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Why Don’t Railroads Need Expansion Joints?

AdultsEngineeringTechnologyTransportation
How Thermite turned the clickety-clack of railroads into seamless, silent tracks.

Similes

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Shaun explains the use of similes as a figure of speech in figurative or narrative writing.

How do fish get into isolated mountain lakes?

AdultsAnimalsLifeNature
The various ways new fish get into isolated lakes are a microcosm of the complicated ways that life has spread around the globe.

What Actual Aliens Might Look Like

AdultsFilmScience
Humans assume aliens look human. But why would they? Let's explore what life might actually look like in strange, distant worlds.

Protecting Keystone Species: Whale Sharks and Beyond | National Geographic

AdultsAnimalsEnvironmentNature
Whale sharks—the largest fish in the ocean—are a vulnerable species, yet these gentle giants don't feed on anything bigger than your index finger. The only way to protect them is to understand them.

Beef Wellington Recipe For Two By Jamie Oliver

AdultsFamilyFoodFriends
This recipe featured on Jamie & Jimmy's Food Fight Club Season 8.

TED Explores: Food for the Future | TED Countdown

AdultsFoodHistoryHuman
Food is culture, food is life — it’s part of who we are and the magic that binds us together. But here’s the twist: the way we eat is pushing the climate to the brink, with a third of global greenhouse gas emissions coming from the way we grow, process and waste food.

The Man Who Took LSD and Changed The World

AdultsGeneticsHistoryHuman
LSD-fiend, surfer, maverick — Kary Mullis might be the weirdest person ever to win the Nobel Prize.

Primitive Technology: Flywheel blower smelt/Monsoon begins

AdultsConstructionCreativityNature
I tested a fly wheel on the blower. Taking an old clay fly wheel from the pump drill I made many years ago, I attached it to the axle of the one way spinning blower to see how it would effect performance.

Mountain Search Puppy's First Training Session | Wonderful World of Puppies | BBC Earth

AdultsAnimalsHistoryHuman
All of these puppies are mountain search dogs in waiting, and they're here for an intensive session with an expert trainer. Will the dogs be able to learn the new skills they need?

Dream in English - Canadian College of English Language

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Study English at the Canadian College of English Language in Vancouver, Canada. For more information contact our team.

Bill Gates Traumatized His Parents: The Early Years You Don't Know About | The Big Interview | WIRED

AdultsHistoryHumanTechnology
Businessman, philanthropist, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates sits down with WIRED Editor-At-Large Steven Levy to discuss the inspiration behind his new book 'Source Code: My Beginnings'.

Are Science and Religion Compatible?: Crash Course Religions #19

AdultsReligionScience
Religion and science have had some famously messy fights, but do they always have to be in conflict? In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we’ll look at some ways religion and science are more than just enemies.

Why I stopped washing my rice.

AdultsFoodFun
If you have ever struggled with cooking rice at home, or have ever wondered when, if, or how much you should wash your rice. It's not your fault...the way we’ve conventionally been taught how to cook rice at home is completely backwards.

The four questions that can help your mind heal | Byron Katie

AdultsHealthHumanPsychology
“I saw that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, and when I didn’t believe them, I didn’t suffer.”

Is THORIUM the Future of Nuclear Power?

AdultsScienceTechnology
Since the 1960s, we’ve known that light water nuclear reactors weren’t the only way to generate electricity by splitting the atom. One alternative design, so-called “molten salt reactors,” were more complicated, but potentially much more safe and economical.

Did Vikings Use These Crystals To Navigate?

AdultsHistoryTechnology
The Vikings were renowned navigators at a time before magnetic compasses were invented. So how'd they manage it? Their secret may have been these pretty-pointed crystals of calcite called Iceland spar, and this month's SciShow Rocks Box subscribers will get to try this out for themselves!

Why don’t companies want you to repair your stuff? - Aaron Perzanowski

AdultsCultureEconomy
Explore how the Right to Repair movement is pushing back against companies which don’t want consumers fixing their products.

The Ancestor Paradox

AdultsHistoryHuman
There are several ways to think about ancestry, and all of them suggest you have fewer unique ancestors than you might think.

The Real Reason Why You Have Allergies

AdultsBiologyHealthHuman
Allergies are more than just overreactions – they might be an evolutionary relic from a time when worms invaded our bodies daily.

Drowning in Noise: Sound Waves and Sea Creatures | National Geographic

AdultsAnimalsLifeNature
Join Benedict Cumberbatch and Goodwill ambassador of SEA BEYOND Valentina Gottlieb to uncover the devastating impact humans make on the ocean's acoustic environment.