Science360
NSF's merit review process determines which research has the greatest potential
NSF receives about 50,000 research proposals every year. The Foundation's mission is to promote the progress of science, but it's able to support only a fraction of the proposed research with its limited resources. This video briefly...
Healthcare Triage
Kids and Elmo and the Difficulty of Research
Nutrition research can be difficult, especially when kids, and Elmo, and careless research techniques ruin the outcome of the study. A study on kids' nutritional choices was recently retracted because there were problems with the data...
TLDR News
Green Party’s 2017 Manifesto Explained in Four Minutes.
The Green's 2017 Manifesto isn't actually that long, but most people wont' bother reading it. So I'll sum it all up really quick, then you won't need to read it.
FuseSchool
Revolutionising World Education with OER
The Fuse School makes free education in Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Maths, EFL and ICT - for kids & teachers around the world. We are on a mission to provide outstanding education to those who need it most - so that they can improve...
Science360
Science for a Sustainable Future - Innovators
Princeton University physical chemist Emily Carter is using fundamental scientific principles to create computer simulation tools that will help predict the behavior of different materials including renewable fuels. The research, which...
Science360
Biometrics - Science of Innovation
A method for capturing and analyzing the vein patterns in the white part of the eye to help identify people. Biometrics has potential applications for driver's licenses, passports or computer identification control. Provided by the...
Global Health with Greg Martin
HIV / AIDS - This Week in Global Health
On this weeks episode, the panel looks at HIV - progress that we've made and challenges ahead
Science360
Biology of bats!
It turns out that warm-blooded animals aren’t warm all of the time! Researchers at Brown University studying the muscles in bats’ wings found that their wings operate at a significantly lower temperature than their bodies, especially...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Dan White - Filament Games
Dan White is founding partner and executive producer at Filament Games, an educational game design and development studio in Madison, WI. Founded in 2005, Filament's 20 title portfolio includes a diversity of STEM, literacy, and civics...
Healthcare Triage
Lots of Children Are About to Lose Their Health Coverage
Budget authorization for the Children's Health Insurance Program in the US ran out a couple of months ago, and there's no reauthorization in sight. A LOT of kids are insured through this program. Aaron runs you through what's about to...
Healthcare Triage
The Trump Administration's Plans for Medicare Premium Support
Senior Trump Administration official Seema Verma has written that Medicare is in financial trouble, and one step in fixing it is giving consumers "incentives to be cost-conscious." This may be coded language for something called premium...
TLDR News
Who is Funding UK Election Campaigns? - TLDR Explains
In this video we discuss the three groups who contribute to UK election campaigns. We talk about how much parties, candidates and third parties are allowed to spend as well as the increasingly broken system which tracks campaign spending.
TLDR News
Bill Gates Created Coronavirus According to Conspiracy Theorists... Sorry What - TLDR News.
The claim that Bill Gates is somehow responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic has swept some areas of the internet. Conspiracies surround his vaccine and suggest that he is attempting to administer population control; we examine and...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Mariana Mazzucato: Government Risk and Private Sector Reward
Is there a role for the state in fostering innovation? The usual caricature of government involvement in business, which has become especially prominent in the last 40 years, can be seen in the classic American aphorism: “The government...
Science360
Software helps farmers use image data to analyze crops - ViSUS
ViSUS LLC, a small business funded by the National Science Foundation, has created software to help farmers analyze aerial photos of crops. Farmers often gather crop data using drones to take aerial photos, but it can take up to two days...
Science360
The National Science Foundation - A Foundation for Innovation
A video highlighting how NSF support for fundamental research is critical to discovery, innovation and the economic growth of the nation.
TLDR News
Is Johnson's Tax Rise Hurting Young People? The National Insurance Rise Explained - TLDR News
Yesterday, despite prior assurances, Johnson's government announced that they'd be increasing taxes in order to cover NHS costs and the rising costs of social care. However, this move has proved controversial especially because of who's...
The Wall Street Journal
Investing in Global Health
At the 2020 WSJ Health Forum, New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker spoke with Health & Science Bureau Chief Stefanie Ilgenfritz about lessons we can apply from this pandemic to fighting the next superbug.
Healthcare Triage
Some Unpleasant Facts about Research Priorities
Sickle Cell Disease affects 100,00 Americans, and has been pretty well understood for a long time. So, why are there only two drugs available for the condition? Why are so few research dollars allocated to the problem? Well, the answers...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jonathan Supovitz -The Challenge of Education Reform
Dr. Supovitz conducts research on how education organizations use different forms of evidence to inquire about the quality and effect of their systems to support the improvement of teaching and learning in schools. Dr. Supovitz also...
Science360
Fresh Water in the Arctic -- Changing Planet
Scientists are concerned that melting Arctic sea ice will increase the amount of fresh water in the Beaufort Gyre, which could spill out into the Atlantic and cause major climate shifts in North America and Western Europe. The Changing...
Curated Video
Create a computer vision system using decision tree algorithms to solve a real-world problem : A Brief History of Autonomous Vehicles
From the section: Introduction to Self-Driving Cars. In this section, we’ll cover a brief history and an overall outcome that you can expect by the end of this course. Introduction to Self-Driving Cars: A Brief History of Autonomous...
Healthcare Triage
Exercise, Weight Loss, and Big Soda
Exercise isn't the key to weight loss. Still. But food companies want to convince you otherwise. This is Healthcare Triage News.
Global Health with Greg Martin
Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Public Health
Greg Martin walks you through the successes and failings of various initiatives that he has started and tries to identify lessons learned for those that are interested in innovation and entrepreneurship in the global health / public...