Why can’t governments print an unlimited amount of money? - Jonathan Smith
Adults Data Science
Economy
Politics
Explore the economic strategy of quantitative easing, where a central bank purchases bonds in order to boost the economy.
Why These Bears “Waste” Food
Adults Animals
Life
Nature
Optimal foraging theory means that turning down food is sometimes more efficient than eating it - but even then, what’s “wasted” doesn’t necessarily go to waste.
How Does A Carburetor Work?
Adults Creativity
Physics
Science
Air flows into the top of the carburetor from the car's air intake, passing through a filter that cleans it of debris..
Farmhouse Roast Chicken | Keep Cooking Family Favourites | Jamie Oliver
Adults Family
Film
Food
Taking inspiration from France Jamie has ditched the spuds and created a rich lentil side dish rippled through with creme fraiche and beautiful spinach.
The Fish That Hunts Pigeons | Planet Earth II | BBC Earth
Adults Animals
Life
Nature
The pigeon's lack of fear has lead to an unexpected predator appearing...
How one person saved over 2,000 children from the Nazis - Iseult Gillespie
Adults History
Human
World
Get to know the story of Irena Sendler, a social worker who saved over 2,000 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII.
How Fevers REALLY Work
Adults Biology
Health
Human
Fevers are one of our best weapons against infections, but they don't work like you might think.
The Longest-Running Evolution Experiment
Adults Data Science
Education
Science
Special thanks to Prof. Richard Lenski and team for showing me around the lab — it is an honor to be able to witness and document such a historic science experiment.
What few people know about the program that "saved" America - Meg Jacobs
Adults Education
Human
World
Explore the successes and failures of FDR’s New Deal, a set of legislation during the Great Depression which aimed to save the US economy.
How Long Did People Use To Live?
Adults Health
History
Human
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
Life Expectancy At Birth, Life Table and Mortality Rate.
Sticky 5 Spice Ribs | Jamie Oliver
Adults Family
Film
Food
There's no clean way to eat ribs - so get stuck in. Jamie's Chinese 5 Spice Ribs are an epic weekend feast. Sweet, juicy and absolutely moreish! A real winner!
How would you finish the sentence, “Imagine if…”? - Sir Ken Robinson
Adults Culture
History
Human
Share how you would reimagine the world by finishing the sentence “Imagine if…”
How Many People Did Nuclear Energy Kill? Nuclear Death Toll
Adults Education
Environment
Health
Nuclear energy creates an uneasy feeling of danger for many people: ancient and dangerous minerals are concentrated to awaken seemingly unnatural powers, creating toxic elements that, if they escape, can and have killed people in horrible ways. How many people has nuclear energy killed and how?
How Wildfires Generate "Never-Ending" Storms
Adults Animals
Environment
Nature
Under the right conditions, wildfires can form clouds and generate firestorms, which last far longer than normal thunderstorms.
What if every satellite suddenly disappeared? - Moriba Jah
Adults Human
Life
World
Explore what would happen if all of humanity’s satellites disappeared and the real-life scenarios that could lead to such a catastrophe.
Feathers in Flight: The Bird Genoscape Project | National Geographic
Adults Animals
Life
Nature
Billions of birds migrate annually across the Western Hemisphere… but if we don’t know where they go when they leave their breeding grounds, how can we protect them?
A brief history of divorce - Rod Phillips
Adults Health
History
Life
Dig into the complicated history of divorce— from the earliest known divorce laws in ancient Mesopotamia to modern day.
Accent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents - (Part One)
Adults Education
Human
Listening
Dialect coach Erik Singer takes us on a tour of different accents across English-speaking North America.
The dark history of bananas - John Soluri
Adults History
Human
Nature
Explore the history of the notorious United Fruit Company and how its influence over the banana industry impacted Central America.
Why no one has measured the speed of light
Adults Data Science
Education
Science
Physics students learn the speed of light, c, is the same for all inertial observers but no one has ever actually measured it in one direction.
Do You Expand With The Universe?
Adults Education
Science
Space
As the universe expands, is said to "stretch" photons. But if it stretches photons, does it also stretch molecules, galaxies and you? A portion of this video was sponsored by Salesforce.