Science360
'Smart implants' dissolve after healing
We all know that injuries happen and doctors sometimes have to use metal screws or plates to support broken bones while the bones heal. What if that implanted metal just disintegrated on its own after the injury heals? A team at the NSF...
Octopus TV
Eating Disorders - Accommodation
In this video Janet Treasure discusses accomodation in relation to supporting those with eating disorders. Accomodation in this context refers to a relaxing of normal rules or norms applied to the person who is suffering with the eating...
Science360
Smart implants dissolve after healing
We all know that injuries happen and doctors sometimes have to use metal screws or plates to support broken bones while the bones heal. What if that implanted metal just disintegrated on its own after the injury heals? A team at the NSF...
Planet PE
GCSE PE paper1 revision- respiratory system
In this video we look at the pathway of air and how the alveoli assist in gases our exchange.
Curated Video
Describing Cross-Sections of a Right Rectangular Pyramid
In this video, students learn how to describe the cross-sections of a right rectangular pyramid by slicing at different angles. They are introduced to the concept of cross-sections and how they result from cutting a 3-dimensional shape...
The Backyard Scientist
Exploding Balloons filled with Propane Gas. Drones, Steel wool, and Underwater explosions! - SMS#4
I thought it would be fun to film propane balloons exploding in slow motion, and I tried popping them a bunch of different ways. I took some user suggestions like flying a drone with a sparkler attached into a balloon, and filling a...
Visual Learning Systems
What Are Magnets?: a Magnet
Magnets are unusual and fun tools that serve many useful purposes. This colorful, action-packed program emphasizes the characteristics and behavior of magnets. Special emphasis is also given to electromagnets and the importance of...
Weatherthings
Wildfire Safety: Threats and impacts
How, when, and where wildfires happen, with a focus on safety. Wildfires need fuel and heat, so they can happen in any dry place. They are a natural part of Earth and they do have benefits. Most are caused by human activity. Wildfires...
Science360
Stretchable, flexible, ultra-thin batteries made with zinc – Imprint Energy
The rapidly growing portable electronics industry means huge demand for affordable, durable batteries that pack more energy. Imprint Energy, a small business funded by the National Science Foundation, is pioneering a new way to...
Octopus TV
Eating Disorders - Advice For Friends
In this interview Jenny Langley discusses how friends of people with eating disorders can be encouraged to adopt positive behaviours towards the person suffering from the illness.
Next Animation Studio
Sea levels could rise by over 5 meters by the year 3000 if current
Antarctic ice sheet melting could increase sea levels by over five meters by the year 3000 if current warming trends continue.
Curated Video
Most times to fold a piece of paper
It was an accepted belief that folding a piece of paper in half more than 8 times was impossible. On 27 January 2002, high school student, Britney Gallivan, of Pomona, California, USA, folded a single piece of paper in half 12 times and...
Curated Video
How Do Digital Video Cameras Work?
Digital cameras seem to be everywhere these days. Learn how the technology has evolved from celluloid film to the digital video cameras of today and understand how advancements in video quality and the development of social media have...
Octopus TV
Eating Disorders - Improving The Relationship Between The Carer And The Care Team
In this video Jenny Langley discusses how she helps carers to use different techniques in order to work better with the care teams of patients with eating disorders.
Science360
Silver Saver
Conservation scientist Glen Gates at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore is working on new ways to protect museum-quality silver from the ravages of time. Fine silverware and silver pieces on display at museums are exposed to air and...
Octopus TV
Eating Disorders - Treatment Team And The Family
In this video Janet Treasure discusses how families can try to have positive communication whilst supporting someone with an eating disorder.
Octopus TV
Eating Disorders - Bad Day Exercise
In this video Jenny Langley discusses a technique she uses with carers to help them empathise better with patients who have eating disorders.
Music Matters
Making Music with 7th Chord Chains - Music Composition
Making music with 7th chord chains and advanced chord progressions in any style, from baroque to cocktail piano. The chain of 7ths has been used by composers since the Baroque period as a means of providing a rich sequence of 7th chords...
Weatherthings
A Sun Dog is a Mock Sun is a Parhelion
Often, next to the sun, we find very bright patches of color. This describes what they are, and that they are not rainbows.
Ti & Me TV
Dance Competition Makeup Tutorial with @Miss Auti
Follow this easy makeup tutorial for dance competitions and dance recitals! This is a quick walk through for beginners to get that smokey eye, rouged cheek, red lip feel.
Curated Video
The History and Making of Spaghetti
Spaghetti is a form of Italian, wheat pasta in long strands. Learn how this pasta spread around the world and try making your own spaghetti noodles!
Science360
Viewer's choice: New 'smart bandages' for burn victims and others
Some bandages are embedded with medicine to treat wounds, but researchers at Harvard University and Brigham and Women's Hospital have something much more sophisticated in mind for the future of chronic wound care. With support from the...
Octopus TV
Eating Disorders - 'SMART Planning' Technique For Carers
In this interview Jenny Langley discusses techniques to help carers and patients approach challenges in a way that can increase success through the SMART planning technique; specific, measurable, achievable, realistic within a time frame.
Science360
New smart bandages for burn victims and others
Some bandages are embedded with medicine to treat wounds, but researchers at Harvard University and Brigham and Women's Hospital have something much more sophisticated in mind for the future of chronic wound care. With support from the...