SciShow
Earth's Not-So-Juicy Center
Hank takes us on a journey to center of the Earth to explain both how the solid core formed and why it is so important for life as we know it.
SciShow
Victorian Pseudosciences: Solving Murders with Eyeballs
In the 1800s, Wilhelm Kühne created an image of a window from the eyes of a rabbit. Was this technology applicable to humans? Hosted by: Michael Aranda
SciShow
4 Real Inventions Inspired by Science Fiction
Where science fiction becomes science fact - that is the place Hank is exploring in today's episode of SciShow. Many inventions we use today were first imagined in stories that described fantastical futures. Hank talks about the origins...
SciShow
Its True The Sun Really Does Flash Green
The mythical green flash at sunset isn't actually a myth! Stefan explains why it happens, and how you can see it.
SciShow
Earth's Not-So-Juicy Center
Hank takes us on a journey to center of the Earth to explain both how the solid core formed and why it is so important for life as we know it.
Curated Video
Jules Verne for Kids | Bedtime History
Learn about the world-famous French author whose interest in science, technology, and adventure wrote books like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and became a founder of the genre that became known as "science fiction."
Curated Video
Ray Bradbury
Awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, recognizing a lifetime of influential literary works, Ray Bradbury wrote from a desire to “live forever”. Through sci fi, fantasy, horror and mystery to themes of death, loneliness and the dark...
Curated Video
The Golden Age of Sci_Fi Literature
Coinciding with the Machine Age, the Golden Age of Sci-Fi Literature saw American authors combine factual science with fantastical fiction to take readers into the farthest reaches of the imagination.
PBS
The Evolution of Science Fiction (Feat. Lindsay Ellis)
Correction: At 1:49, we accidentally said that Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was published in 1918, when it was published in 1818. We regret the error -- thanks to Stephen Pershing for catching this! Stories, tales, and myths from all...
Curated Video
CAN754 COSMONAUT LEONOV ARRIVES FOR JULES VERNE CENTENARY EXHIBITION
Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov arrives in Paris and visits Jules Verne exhibition where his space crayon drawings are displayed.
1. ms exterior Le Bourget Airport
2. ms Leonov down steps of aircraft pull back to wide ms, greeted
3. ms...
Curated Video
Adult fans think outside the box with innovative Lego creations
LEADIN:
From Star Wars scenes to entire miniature mountain villages, 'Adult Fans of Lego' is pushing the boundaries of what you can create using the colourful plastic bricks.
The Bricks LA convention is...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Love of letters: a 70 year Romanian saga starring Twain
VOICED : Love of letters: a 70 year Romanian saga starring Twain
Hearst Metrotone News
A montage shows drawings from French writer Jules Verne's book From The Earth To The Moon.
A montage shows drawings from French writer Jules Verne's book From The Earth To The Moon.
Curated Video
First treatment for Ashya, boy who had same therapy gives advice
British boy Ashya King underwent his first proton beam therapy session for a life-threatening brain tumour in Prague on Monday, a week after the 5-year-old was flown to the Czech capital from Spain.
After his first course of treatment at...
Curated Video
A pair of spacecraft rocketed toward the moon Saturday on the first mission dedicated to measuring lunar gravity and determining what''s inside Earth''s orbiting companion _ all the way down to the core. (Sept. 10)
HEADLINE: Raw Video: NASA launches twin spacecraft to moon
CAPTION: A pair of spacecraft rocketed toward the moon Saturday on the first mission dedicated to measuring lunar gravity and determining what''s inside Earth''s orbiting...
Curated Video
NEWS FEATURE Top chef Alain Ducasse unveils Eiffel Tower restaurant
1. Bottom shot of the Eiffel Tower
2. Pan from tourists queueing to adjacent "Le Jules Verne" restaurant
3. Close up of restaurant sign
4. Tracking shot from inside elevator going up the Eiffel Tower
5. Set up shot of French Chef, Alain...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Love of letters: a 70 year Romanian saga starring Twain
CLEAN : Love of letters: a 70 year Romanian saga starring Twain
Curated Video
We take a look at more of the summer's forthcoming releases
1. Trailer excerpt: "Garfield"/On-screen credit to 20th Century Fox.
2. SOT (English) Jim Davis/Garfield comic-strip creator: "This is a live-action movie with a CGI Garfield. Garfield is computer animated. For the first time he's...
Curated Video
FRANCE: MICROLIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASHES AT START OF RECORD ATTEMPT
Natural Sound
A support aircraft involved in an attempt to fly a microlight around the world in 80 days has crashed in France - critically injuring the pilot on board.
Philip Good received severe head injuries when the aircraft he was...
Curated Video
European space freighter docks with International Space Station
Space
1. Wide of Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) docking with International Space Station (ISS)
2. Camera shot showing docking (++Black and White image ++)
3. ATV docking, UPSOUND: (Russian with English translation) Now...
Curated Video
France - 'Terrorist' Explosion A Practical Joke
An explosion in a Paris schoolyard on Thursday (26/10) raised
fears that France's wave of terror was continuing. But, after
investigation, the blast was blamed on a "practical joke." The
explosive was identified as a large home-made...
Curated Video
FRANCE: PARIS: SECURITY BUILD-UP CONTINUES AFTER BOMB ATTACKS
Natural Sound
Four hundred soldiers have taken up positions at strategic points throughout Paris, reinforcing an already large security presence which has so far failed to halt a wave of terrorist bombings.
The latest security build-up...
Curated Video
UK: 2 MEN TO ATTEMPT A CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF WORLD IN MICROLIGHT
English/Nat
Two British men will make history at the end of March when they attempt to turn fiction into fact and fly around the world in 80 days.
Brian Milton and Keith Reynolds are marking the 125th anniversary of Jules Verne's...