SciShow
3 Deadly Diseases You've Probably Never Heard Of
There are some diseases, like Zika or malaria, that get a lot of media coverage. However, every year, millions of people are infected with diseases that are just as deadly that we never hear anything about.
PBS
Bill Gates On Tackling Climate Change And The Ongoing Pandemic Response
All of us face the risk that extreme weather events like the recent one in
Texas will become more common and more destructive occurrences because of
climate change. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has studied climate change
for years,...
PBS
Bill Gates on where the COVID-19 pandemic will hurt the most
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has spent the last few decades working to improve global health through his philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. One area of focus has been reducing the spread of infectious...
TED Talks
TED: Beethoven the businessman | José Bowen
The revolution that made music more marketable, more personal and easier to pirate began ... at the dawn of the 19th century. José Bowen outlines how new printing technology and an improved piano gave rise to the first music industry.
MinuteEarth
Do You Need To Be Rich To Be Healthy? (ft. Bill Gates)
No matter how wealthy a country is, there's a lot it can do to improve the health of its citizens.
TED Talks
Nancy Frates: Meet the mom who started the Ice Bucket Challenge
Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge craze this summer? Meet the mom who started it all. When Nancy Frates's son Pete hurt his wrist in a baseball game, he got an unexpected diagnosis: it wasn’t a broken bone, it was ALS, and there is no...
TED Talks
TED: What I learned from 100 days of rejection | Jia Jiang
Jia Jiang adventures boldly into a territory so many of us fear: rejection. By seeking out rejection for 100 days -- from asking a stranger to borrow $100 to requesting a "burger refill" at a restaurant -- Jiang desensitized himself to...
TED Talks
TED: How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment | Michael Shellenberger
We're not in a clean energy revolution; we're in a clean energy crisis, says climate policy expert Michael Shellenberger. His surprising solution: nuclear. In this passionate talk, he explains why it's time to overcome longstanding fears...
SciShow
3 Groundbreaking New Toilets
Most of the time you probably don’t have to think too much about your toilet, but billions of people don’t have access to safe sanitation. So, engineers are working on new kinds of toilets that could help solve that!
SciShow
3 Deadly Diseases You've Probably Never Heard Of
There are some diseases, like Zika or malaria, that get a lot of media coverage. However, every year, millions of people are infected with diseases that are just as deadly that we never hear anything about.
Curated Video
Quantum Theory, Parallel Universes, and Quantum Immortality
New ReviewParallel universes are not a theory, but deductions from the "Many Worlds" interpretation of quantum mechanics. And there is at least on other theory that predicts not alternate universes but parallel universes where the universes are...
Curated Video
Top Self-Help Books Recommended by Billionaires
New ReviewHere are the Best Self Help Books: 5. The Innovator's Dilemma - Recommended by Jobs and Cuban 4 Business Adventures - Recommended by Gates and Buffett 3. Superintelligence - Recommended by Musk and Gates 2. The Intelligent Investor -...
Curated Video
The Gates Foundation is closing. How will it spend $200 Billion in 20 years?
The Gates Foundation will shut its doors. Fortune sat down with Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates about the decision and the commitment to spend $200 billion over the next 20 years.
Curated Video
CompTIA A+ Certification Core 2 (220-1102) - Licensing
Some software is free to use. Some are free for non-commercial use. Some require a paid license for any purpose. Some licenses focus on the number of human users, while others focus on the number of systems, or even the number of...
Wonderscape
Benjamin Franklin: A Founding Father's Influence and Legacy
This video revisits the life and accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin, highlighting his early beginnings, values, and significant contributions as a writer, printer, inventor, and Founding Father. It contrasts Franklin's influence with...
Curated Video
Bill Gates: A Pioneer in the Computer Industry
Bill Gates is a visionary entrepreneur who co-founded Microsoft and revolutionized the computer industry with the invention of Microsoft Windows. His innovative products are widely used in homes, businesses, and schools, enhancing...
Curated Video
Big Ideas - Episode 1 - Bill Gates
The computer age was just beginning when one man had a Big Idea. This idea became Microsoft Windows, which, along with MS Dos, were the first software packages released by Gates’ company Microsoft. Windows 95 became the most successful...
Curated Video
Can AI Prevent A Climate Disaster?
Will AI systems help us reduce our emissions, avoiding a climate disaster? Or will the emissions associated with AI development outshadow its possible benefits?
Vlogbrothers
Bill Gates and John Green Discuss Agriculture
A special bonus video in which John Green and Microsoft founder Bill Gates talk about how Green Agriculture in Ethiopia.
Vlogbrothers
Bill Gates and John Green Discuss Global Health
A special bonus video in which John Green and Microsoft founder Bill Gates talk about how Ethiopia has reduced its infant mortality dramatically in the past twenty years.
Vlogbrothers
Are Textbooks Obsolete?
In which John discusses the astonishing cost of textbooks, and why they continue to be so ubiquitous despite an explosion of free educational resources.
Vlogbrothers
What Can't a Billion Dollars Buy?
In which John discusses the strangeness of large numbers, and this year's Annual Letter from Melinda and Bill Gates. Other topics discussed include the human microbiome, the Green Revolution, the foreign aid budget in the United States,...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Early Childhood Inequality
James J. Heckman - Summer School on Socioeconomic Inequality, Chicago 2012. The summer school is designed to provide graduate students with an exposure to state-of-the-art research on the nature and determinants of inequality.