SciShow
We're Running Out of These Elements — Here's How
Phones, TVs, solar panels, and electric car batteries are all made of some rare and unusual elements. As our modern world creates more and more of these technologies, will things go from "rare" to "nonexistent" and what will we do then?
Bozeman Science
Mining
In this video Paul Andersen explains how mining is used to extract valuable minerals from the Earth's crust. Surface and subsurface mining are used to extract ore which is then processed. A discussion of ecosystem impacts and legislation...
Crash Course
Earth Science: Crash Course History of Science
It's Earth Science time!!!! In this field, natural philosophers were asking questions like, what’s up with fossils? Are they the remains of extinct organisms? Or are they so-called “sports of nature”—rocks that just happen to look like...
SciShow
Kickstarting a Space Telescope
In the past few years the rise of crowdfunding has allowed for some pretty cool stuff to start existing, and today Hank is excited to announce another awesome Kickstarter - Planetary Resources (of asteroid mining fame) in partnership...
Crash Course
Pollution: Crash Course Ecology
Hank talks about the last major way humans are impacting the environment in this penultimate episode of Crash Course Ecology. Pollution takes many forms - from the simplest piece of litter to the more complex endocrine distruptors - and...
Bozeman Science
ESS3C - Human Impacts on Earth Systems
In this video Paul Andersen explains how humans are impacting the Earth through farming, mining, pollution and climate change. According to the NGSS wise management can reduce impacts on the planet. This will become more important as...
Curated Video
South Africa Typical Workday
New ReviewWorkers in South Africa follow a very similar schedule to workers in Western Europe and North America. Employees in South Africa hold closing time dear. Unless there’s a special reason to do so, they’re not likely to work past quitting...
Curated Video
Spotlight on Johannesburg
New ReviewAlong with Pretoria, Johannesburg is a commercial and financial center located in the Gauteng province. With more than 7 million people, it’s the largest city in South Africa. After gold was discovered in the area in 1886, immigrants...
Curated Video
California Gold Rush For Kids | Bedtime History
Learn more about the gold strike in California and the gold rush that followed. Learn about the prospectors ("49ers") who traveled to California from all over the world to try and strike it rich.
Curated Video
The Extreme Day in the Life of Volcanic Sulfur Miners
Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel for a mind-blowing walk with one of Indonesia's miners of volcanic sulfur. These men risk their lives to enter a 1000-foot hole at the top of a volcanic mountain to mine sulfur for just a few $ daily....
Curated Video
Shrinking fish stocks raise tensions in the South China Sea | Counting the Cost
Fishermen claim being harassed or rammed by Chinese vessels. Plus, the firing of an Australian mining company boss.
Curated Video
Minecraft Tutorial: How to Make a Furnace in Minecraft
Howcast - Learn how to make a Minecraft furnace with this gameplay tutorial.
Curated Video
Minecraft Tutorial: How to Make a clock in Minecraft
Howcast - Learn how to make a Minecraft clock with this gameplay tutorial.
Curated Video
Minecraft Tutorial: How to Make a Nether Portal
Howcast - Learn how to make a Minecraft nether portal with this gameplay tutorial. Learn the portal recipe, and how a obsidian portal works in Minecraft.
Curated Video
Minecraft Tutorial: How to Make a Portal to the Nether
Howcast -Learn how to make a portal in the Nether in Minecraft with this Minecraft tutorial.
Curated Video
Minecraft Tutorial: How to Find Diamonds in Minecraft
Howcast -Learn how to find diamonds in Minecraft with this Minecraft tutorial.
Curated Video
Minecraft Tutorial: How to Survive Your First Night in Minecraft
Howcast -Learn how to survive your first night in Minecraft with this Minecraft tutorial.
Curated Video
A new ‘white gold’ rush in California’s ‘Lithium Valley’ could power 6 million electric cars
At the edge of a deserted lake in California, the race for ‘white gold’ is on. And the jobs brought by the mining companies could save an area that has slowly fallen into decrepitude.
Curated Video
How crypto mining works?
The simple way to think of crypto mining is that it’s a way to create new digital “coins.” But the simplicity ends there. To dig those coins up, you’ll need to solve complicated puzzles, validate cryptocurrency transactions on a...
Curated Video
Why Nova Scotia’s history with uranium mining is complicated
The Nova Scotia government has announced it will lift blanket bans for future natural resource development, including for uranium exploration and mining. The decision is a big change in course for a province that hotly debated developing...
Curated Video
South Africa agrees to rescue illegal miners sealed for weeks underground
Three months after South Africa sealed most exits at a disused mine near Johannesburg in a crackdown on illegal miners, it has now agreed to rescue hundreds trapped underground — many now believed too weak to come out on their own.
Curated Video
Banska Stiavnica -Slovakia's Beautiful Medieval City
Banska Stiavnica, one of Slovakia's most beautiful cities, boasts a medieval center and historic silver mines that are UNESCO World Cultural Heritage sites. Its highlights include the Kammer-Hof, home to the world's first technical...
Curated Video
Manitoba government rolls out its critical minerals strategy
The Manitoba government has unveiled its new critical mineral strategy, which includes plans to streamline projects and a focus on Indigenous partnerships and economic reconciliation for long-term prosperity.
Curated Video
At least 50 killed in Iran coal mine blast: State media
Dozens of miners are feared trapped following one of the deadliest mine blasts in recent years.