Instructional Video5:01
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The dark history of werewolves | Craig Thomson

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Stories of werewolves have existed for thousands of years and continue to live on today. They're especially prominent in European literature and folklore, and often found in cultures where the wolf is the largest natural predator. Over...
Instructional Video3:32
TED Talks

TED: An alternative to the "midlife crisis" | Chip Conley

12th - Higher Ed
Midlife doesn't have to be a scary time, says entrepreneur Chip Conley. In this short yet profound talk, he takes inspiration from the natural world to reframe our 40s, 50s and 60s as a transitional stage that's full of grace and beauty...
Instructional Video3:38
SciShow

The "Disease" That Struck Medieval Church Organs

12th - Higher Ed
During long, cold winters in medieval Europe, church organs grew gray, sickly-looking circles that spread over their pipes. People back then believed that this was the work of the devil, but as it turns out, it’s just some pretty simple...
Instructional Video7:30
SciShow

The Most Advanced Robots in the World

12th - Higher Ed
The most advanced robots in the world might not be exactly what you’re expecting. But they’re shaping humanity’s future. Hosted by: Michael Aranda
Instructional Video3:46
SciShow

The Salamander That Refuses to Grow Up

12th - Higher Ed
If you hear the word “baby-faced” you might picture a doe-eyed celebrity who never seems to age. But, really, you should be thinking of the axolotl. However, it is possible to transform these otherwise forever-babies, causing them to...
Instructional Video4:58
SciShow Kids

Where Do Caves Come From? | Let's Explore Caves! | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
Squeaks is back from visiting Sam the Bat’s cave and is excited to learn all about how different caves form and why they look the ways they do!
News Clip2:26
PBS

This Nonprofit Has A Sweet Plan For Reclaiming Vacant Detroit Lots

12th - Higher Ed
Detroit is known for the rhythms of Motown and the hum of automobile manufacturing plants. Now, one nonprofit is adding a new sound to this urban landscape: the buzzing of bees. Special correspondent Mary Ellen Geist reports on the...
Instructional Video3:14
Crash Course Kids

Resources: Welcome to the Neighborhood

3rd - 8th
Welcome to the Neighborhood! Humans need a lot of things to survive (I'm sure you've noticed). We need food, water, and shelter and it takes a lot of resources to get all of those things. What are resources? In this episode of Crash...
Instructional Video19:20
3Blue1Brown

The more general uncertainty principle, beyond quantum

12th - Higher Ed
The general uncertainty principle, about the concentration of a wave vs the concentration of its fourier transform, applied to two non-quantum examples before showing what it means for the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
Instructional Video17:47
3Blue1Brown

The more general uncertainty principle, beyond quantum

12th - Higher Ed
The general uncertainty principle, about the concentration of a wave vs the concentration of its fourier transform, applied to two non-quantum examples before showing what it means for the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
Instructional Video6:12
SciShow

Why Scientists Are Using Mice to Make Human Cells

12th - Higher Ed
Stem cells are widely believed to hold great promise in medical research because of their ability to transform into all sorts of other cell types, and scientists can grow it in living mice.
Instructional Video14:13
TED Talks

Halla Tómasdóttir and Bryn Freedman: The crisis of leadership -- and a new way forward

12th - Higher Ed
What should modern leadership look like? Entrepreneur and former Icelandic presidential candidate Halla Tómasdóttir thinks global leaders need to change their ways -- or risk becoming irrelevant. In a conversation with curator Bryn...
Instructional Video5:07
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Why don't we cover the desert with solar panels? | Dan Kwartler

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Stretching over roughly nine million square kilometers and with sands reaching temperatures of up to 80° Celsius, the Sahara Desert receives about 22 million terawatt hours of energy from the Sun every year. That's well over 100 times...
Instructional Video10:39
PBS

Superluminal Time Travel + Time Warp Challenge Answer

12th - Higher Ed
By choosing the right path and the right reference frames, any superluminal motion can lead to information or objects returning to their origin before they depart.
Instructional Video19:04
3Blue1Brown

But what is the Fourier Transform? A visual introduction.

12th - Higher Ed
An animated introduction to the Fourier Transform, winding graphs around circles.
Instructional Video11:37
TED Talks

TED: Dreams and details for a decarbonized future | Jim Hagemann Snabe

12th - Higher Ed
As chairman of the world's largest maritime shipping company, Jim Hagemann Snabe thinks a lot about how goods get where they need to go and the impact their journey has on the planet. Leading the effort to decarbonize shipping by 2050,...
Instructional Video20:21
TED Talks

Joshua Foer: Feats of memory anyone can do

12th - Higher Ed
There are people who can quickly memorize lists of thousands of numbers, the order of all the cards in a deck (or ten!), and much more. Science writer Joshua Foer describes the technique -- called the memory palace -- and shows off its...
Instructional Video8:49
TED Talks

TED: How to transform the chemical industry -- one reaction at a time | Miguel A. Modestino

12th - Higher Ed
Chemical plants create many of the materials found in everyday items, from the shoes you wear to the car you drive to the cell phone in your pocket. But the massive carbon footprint from chemical manufacturing is leading to climate...
Instructional Video9:39
TED Talks

Kirby Ferguson: Embrace the remix

12th - Higher Ed
Nothing is original, says Kirby Ferguson, creator of Everything is a Remix. From Bob Dylan to Steve Jobs, he says our most celebrated creators borrow, steal and transform.
Instructional Video13:21
TED Talks

Kelsey Leonard: Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans

12th - Higher Ed
Water is essential to life. Yet in the eyes of the law, it remains largely unprotected -- leaving many communities without access to safe drinking water, says legal scholar Kelsey Leonard. In this powerful talk, she shows why granting...
Instructional Video4:45
SciShow

How to Reprogram a Brain Cell

12th - Higher Ed
In Parkinson's disease, certain kinds of neurons die over time, but it might be possible to reprogram other types of cells in the brain to replace those lost ones.
Instructional Video17:27
TED Talks

Odes to vice and consequences - Felix Dennis

12th - Higher Ed
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Media big shot Felix Dennis roars his fiery, funny, sometimes racy original poetry, revisiting haunting memories...
Instructional Video15:32
TED Talks

TED: How shocking events can spark positive change | Naomi Klein

12th - Higher Ed
Things are pretty shocking out there right now -- record-breaking storms, deadly terror attacks, thousands of migrants disappearing beneath the waves and openly supremacist movements rising. Are we responding with the urgency that these...
Instructional Video4:45
TED Talks

TED: The dangerous evolution of HIV | Edsel Salvaña

12th - Higher Ed
Think we're winning the battle against HIV? Maybe not, as the next wave of drug-resistant viruses arrives. In an eye-opening talk, TED Fellow Edsel Salvana describes the aggressive HIV subtype AE that's currently plaguing his home of the...