SciShow
Watch the Delta Aquarids, and Meet NASA's 'Aquanauts'
SciShow Space preps you for the Delta Aquarids, a meteor shower, and explains what makes them so unique. Plus, join "aquanauts" on one of NASA's least-known missions, a nine-day tour in its NEEMO undersea laboratory.
TED Talks
Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck: The price of a "clean" internet
Millions of images and videos are uploaded to the internet each day, yet we rarely see shocking and disturbing content in our social media feeds. Who's keeping the internet "clean" for us? In this eye-opening talk, documentarians Hans...
TED Talks
TED: How judges can show respect | Victoria Pratt
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. In halls of justice around the world, how can we ensure everyone is treated with dignity and respect? A pioneering...
Crash Course
How to Speak With Confidence: Crash Course Business - Soft Skills
Public speaking isn't easy for everyone. It can be nerve racking and even scary. But, in this episode of Crash Course Business Soft Skills, Evelyn talks to us about S.U.C.C.E.S and how we can use it to help us be prepared to speak to a...
TED Talks
TED: How to transform apocalypse fatigue into action on global warming | Per espen Stoknes
The biggest obstacle to dealing with climate disruptions lies between your ears, says psychologist and economist Per espen Stokes. He's spent years studying the defenses we use to avoid thinking about the demise of our planet -- and...
Crash Course
How Does Language Move? Crash Course Geography
While we can’t explore every cultural trait in the world, language is an important system of spoken, signed, or written symbols humans use to express themselves. It’s a major marker of identity that often unites members of the same...
TED Talks
TED: How I'm bringing queer pride to my rural village | Katlego Kolanyane-Kesupile
In a poetic, personal talk, TED Fellow Katlego Kolanyane-Kesupile examines the connection between her modern queer lifestyle and her childhood upbringing in a rural village in Botswana. "In a time where being brown, queer, African and...
TED Talks
Clint Smith: The danger of silence
We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to the things they don't, says poet and teacher Clint Smith. A short, powerful piece from the heart, about finding the courage to speak up...
TED Talks
Yann Arthus-Bertrand: A wide-angle view of fragile Earth
In this image-filled talk, Yann Arthus-Bertrand displays his three most recent projects on humanity and our habitat -- stunning aerial photographs in his series "The Earth From Above," personal interviews from around the globe featured...
TED Talks
Martin Pistorius: How my mind came back to life — and no one knew
Imagine being unable to say, "I am hungry," "I am in pain," "thank you," or "I love you,” -- losing your ability to communicate, being trapped inside your body, surrounded by people yet utterly alone. For 13 long years, that was Martin...
TED Talks
TED: How to topple a dictator | Srdja Popovic
People-powered resistance: can it work? Srdja Popovic led the nonviolent movement that took down Milosevic in Serbia in 2000; he lays out the plans, skills and tools that a people-powered movement needs -- from nonviolent tactics to a...
TED Talks
TED: What my gender transition taught me about womanhood | Paula Stone Williams
After leading a well-established life as a pastor, father and husband, Paula Stone Williams could no longer deny her truth and transitioned. In this conversational and at times humorous reflection, Williams offers her perspective on the...
TED Talks
Daniel Bögre Udell: How to save a language from extinction
As many as 3,000 languages could disappear within the next 80 years, all but silencing entire cultures. In this quick talk, language activist Daniel Bögre Udell shows how people around the world are finding new ways to revive ancestral...
TED Talks
TED: The press trampled on my privacy. Here's how I took back my story | Kate Stone
After a horrific accident put her in the tabloid headlines, Kate Stone found a way to take control of her narrative -- and help prevent others from losing their privacy, too. Learn how she reclaimed her story in this personal talk...
TED Talks
TED: 3 lessons on decision-making from a poker champion | Liv Boeree
Is it better to be lucky or good? Should we trust our gut feelings or rely on probabilities and careful analysis when making important decisions? In this quick talk, professional poker player Liv Boeree shares three strategies she's...
TED Talks
TED: Make your actions on climate reflect your words⇥ | Severn Cullis-Suzuki
History has shown us that in moments of crisis, society can truly transform, says environmental educator Severn Cullis-Suzuki. Nearly 30 years ago, at just 12 years old, she spoke at the UN's Earth Summit in hopes of reversing the...
TED Talks
Caroline Casey: Looking past limits
Activist Caroline Casey tells the story of her extraordinary life, starting with a revelation (no spoilers). In a talk that challenges perceptions, Casey asks us all to move beyond the limits we may think we have.
TED Talks
TED: The life-changing power of assistive technologies | Jane Velkovski
This chair is my legs -- this chair is my life, says accessibility champion Jane Velkovski, who uses a wheelchair after being diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). With clarity and poise, he shares how his first motorized...
TED Talks
TED: Get comfortable with being uncomfortable | Luvvie Ajayi
Luvvie Ajayi isn't afraid to speak her mind or to be the one dissenting voice in a crowd, and neither should you. "Your silence serves no one," says the writer, activist and self-proclaimed professional troublemaker. In this bright,...
TED Talks
Keith Bellows: The camel's hump
Keith Bellows gleefully outlines the engineering marvels of the camel, a vital creature he calls "the SUV of the desert." Though he couldn't bring a live camel to TED, he gets his camera crew as close as humanly possible to a one-ton...
TED Talks
TED: The unstoppable walk to political reform | Lawrence Lessig
Seven years ago, Internet activist Aaron Swartz convinced Lawrence Lessig to take up the fight for political reform. A year after Swartz's tragic death, Lessig continues his campaign to free US politics from the stranglehold of...
TED Talks
TED: Why a free and fair internet is more vital than ever | Priscilla Chomba-Kinywa
Without the internet, how would you have coped with the pandemic -- from work and school, to maintaining your closest relationships? In the digital age, reliance on the internet is so common and seems ubiquitous, yet billions of people...
TED Talks
TED: Nerdcore comedy | Ze Frank
Performer and web toymaker Ze Frank delivers a hilarious nerdcore standup routine, then tells us what he's seriously passionate about: helping people create and interact using simple, addictive web tools.