The Royal Institution
Q&A - Linguistics, Style and Writing - with Steven Pinker
Watch Steven Pinker's talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV5J6BfToSw Steven Pinker and Lord Melvyn Bragg answer questions on the importance of writing well. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Does...
The Royal Institution
Linguistics, Style and Writing in the 21st Century - with Steven Pinker
Does writing well matter in an age of instant communication? Drawing on the latest research in linguistics and cognitive science, Steven Pinker replaces the recycled dogma of style guides with reason and evidence. Subscribe for regular...
SciShow Kids
What’s Inside a Camel’s Hump?
A camel's hump doesn't contain water or bone… it’s fat. And each hump can store up to 36 kilograms of it that can sustain the camel for weeks or even months without food. The fat is incredibly nutritious and people are even starting to...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Lyn Ossome - Teachers Make a Difference
Lyn Ossome is Senior Research Fellow at the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR), Kampala. She holds a PhD in Political Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and was previously Postdoctoral Fellow at the...
Catalyst University
rRNA Processing: Pre-ribosome to Ribosome
rRNA Processing: Pre-ribosome to Ribosome
Food Farmer Earth
Truffle Essence: Innovations in Capturing Authentic Flavor
The video discusses the complexities of reproducing the authentic flavor of truffles in oil, highlighting the differences between synthetically infused and naturally infused truffle oils. It explains how traditional methods, focusing on...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Andres De Los Reyes - Teachers Make a Difference - Candice Alfano
"Dr. De Los Reyes received his Ph.D. in 2008 from Yale University. He completed his training at the APA-accredited clinical internship at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Juvenile Research....
TED Talks
Douglas Thomas: How a typeface helped launch Apollo
When humanity first landed on the moon in 1969, the typeface Futura was right there with them. In this fascinating history of typography, designer Douglas Thomas shares Futura's role in launching the Apollo 11 spacecraft -- and how it...
TED Talks
Patricia Kuhl: The linguistic genius of babies
Patricia Kuhl shares astonishing findings about how babies learn one language over another -- by listening to the humans around them and "taking statistics" on the sounds they need to know. Clever lab experiments (and brain scans) show...
The Royal Institution
Q&A - The Science of the Voices in your Head - with Charles Fernyhough
Is there an evolutionary advantage to inner speech? Why do we think faster than we speak? Charles Fernyhough answers questions from the audience following his talk. Watch the talk here: https://youtu.be/95otBlepVHc Subscribe for weekly...
The Royal Institution
The Science of the Voices in your Head – with Charles Fernyhough
Psychologist Charles Fernyhough reveals how our inner voices play a vital part in thinking through stories of everyone from children to people who hear voices. Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/e6Rvae1IBms Subscribe for regular...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ed Ahern "Words for a Full-Fledged Kestrel"
Edward Ahern sometimes detours into literary fiction, but he's best known as a poet and innovative genre writer. He's tucked away several awards and honorable mentions for over two hundred poems and stories and four books. The poems and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ed Ahern "Dear John"
Edward Ahern sometimes detours into literary fiction, but he's best known as a poet and innovative genre writer. He's tucked away several awards and honorable mentions for over two hundred poems and stories and four books. The poems and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ed Ahern "Natter, Chatter, Cha-Ching"
Edward Ahern sometimes detours into literary fiction, but he's best known as a poet and innovative genre writer. He's tucked away several awards and honorable mentions for over two hundred poems and stories and four books. The poems and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ed Ahern - Teachers Make a Difference - Janet Ahern
Edward Ahern sometimes detours into literary fiction, but he's best known as a poet and innovative genre writer. He's tucked away several awards and honorable mentions for over two hundred poems and stories and four books. The poems and...
The Royal Institution
Why Everything You Thought You Knew About Quantum Physics is Different - with Philip Ball
Quantum physics has a reputation as one of the most obscure and impenetrable subjects in science. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Philip Ball will talk about what quantum theory really means – and what it...
The Royal Institution
Swearing is Good for You - with Emma Byrne Q&A
What's going on in Tourette's? Does the etymology of swear words explain why we find them derogatory today? Emma Byrne answers audience questions following her talk. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Emma...
The Royal Institution
Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life - with Ian Crawford
What can modern results in astrobiology tell us about the prospects for finding intelligent life elsewhere in the Universe? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe The famous Drake equation, which provides a rough...
The Royal Institution
Q&A - Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life - with Ian Crawford
What are the boundaries of L in the Drake equation? Can you create life in the lab? Ian Crawford answers audience questions following his talk. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the lecture here:...
The Royal Institution
Trying Out Battery Powered Welding - with Saiful Islam
Batteries are everywhere in modern life, but these amazing pieces of technology can often seem all too familiar. In this clip from the 2016 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "Supercharged: Fuelling the Future", Saiful Islam makes sparks fly, and writes...
The Royal Institution
How the Tyrannosaurs Ruled the World – with David Hone
How did the Tyrannosaurus Rex and it's kind come to dominate their prehistoric world? Palaeontologist Dr David Hone explores the evolution, ecology and behaviour of these amazing dinosaurs, and explains what Jurassic Park got wrong....
The Royal Institution
How Neurononsense Keeps Women in Their Place - with Gina Rippon
Have new brain imaging techniques really revealed that women and men are ‘hardwired’ for their gender roles? Or has neuroscience become misappropriated to justify gender gaps? Professor of cognitive neuroimaging Gina Rippon investigates....
The Royal Institution
Q&A - How Neurononsense Keeps Women in Their Place
What does neuroscience have to say about transgender issues? Do the things we’re told about how boys and girls learn dictate how they really do learn? What role does differences in hormones in males and females have? Gina Rippon answers...
The Royal Institution
Q&A - The Aliens Are Coming! with Ben Miller
What form might life take if it isn’t carbon-based? Are we on the brink of receiving a signal from Alien life? Ben Miller and Jim Al-Khalili take questions from the audience following their discussion. Watch their conversation here:...