SciShow Kids
Unpoppable Bubbles! | Summer Experiments | SciShow Kids
Jessi and Squeaks play with bubbles and learn how to make some that take a really long time to pop!
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Why Does Popcorn Pop? | The Science of Food! | SciShow Kids
Squeaks and Mister Brown are making popcorn for all of their friends, and learning all about how heat makes popcorn kernels pop!
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Bird Watching | SciShow Kids Compilation
Squeaks and Mr. Brown saw some really cool birds while they were birdwatching at The Fort, so they’re revisiting old videos to remind themselves about a bunch of really cool birds!
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The Amazing Adaptations of Cave Animals! | Let's Explore Caves! | SciShow Kids
Mister Brown and Squeaks are visiting Sam the Bat's family in their cave! Now, animals that live in caves are pretty special. Since caves are really dark, the animals that live there can't use eyes to see where they are going, so they...
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My First Time Flying on an Airplane! | Airplane Science | SciShow Kids
Jessi and Squeaks are taking a trip soon! But Squeaks has never been on a plane before, and he's a little nervous about it. Let's learn what it's like to go through the airport and to be on an airplane, so we can help squeaks feel a...
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Telescopes in Space! | How We Study Space | SciShow Kids
Anthony and Squeaks find out how you can put telescopes in different places to help you see further away and get better pictures of things in space!
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Looking at the Earth! | How We Study Space | SciShow Kids
If you were looking down at the Earth from space, what would you be able to see? Do you think you would be able to see your house? What if you were super far away?
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Why Do Things Float in Space? | How We Study Space | SciShow Kids
Living in space is pretty different from living on Earth, and not just because people can float around! Today, Jessi and Sam the Bat learn about the weird ways things like fire and water behave when they are in space.
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The Great Elephant Toothpaste Experiment! | Summer Experiments | SciShow Kids
Jessi and Squeaks experiment with mixing things together and learn how to create a lot of foam!
Crash Course
Dada, Surrealism, and Symbolism: Crash Course Theater #37
Watch. Dime. Develop. Powder. Pantry. Dirt. That's right, it's time for a dip into the random, because we're talking about the Dada theater that grew out of Symbolism, and the Surrealist theater that followed Dada. You'll learn about...
Crash Course
Realism Gets Even More Real: Crash Course Theater #32
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, theater was evolving rapidly in Europe. Impresarios like Georg II, Duke of the Duchy of Saxe Meinengen (in what is now Germany), were pushing theater troupes to new heights of realism. New...
Crash Course
Federal Theatre and Group Theater: Crash Course Theater #42
The 1930s in the United States were pretty bad for employment in all industries, and the theater was no exception. As part of Roosevelt's New Deal, the Works Progress Administration created a division called the Federal Theatre Project....
PBS
Why we shouldn’t let the food industry dictate our diets
Michael Pollan's bestselling book "In Defense of Food" was a call to arms for making real food a bigger part of Americans' diets. Now he takes that push to PBS with a new documentary. He joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss why we’ve lost the...
TED Talks
TED: The habit that could improve your career | Paul Catchlove
Paul Catchlove believes strongly in the power of reflection. Through every career he's held -- from priest to opera singer to senior management consultant -- he's benefitted from a habit of considering and analyzing his goals, needs and...
TED Talks
TED: 5 parenting tips for raising resilient, self-reliant kids | Tameka Montgomery
How do you raise kids to step outside of their comfort zones and unlock their inner potential? It all starts with helping them develop a resilient mindset. Mother and business owner Tameka Montgomery makes the case for cultivating an...
TED Talks
TED: A virus-resistant organism -- and what it could mean for the future | Jason W. Chin
What if we could use the power of DNA to create a sustainable, circular economy? In a talk about breakthrough science, synthetic biologist Jason W. Chin describes his team's work rewriting the genetic blueprint of cells to create a...
TED Talks
TED: A colorful case for outside-the-box thinking on identity | Olivia Vinckier
Have you ever been forced to limit your identity to a single box on an application, survey or census questionnaire? For many, it is a futile and overall outdated exercise, especially for those with multiracial and multi-ethnic...
TED Talks
TED: 4 ways to design a disability-friendly future | Meghan Hussey
Nearly fifteen percent of the world's population lives with a disability, yet this massive chunk of humanity is still routinely excluded from opportunities. Sharing her experience growing up with an autistic sister, disability inclusion...
TED Talks
TED: What happens to gas stations when the world goes electric? | Emily Grubert
When the world goes fully electric, what happens to the cars, tools and livelihoods that rely on fossil fuels? Civil engineer and environmental sociologist Emily Grubert visualizes what a clean energy future will look like, outlining the...
TED Talks
TED: You don't actually know what your future self wants | Shankar Vedantam
You are constantly becoming a new person, says journalist Shankar Vendantam. In a talk full of beautiful storytelling, he explains the profound impact of something he calls the "illusion of continuity" -- the belief that our future...
TED Talks
TED: Gourmet food for the final frontier | Phnam Bagley
What does an in-flight meal look like when you're traveling to Mars? Designer Phnam Bagley envisions a future where astronauts have nourishing, flavorful food reminiscent of home -- a giant leap from their current staple of...
TED Talks
TED: How global virtual communities can help kids achieve their dreams | Matthew Garcia
How do we make historically exclusive fields like classical music, fine arts or academic research more accessible to everyone? Education equalizer and violist Matthew Garcia thinks one way to remove barriers is to create free, virtual...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: A day in the Islamic Golden Age | Birte Kristiansen and Petra Sijpesteijn
It's 791 CE. As the morning sun shines on the Golden Gate Palace, brother and sister Hisham and Asma prepare for the journey of a lifetime: the hajj, a holy pilgrimage to Mecca. They intend to travel with the big hajj caravan— but a...
TED Talks
TED: How to design climate-resilient buildings | Alyssa-Amor Gibbons
Architecture can't ignore the realities of climate change. For time-tested solutions that perform under extreme conditions, designer Alyssa-Amor Gibbons says we should look to traditional buildings. Taking us to her home of Barbados,...