Barcroft Media
Embracing Scars: A Journey of Self-Love and Empowerment
This video tells the story of Shay, a breast cancer survivor who challenges societal expectations of femininity and embraces her body after undergoing surgeries and losing her breasts. Through her nonprofit organization, she supports and...
US Department of Agriculture
USDA-ARS Monitoring Water Quality Using Drones
Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service are using drones to sample irrigation ponds for e-coli. This could give farmers a new tool to avoid spraying potentially harmful bacteria on crops. USDA’s...
Curated Video
Animal War Heroes
Animals aren’t just cute – during times of war, they’ve proven to be immensely useful. Some have even been awarded with prestigious medals for helping to save lives.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Wave of the Future: In Their Own Words
Looking for a hands-on summer job in a research laboratory? If you are an undergraduate student majoring in physics, materials science, chemistry, applied mathematics, computer science or engineering, the National Institute of Standards...
WYPR
Lord Baltimore and Maryland
More than 350 years ago, the colony of Maryland was founded in the United States by George Calvert and his son Cecil. It was the first and only colony established with religious freedom for Catholics, and was named for the wife of King...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Victor Yakovenko: What Causes Inequality? An Econophysics Approach
Welcome to our video series titled "New Economic Thinking." The series will feature dozens of conversations with leading economists on the most important issues facing economics and the global economy today. This episode features...
Independent Producers
Relics of Enslaved African People
A group of items wrapped in cloth and believed to have spiritual power is known as an African spirit bundle. Found in Annapolis, Maryland in 2008, the African spirit bundle gives us insight into who would have used it and why. It dates...
Hip Hughes History
George Washington in Ten Minutes
A quick look at U.S. history for students preparing for end of the year tests such as the NY state regents. This lecture focuses on George Washington, Whiskey Rebellion, Farewell Address,, Hamilton, and the Marshall Court.
Science360
Environmental engineers study West Virginia chemical spill
Environmental engineers collect water samples near a chemical spill by Charleston, West Virginia for further analysis. The spill prompted officials to advise about 15 percent of the state's residents to not use the water. In the...
The March of Time
1953: JOHN GABER INTVW: Greentree Stable trainer John Gaver Sr. w/ Westbrook Van Voorhis by stable, Gaver explaining to be successful trainer, good horses, 98% luck, 2% common sense. Greatest thrill was when thoroughbred Capot won 1949 Preakness.
MOT 1953: JOHN GABER INTVW: Greentree Stable trainer John Gaver Sr. w/ Westbrook Van Voorhis by stable, Gaver explaining to be successful trainer, good horses, 98% luck, 2% common sense. Greatest thrill was when thoroughbred Capot won...
NASA
NASA | The Changing Chesapeake
The Chesapeake Bay receives water from the 64,000 square miles of land surrounding the bay and Landsat satellites are a critical and invaluable tool for characterizing the landscape and mapping it over time. Landsat data provides a...
NASA
NASA Satellites Aid in Chesapeake Bay Recovery
From the distant reaches of the Universe, to black holes, and the Martian surface, NASA explores some of the most far out parts of space. But NASA also does research much closer to home. In fact, NASA Earth Science satellites are taking...
NASA
NASA | Explore@Goddard Day 2011
On Saturday, May 14, NASA Goddard invited the community for a day full of family fun, music, food, and science.
NASA
NASA | Explore@NASA Goddard Day
Saturday, May 14, 2011, 11am -- 5pm NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Goddard Space Flight Center will open its doors to the public for a FREE day of fun-filled activities, hands-on demonstrations, exhibits,...
NASA
NASA | LRO Team Spirit: Joanne Plans How To Build a Satellite
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is a first step to future missions, Mars, and beyond. But a lot has to happen before we get there and one woman played a key role.
NASA
NASA Goddard Hosts Young Men for 'STEM Boys Night In'
Late Friday night, almost 50 students from Maryland and Virginia arrived at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for a STEM-themed sleepover, ready to learn about careers in science, technology, engineering and...
Barcroft Media
I Won’t Hide My Vitiligo With Makeup | SHAKE MY BEAUTY
A STUDENT has finally embraced her vitiligo after years spending hundreds of dollars a month on make-up to disguise it. Up until a year ago, 21-year-old Mariah Perkins, from Timonium, Maryland, would hide the white patches on her face...
US Department of Agriculture
USDA Researches Year Round Strawberries
A USDA research geneticist is working on a way to grow strawberries year round on the east coast. Dr. Kim Lewers is testing some strawberry cultivars in a new production system designed to extend the growing season in the northern and...
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: The Middle Atlantic Region - Maryland
This clip explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of Maryland.
Mr. Beat
McCulloch v. Maryland
In the second episode of Supreme Court Briefs, Mr. Beat makes one of the most boring Supreme Court cases in American history somewhat more interesting. It was, after all, QUITE A FREAKING BIG DEAL. Washington, D.C. 1816 The United States...
WYPR
The Role of Slaves During the War of 1812
The War of 1812 between the United States and Britain is typically framed as a second war for independence. Less commonly known is the story of American slaves who were able to use the war as an opportunity to negotiate their freedom....
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: The Middle Atlantic Region - Introduction
This clip offers a brief introduction to the States in the Middle Atlantic Region of the United States.
WYPR
Slaves During the War of 1812
During the War of 1812, when the British were blockading the Chesapeake Bay, many enslaved people from the state of Maryland sought asylum with the British Navy. As the war escalated, the navy made some key changes to their policy on...
Hip Hughes History
The Marshall Court Explained: US History Review
HipHughes breezes through the three essential Marshall court cases, Marbury v Madison, McCulloch v Maryland and Gibbons v Ogden. Simple learnin', not meant for in depth course work, just enough so you don't look like a dummy.