TED Talks
TED: Computing a theory of all knowledge | Stephen Wolfram
Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica, talks about his quest to make all knowledge computational -- able to be searched, processed and manipulated. His new search engine, Wolfram Alpha, has no lesser goal than to model and explain the...
TED Talks
TED: economic growth has stalled. Let's fix it | Dambisa Moyo
economic growth is the defining challenge of our time; without it, political and social instability rises, human progress stagnates and societies grow dimmer. But, says economist Dambisa Moyo, dogmatic capitalism isn't creating the...
Curated Video
Newton Knight: Fighting the Confederacy
Newton Knight was a Confederate soldier in the American Civil War who went AWOL to form a guerrilla force of fellow deserters and escaped slaves, who fought against the Confederacy.
SciShow
All About Poop, Plus a Tortoise: SciShow Talk Show #15
The SciShow Talk Show has a new look! And a new guest who isn't new at all - Jessi Knudsen Castañeda from Animal Wonders joins Hank to talk about one of her favorite subjects: poop! They are joined by Augusto Castañeda and Yucca the...
Brian McLogan
Determine the final value for Compound interest problems
Learn about compound interest. We will look at how to determine the final value, initial value, interest rate and years needed. We will investigate problems compounded continuously, daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly. These...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
How China's Economy Actually Works
Professor Chenggang Xu (Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business) explains what the world commonly misunderstands about Chinese economic growth and reform.
TED Talks
TED: Meet the microscopic life in your home -- and on your face | Anne Madden
Behold the microscopic jungle in and around you: tiny organisms living on your cheeks, under your sofa and in the soil in your backyard. We have an adversarial relationship with these microbes -- we sanitize, exterminate and disinfect...
All Ears English
How Present Perfect Leads to Job Interview Success - AEE Podcast 1648
When you are in a job interview and the interviewer asks you what you have done, you don't need to give all of the details right away. Learn to use the present perfect to talk about your accomplishments today.
SciShow
Mama, Where Do Galaxies Come From?
For most of human history, we didn't know that galaxies were a thing. So over the past century, astronomers have been working to understand how galaxies come to be and how they evolve over time. And for a full decade, there was one...
Learn German with Herr Antrim
German Vowel Pronunciation - Beginner German with Herr Antrim Lesson #1.1
In today's Beginner German lesson I teach you how to pronounce vowel sounds in German including vowel combinations (diphthongs) and umlauts. This video includes example words for each of the sounds that you learn and tips for how to hold...
Economics Explained
The Economics of China’s Enormous Belt & Road Initiative: Alternatives
China's Belt and Road initiative is set to be the most influential economic development project in recent history. It’ll be an investment measured in trillions, connecting dozens of nations with roads, rail lines, shipping routes, and...
Economics Explained
The Economics of China’s Enormous Belt & Road Initiative: Belt & Road
China's Belt and Road initiative is set to be the most influential economic development project in recent history. It’ll be an investment measured in trillions, connecting dozens of nations with roads, rail lines, shipping routes, and...
Brian McLogan
Determine the final value for Compound interest problems
Learn about compound interest. We will look at how to determine the final value, initial value, interest rate and years needed. We will investigate problems compounded continuously, daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly. These...
Economics Explained
What's Causing This Wave of Economic Collapses? | Economics Explained
In this video we wanted to highlight the paradox of global economic growth alongside isolated national crises. Why do certain economies like Lebanon, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan face collapse when the global economy is reaching unprecedented...
Curated Video
How Africa could one day rival China
Africa is changing so fast, it is becoming hard to ignore. In the short term the continent faces many problems, including covid-19, but in the long term it could rival China's economic might.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Yuning Gao: The Future of China and the RMB - A Historical Perspective
Welcome to our new video series called "New Economic Thinking." The series will feature dozens of conversations with leading economists on the most important issues facing economics and the global economy today. This episode features Dr....
Curated Video
China's Economic Problem
#China and the tremendous growth of its #economy is a secret to none. They have been growing really fast and keeping pace with the technological advancements. Mao's tough policies started shaping the economic #growth of China which...
Easy Languages
Brits Reveal Their Favourite Food | Easy English 82
Brits Reveal Their Favourite Food | Easy English 82 Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street culture of...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Why Does India have Twice the Productivity of Capital Compared to China - Sir James Mirrlees
Sir James Mirrlees, Nobel Laureate, notes that China does not use its capital as efficiently as India, even though their overall growth rates are about the same. As an economist, he is fascinated by this discrepancy, and says that it...
Seven Dimensions
How to Start a Presentation
In this video, the speaker offers three suggestions for starting a presentation: introducing oneself with credentials and offering, starting with something unusual or attention-grabbing, and using a technique called "current...
SciShow
Why Is the Ocean Blue?
You may have satisfied your inner five-year-old by learning why the sky is blue, but where does the ocean's color come from?
Crash Course
Playing with Power P-Values Pt 3 - Crash Course Statistics
We're going to finish up our discussion of p-values by taking a closer look at how they can get it wrong, and what we can do to minimize those errors. We'll discuss Type 1 (when we think we've detected an effect, but there actually isn't...
Curated Video
High scoring Vocabulary Describing Road Conditions
Today you’ll learn high-scoring vocabulary describing road conditions, useful for both Speaking and Writing. Questions about road conditions could definitely be seen on your next IELTS Exam- anywhere in the Speaking Exam, in Writing Task...
Brian McLogan
Verifying an identity by applying the Pythagorean identities
👉 Learn how to verify Pythagoras trigonometric identities. A Pythagoras trigonometric identity is a trigonometric identity of the form sin^2 (x) + cos^2 (x) or any of its derivations. To verify trigonometric expression means to verify...