SciShow
How Do Polarized Sunglasses Work?
The useful glare-blocking properties of polarized sunglasses are well-known to just about anyone who goes outside. What isn't so well-known is how they reduce glare in the first place. That answer is deceptively complicated!
Crash Course
Flirting With Disaster - The Importance of Safety: Crash Course Engineering #28
As engineer, sometimes lives will be in your hands, so this week we’re exploring safety and its impact on engineering. We’ll discuss the difference between occupational safety and public safety and how to analyze and review a process for...
SciShow
How Can It Be Too Hot To Fly?
How does heat affect airplanes? Turns out heat, speed and density connect to create dangerous situations.
Crash Course
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream - Crash Course Psychology
Why do we sleep? Well... that's a tricky question. More easily answered is the question,"How do we sleep?" In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank discusses some of the ways our brain functions when sleeping and how it can...
Crash Course
Lab Techniques & Safety: Crash Course Chemistry
Hank takes a break from the desk to bring you to the lab in order to demonstrate some important points about the practical side of chemistry - experimentation in the laboratory. You'll learn what to wear in the lab, how to dispose of...
Curated Video
Second Battle of Philippi, 42 BC Rise of Caesar Augustus (Part 5) Ancient History DOCUMENTARY
Second Battle of Philippi, 42 BC Rise of Caesar Augustus (Part 5) Ancient History DOCUMENTARY
Curated Video
Advancements in Safety: Crash Tests in Formula One and Production Cars
This video highlights the importance of safety in Formula One racing and the rigorous crash tests that cars must undergo to ensure the protection of drivers. It emphasizes the advancements made in improving safety standards and how these...
Curated Video
Enhancing Olympic Security: The Role of Satellite Navigation Technology
This video highlights the use of advanced satellite navigation technology in ensuring the safety and security of the Olympic Games in Athens. The applications showcased demonstrate how precision positioning and real-time multimedia...
Curated Video
How to Write a Health & Safety Plan for Your Project
Health and Safety is nobody’s idea of a fun discipline. But Health & Safety is another thing that is your responsibility as a Project Manager. So, if you decide it is a necessary document to have, how do you write a Health & Safety Plan...
Curated Video
What is SWOT Analysis? Useful tool for Project Managers
SWOT Analysis is a well-known tool. And rightly so! It is simple, yet it is also flexible and powerful. As a project manager, SWOT Analysis is one of those tools that you can use in may circumstances. So it's a great resource to have in...
Curated Video
Introducing Scania's New R Series: Improvements in Economy, Safety, and Environmental Impact
Scania has launched its new global truck range, the R Series, which offers improvements in operating economy, environmental impact, and safety. With interchangeable components and a focus on customer demand and legal requirements, these...
Curated Video
NASA's Efforts to Ensure Safety and Return to Space Shuttle Missions
This video discusses the return of astronauts in training for the space shuttles after a two-year grounding due to the tragic Columbia disaster. It highlights the safety concerns and ongoing testing being conducted by NASA to ensure the...
Curated Video
Risk Management - 5 Tips to Do it Right
Shift Happens! Things go wrong. So, as a project manager, you need to be able to manage risks.
Curated Video
Circuit breaker
A safety device used to prevent an overload of current in an electrical circuit. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary...
Curated Video
Electrical fuse
A safety device that breaks a circuit when the current exceeds a safe limit. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films...
Curated Video
Electrical Safety
Whether it's a faulty appliance or a bolt of lightning, an electric shock can be fatal. How can we avoid electric shocks? Physics - Electricity And Circuits - Learning Points. If humans become part of an electric circuit they will...
Curated Video
Shadow Chasers
Solar eclipses are a great excuse for a party and some serious science. A group of people known as 'Shadow Chasers' travel the globe to view this phenomenon. Physics - Our Solar System - Learning Points. While total solar eclipses occur...
Curated Video
Nuclear Power
How is this powerful and controversial energy source produced? Do the advantages outweigh the dangers of nuclear power? Earth Science - Earth's Resources - Learning Points. Nuclear power is created using uranium, and small amounts can...
Curated Video
Primed for Survival
Why do Periodica Cicada only emerge en masse during prime-numbered years? Mathematicians believe it gives the species the best chance of protecting its breed. Maths - Number A Twig Curriculum Film. Delivering key learning points. Get...
Curated Video
Smashing Eggs
We use eggs to show how different rates of deceleration affect the outcome of collisions. One egg is dropped onto a hard surface and breaks. The second egg is dropped onto a soft surface and bounces, as the material slows its...
Curated Video
Insuring the Titanic
Discover how insurance companies use probability to calculate insurance premiums, and what factors would have been considered when underwriters insured the Titanic. Maths - Statistics And Probability A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and...
Curated Video
Nanotechnology: Is It Safe?
Nanotechnology is already widely used, but some scientists are warning it could prove dangerous in future. Why? Chemistry - Atoms And Bonding - Learning Points. Nanomaterials take on very different properties to their larger particles....
Curated Video
Thailand soccer team Tham Luang cave rescue
Learn about a current event, the rescue of the soccer team in the Tham Luang Thailand caves; and the brave divers who gave their all to bring the boys to safety.
Great Big Story
Najiah Knight, breaking barriers in bull riding
Meet Najiah Knight, a 13-year-old bull rider defying stereotypes and inspiring young girls by dominating a traditionally male sport.