Professor Dave Explains
History of Astronomy Part 2: Early Measurements of the Earth
After many centuries of pure observation, it finally became time for mankind to start doing some science to figure out the dimensions of the Earth and other nearby objects. What were these early experiments? What did they tell us? Let's...
Curated Video
Finding Missing Angle Measurements Using Complementary and Supplementary Angles
This video lesson teaches students how to find missing angle measurements by using complementary and supplementary angles. It explains the concepts of complementary angles (summing to 90 degrees) and supplementary angles (summing to 180...
Curated Video
Combining Metric Units of Measurement
This video provides a lesson on how to combine metric units of measurement using a measuring tool and a chart. It explains the commonly used units in metric length and emphasizes the importance of getting an exact measurement for certain...
Professor Dave Explains
Accuracy and Precision for Data Collection
In science, we love data! But what are the rules of data collection? How accurate and how precise can we get with our data? What do these words even mean? Let's find out!
Kids Learning Videos
Measurements for Kids - Introduction to Standard Measurements
Measurements! With all the things around us, there are many ways that we can compare things. Using measurements, we can determine lengths, masses and more. This is a simple introduction video to types of measurements to help children...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Air pollution still causing 400,000 deaths in Europe a year
Air pollution is still causing 400,000 premature deaths a year in Europe despite a slight improvement in air quality in recent years according to the European Environment Agency's annual report
Curated Video
ANTARCTICA: NASA SAYS OZONE HOLE IS DUE TO CHLORINE CHEMICALS
English/Nat
American scientists say an ozone hole over Antarctica the size of North America is due to man-made causes.
They say new data from a U-S science satellite confirms that high levels of man-made chlorine chemicals are to blame....
Bloomberg
Former McAfee CEO Says Donations Aren't Enough, Diversity Has to Be a Goal
Jun.23 -- Chris Young, senior adviser at private equity firm TPG and former chief executive officer at McAfee, discusses diversity and inclusion in the workplace on "Bloomberg Technology."
Curated Video
IAEA presser on situation at Japan's damaged nuclear plant
1. Wide of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Graham Andrew, Special Adviser to the IAEA Director-General on Scientific and Technical Affairs:
"As I reported yesterday, the situation at...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Citizen scientists track radiation seven years after Fukushima
Beneath the elegant curves of the roof on the Seirinji Buddhist temple in Japan's Fukushima region hangs an unlikely adornment: a Geiger counter collecting real time radiation readings
Curated Video
WRAP Waxwork figures of US President- elect unveiled
London, UK
1. Wide exterior of Madame Tussauds
2. Media at display for US President-elect Barack Obama wax figure
3. Wide of Obama wax figure standing in mock Oval office
4. Various of Obama figure
5. Tilt up from mock US presidential...
Curated Video
Robotic mannequin changes shape and size
AP Television
Hong Kong, 16 April 2013
1. Wide of Associate Professor of Institute of Textiles and Clothing at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Dr Allan Chan, taking off black jacket from fixed-size dummy and putting it on...
Curated Video
USA: CALIFORNIA: GLOBAL SURVEYOR SPACECRAFT CLOSES IN ON MARS
English/Nat
The Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft closed in on the red planet on Thursday as NASA controllers prepared for rocket firings to guide it into orbit.
The spacecraft, designed to compile global maps of Mars, will collect data...
Curated Video
How Fast Can J&J Vaccine Be Produced?
Johnson & Johnson moved slower in their clinical trials than Moderna and Pfizer, in part, to focus on manufacturing.
Curated Video
Actor has new wax work unveiled
London's Madame Tussauds welcomed a new resident on Monday (24 FEB. 2014), British actor Christian Bale.
The Oscar-nominated star was chosen to join the attraction after the public voted on who they would most like to see immortalised in...
Curated Video
Restoration project underway on Cambodia's "Second Angkor Wat"
AP Television FILE
Angkor Wat, Siem Reap Province - 3rd June 2008
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1. Various of tourists at Angkor Wat temple, one of Cambodia's biggest tourist attractions
AP Television
Banteay Chhmar, Banteay Meanchey Province...
Curated Video
New Victoria and David Beckham figures revealed at Madame Tussauds ahead of their 15th anniversary
Celebrity couple Victoria and David Beckham have had their wax figures updated at London's Madame Tussauds.
The new figures, which were unveiled on Thursday (19 JUNE), have been made in honor of the couple's 15th wedding anniversary on...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Genderless fashion blurs lines on London catwalks
CLEAN : Genderless fashion blurs lines on London catwalks
Curated Video
Nations approve new definition for the kilogram
In an historic vote, nations unanimously approved Friday a ground-breaking overhaul to the international system of measurements, creating new definitions for the kilogram and other key units vital for trade and science.
Curated Video
Take that, moon! NASA smacked two spacecraft into the lunar south pole Friday morning in a search for hidden ice. NASA officials say data confirms that a large empty rocket hull barreled into the moon at 7:31 a.m..
HEADLINE: NASA probes hit moon twice
CAPTION: Take that, moon! NASA smacked two spacecraft into the lunar south pole Friday morning in a search for hidden ice. NASA officials say data confirms that a large empty rocket hull barreled...
Curated Video
NASA's latest mission to Mars is on the launch pad. Instruments in "MAVEN" will sample the Martian atmosphere to determine how water escaped from the planet. (Nov. 17)
The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft is on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
If conditions hold, the Atlas V rocket will be launched tomorrow afternoon on a voyage to the Martian...
Curated Video
Nuclear agency briefing on Japan crisis
1. Wide of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert panel
2. Cutaway of journalist
3. Wide of IAEA expert Graham Andrew speaking at briefing
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Graham Andrew, IAEA expert:
"There have been some positive...
Curated Video
Briefing on the forthcoming Maven Mars mission
The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, also known as Maven, spacecraft was standing by on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Sunday.
The robotic explorer is due to blast off on Monday on a...
Curated Video
Expedition 49 crew land in Kazakhstan
The three crew members that departed from the International Space Station early Sunday, have landed safely in Kazakhstan. Expedition 49 Commander Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and Flight Engineers Kate Rubins...