TED Talks
David Kelley: Human-centered design
IDEO's David Kelley says that product design has become much less about the hardware and more about the user experience. He shows video of this new, broader approach, including footage from the Prada store in New York.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: What is the World Wide Web? - Twila Camp
The World Wide Web is used every day by millions of people for everything from checking the weather to sharing cat videos. But what is it exactly? Twila Camp describes this interconnected information system as a virtual city that...
Bozeman Science
Engaging in Argumentation
In this video Paul Andersen explains how to have your students engage in argumentation in the science classroom.
Be Smart
Pay Attention!
It seems like every week someone tells us how the internet and the digital age are overloading our brains. Sure, sometimes it feels like we're being fed more information than we can handle, that we're paying attention to the wrong...
SciShow
Why It's So Hard to Admit You're Wrong | Cognitive Dissonance
Sometimes our behavior and our beliefs just… don’t match. And a lot of times this mismatch can lead to stress. What’s happening in our brains when we’re inconsistent? Can we learn anything from this discomfort?
Crash Course
The World Wide Web: Crash Course Computer Science
Today we’re going to discuss the World Wide Web - not to be confused with the Internet, which is the underlying plumbing for the web as well as other networks. The World Wide Web is built on the foundation of simply linking pages to...
SciShow
The First Neutron Star Collision We've Ever Seen
The results are in from the neutron star collision this past August! Astronomers are revealing what they've learned so far, with more pure gold research underway!
TED Talks
Dennis Hong: Making a car for blind drivers
Using robotics, laser rangefinders, GPS and smart feedback tools, Dennis Hong is building a car for drivers who are blind. It's not a "self-driving" car, he's careful to note, but a car in which a non-sighted driver can determine speed,...
Crash Course
Netflix & Chill: Crash Course Philosophy
Last week we talked about language and meaning. Today, Hank explores some of the things that complicate meaning and how we get around that. We’ll explain conversational implicature, the cooperative principle, and the four main maxims of...
SciShow
How the Web Became a Thing | The History of the Internet, Part 2
In part 2 of our History of the Internet series, Hank explains how public access became declared a human right!
TED Talks
TED: How to train employees to have difficult conversations | Tamekia MizLadi Smith
It's time to invest in face-to-face training that empowers employees to have difficult conversations, says Tamekia MizLadi Smith. In a witty, provocative talk, Smith shares a workplace training program called "I'm G.R.A.C.E.D." that will...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Is light a particle or a wave? - Colm Kelleher
Can we accurately describe light as exclusively a wave or just a particle? Are the two mutually exclusive? In this third part of his series on light and color, Colm Kelleher discusses wave-particle duality and its relationship to how we...
TED Talks
Keren Elazari: Hackers: the Internet's immune system
The beauty of hackers, says cybersecurity expert Keren Elazari, is that they force us to evolve and improve. Yes, some hackers are bad guys, but many are working to fight government corruption and advocate for our rights. By exposing...
Crash Course
Who Can You Trust? Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #4
In which John Green teaches you how to assess the sources of information you find on the internet. The growing suspicion of expertise is a growing problem on the internet, and it can be very difficult to figure out which sources are...
SciShow
Gynandromorphs: Dual-Sex Animals
SciShow explores one of the more rare and unusual results of sexual reproduction: gynandromorphy, in which an animal is part male and part female.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How do animals see in the dark? - Anna Stockl
To human eyes, the world at night is a formless canvas of grey. Many nocturnal animals, on the other hand, experience a rich and varied world, bursting with details, shapes, and colors. What is it, then, that separates moths from men?...
TED Talks
TED: I am my connectome | Sebastian Seung
Sebastian Seung is mapping a massively ambitious new model of the brain that focuses on the connections between each neuron. He calls it our "connectome," and it's as individual as our genome -- and understanding it could open a new way...
SciShow
Does Sensory Deprivation Really Help You Think?
Sensory deprivation tanks have grown in popularity recently, and while the research is not extensive, scientists have found some positive effects from spending some time without so much stimulation.
Crash Course
Kant & Categorical Imperatives: Crash Course Philosophy
Our next stop on our tour of ethics is Kant’s ethics. Today Hank explains hypothetical and categorical imperatives, the universalizability principle, autonomy, and what it means to treat people as ends-in-themselves, rather than as mere...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The science of hearing - Douglas L. Oliver
The ability to recognize sounds and identify their location is possible thanks to the auditory system. That's comprised of two main parts: the ear, and the brain. The ear's task is to convert sound energy into neural signals; the brain's...
SciShow
Are We Ready to Edit the Fetal Genome?
Gene therapy is really complicated both scientifically and ethically. But it also has the potential to do some amazing things - like treating life threatening diseases in babies before they are even born.
Crash Course
Regression - Crash Course Statistics
Today we're going to introduce one of the most flexible statistical tools - the General Linear Model (or GLM). GLMs allow us to create many different models to help describe the world - you see them a lot in science, economics, and...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Do politics make us irrational? - Jay Van Bavel
Can someone’s political identity actually affect their ability to process information? The answer lies in a cognitive phenomenon known as partisanship. While identifying with social groups is an essential and healthy part of life, it can...
MinuteEarth
The Super Secrets of Sewage
In 2020, many cities started monitoring wastewater for viruses, and there are a lot of non-virus reasons to keep doing it.