SciShow
The Amazing Humanoid Diving Robot
Today on SciShow we bring you a cool humanoid diving robot and insight into the evolution of the venus flytrap.
SciShow
The Amazing Humanoid Diving Robot
Today on SciShow we bring you a cool humanoid diving robot and insight into the evolution of the venus flytrap.
TED Talks
Matt Ridley: When ideas have sex
At TEDGlobal 2010, author Matt Ridley shows how, throughout history, the engine of human progress has been the meeting and mating of ideas to make new ideas. It's not important how clever individuals are, he says; what really matters is...
Great Big Story
The lasting allure of powdered wigs
Uncover the surprising history of powdered wigs, from syphilis remedies to aristocratic fashion statements.
Curated Video
Battle of Carpi: Prelude to the War of the Spanish Succession
This video provides a detailed account of the complex geopolitical maneuvering and military strategies surrounding the War of the Spanish Succession. Focused on the Battle of Carpi, it highlights the intense conflict between the French...
Curated Video
How the Dance Floor Changed Feudalism Forever | The Life & Times of Louis XIV
Feudalism was dying. In the age of globe-spanning colonial empires, commercial printing, and the scientific revolution, the idea of a state held together by a myriad of personal arrangements between ruler and nobility was beginning to...
Weird History
All About the Powdered Wig Craze
For over a century, European men refused to go outside without first donning an enormous wig. At the time, the headpiece was better known as a peruke or periwig, and just like other bizarre fashion trends, the peruke wig has a...
Weird History
11 Ways Corruption Led To French Revolution
Though historians have been right to point to a variety of French Revolution causes - ranging from economic and social issues to questions of political representation - it is also true that French royal excess played no small role in...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : The Royal Chapel of the Château de Versailles is back to its former glory
A "total work of art" and the jewel of the Château de Versailles, the Royal Chapel has regained its former glory after months of restoration work on the roof, the roof structure, the stained glass windows, the statues and the exterior...
Curated Video
The vegetable garden of France's Sun King
Versailles, Paris 19 - June 2009
1. Various exterior shots Chateau de Versailles
2. Statue Louis XIV
3. Zoom out of children in vegetable garden
4. Tourists visiting the garden
5. Pan of vegetable garden
6. Pan pear trees
7. Close up of...
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Louis Xiv: Sun King of France
AP Euro History video in which Tom Richey lectures on the importance of Louis XIV who epitomized an absolute monarchy form of centralized government and ruled as King of France, the "Sun King", during the 17th and 18th Centuries. [14:41]