Bizarre Beasts
Is This Weird Animal Our Closest Relative?
Colugos are sometimes called flying lemurs – even though they don’t fly and are not lemurs. But what they really are, is a 200 year old mystery DNA might have just solved.
Curated Video
Joanna of Castile part 11: Visits from Family and Death
46 years of confinement took a toll on Joanna's health. Family members occasionally visited but none attempted to release her. Finally, in her 70s, Joanna died in her sleep. Learn about her mental and physical decline and how her family...
Curated Video
Queen Nzinga part 8: Later Years and Legacy
In her later years, Nzinga focused less on military training and more on education in her lands. This video delves into the complexities of her legacy, as she ruled with violence and advanced the slave trade in the area but also...
Curated Video
Queen Nzinga part 4: Revenge and Rise to Power
As the political situation in Ndongo worsened, Mbandi slipped into a deep depression and relied on Nzinga more and more for personal and political advice. Nzinga used this as an opportunity to weaken her brother's rule and solidify her...
Oxford Online English
Talking About Your Family in English - Spoken English Lesson
In this lesson, you can learn how to talk about your family in English. Do you have a big family? What do you like doing when you spend time with your family? Talking about family can be a good way to start a conversation in English, so...
Science360
Engineering innovative seismic retrofits that don’t break the bank - Science Nation
Researchers at the state-of-the-art Structural Engineering and Materials Laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology are using a full-scale model building to test new ways to protect structures from earthquakes and potentially save...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Is our biological account of mental illness failing us?
From schizophrenia to depression we assume our psychiatric diagnoses are real. But as the mental health epidemic turns global, the categories now seem like the cause. Is it time to abandon our biological account of mental illness? Or is...
Science360
Enormous Underwater Fossil Graveyard Found
National Science Foundation-funded anthropologists and paleontologists uncovered what could be the largest single collection of lemur remains ever found. What’s more, they found it in a most unusual place--hidden in a series of...
TLDR News
Parliament Votes to Block Child Refugees in Brexit Deal - Brexit Explained
Yesterday MPs voted on a series of amendments to the Withdrawal Agreement Bill - the agreement which sets out the parameters for the UK leaving the EU. One provision the government recently removed was a policy which would give some...
Curated Video
Fantastic IELTS Vocabulary About Family
Today you’ll learn high-scoring IELTS vocabulary about family. Lindsay and I will be in Tokyo in May to do this life-changing event. Before watching today’s video, check out my other video: Native IELTS Vocabulary for Kids and Parents...
TLDR News
Withdrawal Agreement Bill: Changes Johnson's Made - Brexit Explained
When Johnson brought the Withdrawal Agreement Bill back to the House of Commons in December it had been changed in a number of ways. We discuss the six ways that Johnson has changed the withdrawal agreement bill from refugees and workers...
XKA Digital
Force yourself to take time off
Stefano is a financial services professional with expertise gained in bulge bracket investment banking, strategy consulting and serial entrepreneurship. He currently leads ALTVEST's international capital raise and investor relations...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Michelle Garnaut AO - Teachers Make a Difference - David Pittock
Michelle Garnaut began her career as one of China's most celebrated restaurateurs in 1989, when she opened M at the Fringe in Hong Kong. It swiftly grew into a city institution, and in 1999, M on the Bund opened, the first independent...
XKA Digital
force yourself to take time off
Stefano is a financial services professional with expertise gained in bulge bracket investment banking, strategy consulting and serial entrepreneurship. He is the founder and CEO of Dagon, the first franchisee of Pizza Hut in Sub-Saharan...
Curated Video
Rudyard Kipling: A Man of Letters (2021)
National Archives: In this short film Dr Juliette Desplat, Head of Modern Collections at The National Archives, and Janet Montefiore, Professor Emerita from the University of Kent, tell the sad story of the loss of Rudyard Kipling’s only...
Food Farmer Earth
Alan Kapuler - His Garden and Thoughts on Life
From the archives: Part 5 - Alan Kapuler traces the broad contours of his adult journey into growing food and becoming an open pollinated, open-source, organic seed breeder. From his early beginnings living on a commune in the 1970’s,...
Schooling Online
Shakespeare Today: Richard III - Act 2 Summary
Richard has already committed one shocking murder, and he’s only just getting warmed up! Richard’s brother, King Edward, is very ill – will Richard find a way to push him closer to death? As Richard feels the crown within his reach, it’s...
Brave Wilderness
MURDER IN TEXAS - a BIG FISH Crime Story!
In this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote and the crew are in Texas with the Gar Guys to find RIVER MONSTERS - aka Gar Fish! These unique-looking fish and masters of evolution lurk just beneath the waters of Texas... and they've got some...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
A Word | POEM
A Word | POEM From Jelly Boots, Smelly Boots.
National Parks Service
Acadia National Park - Meet a Silver-haired Bat
So rarely do we ever get to see the nocturnal mammals that grace the skies while we sleep. Learn more about these unique animals by meeting a silver-haired bat.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Britannica Insights: The Threat of Biodiversity Loss
Learn more about the issue of biodiversity loss in this interview with Dr. Enrique Salmón.
Wonderscape
Holiday Kids: All About Halloween
In this video, we explore the history and traditions of Halloween, one of the most popular holidays in the United States. We also delve into the traditions of trick-or-treating, carving pumpkins, and dressing up in costumes....
Press Association
Vigil held opposite Downing Street for the hostages still held in Gaza
Hundreds of people have gathered opposite Downing Street waving Israeli flags and calling for the hostages in Gaza to be released.
Curated Video
Families of US hostages in Gaza hold out hope for imminent release
Citing both the suffering of civilians in Gaza and their own agony, they urge negotiators to get the job done on a possible cease-fire deal.