SciShow
These Smart Roads Could Change the Future of Driving
From self-healing asphalt to electrified roads, technology is steering the future of driving along some exciting new paths!
Curated Video
World Bank President on Haiti Hurricane, Poverty
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim addressed the devastating impacts of Hurricane Matthew on the people of Haiti as the IMF's Annual Meetings take place in Washington on Thursday.Jim Yong Kim said the World Bank is providing necessary...
Curated Video
Three daredevils accused of parachuting off One World Trade Center last fall and an alleged accomplice turned themselves in Monday to face criminal charges. (March 24)
Defense lawyers say three daredevils accused of parachuting off the 1 World Trade Center tower last fall and an alleged accomplice turned themselves in Monday (March 24) afternoon to face criminal charges.
The arrests come eight days...
SciShow
These Smart Roads Could Change the Future of Driving
From self-healing asphalt to electrified roads, technology is steering the future of driving along some exciting new paths!
MinuteEarth
How Do Some Waves Get SO Big?
All over the world, giant wave breaks appear because of underwater geology that supercharges their wave energy.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How do you decide where to go in a zombie apocalypse? - David Hunter
Can geography save your life in case of, say, a zombie apocalypse? Understanding the push and pull factors that create geographic movement -- or how people, resources, and even ideas travel -- might help you determine the location that's...
SciShow
Carcolepsy: Why Do We Get Sleepy in Cars?
It turns out there are number of aspects of driving that can potentially conspire to lull our bodies into a potentially dangerous state of drowsiness.
SciShow
Why Is It So Hard to Fix Traffic?
Fixing traffic seems easy—just add more roads, right? Turns out that this is a problem studied by physicists and psychologists alike, with no easy answers.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Diagnosing a zombie: Brain and body - Tim Verstynen & Bradley Voytek
Zombies eat brains. They are also, like all of us, driven by brain functions. What is happening in their brains to make them act as they do? In this intriguing dialogue, Tim Verstynen & Bradley Voytek apply the various human medical...
SciShow
Those Pretty Road Medians May Be Bad for Bugs
Cities have been working hard to transform the areas around roads into healthy habitats for important pollinating insects. And these insects seem to love our roadside landscapes, but these areas might also be luring them to their...
SciShow
Why Are Self-Driving Cars Taking So Long
Self-driving cars have been “coming soon” for years. What’s so hard about making a machine that drives itself!?
TED Talks
TED: Good news in the fight against pancreatic cancer | Laura Indolfi
Anyone who has lost a loved one to pancreatic cancer knows the devastating speed with which it can affect an otherwise healthy person. TED Fellow and biomedical entrepreneur Laura Indolfi is developing a revolutionary way to treat this...
Crash Course
Why Moving People is Complicated: Crash Course Engineering #41
Transportation is a big part of our world and engineers play a big role in making it happen. Today we’ll explore how transportation systems are designed and some things transportation engineers have to take into consideration, like...
Curated Video
Humans Cause Traffic Jams, AI Can Fix Them
Traffic is one of the biggest problems plaguing cities today. Idling cars cause increased emissions, more traffic means more accidents, and it is, of course, annoying. Meet traffic scientist, Dr. Alex Bayen who is working to solve...
Curated Video
Project Finance and Excel - Build Financial Models from Scratch - Introduction to the Case Study
This video is an introduction to the "Express Fiji" case study. Express Fiji is a project company that was awarded the contract to build and operate a highway in a city in Fiji in 2023. This clip is from the chapter "Building a Project...
Curated Video
Long and Short
Miss Palomine uses two bowls of pasta to illustrate long and short, and big and small. She and the student then identify objects that are long and short, big and small, tall and short.
Curated Video
Aromatherapy for Anxiety - How Does It Work?
Aromatherapy for anxiety. How does it work? Is it real? That's what I will be talking about today. Aromatherapy is the practice of using essential oils to treat illnesses or reduce anxiety and promote relaxation. Essential oils are taken...
Curated Video
Creating a Car Culture
Karl Gerth, Professor of History and Hsiu Chair in Chinese Studies at UC San Diego, relates the policy decisions behind the the rapid rise of the automobile in China.
SWPictures
WHAT A WASTE - Electric Highway
One of the greatest factors contributing to the ensuing world energy crisis is our dependence on the humble automobile – or, more specifically, the oil on which it runs. Not only does the oil that feeds our daily commute erode our...
Healthcare Triage
Backwards Car Seats are Pretty Swede, but We Can Do More to Keep Kids Safer
Rear-facing car seats do keep kids safer, but they can be hard to use for larger children. In Sweden, kids stay in backward facing seats a lot longer, and have fewer injuries. The study that encouraged American parents to turn their car...
Brian McLogan
Why we use interval notation?
👉 Learn about the characteristics of a function. Given a function, we can determine the characteristics of the function's graph. We can determine the end behavior of the graph of the function (rises or falls left and rises or falls...
Science360
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week - Episode 7
“Walking molecules” that haul damaged DNA to the cell’s emergency room, drones that could be small as a fingernail, fish that do the “electric hide,” and local interventions that could boost coral’s resilience to bleaching. Yes, it’s “4...
Kult America
Do I have Polish citizenship - Q&A 1
On this episode of Kult America I will answer some of your questions in my first Q&A! We'll talk about my citizenship, american food, what do I miss about America and why am I so obsessed with standing in three countries at once? By the...
Jabzy
First Sino-Japanese War - 3 Minute History
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the First Sino-Japanese War