Cotton To Clothes
KidsAgricultureEducationFashion...Join us on a fun journey to discover how cotton is grown, harvested, and turned into the clothes we wear every day!
TED Explores: Food for the Future | TED Countdown
AdultsFoodHistoryHumanFood 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.
Writing A Short Story: Revising
YouthCreativityHow-toWriting...Part four of the challenge of writing your own short story.
Primitive Technology: Flywheel blower smelt/Monsoon begins
AdultsConstructionCreativityNatureI 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.
A Tiny Spider Home
YouthAnimalsDIYFriendship...A tiny spider kept returning so this lady built it a cozy home.
Bill Gates Traumatized His Parents: The Early Years You Don't Know About | The Big Interview | WIRED
AdultsHistoryHumanTechnologyBusinessman, 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'.
The Mysterious History Of Valentine's Day
KidsCultureFestivitiesHistory...CBC Kids News contributor Mela Pietropaolo and her sidekick-cat Blossom explore three different theories for why we celebrate Valentine's Day in this month’s KN Explains.
Are Science and Religion Compatible?: Crash Course Religions #19
AdultsReligionScienceReligion 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.
Writing A Short Story: Drafting
YouthCreativityHow-toWriting...Part three of the challenge of writing your own short story.
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.”
The Smellyphant
KidsAnimalsBooksFriendship...Get ready to giggle. This silly tale shows that what's on the outside can sometimes be deceiving.
Is THORIUM the Future of Nuclear Power?
AdultsScienceTechnologySince 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.