When I Grow Up
KidsMusicEducation Practice talking about jobs and careers with this super simple and super fun song.
What's An Engineer?
KidsScienceEducationEngineering You've heard of Engineers, I'm sure. But, what are Engineers? Well, it turns out that they're all kinds of people doing all kinds of neat work!
Walking Water Science Experiment
KidsScienceExperimentsEducation Children will learn about how water travel up the paper towels through a process called capillary action.
Can you outsmart the slippery slope fallacy? - Elizabeth Cox
AdultsEducationHumanSciencePsychology... Dig into the slippery slope fallacy, which assumes that one step will lead to a series of events that lead to an extreme— often bad— scenario.
The Longest-Running Evolution Experiment
AdultsData ScienceEducationScience 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
AdultsEducationHumanWorld 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 Many People Did Nuclear Energy Kill? Nuclear Death Toll
AdultsEducationEnvironmentHistoryEnergyHealthScience... 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?
Accent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents - (Part One)
AdultsEducationHumanListening Dialect coach Erik Singer takes us on a tour of different accents across English-speaking North America.
Why no one has measured the speed of light
AdultsData ScienceEducationSciencePhysics... 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?
AdultsEducationScienceSpacePhysics... 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.
Could we harness the power of a black hole?
AdultsEducationScienceSpaceFuture... Imagine a distant future when humans reach beyond Earth, forge cities on planets thousands of light-years away, and maintain a galactic web of trade and transport. What would it take to make that leap?
How to Start a Fire in a Survival Situation | Basic Instincts | WIRED
AdultsEducationNatureHumanSurvivalHow-to... Dr. Bill Schindler, a professor of archeology and anthropology at Washington College, demonstrates a couple of the most effective methods for starting a fire in the wilderness with limited resources.