Flame Media
Walking a wire 21 stories up
In his series 'Redesign my Brain', award winning documentary maker Todd Sampson sets out to learn how to manage fear. To demonstrate it is possible to overcome fear Todd will walk on a wire across two skyscrapers – a world first for...
Next Animation Studio
Antibiotics could be used to treat patients with appendicitis
There is an alternative to patients with appendicitis who don't want to get surgery, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Easy Languages
Phobias and -philias: How Greek Are They? | Easy Greek 95
Phobias and -philias: How Greek Are They? | Easy Greek 95 Easy Greek is a project to help you learn Greek in an authentic and fun way. We interview people in the streets of Athens and other places in Greece. All our videos have subtitles...
Easy Languages
How Has Coronavirus Changed You? | Easy English 50
How Has Coronavirus Changed You? | Easy English 50 Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street culture of...
Oxford Comma
Counting our Own Hours: When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be
Because he died so young, Keats' poetry is often read biographically. Readers usually come to the consensus that his death at 25 years of age robbed the world of one of its greatest writers. And Keats certainly thought his early death...
Curated Video
The Beginners 2022 Cyber Security Awareness Training Course - Social Engineering Red Flags
You will revisit, and discuss again, all the major social engineering red flags that you can spot in targeted phishing emails, texts and phone calls, as well as social engineering attacks in general. You will understand the main emotions...
Barcroft Media
Snake-Handling Pastor Bitten By Deadly Rattlesnake
A NEW documentary has captured the startling moment a controversial American pastor is bitten by a deadly snake during a service. Cody Coots is the pastor at the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus' Name church in Middlesboro, Kentucky - one...
Intelligence Squared
Rory Stewart - The perils of foreign involvement in Afghanistan
Rory Stewart will be speaking alongside David Aaronovitch at the IQ2 event. Rory Stewart - IQ2 highlights
Curated Video
The Science of Fear
This video discusses the physiological and neurological aspects of fear. It explores how fear is processed in the brain, specifically focusing on the role of the amygdala. The video also touches on the distinction between emotions and...
Jack Rackam
Medieval Communist Death Cult | The Life & Times of Jan van Leiden
Not much more to say, really.
Catalyst University
Sleep Paralysis | Basic Epidemiology & Mechanism [@ 5:04]
In this video, we first explore the basic statistics of and concepts regarding sleep paralysis. Then, we dive into the physiological mechanism that causes it.
Guinness World Records
Most balloons blown up in one minute
Hunter holds two records - the most balloons blown up in one minute, and in an hour. He discusses why he thinks his body is well-equipped for the record. Use to prompt a discussion on the lungs and processing of oxygen in the body.
Guinness World Records
Conquering Fear: The Balloon Guy's Journey to Guinness World Records
In this video, a man from Longmont, CO, shares his journey of overcoming his childhood fear of balloons by breaking two Guinness World Records for blowing up the most balloons in one minute and one hour. Through six months of training...
Brave Wilderness
I Put My Head in a Box of SPIDERS!
In this episode, Coyote is doing the unthinkable... he's putting his head in a box of SPIDERS! Also known as the Spider Helmet, this may just be the ultimate arachnophobic nightmare. So, will these spiders bite him?! Watch now to find out!
National Parks Service
Hiking Half Dome
View this description of the Half Dome hike and how you can be best prepared to complete it (9:42).
The Economist
Theresa May’s Brexit power struggle
With a dangerous Brexit deadline looming, our cartoonist KAL contemplates the British Prime Minister's next move. Is this one power struggle Theresa May is destined to lose?
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Reginald Dwayne Betts 'If Absence Was the Source of Silence'
Reginald Dwayne Betts is a Ph.D. in Law candidate at Yale. His major research interests are administrative law, criminal law, empirical legal studies, and law and literature. He holds a B.A. from the University of Maryland and a J.D....
Schooling Online
Destroying Drama: Arthur Miller, The Crucible - Building Paragraphs Part 2
Learn how to write brilliant analytical paragraphs to discuss themes (and much more) in Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’! Watch us build two structured body paragraphs that would fit right into an extended response. The paragraphs will...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Lisa Feldman Barrett - How Emotions are Made The Secret Life of the Brain
Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD, is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University, with appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition to the book How Emotions are Made:...
Brave Wilderness
Holding a HUGE Centipede!
On this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote puts his nerves to the test as he attempts to handle one of the largest Centipedes he’s ever seen! Notorious for having an extremely fierce and painful bite, the Giant Desert Centipede is an...
Curated Video
The Decline of Penguins: Threats and Challenges
This video provides a brief but comprehensive overview of the history, cultural significance, and current threats faced by penguins. It highlights their popularity, exploitation, and the challenges they face due to human activities and...
History Hit
Yasmin Khan on the Indian Partition: Remembering the tragedy
Learn about the tragedy by its sense of scale and who was to blame for it. What happened in 1946 that was considered a missed moment? Yasmin Khan on the Indian Partition, Part 8
Guinness World Records
Dragon Ball Collector
Hitoshi has more than 10,000 items in his Dragon Ball collection. He talks about how his love of Dragon Ball has helped him cope with his fears, and the underlying principle of good triumphing. This could be used to discuss morals within...
Brave Wilderness
WILL IT BITE?! - Black Widow Challenge
In this segment of On Location, Coyote free handles a Black Widow spider! Yes you read that correct, in an attempt to prove that this widely feared arachnid is actually rather docile and always more interested in avoiding humans than...