Curated Video
Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Working with a Basic Workflow
This lesson will use everything we have worked on so far, using a basic workflow to create a simple chair.
Curated Video
Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Working with Modifiers
In this lesson, you will be introduced to the Blender modifier tab. We will be making modifier use as part of our ongoing workflow as we progress through the course.
Curated Video
Blender to Unreal Engine - 3D Plants and Vegetation - Planting 3D Water Foliage
In this lesson, we will be using another one of Blender's particle systems we previously set up. We will add water foliage for the Blender scene. We will make sure to get not only the plants on the top but also the ones underwater to add...
Healthcare Triage
The Stigma of Mental Illness: Is it All in Your Head?
All too often, mental issues are dismissed with some form of the expression, "it's all in your head." To which we say, duh. Mental illness is very often in your head, as the brain is the primary organ impacted in many, many varieties of...
Curated Video
The Unexpected Origins of the Word ‘Monster’
Words don't pop up fully formed... they evolve over thousands of years. What can we learn about our relationship to monsters by tracking the word down into the distant past?
Curated Video
Where Alcoholic Drinks Got Their Names
There are no shortage of wacky names for alcoholic beverages, from Fuzzy Navels, to Sex on the Beaches, to the NSFW AMF. Humans have been enjoying alcoholic beverages since the dawn of civilization so there's plenty of linguistic...
PBS
Windigo: The Flesh-Eating Monster of Native American Legend
Explore the symbolic interpretations of the windigo with Dr. Zarka as she explains how this Native American legend can teach us about the spiritual beliefs and social values of the early indigenous peoples of North America.
Great Big Story
The Origins of the Bicycle Kick
Discover the contested origins of the awe-inspiring bicycle kick in soccer and the Latin American countries claiming its invention.
Curated Video
Forbidden Archaeology Challenges the Timeline of Civilization
In the book, "Forbidden Archeology," authors Richard Thompson and Michael Cremo argue that academic science has suppressed evidence about the true age and origins of the human race. They highlight instances where researchers, such as Dr....
Great Big Story
The Origins of the Bicycle Kick
Discover the contested origins of the awe-inspiring bicycle kick in soccer and the Latin American countries claiming its invention.
Curated Video
True Origins of Ethnic Foods
Weird History Food is giving you some food secrets. Every state has a food it is known for, and we often take pride in claiming that our home makes some of the best barbecue, seafood, or pies in the nation. Still, when Ranker asked...
Curated Video
ChatGPT Voice-Powered Chatbot Build with React and FastAPI - Backend Initialization with Imports and CORS
In this video, we will start by initializing our backend with the necessary imports and setting up Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) to allow requests from our frontend. This clip is from the chapter "Backend Build - Working with AI"...
Curated Video
Mastering the Art of Isometric Room Design in Blender 3 - 3D Modelling Stylized Globe
Create a stylized globe prop for the 3D isometric room using Blender. This clip is from the chapter "Creating Environment Props" of the series "Mastering the Art of Isometric Room Design in Blender 3".In this section, we will focus on...
Weird History
EveryDay Things We Do That Have Pagan Origins
Links between holiday traditions and pagan culture are well established - and occasionally celebrated - but there are also a lot of misconceptions about paganism that make the word itself a bit taboo. Paganism isn't something to be...
Debunked
English Phrases That We Get Wrong Everyday!
We've all been saying them, and we've all been wrong!
Curated Video
Homographs
Homographs defines and provides examples of homographs and identifies examples of homographs in text.
Curated Video
Tracing A Path
Intellectual historian Darrin McMahon (Dartmouth) details how investigating the etymology of "genius" naturally led him to a deeper understanding of what he had previously thought was primarily an 18th-century phenomenon.
Curated Video
Empires, States, and Independence
Harvard historian David Armitage describes the evolution of his thinking on the role of the state throughout history.
Curated Video
Explanation and Animation of DNA Replication
A video explaining and illustrating all steps of DNA replication including an overview of replication, an explanation of the leading and lagging strands, and the replication bubbles.
The Noted Anatomist
Origins and Insertions
This brief tutorial teaches the definitions of origins and insertions. 0:00. Intro to origins and insertions 0:20. Defining origins and insertions 0:42. Challenge: Origins and insertions are not necessarily unchanging 1:23. Using the...
Curated Video
Particle accelerators: What are they, how do they work and why are they important to us?
A particle accelerator is a machine that accelerates particles. More specifically, it accelerates elementary particles, like protons and electrons, at extremely high speeds—almost 99.99% of the speed of light. These particles are then...
PBS
Is This Ratchet Or Runway? Fashion trends to Ghetto Fabulous
What makes a fashion trend go from lowbrow to high class? How does the person wearing the style change its perception? And whose taste gets to be respected? Hang on to your boxer braids for this one, from the ghetto to ghetto fabulous...
Nature League
Investigating Metabolism of Early Life - De-Natured
In this De-Natured segment of Nature League, Brit breaks down a recent scientific journal article about the beginnings of life on Earth. Article citation: G. Springsteen, J.R. Yerabolu, J. Nelson, C.J. Rhea, R. Krishnamurthy. Linked...
Catalyst University
Hip Flexors EXPLAINED Iliopsoas & Other Hip Flexors
In this video, we explore the muscles that facilitate hip flexion and the origins, insertions, actions, and innervation of the iliopsoas.