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Learn German in 5 days, 7 days, 10 days, 15 days, 30 days, 2 months, 3 months, 4 months, 6 months, 6 months! Have you heard claims like these in the past and wondered how they work? It all boils down to making SMART language learning...

The fourth episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. I hope to have them done by Election Day 2016. This was one of the nastiest elections in American history, and so significant...

The power of words is a wonder, and language perhaps our greatest skill. Yet the gap between the sound of a bell and its description is huge. Are the limits to language so profound that the big questions of science and philosophy are...

A former kindergarten teacher and school Director of Technology, Discovery Education’s Online Community Manager, Steve Dembo, is a pioneer in the field of educational social networking, winning recognition from the Online Education...

NASA Game Changing Development Program Executive Niki Werkheiser discusses advancement of space technologies that could lead to new approaches for future space missions.

When my wife's water broke, minutes after I went to bed back in January of 2002, I remember driving her to the hospital and anguishing over one thought: "I'm never going to be well rested again". If there's one things all new parents...

Nutrition research can be difficult, especially when kids, and Elmo, and careless research techniques ruin the outcome of the study. A study on kids' nutritional choices was recently retracted because there were problems with the data...

Earth's poles have been experiencing major heat waves simultaneously, alarming climate scientists.

Between 2017 and 2018, obesity affected about 14.4 million children and adolescents in the United States. In order to create treatments, interventions, and health policies to adequately address this issue, we need solid data from...

The video discusses how different types of animal and plant cells are specialized for various functions. The video highlights sperm cells, nerve cells, muscle cells, root hair cells, sieve tubes, and flame cells to illustrate how each...

The Mannheim school of composers, led by Stamitz, steered significant musical developments during the second half of the eighteenth century. This music history lesson explains some of their most significant innovations and explains the...

The video is a lecture on the market structure of monopolistic competition. It discusses the main characteristics and assumptions of this market structure and how it fits within the spectrum of other market structures. The lecture...

The video discusses the topic of labor markets, specifically the impact of a higher minimum wage on the economy. The video analyzes the factors that affect the significance of this trade-off, such as the size of cash reserves that...

FASB Chairman Richard Jones discusses what to expect regarding accounting standard updates in 2022 -- from potential rules on digital assets and climate reporting.

C.S. Lewis part 11 of 11: The video explores the influence of Northern Ireland's landscapes and heritage on the life and work of CS Lewis, one of the world's most famous children's authors. From his birthplace in Belfast to the quaint...

Provides examples and guidance on how to map your materiality matrix

Subacute Thyroiditis (Thyroid Inflammation; De Quervain’s) | Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment



Subacute Thyroiditis is a condition involving inflammation of the thyroid gland. In this lesson, we discuss the causes of this...

When the charger is plugged in with the switch turned on, it still draws some power from the outlet even when no device is attached to the charger. Though this amount is trivial, the total becomes significant when multiplied by 4-5...

A short summary of the Magna Carta.

People are still getting arthroscopic knee surgery? Do they not watch Healthcare Triage? As we've pointed out arthroscopic knee surgery is probably ineffective. But lots of people are still getting the surgery, in spite of the evidence.

In 2012, the American Academy of Pediatrics published a policy statement in which they said that the benefits of male circumcision outweighed the risks of the procedure. They cited health benefits which, while not great enough to warrant...

The video explains the concept of monopolistic competition. It highlights the key difference between perfect competition and monopolistic competition. The video then discusses the short-run and long-run scenario for firms in monopolistic...

From DNA to Covid-19 tests, the race is on for health tech startups to provide fast and accurate results from home. Prenetics Co-founder and CEO discusses how his company has pivoted during the pandemic to make at-home tests more...