Hank tells us how some gamers are outperforming sophisticated computer programs to help solve the puzzle of protein folding and to assist scientists in finding better treatments for HIV/AIDS, cancer, and Alzheimer's.

It's leap year time... so what are years, anyway? And what do they have to do with the supermassive black hole in the core of the milky way?

Tax forms, credit agreements, healthcare legislation: They're crammed with gobbledygook, says Alan Siegel, and incomprehensibly long. He calls for a simple, sensible redesign -- and plain English -- to make legal paperwork intelligible...

Inventor and MacArthur fellow Saul Griffith shares some innovative ideas from his lab -- from "smart rope" to a house-sized kite for towing large loads.

This week Craig is going to continue our discussion of due process. Technically, we started last week with the 4th amendment and search and seizure, but this week we’re going to look at the 5th and 6th amendments and how they ensure a...

Every once in a while we add a second onto our days. Similar to the Leap Year, this is known as the Leap Second. But, if the Leap Year already helps us account for the offset from a calendar in days, what exactly does the Leap Second do?...

In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on causal patterns.


TERMS
Patterns - regularity in
the world
Cause - a thing that gives r
ise to an eventr/>Effect - an event
Relationships -...

How does a city become known as a "music city"? Publicist Elizabeth Cawein explains how thriving music scenes make cities healthier and happier and shares ideas for bolstering your local music scene -- and showing off your city's talent...

What makes us giggle and guffaw? The inability to define comedy is its very appeal; it is defined by its defiance of definition. Addison Anderson riffs on the philosophy of Henri Bergson and Aristotle to elucidate how a definition draws...

John Koenig loves finding words that express our unarticulated feelings -- like "lachesism," the hunger for disaster, and "sonder," the realization that everyone else's lives are as complex and unknowable as our own. Here, he meditates...

In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on stability and change. Two examples are included in the video and two additional examples are included in the linked thinking slides. ...

A mini-lesson on patterns of change.

In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on stability and change. Two examples are included in the video and two additional examples are included in the linked thinking slides. ...

In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on probability and prediction.

T
ERMS:
Cause - a thing that gives rise t
o an event
Ef
fect - an event
Relationship- interconnection betwe
en...

In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on quantifying and modeling change. Two examples are included in the video and two additional examples are included in the linked thinking slides. ...

How do we define worth in society, and who gets status? Sociologist Michele Lamont studies these questions and investigates ways to broaden the circle of recognition and fight the harm of social stigmatization. She lays out the steps...

In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on feedback. Two examples are included in the video and two additional examples are included in the linked thinking slides.




TERMS
Controller -...

So, how do engineers even figure out what problem needs to get fixed? And what's the difference between identifying a problem and just complaining about something. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about how we can all...

In the United States, the agencies that govern prisons are often called 'Department of Corrections.' And yet, their focus is on containing and controlling inmates. Dan Pacholke, Deputy Secretary for the Washington State Department of...

In this video Paul Andersen explains how the energy, charge, and momentum in a system is conserved over time.

Your friendly local weather person says there's a 10% chance it will rain today, so you throw on your flip-flops and head out to enjoy a beautiful day. Next thing you know, you're running through puddles, trying to get out of a...

In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on physical quantities.


TERMS
Physical quantities - the properties of a material or system that can b
e measured
>Standard units
- Weight -...

Meter is the standard unit of length used by most countries around the world. But how did they define it?

In this video Paul Andersen explains how to have your students engage in argumentation in the science classroom.