Jabzy
German Invasion of America - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the German Invasion of America
Weatherthings
Hurricane Irma - The Meteorology, and the Impact on Society
Intense Hurricane Irma made 7 different landfalls in 2017 and became one of the most expensive hurricanes in the last hundred years, moving from the Caribbean to the Bahamas to the United States. Dozens of people were killed by the storm...
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Lynn Harper and Monsi Roman Talk About The Vascular Tissue Challenge
Lynn Harper and Monsi Roman Talk About The Vascular Tissue Challenge
Institute for New Economic Thinking
How Elite Power Brokers Corrupt our Finances, Freedom, and Security
From the Tea Party to Occupy Wall Street, however divergent their political views, these groups seem united by one thing: outrage over a system of power and influence that only serves the interests of a small number of corrupt elites....
Curated Video
Teenager Shows Grit After Hurricane
When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017, many families forced to flee the island were resettled in towns throughout the United States. Some of these, of course, were students in the middle of their high school careers. Listen to...
TLDR News
America's Overseas Territories: How Bird Poop Led America to Claim 16 Territories - TLDR News
Scattered across the globe you'll find American Overseas Territories. More than just partners but not normally actually part of the United States, these territories have a very interesting relationship with their motherland. So in this...
NASA
Gravity Assist: Meet a Space Weather Scientist, with Yaireska Collado-Vega
Yaireska Collado-Vega leads a team at NASA’s Goddard Spacecraft Center that is studying the solar weather environment so that robots and people exploring space can be protected. In this episode of Gravity Assist, she describes the...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Live from Space: Astronaut Photography
In a live recording from space, astronauts Randy "Komrade" Bresnik, Paolo Nespoli, Joe Acaba, and Mark "Sabot" Vande Hei talk about about photography and the view of Earth from the International Space Station. HWHAP Episode 15.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Puerto Rico’s Crisis Began Before Hurricane Maria
Well before Hurricane Maria hit the island, Puerto Rico was experiencing a deep economic crisis. Marie Mora, professor of economics at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, explains the roots of “La Crisis Boricua.”
NASA
On a Mission: Season Two, Episode 9: Hunting in the Dark for Monsters
Finding black rocks in the darkness of space isn’t easy, but new methods could help spot them all.
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Students and Spacesuits
NASA SUITS activity manager Brandon Hargis and technical lead Paromita Mitra talk about the opportunity for students and teachers to design and create spacesuit information displays in augmented reality environments. HWHAP Episode 173.
Curated Video
City Winery's Journey: Overcoming Adversity and Defining Chutzpah with Selfish Philanthropy
The video is a presentation given by a business owner, Michael Dorf, about his company, City Winery. He discusses their initial business plan of selling barrels of wine to bankers, which failed due to the financial crisis, and how they...
Next Animation Studio
New deep-sea animal might not be seen again for centuries
The rare animal glows delightfully and was found almost 4km deep on a deep-sea shelf called the Aricebo amphitheater.
Curated Video
CISSP®- Risk Management - Identification
This video discusses how to identify and manage risks. This clip is from the chapter "Certified Information Systems Security Professional CISSP Domain 1 - Security and Risk Management" of the series "CISSP® Certification Domain 1:...
Weatherthings
Hurricane Maria - The Meteorology, and the Impact on Society
In 2018, Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria. It was a Category 5 storm that may have killed 3,000 people. This 90 billion-dollar extremely powerful storm was a catastrophe in property damage, destruction, and deaths due to...
NASA
Inside Hurricane Maria in 360°
Two days before Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the NASA-Japan Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory satellite captured a 3-D view of the storm. At the time Maria was a Category 1 hurricane. The 3-D view reveals the...
TLDR News
Washington D.C. & Puerto Rico's Statehood: Will Biden Add Two New States to the Union - TLDR News
Everyone knows the iconic US flag with its 50 stars representing the 50 states of the union, however, that could be set to change. That's because there's increasing pressure to enfranchise voters in Washington D.C. & Puerto Rico - with...
Step Back History
Why is Puerto Rico not a State?
Puerto Rico lies at a strange place in the greater American empire. It's one of the oldest colonized places in the Americas, and a debate about its fate has roiled for centuries. Let's talk about it!
Next Animation Studio
Did an earthquake finish off giant Arecibo mega-telescope?
The telescope’s towers and detector platform came crashing down last week, just as a regional earthquake’s wave train passed through the site.
Easy Languages
Easy German: Culture Shocks: Germany vs. Latin America
Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street culture of participating partner countries abroad. Episodes are produced...
NASA
NASA Surveys Hurricane Damage to Puerto Rico’s Forests
On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria barreled across Puerto Rico with winds of up to 155 miles per hour and battering rain that flooded towns, knocked out communications networks and destroyed the power grid. In the rugged central...
Professor Dave Explains
William McKinley: Annex Like the Dickens (1897 - 1901)
William McKinley ushered in a new era for America, one of imperialism that would foreshadow things to come. He was also the third president to be assassinated. He manufactured a reason to go to war, he strengthened the government, hey...
NASA
NASA | NASA Ve las Luces de Festividades desde el Espacio
Ya es oficial - nuestras luces de Navidad son tan brillantes que podemos verlas desde el espacio. Gracias al instrumento VIIRS en el satélite Suomi NPP, en una misión conjunta entre NASA y NOAA, los científicos están presentando una...