Curated Video
Tutankhamun: Facial Reconstructions & History Documentary
Timestamps: 0:00 Tutankhamun's Life & History 4:50 Discovery of his Tomb 8:50 How did King Tut die? 12:22 What did he look like? 13:50 Re-creations Revealed What did King Tut really look like? This is the question that has fascinated...
Crash Course
Emmett Till: Crash Course Black American History
In 1955, a 14 year old boy named Emmett Till was brutally murdered in Money, Mississippi. The white men who murdered him killed him for being Black. Emmett Till's mother chose to have an open casket funeral, and show the world what had...
TED Talks
TED: The inaccurate link between body ideals and health | Nancy N. Chen
Global obesity rates are on the rise, but body shaming campaigns are doing more harm than good, says medical anthropologist Nancy N. Chen. Reflecting on how the cultural histories of body ideals have changed over time, she offers a new...
Curated Video
Joanna of Castile part 6: Plague and Public Image Problems
Famine, few allies, and a bout of plague complicated Joanna's attempts to assert power, following her husband Philip's death. In late December, she ordered that Philp's body be transported to Granada and burried near her mother, Queen...
Healthcare Triage
Rethinking Testing for Covid-19
PCR tests for Covid-19 are pretty accurate. But they're often very slow and they can be hard to get. Results sometimes aren't available in time to be useful. Faster tests can be less accurate. As we try to reopen schools and businesses...
Curated Video
Anne Boleyn's Re-constructed Face Revealed, with History
What did Anne Boleyn really look like? After Anne Boleyn’s death, her image was essentially erased from England. The palace walls which once held the initials, H and A, are struck. Her portraits are painted over or destroyed. What we...
NASA
We Asked NASA Scientists and Astronauts “What is your Favorite Hubble Image?”
Over the years, Hubble video producer Paul Morris has had the amazing opportunity to interview some of the brightest minds in astrophysics, and some of the coolest astronauts and people in the world. As a rule, he always asked every...
The Art Assignment
The Art History of the Selfie | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Artists have been taking selfies since the dawn of photography. Cameras allowed people to capture their own image in a way that had never been possible in all of human history, and today most of us carry these magical devices in our...
Curated Video
The Perfect Way to Start and End IELTS General Task 1 Letters
Today you’ll find out the correct way to begin and end your letters for IELTS General Task 1.
TLDR News
67% of Americans Oppose these New Laws: The New Anti-Transgender Laws Explained - TLDR News
In recent months, states across the US have debated and begun to introduce a slew of new laws relating to transgender people. These laws often relate to trans health (especially for young people) and trans sports; both though are widely...
Alliterative
Humorous History: The Endnotes
Some more info about the theory of the Humours, from our Recipe video: https://youtu.be/u_8vkfJF_UI Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_four_elements,_four_qualities,_four_humours,_four_season_Wellcome_V0048018.jpg...
The Met
Like Life: Sculpture, Color, and the Body
Watch a video preview of the exhibition Like Life: Sculpture, Color, and the Body (1300–Now), on view at The Met Breuer from March 21 through July 22, 2018. Featuring Luke Syson, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Chairman of European Sculpture...
Seeker
How Did Roboticists Get This Ancient Fossil To Walk?
Advanced computer tomography scans are changing the way paleontologists are studying ancient life and “OroBOT” may be just the beginning. How Did Science Get Neanderthals So Wrong? - https://youtu.be/VAaTaZqleeY Read More: Reverse...
Curated Video
How the perfect body for men has changed over the last 150 years
The founder of Lammily, Nickolay Lamm, who introduced realistically proportioned dolls to the market, created these images of idealistic body shapes of men throughout American history. Read more: http://www.techinsider.io/ FACEBOOK:...
Crash Course
Population Ecology: The Texas Mosquito Mystery - Crash Course Ecology
Population ecology is the study of groups within a species that interact mostly with each other, and it examines how they live together in one geographic area to understand why these populations are different in one time and place than...
The Art Assignment
Body in Place | Maria Gaspar | The Art Assignment
This week we meet with Maria Gaspar, an artist deeply invested in her community on the west side of Chicago. For her assignment, she asks you to engage with your community by adding yourself to the picture.
NASA
On a Mission: The Danger of Going to Mars
Many spacecraft have died trying to get to Mars. The current record for Mars missions is 18 successes, and 25 failures. The InSight mission hopes to improve the odds.
Curated Video
Facial Reconstructions of Richard III & the Princes in the Tower | Mini Documentary | Royalty Now
The story of Richard III and the Princes in the Tower is one of the notorious mysteries in English history. Was Richard a tyrant who killed his nephews, or an innocent, believing he was simply the best candidate to take the throne?...
NASA
Hubble finds a Black Hole Igniting Star Formation in a Dwarf Galaxy
Black holes are often described as the monsters of the universe—tearing apart stars, consuming anything that comes too close, and holding light captive. Detailed evidence from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, however, shows a black hole in...
ATHS Engineering
Electricity: Work and Power
In this video, the teacher explains the concept of work in physics, defining it as the energy used to exert a force on something to move it a distance. The teacher also discusses the unit of measurement for work, joules, and how it...
Curated Video
Facial Reconstructions of Elizabeth Woodville & King Edward IV - What did they really look like?
Welcome to the mini of the Wars of the Roses video we posted last week: • The Real Story Behind Game of Thrones... Today we will reveal re-creations of Edward, and his wife of legendary beauty, Elizabeth Woodville, for those that don't...
NASA
Ahead of its Time: Hubble’s Control Center
Dedicated on Feb. 14, 1984, at NASA Goddard’s Space Flight Center, the STOCC, or the Space Telescope Operations Control Center, operates the Hubble Space Telescope on its important mission. The Operations Team members at the STOCC...
Curated Video
Andy Warhol's Marilyn: Great Art Explained
Andy Warhol made “Marilyn Diptych” in 1962, right after Marilyn Monroe’s death. By the 1960s Marilyn’s film career as a sex symbol was all but over. Warhol would effectively immortalize Marilyn as the sex symbol of the 20th century. The...
NASA
Hubble Spots Giant Space ‘Pumpkin’
Halloween is scarier with Hubble! What looks like two glowing eyes and a crooked carved smile is a snapshot of the early stages of a collision between two galaxies. The entire view is nearly 109,000 light-years across, approximately the...