TED Talks
TED: Entertainment is getting an AI upgrade | Kylan Gibbs
AI has the power to bring your favorite fictional characters to life, says technologist Kylan Gibbs. Introducing Caleb, an "AI agent" with personality and internal reasoning, he demonstrates how AI-powered characters can interact with...
TED Talks
TED: What's the point of digital fashion? | Karinna Grant
What if you could own more clothes without crowding your closet or growing your carbon footprint? Introducing the dematerialized future of your wardrobe, digital fashion entrepreneur Karinna Grant talks about the brands selling pixelated...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you solve the secret assassin society riddle? | Alex Rosenthal
Your agent has infiltrated a life or death poker game in a hidden back room of a grand casino. Your team is on the trail of an elite society of assassins, each of whom carries a signature playing card corresponding to their role—...
PBS
Does the Universe Create Itself?
Imagine you’re leading a game of 20 questions and you forget the thing you chose half way through. You have to keep answering yesses and nos and hope that you think of something that’s consistent with all your previous questions before...
Curated Video
How (Some) Plants Survived The K-Pg Extinction
Perhaps for plants in times of great stress and ecological upheaval, the more DNA the better.
PBS
How Vertebrates Got Teeth... And Lost Them Again
As revolutionary as teeth were, they would go on to disappear in some groups of vertebrates. But why?
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How to enter flow state | TED-Ed
Flow is more than just concentrating or paying attention; it's a unique mental state of effortless engagement. And those who more frequently experience flow report higher levels of positive emotions, creativity, and feelings of...
SciShow
Is The Orca Uprising Upon Us?
In 2023, a whole bunch of orcas started attacking boats off the coast of Spain. Was this the first battle in an all-out interspecies war? Well, probably not. But it's a pretty neat look into how trends come and go in orca pods - like...
SciShow
This AI Doesn’t Need Any Help from Humans
Scientists have developed a new AI that can teach itself how to be the master of an ancient board game.
SciShow
The Biggest Psychology News Stories of 2016
From Pokémon, to fMRI, to the relationship between masculine norms and mental health, 2016 left us with some interesting psych news to ponder.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you outsmart Fate and break her ancient curse? | Dan Finkel
Hundreds of years ago, your ancestor stole a magical tarot deck from Fate herself— and it came with a terrible cost. Once every 23 years, one member of your family must face Fate in a duel with rules only known to your opponent. And...
SciShow Kids
Not-So-Creepy Creatures | SciShow Kids Compilation
In the spirit of Halloween, Anthony and Squeaks are playing Guess That Animal with some creepy creatures to remember how cool they really are.
SciShow Kids
Can You Guess the Weather? | Weather Guessing Game | SciShow Kids Compilation
There’s all sorts of weather out there, so Squeaks and Mister Brown are playing a game show where they will learn all about the different types!
TED Talks
TED: How video games can level up the way you learn | Kris Alexander
Video games naturally tap into the way we learn: they focus our attention and track our progress as we head toward a clear goal. Kris Alexander, a professor of video game design and passionate gamer himself, thinks the same elements...
TED Talks
TED: The habit that could improve your career | Paul Catchlove
Paul Catchlove believes strongly in the power of reflection. Through every career he's held -- from priest to opera singer to senior management consultant -- he's benefitted from a habit of considering and analyzing his goals, needs and...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you steal the most powerful wand in the wizarding world? | Dan Finkel
The fabled Mirzakhani wand is the most powerful magical item ever created. And that's why the evil wizard Moldevort is planning to use it to conquer the world. You and Drumbledrore have finally discovered its hiding place in a cave, but...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How stretching actually changes your muscles | Malachy McHugh
An athlete is preparing for a game. They've put on their gear and done their warmup, and now it's time for one more routine — stretching. Typically, athletes stretch before physical activity to avoid injuries like strains and tears. But...
Curated Video
Seniors get fit with sit down volleyball
LEAD INThe Rio Olympics have inspired a new generation of athletes in many more ways than expected. A group of senior citizens in California is not letting their age or ailments stop then from playing volleyball. No Fall Volleyball is...
Curated Video
Phelps trades gold for games at 'Call Of Duty' celebration
MICHAEL PHELPS GOES FROM GOLD TO GAMES AT 'CALL OF DUTY' CELEBRATIONMichael Phelps is going from Olympic gold to video games -- with a trip to a "Call of Duty" fan event in Inglewood, California. The 23-time gold medalist was among the...
Curated Video
President Barack Obama welcomed the Boston Red Sox at the White House to celebrate their World Series title. After slugger David Ortiz presented a Red Sox jersey to Obama, the pair took a selfie. (April 1)
President Barack Obama welcomed the World Series winning Red Sox to the White House on Tuesday.
Obama said the teams latest championship meant more the the city after the Boston Marathon bombings.
"Not just because they went from worst...
Crash Course
Sega and More Mature Video Games: Crash Course Games
So we ended the last episode nearing the close of the 1980s and Nintendo had become the dominant player in the home console market, but Sega, originally a slot machine game company during World War 2, was looking to get its own console...
Crash Course
The First Home Consoles: Crash Course Games
So last week Andre talked about Atari's role in the rise of the video game industry, but Atari wasn't the only major player in the 1970s. So we're going to step back a few years and first talk about Ralph Baer who designed the first...
TED Talks
Paola Antonelli: Why I brought Pac-Man to MoMA
When the Museum of Modern Art's senior curator of architecture and design announced the acquisition of 14 video games in 2012, "all hell broke loose." In this far-ranging, entertaining, and deeply insightful talk, Paola Antonelli...