With some stores now refusing to accept cash as a form of payment, does this mean bills and coins are going the way of the dodo?

Microbes are used for everything from baking to brewing, but wastewater treatment is where they do some of their most important work.

Rainn Wilson reads Li-Young Lee's poem, “The City in Which I Love You”.

Poverty rates have fallen faster in the past 30 years than at any other time on record. This is a remarkable achievement, but one in five people in developing countries still live on less than $1.90 a day. The UN wants to eradicate...

Urban mobility is being transformed below ground, on the streets and in the air. Maija Palmer investigates the range of technologies set to revolutionise how we travel across the megacities of the future.

Urbanisation is happening faster today than at any time in history. By 2030 nearly 9% of the global population will live in so-called megacities—cities with more than 10m inhabitants.

It's easy for any student to get overwhelmed juggling school work, activities and a social life. In this video students will learn basic time management skills to help reduce risk and be successful.

In this video we examine the origins of the Industrial Revolution and how it reshaped the British economy, society and politics.

In this video students model good listening skills and demonstrate how to have a successful and reciprocal conversation.

Learn about the Gilded Age, a period of immense social and industrial change in US history.

This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Pacific Region of the United States. The individual states of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii are presented in detail.

Around 10,000 years ago, humans started transitioning from hunting and gathering to the more settled life of farming. Fertile land enabled farmers to grow enough food for a growing population, and nearby rivers provided transportation...

Chichen Itza was one of the largest Maya cities and it was likely to have been one of the mythical great cities, or Tollans, referred to in later Mesoamerican literature. The city may have had the most diverse population in the Maya...

This short video gives an overview of the Maya people: where they originated and where they lived. 

The Indus River Valley Civilization was one of the main early Eastern civilizations, and of the most widespread. At its peak, its 1000+ cities spanned a huge area stretching from modern Afghanistan, through much of Pakistan, and into...

The Flatiron building had been painted and photographed by artists for over a century because it looks so different, but the parts that draw on tradition are just as interesting.

From flying cars to pods that travel at over 1,000kph, revolutionary new ways to travel are being dreamed up by ambitious companies. But which pioneering visions are most likely to take off?

It started in England and reached its peak in America. The Industrial Revolution is a period of history that began in the early 18th century and has carried through our modern times. The video discusses the banking industry which helped...

It started in England and reached its peak in America. The Industrial Revolution is a period of history that began in the early 18th century and has carried through our modern times. This video looks at the part consumers had to play in...

Today we're going to continue our discussion of public art, this time focusing on murals. We've invited Richard McCoy back to the studio to share with us what exactly murals are, where they came from, and how they can contribute to the...

In this episode of Travel Thru History we’re wading from the Bayou to the Boulevard in the deep south of North America to a city that knows how to have a good time. It hosts one of the biggest festivals in the country and is well-known...

Learn the basics about water treatment, as a part of environmental chemistry. Human beings have added to the natural water cycle by taking water from rivers for use in our towns and cities. We are taking a huge amount of water from...

Climate is the average type of weather that a region has. It is defined by temperature and moisture. Proximity to oceans and large mountain ranges defines climate too, depending upon the prevailing wind. While climates change over...

This program examines the important figures of this period, their motivations for exploring new lands, and their tragedies and successes. This video looks at the explorer Vasco da Gama's trade voyages, to India. The Age Of Discovery Part 10