Curated Video
Civil War Tactics: Shooting as Many as Possible
The Greeks fought in phalanx formation. In medieval times, they preferred the wedge. So what made Civil War armies fight in long, straight lines that left them wide open to attack?
Flame Media
Learning to overcome pain with a stress test
In his series 'Redesign my Brain', award winning documentary maker Todd Sampson puts brain training to the test as he undergoes a radical brain makeover. The cutting edge new science of brain plasticity has found that anyone can become...
Curated Video
Colt Patterson: The Gun that Changed America
Killing zombies online is fun, right? But imagine you could only shoot one bullet at a time. You’d be TOAST! This is the story of the American five-shot Colt Paterson: a handgun that changed history.
Curated Video
The Versatile Uses and Toxicity of Lead
This video provides a description of the element lead, including its properties, historical uses, and potential dangers.
AllTime 10s
10 Banned Weapons Too Brutal For War
We all know war is hell, but it'd be so much worse if these deadly weapons were still legal. From Ricin to Cluster Bombs, here are 10 Banned Weapons too Brutal for War.
ZooMoo
Owl's Fascinating Facts: Archer Fish
Join Owl and discover some fascinating facts about archer fish.
ShortCutsTv
Introducing Geographical Offender Profiling
Geographical offender profiling is now being used by police forces around the world to help focus investigations into a connected series of crimes where there are no obvious suspects. This film introduces students to the principles and...
Next Animation Studio
Possible ‘Havana Syndrome’ attack delays V.P. Harris’ flight
Havana Syndrome is a mysterious illness that many experts believe could only be caused by directed energy weapons that pulse invisible microwaves at targets.
60 Second Histories
Roman weapons - the gladius
A legionary describes the gladius; one of the most famous swords from history, at over 50cm long Roman legionaries were well trained in using them.
SWPictures
KILL OR CURE - New Weapon Against Malaria
A chemical developed by China for use by the Vietcong in the Vietnam War to fight malaria is providing new hope for million of malaria sufferers. The chemical called artemisinin, which is extracted from the ginghao plant, is providing...
Next Animation Studio
Tasers: How they work
A 24-year-old man was hospitalised with multiple skull fractures early on June 10 after being tasered by police following a foot chase through a Paris metro station. This animation explains how one common law enforcement model of taser...
AllTime 10s
10 Safest Places When WW3 Starts
Let's face it, the world is a scary place. If World War 3 did happen, you should probably have a plan about where to go to save yourself from nuclear annihilation. Luckily for you, Alltime10s knows just where to look and we've got the...
Mr. Beat
Crawford v. Washington
Olympia, Washington August 5, 1999 Sylvia Crawford tells her husband, Michael Crawford, that a man named Kenneth Lee had attempted to rape her. Michael Crawford, who had been heavily drinking some alcohol, does not go to the police to...
Curated Video
Elements Review
Let's take a look back at the elements helium, tin, calcium, palladium, and lead.
60 Second Histories
Anglo Saxon armour & weapons
A thegn warrior, serving King Athestan, describes the armour he wears and his weapons, such as the kite shield and battle axe.
Next Animation Studio
Report: space station is part of China’s plan to dominate space
The annual threat-assessment report of the U.S. Director of National Intelligence says China is working to dominate space and is targeting U.S. satellites.
Curated Video
Brutal Urban Combat: Battle of Fallujah (2004) | Animated History
The Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004 is one of the most notorious of the War in Iraq. It was a bloody slog of urban warfare, during which US, British and Iraqi forces attempted to drive out Islamist insurgents under the...
The Africa Channel
Currency of Wealth: West African blades of beauty and death
Host Gugulethu Zuma-Ncube introduces the unusual yet fascinating forms of ethnographic African currencies; from personal adornments such as beads, shells, jewelry and even massive iron forms weighing as much as 100 pounds, to the...
Science360
Theoretical physicist and arms control expert Sidney Drell is a 2011 NMS Laureate
Theoretical physicist and arms control expert Sidney Drell, 2011 National Medal of Science Laureate, contributed greatly to sciencespecifically to quantum field theory and quantum chromodynamicsas well as to the application of science by...
Next Animation Studio
China reveals space weapon that sneaks into enemy satellites
Scientists reveal details of a smart space bomb that can creep into the tailpipes of enemy satellites and wait ...
Next Animation Studio
U.S. Navy announces first operational laser to arm destroyers
The U.S. Navy has put its first laser-equipped destroyer to sea.
Espresso Media
Rocket Development and Space Travel: A Teacher's Personal Experience with Werner von Braun and Operation Paperclip
The video features interviews with individuals involved in the development of rockets during and after World War II, including Werner von Braun's team. They discuss the moral implications of their work, their vision for space travel, and...
Curated Video
Freedom for Eastern Europe!
Hungary, the first to push back domination and people could meet their loved ones. A wind of change in Poland as people resisted soviet dictatorship for democratic elections.