Curated Video
Wavelength and Color: Understanding Visible Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
This is a lecture video on the topic of wavelength and color. The video focuses on the visible light portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, which can be split into different colors. The video explains the relationship between...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Mars
Dr. Doug Archer, Planetary Scientist, talks about Mars: what its made of, what it's like on the surface, and why it's such an intriguing place for humans to visit in the next giant leap. HWHAP Episode 18.
Catalyst University
Internal Conversion and Photoprotection: Applications in Biochemistry
Internal Conversion and Photoprotection: Applications in Biochemistry
NASA
Gravity Assist: Where are the Goldilocks Stars? With Giada Arney
Giada Arney, astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, is looking at the potential for K stars to host habitable worlds. Learn about how stars affect planetary environments and why complex life on early Earth was impossible.
Journey to the Microcosmos
Heliozoa: Round, Sticky, and Covered in Spikes
Heliozoa: Round, Sticky, and Covered in Spikes
NASA
The DAVINCI Mission to Venus
Launching in 2029, NASA’s Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry and Imaging (DAVINCI) mission will bring a rich suite of instruments to Venus to address long standing questions about Earth’s sister planet. Some...
NASA
Hubble Views Moon to Study Earth
Taking advantage of the total lunar eclipse of January 2019, astronomers, using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, have measured the amount of ozone in Earth’s atmosphere. The method used serves as a proxy for how they will observe...
The Wall Street Journal
The Policy Prescription
At the 2020 WSJ Health Forum, Reporter Anna Mathews spoke to Nancy-Ann Deparle, former director of The White House Office of Health Reform, and Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former U.S. commissioner of Food & Drugs, on where healthcare policy is...
FuseSchool
The Ozone Layer - Part 1
Learn about the two main layers of the atmosphere: the troposphere and the stratosphere. The troposphere is full of weather and ‘bad’ ozone, and above that, is the stratosphere, where ‘good’ ozone protects us against dangerous UV light....
NASA
Why NASA Is Exploring The Edge Of Our Planet's Atmosphere
The Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, or GOLD, instrument launches aboard a commercial communications satellite in January 2018 to inspect the dynamic intermingling of space and Earth’s uppermost atmosphere. Together, GOLD...
NASA
Going for GOLD: Exploring the Interface to Space
GOLD is a new NASA science mission that launches in January 2018 to explore Earth’s interface to space! GOLD stands for Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk. It will inspect the dynamic region of near-Earth space where space...
NASA
NASA | IRIS: The Science of NASA's Newest Solar Explorer
At the end of June 2013, NASA will launch its newest mission to watch the sun: the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS. IRIS will show the lowest levels of the sun's atmosphere, the interface region, in more detail than has...
NASA
Explore New Hubble Images of Celestial Objects From the Caldwell Catalog
Hubble turned 30 this year, and it has a birthday present to share with you! Newly released Hubble images of 30 celestial objects from the Caldwell Catalog show stunning cosmic sights, many of which you can see with a backyard telescope!...
Physics Girl
Waves, Light and Sound - Physics 101 / AP Physics 1 Review with Dianna Cowern
Lesson 17 (Waves, Light, and Sound) of Dianna's Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need a review of AP Physics concepts before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises...
Mazz Media
Integumentary System (Overview)
In this live-action program viewers will learn that the integumentary system is the body’s barrier between its interior and the outside. It is an organ system consisting of the skin, hair, nails, and exocrine glands. Students will come...
NASA
Hubble's Field Guide to Nebulae
Nebulae are some of the most resplendent objects in the universe, but it’s easy to confuse which one is an “emission nebula,” and which one is an “absorption nebula.” Thankfully, this “Field Guide” will give you a quick rundown so you...
Physics Girl
The ULTRAVIOLET CATASTROPHE
How did the field of quantum mechanics come about in the first place? The Rayleigh-Jeans catastrophe, also known as the ultraviolet catastrophe was a prediction by the Rayleigh-Jeans law that a blackbody would radiate infinite amounts of...
Curated Video
Uses and Applications of Electromagnetic Waves
In this lecture video, the different types of electromagnetic waves are examined, and their uses and applications are explored. The video begins with an overview of the electromagnetic spectrum, starting with gamma rays and ending with...
Catalyst University
Melanin Physiology: Melanin Absoprtion of UV Light and Internal Conversion to Heat
Melanin Physiology: Melanin Absoprtion of UV Light and Internal Conversion to Heat
Mazz Media
Integumentary System
In this live-action program viewers will learn that the integumentary system is the body's barrier between its interior and the outside. It is an organ system consisting of the skin, hair, nails, and exocrine glands. Students will come...
Curated Video
Scientists develop patch to detect meat contaminated with E. coli
Scientists at McMaster University are developing a transparent patch to detect meat contaminated with E. coli. CBC's Ron Charles reports.
Curated Video
Trump ends COVID-19 briefing abruptly after ‘inject disinfectant’
White House seems to be in damage control after outcry over Trump's suggestion that disinfectants can be used as remedy.