In Greek mythology, King Midas is known as a rogue ruler whose antics bemused his people and irritated the Gods. Many know the classic story of Midas's golden touch, but the foolish king was also known for his unusual pair of ears....

What can a young woman with an idea, an Internet connection and a bit of creativity achieve? That's all Siyanda Mohutsiwa needed to unite young African voices in a new way. Hear how Mohutsiwa and other young people across the continent...

Can you imagine a party where every movement and every visual detail were governed by a complex system of rules and procedures? For centuries, such rituals were commonplace for European nobility. And while they've gone out of fashion, we...

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Part 3/6 of the Businesses from the Ashes series: The video is an interview with Joe Blazek Strahan, the founder and CEO of Tastefully Simple, a gourmet food company that sells its products through home taste testing parties. In the...

Tesla's Autopilot system is the most advanced available right now, but it has limitations, and some of those limitations might be us.

“Walking molecules” that haul damaged DNA to the cell’s emergency room, drones that could be small as a fingernail, fish that do the “electric hide,” and local interventions that could boost coral’s resilience to bleaching....

Struggling to get your leg hold? Try this beginner friendly stretch routine that will help increase flexibility and leg hold height.

In 1974, farmers digging a well near their small village stumbled upon one of the most important finds in archaeological history _ vast underground chambers surrounding a Chinese emperor's tomb that contained more than 8,000 life-size...

Stretched across a tree-peppered expanse in Southern Africa lies the ruins of Great Zimbabwe, a medieval stone city of astounding wealth. Located in the present-day country of Zimbabwe, it's the site of the second largest settlement...

The marriage of Orpheus, the greatest of all poets and musicians, to Eurydice, a wood nymph, was heralded as the perfect union. Anyone could tell the couple was deeply in love. So when their wedding ceremony ended in Eurydice's untimely...

Some bandages are embedded with medicine to treat wounds, but researchers at Harvard University and Brigham and Women's Hospital have something much more sophisticated in mind for the future of chronic wound care.



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MOT 1951: HARVARD UNIVERSITY DORMS: PRE-CHRISTMAS DINNER: Unidentified House dining hall w/ male students in suits eating together at long tables, VS Students, Chef & helpers carrying something out on board, possibly The Boar's Head...

On this episode of Naked and Amazing...researchers discover naked mole-rats may have a hidden secret that could help improve life for millions of people all over the globe! <b<br/>r/>

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Is she turning towards you or away from you? No one can agree. She's the subject of Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer's "Girl with the Pearl Earring," a painting often referred to as the 'Mona Lisa of the North.' But what makes this painting...

How best can we understand the internal experience of alienation? In both her essays and her fiction, Virginia Woolf shapes the slippery nature of subjective experience into words, while her characters frequently lead inner lives that...

The genre of dystopia _ the 'not good place'_ has captured the imaginations of artists and audiences alike for centuries. But why do we bother with all this pessimism? Alex Gendler explains how dystopias act as cautionary tales _ not...

Dr. Goldstein is Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology at Pace University Department of Psychology, NYC. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. from Boston College in Developmental Psychology under the advisement of Dr. Ellen Winner,...

This video will teach you how to prepare your lab for a real world attack

Howcast - Learn how to do a bosu ball knee-repeater exercise from personal trainer Rachel Shasha in this exercise ball workout video from Howcast.

An encounter with a man-eating giant. A sorceress who turns men into pigs. A long-lost king taking back his throne. On their own, any of these make great stories. But each is just one episode in the "Odyssey," a 12,000-line poem spanning...

The story goes something like this: A royal, rich, or righteous individual - who is otherwise a lot like us - makes a mistake that sends his or her life spiraling into ruin. It's the classic story arc for a Greek tragedy, and we love it...

The world of modern theater owes its roots to the tragedians of Ancient Greece. As far back as the 5th Century BCE, actors and playwrights were entertaining the masses with intriguing stories. Melanie Sirof unveils the ancient theatrical...