Instructional Video4:04
SciShow

Watch the Delta Aquarids, and Meet NASA's 'Aquanauts'

12th - Higher Ed
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.
Instructional Video15:37
TED Talks

Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck: The price of a "clean" internet

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video16:03
TED Talks

TED: How judges can show respect | Victoria Pratt

12th - Higher Ed
* 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...
Instructional Video10:16
Crash Course

How to Speak With Confidence: Crash Course Business - Soft Skills

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video4:02
Be Smart

Remembering Carl Sagan

12th - Higher Ed
We don't need another Carl Sagan. Because he lives on.
Instructional Video15:00
TED Talks

TED: How to transform apocalypse fatigue into action on global warming | Per espen Stoknes

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video10:07
Crash Course

How Does Language Move? Crash Course Geography

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video5:49
TED Talks

TED: How I'm bringing queer pride to my rural village | Katlego Kolanyane-Kesupile

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video4:19
TED Talks

Clint Smith: The danger of silence

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video14:54
TED Talks

Yann Arthus-Bertrand: A wide-angle view of fragile Earth

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video14:08
TED Talks

Martin Pistorius: How my mind came back to life — and no one knew

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video12:00
TED Talks

TED: How to topple a dictator | Srdja Popovic

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video14:27
TED Talks

TED: What my gender transition taught me about womanhood | Paula Stone Williams

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video6:46
TED Talks

Daniel Bögre Udell: How to save a language from extinction

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video6:18
TED Talks

TED: The press trampled on my privacy. Here's how I took back my story | Kate Stone

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video6:07
TED Talks

TED: 3 lessons on decision-making from a poker champion | Liv Boeree

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video7:13
TED Talks

TED: Make your actions on climate reflect your words⇥ | Severn Cullis-Suzuki

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video15:30
TED Talks

Caroline Casey: Looking past limits

12th - Higher Ed
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.
Instructional Video12:48
TED Talks

TED: The life-changing power of assistive technologies | Jane Velkovski

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video10:54
TED Talks

TED: Get comfortable with being uncomfortable | Luvvie Ajayi

12th - Higher Ed
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,...
Instructional Video16:06
TED Talks

Keith Bellows: The camel's hump

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video13:40
TED Talks

TED: The unstoppable walk to political reform | Lawrence Lessig

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video9:23
TED Talks

TED: Why a free and fair internet is more vital than ever | Priscilla Chomba-Kinywa

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video18:57
TED Talks

TED: Nerdcore comedy | Ze Frank

12th - Higher Ed
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.