Crash Course
Post-World War II Recovery: Crash Course European History
At the end of World War II, the nations of Europe were a shambles. Today we'll learn about how the various countries and blocs approached the problem of rebuilding their infrastructure and helping their residents recover. You'll learn...
SciShow
Growing Bacteria in Space Stations | Compilation
Bacteria is enormously resourceful and will find a way to grow just about anywhere it can, and that includes space stations. Here's a compilation of how that's happened in the past and how we've handled it!
SciShow
How We Fixed the Most Radioactive Place on Earth
Once upon a time, there was a lake that was so radioactive, that standing on its shore for more than an hour would almost definitely kill you. Join Olivia to learn how it got that bad in the first place, and what was done to fix it!
SciShow
Was The Apollo Mission a Mistake? | A SciShow Documentary
The Apollo program was famous for being risky and expensive. It sent multiple daring astronauts to the moon, but had a crunched timeline, and lacked modern tech. In this special episode of SciShow, we'll be discussing... was the Apollo...
SciShow
5 More Strange Flying Machines
In our last list of strange aircraft, we stuck to covering the weirdest jets to take to the sky, but there are plenty of other types of bizarre flying machines out there! In this episode, Hank will tell you about five other unlikely...
Curated Video
RUSSIA: BORIS YELTSIN LEAVES MOSCOW FOR CIS MEETING
Russian/Nat
Commonwealth of Independent States leaders will meet in Kazakhstan tomorrow (Friday). The meeting could herald a return to a form of economic Soviet Union with Russia firmly in control.
While the states do not want to lose...
Curated Video
RUSSIA/BELARUS: BELARUSSIAN SOLDIERS THAT STAYED WITH ROCKET UNIT
Russian/Nat
Russian President Boris Yeltsin is pushing hard to give the go ahead the planned reunification of Russia and neighbouring Belarus.
The Kremlin said he was anxious to sign a Union Treaty with his opposite number Alexander...
Crash Course
The Fall of Communism: Crash Course European History
The aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact had a huge impact on the countries of Eastern Europe. As the former satellite states turned away from communism and Soviet influence, some of them shifted toward...
TED Talks
Yasheng Huang: Does democracy stifle economic growth?
Economist Yasheng Huang compares China to India, and asks how China's authoritarian rule contributed to its astonishing economic growth -- leading to a big question: Is democracy actually holding India back? Huang's answer may surprise you.
Crash Course
What are the Patterns of Border Conflicts? Crash Course Geography
Today, we’re going to take a closer look at borders and the stories they tell. When we look at a map, the shapes we’re seeing can seem so permanent, but a map is just a snapshot of the Earth at a particular time, and by looking a...
SciShow
Israel Is Getting Ready for Their First Moon Landing! SciShow News
The Beresheet lander is on its way to the moon and Jupiter's magnetic field might be affecting Europa's ocean.
SciShow
Was the Apollo Program a Bad Idea A SciShow Documentary
The Apollo program was famous for being risky and expensive. It had a crunched timeline, daring astronauts, and lacked modern tech, and that all kind of makes you wonder… was the Apollo program a bad idea?
SciShow
How We Used the Moon to Send Radio Messages
In the early days of the Cold War, it was difficult to send and receive messages across the globe. Before the US launched its first satellite in January 1958, the military tried a creative solution: bouncing radio waves off the Moon.
TED Talks
Parag Khanna: Mapping the future of countries
Many people think the lines on the map no longer matter, but Parag Khanna says they do. Using maps of the past and present, he explains the root causes of border conflicts worldwide and proposes simple yet cunning solutions for each.
TED Talks
Jonathan Foley: The other inconvenient truth
A skyrocketing demand for food means that agriculture has become the largest driver of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental destruction. Jonathan Foley shows why we desperately need to begin "terraculture" -- farming for...
Crash Course
The Soviet Bloc Unwinds: Crash Course European History
In the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, protests and unrest continued continued across Europe, and the Soviet Union was having increasing trouble holding its sphere of influence together. Today you'll learn about the labor strikes of...
SciShow
The Solar Storm That Almost Started World War III
May 23rd, 1967 could have been the beginning of the end - all thanks to the sun.
SciShow
5 More Strange Flying Machines
In our last list of strange aircraft, we stuck to covering the weirdest jets to take to the sky, but there are plenty of other types of bizarre flying machines out there! In this episode, Hank will tell you about five other unlikely...
TED Talks
TED: Stand with Ukraine in the fight against evil | Garry Kasparov
Ukraine is on the front line of a war between freedom and tyranny, says chess grandmaster and human rights advocate Garry Kasparov. In this blistering call to action, he traces Vladimir Putin's rise to power and details his own path from...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Is inequality inevitable? | TED-Ed
Income and wealth inequality are not new. In fact, economists and historians who have charted economic inequality throughout history haven't found a single society without it. Which raises a bleak question: is inequality ... inevitable?...
SciShow
3 Times We Intentionally Crashed into Other Worlds
Most of the time, it’s not great when an expensive spacecraft slams into an extraterrestrial body. But now and then mission control intentionally crashes a spacecraft for science!
TED Talks
Irwin Redlener: How to survive a nuclear attack
The face of nuclear terror has changed since the Cold War, but disaster-medicine expert Irwin Redlener reminds us the threat is still real. He looks at some of history's farcical countermeasures and offers practical advice on how to...
Curated Video
USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War: Crash Course World History
In which John Green teaches you about the Cold War, which was occasionally hot, but on average, it was just cool. In the sense of its temperature. It was by no means cool, man. After World War II, there were basically two big...
Crash Course
Capitalism, Communism, & Political Economies: Crash Course Geography
Just like many great duos throughout history, Bulgaria and Germany have a fascinating (though uneven) relationship. In today’s episode, we’re going to take a closer look at the impact of politics on economies as we trace this history of...