Instructional Video21:53
TED Talks

TED: Courage, the most important virtue | Bari Weiss

12th - Higher Ed
In an unflinching look at issues that widen the political divide in the US, journalist and editor Bari Weiss highlights why courage is the most important virtue in today's polarized world. She shares examples of people who have spoken up...
Instructional Video12:49
TED Talks

TED: 3 steps to better connect with your fellow humans | Amber Cabral

12th - Higher Ed
How can you effectively support people at work and in your community, especially when they're different from you? Inclusion strategist Amber Cabral shares three steps you can take to build connection — emphasizing that even small,...
Instructional Video15:35
TED Talks

TED: How a sanctuary for self-expression can change lives | Reed J. Williams and Lindsay Morris

12th - Higher Ed
After bringing her son to a summer camp for gender-nonconforming children, photographer Lindsay Morris launched a project to share the campers' stories with the world. One of them, Reed J. Williams, is now a powerful advocate for...
Instructional Video5:31
SciShow

Ticks Can Spread An Allergy To… Red Meat?

12th - Higher Ed
It's been about ten years since scientists categorized alpha-gal syndrome, AKA the red meat allergy spread by ticks. But while researchers know more about it, there's a chance that doctors don't.
Instructional Video6:30
SciShow

This Simple Test Could Detect Half of All Cancers

12th - Higher Ed
Cancer is a complicated disease, and there's no simple blood test for early detection and screening to spot cancer in general. That might be changing thanks to LINE-1, a retrotransposon gene that doesn't do anything.
Instructional Video4:58
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: How to make smart decisions more easily | TED-Ed

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Everything our bodies do— whether physical or mental— uses energy. Studies have found that many individuals seem to have a daily threshold for making decisions, and an extended period of decision-making can lead to cognitive exhaustion....
Instructional Video10:00
SciShow

Becoming a Predator Was Hard

12th - Higher Ed
Animals eating other animals seems like a tale as old as time, but it's only almost that old. Predation had to evolve in the Ediacaran period -- so let's look at early almost-predators like Auroralumina, Kimberella, Ikaria, and whatever...
Instructional Video15:46
SciShow

Why Space is the Place For Halloween Lovers | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
In honor of the spookiest time of year, let's take a look at the spookiest-named things in the cosmos.
Instructional Video13:30
PBS

The Truth About Beauty in Physics

12th - Higher Ed
The great physicist Hermann Weyl once said: "My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful, but when I had to choose one or the other, I usually chose the beautiful." But is this actually good advice for doing physics?
Instructional Video11:54
TED Talks

TED: Why you should stop setting goals (yes, really) | Emmanuel Acho

12th - Higher Ed
In athletics, in business, in life, everyone sets goals. But that's not the way to excel, according to former NFL player Emmanuel Acho, now an author and TV sports analyst. Here's what he says to do instead.
Instructional Video5:25
MinutePhysics

The Problem With The Butterfly Effect

12th - Higher Ed
One Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in one minute!
Instructional Video2:14
SciShow

How Do Skiers Win Races?

12th - Higher Ed
Winning an alpine skiing race can come down to a tiny margin, so the skiers have to make sure they prepare their skis just right!
Instructional Video4:35
SciShow

Why Haven't We Built a Better Battery?

12th - Higher Ed
Improving batteries is a tough problem, but it’s also an important one because in many ways the future of our planet also depends on the future of batteries. Luckily, scientists are on the case, figuring out ways to give this essential...
Instructional Video4:52
SciShow

Ballot Design Has a Sneaky Influence on Your Vote

12th - Higher Ed
In elections, your vote may be influenced by design of the ballot itself, especially when you don’t have strong feelings about which candidate to elect.
Instructional Video3:04
SciShow

This Flatworm Remembers Things After You Cut Off Its Brain

12th - Higher Ed
Planarians are flatworms most known for being able to grow a new head if it gets cut off, but perhaps even stranger is the fact that their new head retains some of the memories from the old one. Hosted by: Michel Aranda
Instructional Video3:03
SciShow

The Most Beautiful Science of 2012

12th - Higher Ed
Michael Aranda substitutes for Hank again in this week's News to tell you about the winners of the 2012 Visualization Challenge, an annual competition run by the journal Science that selects the most elegant and educational graphics,...
Instructional Video10:40
TED Talks

TED: A new social contract for global climate justice | Huma Yusuf

12th - Higher Ed
Pakistan contributes less than one percent to the global greenhouse gas emissions perpetrating climate change, yet one-third of the country was recently inundated with "biblical" floods that killed hundreds and displaced millions. If...
Instructional Video14:12
TED Talks

TED: How to design climate-resilient buildings | Alyssa-Amor Gibbons

12th - Higher Ed
Architecture can't ignore the realities of climate change. For time-tested solutions that perform under extreme conditions, designer Alyssa-Amor Gibbons says we should look to traditional buildings. Taking us to her home of Barbados,...
News Clip5:56
Curated Video

Google Gets Aggressive With New Phones, Gadgets

Higher Ed
Google launched an aggressive challenge to consumer electronics giants like Apple and Samsung on Tuesday, introducing a new line of smartphones called Pixel and other gadgets designed to showcase a digital helper the company calls...
News Clip5:56
Curated Video

Google gets aggressive with new phones, devices

Higher Ed
Google launched an aggressive challenge to consumer electronics giants like Apple and Samsung on Tuesday, introducing a new line of smartphones called Pixel and other gadgets designed to showcase a digital helper the company calls...
News Clip6:07
Curated Video

Google shows off new smartphone and slew of new gadgets

Higher Ed
LEAD IN: Google have launched an aggressive challenge to consumer electronics giants like Apple and Samsung.The company is introducing a new line of smartphones called Pixel and other gadgets designed to showcase a digital helper called...
News Clip6:31
Curated Video

SYND 18-1-74 INTERVIEW WITH NATO SPOKESMAN

Higher Ed
An interview with the NATO spokesman on the East and West German conference. 1. SOUNDBITE (English): ms of the ambassador speaking about troop reductions and the conference Film: Rev - Sound: MAG SOF - Colour - NYFilm: No - LN Number:...
Instructional Video7:24
Bozeman Science

AP Biology Practice 7 - Connecting Knowledge

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains the final AP Biology practice on connecting knowledge. The video begins with an introduction to interdisciplinary studies and how science is changing over time. He describes differences of scale in...
Instructional Video5:53
Bozeman Science

Symbolic Representations

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the conservation of matter can be displayed with both symbolic representations and particulate drawings. A simple conservation of matter problem is also included.