TED Talks
Damon Horowitz: Philosophy in prison
Damon Horowitz teaches philosophy through the Prison University Project, bringing college-level classes to inmates of San Quentin State Prison. In this powerful short talk, he tells the story of an encounter with right and wrong that...
National Geographic
This Small Satellite Could Predict the Next Hurricane | Short Film Showcase
For the past several decades, we’ve relied on massive, billion-dollar satellites to collect data. Aerospace company Spire is revolutionizing the industry with their CubeSat satellite design. Each device is about the size of a shoe box...
National Geographic
This Small Satellite Could Predict the Next Hurricane | Short Film Showcase
For the past several decades, we’ve relied on massive, billion-dollar satellites to collect data. Aerospace company Spire is revolutionizing the industry with their CubeSat satellite design. Each device is about the size of a shoe box...
National Geographic
What Happens When Cape Town Runs Out of Water? | Short Film Showcase
Cape Town is currently suffering from a water crisis as a result of drought and an increased population over the past three years. It was predicted that the city would run out of freshwater at some point in 2018 reaching a dreaded "Day...
National Geographic
See How NASA Helped An Artist Create Stunning Drawings of Glaciers | Short Film Showcase
Contemporary Artist Zaria Forman accompanies NASA's Operation IceBridge on their 2017 flights over the Greenland ice sheet. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More Short Film Showcase: http://bit.ly/ShortFilmShowcase About...
TED Talks
Helen Fisher: Why we love, why we cheat
Anthropologist Helen Fisher takes on a tricky topic – love – and explains its evolution, its biochemical foundations and its social importance. She closes with a warning about the potential disaster inherent in antidepressant abuse.
Curated Video
How A Car Battery Works
How does a car battery work, learn from the basics where we use and battery and how batteries work.
National Geographic
How 3-D Imaging Helps Archaeologists Preserve the Past | National Geographic
Archaeologist and National Geographic explorer Luis Jaime Castillo and archaeologist Carlos Wester are determined to protect the cultural heritage at the pyramid complex of Chotuna-Chornancap, which was built by the Sicán, or Lambayeque,...
National Geographic
How 3-D Imaging Helps Archaeologists Preserve the Past | National Geographic
Archaeologist and National Geographic explorer Luis Jaime Castillo and archaeologist Carlos Wester are determined to protect the cultural heritage at the pyramid complex of Chotuna-Chornancap, which was built by the Sicán, or Lambayeque,...
Curated Video
How physicists solved the problem of infinity
During the mid 20th century, physicists were grappling with a perplexing puzzle. It seemed that every time they applied equations to explain fundamental properties we see and experience around us — like the mass of a particle or what...
Big Think
How to live with grace and grit | Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin
- Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin is the only person to catch a pass in the NFL and in space. - Here, he shares his thoughts on living in a state of grace and advocating for justice. - Humanity's future is among the stars and to get...
World Science Festival
Your Daily Equation #28: Einstein, The Big Bang, and the Expansion of the Universe
Episode 28 #YourDailyEquation: Shortly after Einstein published his new theory of gravity, his general theory of relativity, researchers realized that it predicted that the universe should expanding--a prediction subsequently confirmed...
NASA
NASA | Fermi's Close Call with a Soviet Satellite
NASA scientists don't often learn that their spacecraft is at risk of crashing into another satellite. But when Julie McEnery, the project scientist for NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, checked her email on March 29, 2012, she...
Seeker
Is This New Super Carbon Better Than Graphene?
Scientists have been searching for schwarzites for decades, here’s how their discovery could change our world. How Supercapacitors Could Make Batteries a Thing of the Past - https://youtu.be/GeSvErqdmIM Read More: Generating carbon...
Be Smart
The Science of Game of Thrones
Ready to don medieval costumes and gain a more thorough understanding of the science behind Game of Thrones? Pupils view a short video to explore the intricacies of a popular book and television series, and learn the science...
Crash Course
Gamma-Ray Bursts
What do you get when you combine the Cold War with black holes? You get one of the greatest scientific mysteries in the history of astronomy! Pupils discover how our quest to keep the Soviet Union from launching nuclear weapons helped to...
CGP Grey
Groundhog Day Explained
What's the difference between Groundhog Gus and Punxsutawney Phil? A lot, if you live in Georgia or Pennsylvania! Learn about the ways different North American regions celebrate Groundhog Day with a fun video.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Great Transitions: The Origin of Tetrapods
The featured movie focuses on the ancestry of our four-footed friends. Find the fundamental pattern of their limbs and vertebrae in fossils of fish. After viewing, biology learners can enjoy interactive websites to zoom in on the...
Macat
An Introduction to Samuel Huntington’s The Clash of Civilizations
In 1996, Samuel Huntington predicted that in a post-Cold War world, the primary source of conflict would be due to cultural and religious differences, rather than ideological ones. Introduce The Clash of Civilizations with a short,...