PBS
College admissions essays more important for students after end of affirmative action
Students who are starting to apply to colleges for the coming year are the first class to deal with the impact of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn affirmative action. For many high school students, this annual rite of passage is...
PBS
James Mattis On Why He Left The Trump Administration But Won’t Criticize It
Retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis served as President Trump’s first defense secretary, resigning his post in protest after Trump announced he would pull U.S. forces out of Syria. Now, Mattis has written a book, “Call Sign Chaos:...
PBS
As Evanston, Illinois Approves Reparations For Black Residents, Will The Country Follow?
The nation's first government-backed reparations initiative was green lit
this week in Evanston, Illinois, a Chicago suburb where about 16 percent of
its 75,000 residents are Black. The city council has promised $10 million
over 10...
Bozeman Science
AP Biology Practice 3 - Formulate Questions
Paul Andersen explains how to formulate questions to guide discussions and investigations. He starts by describing the proper type of questions that should be asked in an AP Biology classroom. He gives four examples of questions that...
Crash Course
Freedom of the Press: Crash Course Government and Politics
Today, Craig is going to finish up our discussion of the First Amendment with freedom of the press. Like an individual's right to free speech, the press has a right, and arguably responsibility, to tell the public what the government is...
TED Talks
Jochen Wegner: What happened when we paired up thousands of strangers to talk politics
In spring 2019, more than 17,000 Europeans from 33 countries signed up to have a political argument with a complete stranger. They were part of "Europe Talks," a project that organizes one-on-one conversations between people who disagree...
TED Talks
Ashraf Ghani: How to rebuild a broken state
Ashraf Ghani's passionate and powerful 10-minute talk, emphasizing the necessity of both economic investment and design ingenuity to rebuild broken states, is followed by a conversation with TED curator Chris Anderson on the future of...
TED Talks
TED: Discovering ancient climates in oceans and ice | Rob Dunbar
Rob Dunbar hunts for data on our climate from 12,000 years ago, finding clues inside ancient seabeds and corals and inside ice sheets. His work is vital in setting baselines for fixing our current climate -- and in tracking the rise of...
PBS
A Visit to Mr. Monfre's Class
Every week, Mr. Monfre's class in Milwaukee, Wisconsin watches Idea Channel, has a great discussion and posts an awesome comment. We were lucky enough to surprise them with a visit to their classroom!!! So come watch as Mike meets the...
TED Talks
David Rockwell: A memorial at Ground Zero
In this emotionally charged conversation with journalist Kurt Andersen, designer David Rockwell discusses the process of building a viewing platform at Ground Zero shortly after 9/11.
TED Talks
Michael Sandel: Why we shouldn't trust markets with our civic life
In the past three decades, says Michael Sandel, the US has drifted from a market economy to a market society; it's fair to say that an American's experience of shared civic life depends on how much money they have. (Three key examples:...
SciShow
How to Make A Humanzee
We all know about inter species animal hybrids - Napoleon Dynamite's favorite animal, the liger, is a typical example. But could a human and our closest primate relative the chimpanzee also breed a living hybrid? Hank explores this ......
PBS
Is Minecraft the Ultimate Educational Tool?
Some experts have brought Minecraft into the classroom, allowing teachers to customize lessons and students to engage with concepts in new ways. And while educational games aren't new, Minecraft has some unique advantages that could...
SciShow
International Skeptics Day Playlist
In honor of October 13th, International Skeptics Day, Hank has put together this playlist of some of the most interesting science-y, skeptic-y videos from all around YouTube.
Bozeman Science
Practice 7 - Engaging in Argument from Evidence
Paul Andersen explains the importance of argumentation in improving both understanding and design. This video begins with a discussion of the heliocentric and geocentric model of the Universe that eventually lead to the Copernican...
TED Talks
TED: How CRISPR lets us edit our DNA | Jennifer Doudna
Geneticist Jennifer Doudna co-invented a groundbreaking new technology for editing genes, called CRISPR-Cas9. The tool allows scientists to make precise edits to DNA strands, which could lead to treatments for genetic diseases ... but...
TED Talks
How technology changes our sense of right and wrong | Juan Enriquez
What drives society's understanding of right and wrong? In this thought-provoking talk, futurist Juan Enriquez offers a historical outlook on what humanity once deemed acceptable -- from human sacrifice and public executions to slavery...
Curated Video
France Management Practices
New ReviewFrench managers negotiate a delicate balance between their wish to elude bureaucracy and their need to work with structure. Learn how managers combine an attention to detail with a uniquely French laissez-faire approach. Review how...
Curated Video
Basics of Chatbots with Machine Learning & Python - Module Overview-The general architecture of machine learning
New ReviewIn this video, we will outline the concepts, including the general architecture of machine learning, the purpose of chatbots, the Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK), and developing a rule-based chatbot using NLTK.
Curated Video
Basics of Chatbots with Machine Learning & Python - Benefits of Chatbots
New ReviewThis video will elaborate on the benefits of using chatbots and the need for adopting chatbots, including personalized customer experience, efficient staff onboarding, standardized solutions, cost saving, and 24x7 availability.
Curated Video
Basics of Chatbots with Machine Learning & Python - Revolution with ML
New ReviewIn this video, we will look at the various technologies in which machine learning has revolutionized, including customer services, eCommerce, healthcare, travel and tourism, banking and finance, and general services.
Curated Video
Basics of Chatbots with Machine Learning & Python - Module Overview-Chatbots
New ReviewThis video provides an overview of the concepts to be learned in this module. You will learn about chatbots and what they are used for and overview them in general.