Instructional Video15:25
TED Talks

Peter Diamandis: Our next giant leap

12th - Higher Ed
Peter Diamandis says it's our moral imperative to keep exploring space -- and he talks about how, with the X Prize and other incentives, we're going to do just that.
Instructional Video17:57
TED Talks

Ed Ulbrich: How Benjamin Button got his face

12th - Higher Ed
Ed Ulbrich, the digital-effects guru from Digital Domain, explains the Oscar-winning technology that allowed his team to digitally create the older versions of Brad Pitt's face for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
Instructional Video14:07
TED Talks

Datos que te hacen cambiar de opinión

Higher Ed
Datos que te hacen cambiar de opinión



Los datos tienen el potencial de apoyar y desafiar nuestras más profundas convicciones. El socio-economista Daniel Schteingart muestra lo fácil que es tergiversar los datos para...
Instructional Video3:10
SciShow

Is SHARKNADO Possible

12th - Higher Ed
Well? Is it? No. But that doesn't mean that this ... bizarre ... attempt at cinema doesn't raise some interesting questions. Questions that we will explore in this episode of SciShow. Hold on to your buckets!
Instructional Video6:49
SciShow

Why Some Countries Are Delaying COVID Booster Shots

12th - Higher Ed
Some countries are planning to wait up to 12 weeks to administer second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Will this slow the virus?
Instructional Video2:51
SciShow

How Can a Saw Know What It’s Cutting?

12th - Higher Ed
Table saws, while quite useful for woodworking, are also dangerous machines, which is why some incredible safety mechanisms have been invented to help you remain one with your body parts.
Instructional Video10:49
TED Talks

Why gender-based marketing is bad for business | Gaby Barrios

12th - Higher Ed
Companies often target consumers based on gender, but this kind of advertising shortcut doesn't just perpetuate outdated stereotypes -- it's also bad for business, says marketing expert Gaby Barrios. In this clear, actionable talk, she...
Instructional Video6:50
SciShow

When Athletes Dope ... & Einstein FTW

12th - Higher Ed
This week's SciShow news has Hank bringing us a primer on the science behind various illegal and illicit ways in which athletes "improve" their bodies, proof of general relativity that we can actually see, and a new way to measure how...
Instructional Video5:40
SciShow

How Machine Learning Makes Our Decisions Smarter

12th - Higher Ed
Whether you're picking a place to eat or something to watch, machine learning helps us make smarter decisions in our daily lives.
Instructional Video6:23
Be Smart

What Are The Most Important Science Images Ever?

12th - Higher Ed
Science isn't always a visual medium, but I think it's most important moments have often been captured in photos and illustrations. I picked out some of my favorite science images from history.
Instructional Video12:56
TED Talks

Margaret Gould Stewart: How giant websites design for you (and a billion others, too)

12th - Higher Ed
Facebook's "like" and "share" buttons are seen 22 billion times a day, making them some of the most-viewed design elements ever created. Margaret Gould Stewart, Facebook's director of product design, outlines three rules for design at...
Instructional Video5:11
SciShow

This Little-Known Lab Is Changing the Future of Space

12th - Higher Ed
To live on the Moon, we’ll need to do things we’ve never done before and overcome challenges we’ve never faced. Luckily for us, NASA is developing some brand-new technology at Swamp Works.
Instructional Video3:13
TED Talks

Jennifer 8. Lee: Why 1.5 billion people eat with chopsticks

12th - Higher Ed
Author Jennifer 8. Lee explains how the chopstick spread from the East to the West -- and was designed to give you the perfect bite.
Instructional Video10:03
TED Talks

Steven Johnson: How the "ghost map" helped end a killer disease

12th - Higher Ed
Author Steven Johnson takes us on a 10-minute tour of The Ghost Map, his book about a cholera outbreak in 1854 London and the impact it had on science, cities and modern society.
Instructional Video3:23
MinutePhysics

Can We Survive Curiosity?

12th - Higher Ed
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Instructional Video10:07
MinuteEarth

MinuteEarth Explains: Food

12th - Higher Ed
In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we examine the weird world of what we like to eat.
Instructional Video2:31
SciShow

These Slugs See with Their Brains

12th - Higher Ed
If you’re a person with sight, your two eyes are your only window into the visual world. But slugs see not only with their eyes, but with their brains as well!
Instructional Video11:40
SciShow

Introducing: SciShow Talk Show! Emily, Rhinos, and Cas the Arctic Fox

12th - Higher Ed
We decided it would be cool to have guests come into the studio and talk about science with Hank.
Instructional Video8:49
TED Talks

TED: What happens when a city runs out of room for its dead | Alison Killing

12th - Higher Ed
If you want to go out and start your own cemetery in the uK, says Alison Killing, "you kind of can." She thinks a lot about where we die and are buried -- and in this talk, the architect and TED Fellow offers an eye-opening economic and...
Instructional Video17:00
TED Talks

TED: Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality | Anil Seth

12th - Higher Ed
Right now, billions of neurons in your brain are working together to generate a conscious experience -- and not just any conscious experience, your experience of the world around you and of yourself within it. How does this happen?...
Instructional Video3:16
SciShow

3 Neat Facts About Narwhals (Including: They're Real!)

12th - Higher Ed
In case you didn't know, not only are narwhals real, they're rad. Hank shares some little known facts about one of the least understood sea mammals, including some insights into why they're so hard to study, and what that big thing on...
Instructional Video16:09
TED Talks

Virginia Postrel: On glamour

12th - Higher Ed
In a timely talk, cultural critic Virginia Postrel muses on the true meaning, and the powerful uses, of glamour -- which she defines as any calculated, carefully polished image designed to impress and persuade.
Instructional Video9:51
TED Talks

Stefana Broadbent: How the Internet enables intimacy

12th - Higher Ed
We worry that IM, texting, Facebook are spoiling human intimacy, but Stefana Broadbent's research shows how communication tech is capable of cultivating deeper relationships, bringing love across barriers like distance and workplace rules.
Instructional Video11:01
SciShow

Why These 7 Fish Are So U.G.L.Y.

12th - Higher Ed
Some fish will never win any beauty pageants, but they still deserve our admiration, respect, and love, especially since their “ugly” traits are actually incredible examples of evolutionary innovation.