SciShow
How (a Lack of) Bird Poop Proved the Big Bang
Reid describes how pigeons and bird poop helped prove the Big Bang!
TED Talks
TED: 4 ways we can avoid a catastrophic drought | David Sedlak
As the world's climate patterns continue to shift unpredictably, places where drinking water was once abundant may soon find reservoirs dry and groundwater aquifers depleted. In this talk, civil and environmental engineer David Sedlak...
SciShow
Where Does Static Come From
Did you know you can watch the big bang on an old TV any time you want?
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...
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...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Urbanization and the future of cities - Vance Kite
About 10,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers, aided by rudimentary agriculture, moved to semi-permanent villages and never looked back. With further developments came food surpluses, leading to commerce, specialization and, many years later...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How can you change someone's mind? (hint: facts aren't always enough) - Hugo Mercier
Why do arguments change people's minds in some cases and backfire in others? Hugo Mercier explains how arguments are more convincing when they rest on a good knowledge of the audience, taking into account what the audience believes, who...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Are we running out of clean water? - Balsher Singh Sidhu
Despite water covering 71% of the planet’s surface, more than half the world’s population endures extreme water scarcity for at least one month a year. Current estimates predict that by 2040, up to 20 more countries could be experiencing...
SciShow
Why Do So Many People Share and Believe Fake News?
Fake news spreads across the Internet like wildfire, and might even spread more quickly than real news!
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How to choose your news - Damon Brown
With the advent of the Internet and social media, news is distributed at an incredible rate by an unprecedented number of different media outlets. How do we choose which news to consume? Damon Brown gives the inside scoop on how the...
Crash Course Kids
The Basics of Freshwater
We have a lot of water on Earth, but we also can't actually drink much of it... or use it for farming. That's because most of the water on Earth is saltwater. We humans, like a lot of living things, need freshwater to survive. In this...
PBS
Is Futurama the Best Argument Against Transhumanism?
Transhumanism is a scientific philosophy that says technology will solve all our human biological constraints and that immortality is right around the corner (well not RIGHT around the corner, but WAYYY closer). They envision a world of...
SciShow
How Does Bug Soup Become a Butterfly?
A caterpillar hatches from an egg, makes a cocoon, and emerges a fully-grown, beautiful butterfly. But, during its time in the cocoon, the caterpillar melts its body into bug goo... then even weirder stuff happens.
Crash Course
Papers & Essays: Crash Course Study Skills
Writing research papers is an essential skill in your career as a student, and this week we're going to help you do that like a pro. From figuring out where to begin, to finding the best systems, to breaking out of �research recursion...
Crash Course
Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa Crash Course World History
In which John Green teaches you about Sub-Saharan Africa! So, what exactly was going on there? It turns out, it was a lot of trade, converting to Islam, visits from Ibn Battuta, trade, beautiful women, trade, some impressive...
Crash Course
Media Skills: Crash Course Media Literacy
Now that you have a solid understanding of the media landscape, it’s time to equip you with the essential skills for navigating it.
TED Talks
TED: Women should represent women in media | Megan Kamerick
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. How do you tell women’s stories? Ask women to tell them. At TEDxABQ, Megan Kamerick shows how the news media...
Science ABC
Why Do People Look Up When Thinking?
According to current research, we look up while thinking because the same brain structures involved in thinking evolved from pre-existing neural connections for searching visually. The same reason you move your eyes to search for a...
Curated Video
Battle for Rome - Were Barbarian invasions a Peaceful settlement or Violent conquest
Battle for Rome - Were Barbarian invasions a Peaceful settlement or Violent conquest
Curated Video
What is SWOT Analysis? Useful tool for Project Managers
SWOT Analysis is a well-known tool. And rightly so! It is simple, yet it is also flexible and powerful. As a project manager, SWOT Analysis is one of those tools that you can use in may circumstances. So it's a great resource to have in...
Curated Video
How to Understand the Stages of Conflict
In an earlier video, we looked at the Sources of Conflict. In this video, we will focus on the stages of conflict: Escalation and De-escalation. How to Understand the Sources of Conflict: • How to Understand the Sources of Conf... The...
Debunked
Do We Really Swallow 8 Spiders In Our Sleep Every Year
Do we really inadvertently swallow 8 spiders every year while we’re asleep? What are the chances of creepy crawlies venturing into your cavernous snoring mouth? What is the science behind it all? Plus learn more as we investigate this...
Curated Video
Diversifying Los Angeles' Power Sources: Towards a Greener Future
Los Angeles, one of the world's largest cities, is seeking to diversify its power options and reduce air emissions. The City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is leading the way by proposing a program for renewable energy...