With the retrial and murder conviction of Amanda Knox, many Americans are wondering if she will be extradited to Italy to face her 28 year sentence. In this video we explain the concept of extradition and what options Amanda Knox faces...

Amazing health effects of texting people with significant cardiovascular disease! This is Healthcare Triage News.

In this video, I explain and demonstrate the Modified Clinical Test of Sensory Interaction in Balance (mCTSIB), a balance test used in the assessment of sensory organization of balance.

It has become an article of faith among many of my friends that when they are pregnant, they should eliminate foods that could lead to allergies in their children. They forego shellfish, they do without dairy, but most importantly, they...

What are criminal law protections under the 5th Amendment?

Tom Robinson, an African American man, is now on trial for his alleged rape of Mayella Ewell. A guilty verdict means death by electrocution. Will Atticus be able to convince an all white jury of Tom’s innocence? Sitting in a packed...

Research fails to show that green coffee extract works. It also fails to show travel bans are a good idea for Ebola.

In this week's episode we learn about models that simulate how a majority of Americans can eat locally grown food, how robots learn, fun and educational video games for the classroom and, finally, we explore a future forest.

This video features criminal defense lawyer Benjamin Brafman sharing insights on his life and career in the legal field. He talks about his work ethic and how it has contributed to his success as a lawyer, emphasizing the importance of...

Racial inequality runs deep in healthcare and has pervasive, devastating outcomes. Because our expertise here at Healthcare Triage is in health, that is where we feel we are best suited to shine a light on racial disparities. What is...

This Video Explains Arraignment and Initial Appearance

Can things get any worse? John Proctor is accused of witchcraft alongside his maid, Mary Warren. The tables have turned on Mary Warren, who realises it’s time to tell the truth about the false accusations of witchcraft! But can she...

A simple way to help people quit smoking and a simple way to prevent young women from getting melanoma. This is Healthcare Triage News.

This Video Explains Appellate Judges

Primary players in the Judicial System

Andrés Richner is the Director of Technology at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, where he spearheads the development of an online learning platform to support RULER, the Center’s approach to social emotional learning and...

Nikhil Goyal is the author of the new book Schools on Trial: How Freedom and Creativity Can Fix Our Educational Malpractice (Random House).

I once received a lot of blowback for an Upshot article in which I showed (with evidence) that exercise is not the key to weight loss. Diet is. Many, many readers cannot wrap their head around the notion that adding physical activity,...

The novel coronavirus has killed thousands of people and is devastating the global economy. Ed Carr, The Economist's deputy editor, and Alok Jha, our science correspondent, answer your questions on covid-19. Find all of The Economist's...

SHANI ROBINSON was born and raised in Atlanta and always knew that education would play a large part of her life. With all of the influential women in her life educators, including her mother who served as an educator for 35 years,...

In this video we’re going to discover how to factorise quadratics that don’t have 1 as the coefficient of the x-squared term. These are called non-monic quadratics. We can do it by trial and error and just spotting the factors, but this...

In 2005, Linnea Olson was diagnosed with lung cancer. After chemotherapy treatment, her doctor prescribed an experimental drug targeting a mutation in her tumor. It worked, briefly.

Like some kind of perpetual motion machine, it's hard to get physicians to change their behavior to do stuff. It's even harder to get them to change their behavior to stop doing stuff. This is Healthcare Triage News.

In recent days the Senate trial of Donald Trump has really got underway, with both sides making their opening remarks and setting our their cases. In this video, we run through what's happened so far, as well as explaining the opening...