TED Talks
Matt Cutts: What happens when a Silicon Valley technologist works for the government
What if the government ran more like Silicon Valley? Engineer Matt Cutts shares why he decided to leave Google (where he worked for nearly 17 years) for a career in the US government -- and makes the case that if you really want to make...
TED Talks
TED: The lies we tell pregnant women | Sofia Jawed-Wessel
When we tell women that sex isn't worth the risk during pregnancy, what we're telling her is that her sexual pleasure doesn't matter ... that she in fact doesn't matter, says sex researcher Sofia Jawed-Wessel. In this eye-opening talk,...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How computers translate human language - Ioannis Papachimonas
Is a universal translator possible in real life? We already have many programs that claim to be able to take a word, sentence, or entire book in one language and translate it into almost any other. The reality, however, is a bit more...
SciShow
When Blindsight is 20 20
We tend to think of physical blindness like a blindfold, but it’s much more complicated than that, and in some instances, people who have lost their vision can still "see" subconsciously.
SciShow
How to Learn While You Sleep
You may not be able to unlock all the secrets of the universe while you snooze, but it's still possible to reinforce what you've already learned.
TED Talks
Beau Lotto + Amy O'Toole: Science is for everyone, kids included
What do science and play have in common? Neuroscientist Beau Lotto thinks all people (kids included) should participate in science and, through the process of discovery, change perceptions. He's seconded by 12-year-old Amy O'Toole, who,...
Bozeman Science
Reflections on the 2013 AP Biology Exam
Paul Andersen reflects on the 2013 AP Biology Exam.
SciShow
How Political Questions Mess with Your Brain
It’s an election year, which means you’ve probably been bombarded with polls asking you questions about candidates and issues. But is information the only thing pollsters are after? Questions are often more than just questions. They can...
Bozeman Science
Thinking in Matter - Level 4 - Conservation of Matter
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on the conservation of matter. TERMS Matter - physical substances Atoms - the basic unit of elements Conservation - the quantity of a physical quantity remains...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Mysteries of vernacular: Window - Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel
Metaphoric compounds, like the combination of the words wind and eye to represent a window, populated Norse and Old English. Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel describe how this love of metaphor created the word window.
TED Talks
Eleanor Longden: The voices in my head
To all appearances, Eleanor Longden was just like every other student, heading to college full of promise and without a care in the world. That was until the voices in her head started talking. Initially innocuous, these internal...
SciShow
Why Is It So Hard to Make a Realistic Twitter Bot?
What are the methods twitter bots use to fool us, and what are some of the challenges in doing so?
TED-Ed
TED-ED: A brief history of melancholy - Courtney Stephens
If you are a living, breathing human being, chances are you have felt sad at least a few times in your life. But what exactly is melancholy, and what (if anything) should we do about it? Courtney Stephens details our still-evolving...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Are Elvish, Klingon, Dothraki and Na'vi real languages? - John McWhorter
What do Game of Thrones' Dothraki, Avatar's Na'vi, Star Trek's Klingon and LOTR's Elvish have in common? They are all fantasy constructed languages, or conlangs. Conlangs have all the delicious complexities of real languages: a high...
TED Talks
TED: Different ways of knowing | Daniel Tammet
Daniel Tammet has linguistic, numerical and visual synesthesia -- meaning that his perception of words, numbers and colors are woven together into a new way of perceiving and understanding the world. The author of "Born on a Blue Day,"...
Crash Course
Make an AI Sound Like a YouTuber (LAB)
Let’s try to help John Green Bot sound a bit more like the real John Green using Natural Language Processing. Today, we're going to code a program that takes a one word prompt and then completes the sentence that sounds like something...
SciShow
How Birds Really See the World
Ever wonder what it looks like from a birds-eye-view? Hank explains they see more than you think!
TED Talks
Paul Rothemund: Playing with DNA that self-assembles
Paul Rothemund writes code that causes DNA to arrange itself into a star, a smiley face and more. Sure, it's a stunt, but it's also a demonstration of self-assembly at the smallest of scales -- with vast implications for the future of...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Inside a cartoonist's world - Liza Donnelly
From cave drawings to the Sunday paper, artists have been visualizing ideas -- cartoons -- for centuries. New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly walks us through the many stages every cartoon goes through, starting with an idea and turning...
SciShow
7 Animals That Can't Be Trusted
Almost every human has told a lie at some point or another - but did you know that we are not the only species to do this? From dogs to cuttlefish to thornbills, these 7 animals also lie! Chapters MOURNING CUTTLEFISH 0:52 2 DOGS 2:41...
SciShow
Why Comic Sans Isn’t the Worst Font Ever
Nothing can undo the invention of Comic Sans, but that may not be a bad thing since it seems to be helping people with dyslexia.
SciShow
Carcolepsy: Why Do We Get Sleepy in Cars?
It turns out there are number of aspects of driving that can potentially conspire to lull our bodies into a potentially dangerous state of drowsiness.
TED Talks
Yeonmi Park: What I learned about freedom after escaping North Korea
"North Korea is unimaginable," says human rights activist Yeonmi Park, who escaped the country at the age of 13. Sharing the harrowing story of her childhood, she reflects on the fragility of freedom -- and shows how change can be...
TED Talks
TED: The secret to great opportunities? The person you haven't met yet | Tanya Menon
We often find ourselves stuck in narrow social circles with similar people. What habits confine us, and how can we break them? Organizational psychologist Tanya Menon considers how we can be more intentional about expanding our social...