Being Black in 'Mister Rogers’ Neighbourhood'
YouthEqualityHistoryHumanTVCulture... Francois Clemmons became one of the first black actors to have a recurring role in a children’s TV program.
When Was The Worst Time In History To Die?
AdultsHealthHistoryHumanScience... By combining historical demography and epidemiology, we can (sort of) determine how people throughout history have died.
Explore the three main ways viruses can be driven to extinction, and dig into the possibility of COVID-19 dying out.
AdultsHealthHistoryHumanScience... Viruses are wildly successful organisms. There are about 100 million times as many virus particles on Earth as there are stars in the observable universe.
Anthropology’s Greatest Hoax
AdultsHistoryHumanScienceCulture... Scientists are sometimes deemed objective observers of the world in which we live, but that’s not entirely true. They’re still human and can find themselves victim to fraudsters just like the lot of us.
How to stay calm when you know you'll be stressed
AdultsHealthHumanPsychologyMental HealthSelf... You're not at your best when you're stressed. In fact, your brain has evolved over millennia to release cortisol in stressful situations, inhibiting rational, logical thinking but potentially helping you survive, say, being attacked by a lion.
The Best Way To Apologize
YouthHow-toHumanRelationshipsSelf... Explore what to do— and not to do— in order to deliver an authentic apology and make amends in a variety of situations.
Pet Shop Breakout Sparks Chameleon Invasion
AdultsHumanLifeNatureAnimalsEnvironment... When dozens of Jackson chameleons escaped a Hawaiian pet shop in 1972, they started to wreck havoc on the local ecosystem.
Why do you want to squeeze cute things?
AdultsHumanPsychologyScience Explore the psychology of the phenomenon known as cute aggression, which is the urge to squeeze, bite or pinch something cute.
What makes a poem … a poem? - Melissa Kovacs
AdultsHistoryHumanSelfWritingArt... What exactly makes a poem … a poem? Poets themselves have struggled with this question, often using metaphors to approximate a definition. Is a poem a little machine? A firework? An echo? A dream? Melissa Kovacs shares three recognizable characteristics of most poetry.
4 things all great listeners know
AdultsEducationHumanLifeSelf... Dig into different strategies that can improve your listening skills so you can become a high quality listener.
The Future of Public Health: Crash Course Public Health #10
AdultsHealthHistoryHumanEducationFuture... We don’t know what the next big scientific breakthrough is going to be or what futuristic diseases we’ll encounter. But when it comes to our health, we actually have a pretty good idea of what could be next.
Becoming An Artist: Petrit Halilaj
YouthArtHumanCreativity Meet Petrit Halilaj, the artist who makes colourful worlds all about imagination, his childhood memories and his dreams for the future.
History Of Bethany Hamilton
KidsHumanWomenSportsHealth... Learn about Bethan Hamilton, the young surfer, who after surviving a shark attack went on to win surfing championships and inspire others worldwide.
Which Healthcare System is Best?
AdultsHealthHistoryHumanPolitics... Are you ready for the understatement of the century? Health care is complicated. Across the 200 or so countries on Earth, there are a lot of different ways people receive health care.
The Deadliest Virus on Earth
AdultsHealthHumanScienceNatureHistory... In the 1970s thousands of Chickenheads rained from the sky in Europe, making foxes and other wildlife confused and very happy. Why?
Truth Decay
AdultsHistoryHumanPsychologyPoliticsSociety... Trust is eroding, in part, due to the over-abundance of opinion-based content; we must all develop better tools and habits for consuming information to regain a shared understanding of what is true.