is a Powerful Tool for an Artist’ | Tate
Helen Johnson is an Australian artist and teacher. In her paintings, Johnson addresses colonial history and its ongoing impact on Australia’s political and social reality. Born in 1979 in Melbourne, Australia, Johnson lives and works in...
Gresham College
Identity and Identification - Professor Jane Caplan
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Curated Video
Understanding Shang bronzes
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Gresham College
The Mathematics that Counts - Professor Robin Wilson
Combinatorial mathematics is concerned with selecting, arranging and counting objects of various kinds. Included under its wide umbrella are permutations and combinations, graphs and networks, certain geometrical problems, and sudoku...
The Art Assignment
The Case for Performance Art | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Dubious of performance art? Break into a cold sweat when you realize it’s about to begin? There’s a reason. Here we present you with a brief history of performance art and attempt to sway you to its potential charms. Let us know if you...
Economics Explained
Why Economists Never Agree on Anything?
An economy is a collection of production and consumption processes that are all working towards solving the central economic problem.
The problem is that we only have access to a finite amount...
The problem is that we only have access to a finite amount...