TED Talks
Global Concerns Over U.S. Stability After Trump Assassination Attempt
president and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media Ian Bremmer explains how world leaders are expressing deep concern about the state of American democracy following recent events, including the assassination attempt on former...
SciShow
Bird Eggs Warn Each Other About Danger
Although they don’t seem like the talkative type, recent research suggests that bird eggs can use vibrations to relay warnings about the outside world to their nest-mates.
SciShow
5 Toxins Animals Steal For Themselves
This episode is brought to you by the Music for Scientists album! Stream the album on major music services here: https://streamlink.to/music-for-scien.... Check out the “For Your Love" music video here: • "For Your Love of... . Thievery...
SciShow
What Happens When a Venomous Snake Bites Itself?
Venomous snakes produce some of the world’s deadliest substances, so they have to be pretty careful about how they use it. But what happens if they accidentally inject themselves with their own harmful cocktail?
SciShow
Ghost Crabs Take Stomach Growling to a Whole New Level
You think your tummy rumbles? Meet the ghost crab — it growls using teeth inside its stomach, and not because it’s feeling peckish!
SciShow
How Would We Stop a Nuclear Missile?
Most of us are hoping that any nuclear threats are just empty threats, and getting at the facts about ICBMs can be difficult. But what would actually happen if someone launched a nuclear weapon?
SciShow
Why Herpes Is the Most Talented Virus Ever
Unlike with many other viruses, once you get a herpesvirus you’re stuck with it for life. But just how do these master trespassers accomplish this feat?
PBS
Why we shouldn’t let the food industry dictate our diets
Michael Pollan's bestselling book "In Defense of Food" was a call to arms for making real food a bigger part of Americans' diets. Now he takes that push to PBS with a new documentary. He joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss why we’ve lost the...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: History vs. Thomas Jefferson | Frank Cogliano
Thomas Jefferson, founding father of the United States and primary author of the Declaration of Independence, was part of America's fight for freedom and equality. But in his personal life, he held over 600 people in slavery. Are his...
Curated Video
Yugoslavia's Fragile Truce Collapsed
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General News Service
}QUOTE REF YUGOSLAVIA'S fragile truce collapsed on 2/7 as the
federal army leadership appeared to wrest control away
from the Belgrade govt and declared war on Slovenia. Army
units battle rebel...
Curated Video
Iraqis voice mixed reactions to Obama meeting national security advisors
1. Various of traffic in downtown central Baghdad
2. Various of people reading newspapers
3. Newspapers on display at newsstand
4. Close up of newspaper headline, reading: (Arabic) ''Obama starts his first day in the White House with...
Curated Video
French Interior minister visits
1. Wide shot French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy enters room
2. Close up on Sarkozy
3. Cutaway cameras
4. Sarkozy goes to podium
5. Cutaway journalist asking question
6. Close up on journalist
7. SOUNDBITE: (French) Nicolas Sarkozy,...
Curated Video
WRAP Sporadic gunfire echoeing through centre of Karbala, pilgrims
August 29, 2007
1. Building faÄżËade scorched by fire AUDIO gunfire
2. Burnt out car
3. Huge cloud of black smoke near the holy shrine of Imam al-Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammed
4. Fire truck and smoke, people looking on
5....
Curated Video
SYND 20 8 75 PRESIDENT FORD AT US LEGION CONFERENCE
President Gerald Ford atttended the American Legion Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He spoke about the Defence budget being at the bare minimum, to assure national security. Unless there is progress towards arms reduction with the...
Curated Video
Millions face hunger as food crisis and drought continues
1. Wide of bare dry lands in Mandera, Northern Kenya
2. Mid of mud houses where residents in the area live, woman walking
3. Wide of residents waiting in queue for any food aid that may arrive
4. Mid of children waiting for food aid
5....
SciShow
Why These Moths Don't Run Away from Bats
Being attacked by a predator can be scary, but tiger moths have a very distinguished way to survive predatory bats. Meanwhile, scientists have presented findings on the importance of microbial ecosystems beneath the soil.
TED Talks
Rana Abdelhamid: 3 lessons on starting a movement from a self-defense trailblazer
At 16, Rana Abdelhamid started teaching self-defense to women and girls in her neighborhood. Almost 10 years later, these community classes have grown into Malikah: a global grassroots network creating safety, power and solidarity for...
MinuteEarth
Are "Acts of God" Disappearing?
Considering humans' increased impact on the environment, we may want to reconsider whether there is still a place in our legal system for the Act of God defense. ___________________________________________ To learn more, start your...
SciShow
How To Make a Mutant Flu
Hank dishes out updates on the mutant flu virus and the James Webb Space Telescope, and gives us some new bits about new exoplanets, secret space planes, and a study that shows that music evolves according to Darwin's rules.
SciShow
Underwater Animals Are So Loud, They'd Damage Our Hearing
We often think of the ocean as a pretty serene, lovely place to relax. But it turns out there's quite a racket going on under the waves, and some of the culprits are not the animals you'd expect!
SciShow
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These plants ooze acid. #shorts #science #SciShow
SciShow
The Insect Nothing Messes With: Meet the Velvet Ant
Big or small, most creatures end up on something else's dinner menu. But the velvet ant combines a ton of defenses into one very unappetizing package.
SciShow
How Would We Stop a Nuclear Missile?
Most of us are hoping that any nuclear threats are just empty threats, and getting at the facts about ICBMs can be difficult. But what would actually happen if someone launched a nuclear weapon?
SciShow
Ghost Crabs Take Stomach Growling to a Whole New Level
You think your tummy rumbles? Meet the ghost crab — it growls using teeth inside its stomach, and not because it’s feeling peckish!