Geoff Page grew up on the Clarence River in NSW and is based in Canberra. He has published twenty-five collections of poetry as well as two novels, five verse novels and several other works including anthologies, translations and a...

Genghis Khan, Alexander The Great, Queen Victoria... only a handful of people can claim to have held the world in their hands. These are the ten empires that came so close to owning the Earth.

The medieval Catholic church was a mixed bag of corruption, persuasion, and fear-mongering. There are a number of scary historical facts about the Catholic church, many involving the use of intimidation and coercion against the faithful...

Here is Einstein's article in the Monthly review magazine.



Why Socialism? by Alber

t Einstein

This article was originally published in the first issue of Monthly Review (May 1949). It was subsequently published in...

The video discusses the main factors that influence the level of consumption and spending patterns within an economy. The presenter explains the concept of consumption, which represents the total amount of money that households spend on...

The war on drugs was declared in 1971 by president Richard Nixon in a press conference that went on to outline a plan to fight the trade of controlled substances across the world. Drugs were declared national enemy number 1. Since...

We owe a lot to the Ancient Greek civilization. Everything from architecture to medicine to music is based on Greek culture. This audio story describes the influence of ancient Greek culture, specifically in music, and how it has shaped...

The Peruvian Amazon jungle is one of the most biologically diverse areas on Earth. As a nation, Peru has the largest number of bird species in the world and the third-largest number of mammals; 44% of bird species and 63% of mammal...

Developmental psychology studies how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors emerge and change from infancy through to adulthood. In this brief introduction we will focus on Piaget's stages,and some of the methods researchers use to study...

We’re often taught that it was the ancient Greeks who invented our democracy. What they forget to mention is the group of Native Americans who helped showed us the way.

We just learned about drug administration, or the ways that drugs can enter the body. What happens next? How do drugs move around the body to get to where they need to go? The study of this is called pharmacokinetics. Let's get into the...

Semiconductors are the essential components that allow electricity to flow and regulate the flow of electrical energy in all electronic devices. They are materials that sit between conductors and insulators, enabling the controlled...

Social Influences Affect Consumer Decisions

McKinsey and Co. partner Kelsey Robinson presents on shifts in consumer behavior that occurred during the global pandemic, and how experience professionals should adjust.

In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about Chinese Secret Societies

The essential concept of Teddy Roosevelt's Imperialistic policy called the Roosevelt Corollary.

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Have you noticed that you're different to your relations, parents or carers, your next-door neighbour, the kid...

This video discusses Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, which outlines eight stages that individuals go through from birth to death. Each stage presents different needs, questions, and influences on behavior and learning,...

Ever seen something while you're out shopping that absolutely must have, but you don't know why? Well it all comes down to clever advertising. From psychological priming to staring mascots, here's 10 Advertising Tricks That Actually Make...

The Connotative vs Denotative meaning of words matters and these definitions and examples will help you choose your words for maximum impact as an emerging leader.

This video discusses the Pygmalion Effect, which is the phenomenon where higher expectations lead to higher performance. The video provides examples of how this effect can play out in situations such as coaching a basketball team or...

This presentation develops a basic understanding of the most common drugs in the workplace.

Come get a super fast heaping helping of Containment in this broad based lecture on the 1948-1949 Berlin Airlift.

Ethical decision-making in the workplace falls into to broad categories - situational and not-so-situational ethics. Both of these kinds of situations require specific skills and strategies to overcome them. This section of the full...