TED Talks
Mohammad Modarres: Why you should shop at your local farmers market
The average farmer in America makes less than 15 cents of every dollar on a product that you purchase at a store. They feed our communities, but farmers often cannot afford the very foods they grow. In this actionable talk, social...
Visual Learning Systems
Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks: Introduction
This video explains how heat, pressure and chemical reactions may transform one type of rock into another. The formation and classification of metamorphic and igneous rocks is highlighted. Other terminology includes: extrusive rock,...
Curated Video
Electrolysis of Aqueous Solutions and Purification of Copper
The video is a tutorial on electrolysis of aqueous solutions. The speaker introduces the basic rules for electrolysis of aqueous solutions and how to predict the products using those rules. The examples are given for different...
MinutePhysics
Will Batteries Power The World? | The Limits Of Lithium-ion
Can Batteries Power Everything? This video is about the physical and chemical limitations to electrolytic batteries, and how we might surpass the energy density and specific energy of lithium-ion batteries (like the Panasonic 18650...
Catalyst University
What are the Physiological Mechanisms of Dietary Fiber?
We have all heard that dietary fiber is necessary for good GI and overall health. Human intestinal cells do not have enzymes to break down fiber, so how could this be? Here we will discuss the role of bacteria in fiber metabolism and...
Science360
Printable Robots Designed To Be Consumer-Friendly, Inexpensive
This project envisions a future where 3-D robotic systems can be produced and designed using 2-D desktop technology fabrication methods. If this feat is achieved, it would be possible for the average person to design, customize and print...
Science360
Fab Labs
Imagine if you had the tools to build almost anything you wanted. One MIT physicist has figured out how to fit four tools into one small space, so people can do just that. He calls it a ""Fab Lab"" and, with help from the National...
Science360
Increasing the field of view -- early concept brain research
Compare a boxy 1980s TV to the sleek high-definition TVs of today: That’s a 25-fold difference. Spencer Smith’s microscope is a 100-fold difference over the microscopes used today. Smith, of the University of North Carolina’s School of...
NASA
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Captures Puff, Whir, Zap Sounds from Mars
Listen closely to new sounds from Mars recorded by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, including puffs and pings from a rover tool, light Martian wind, the whirring of the agency's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, and laser zaps. Most of the...
NASA
Why Quantum? Why Now? NASA Celebrates World Quantum Day
April 14 marks the annual World Quantum Day, and NASA's Space Communications and Navigation program is excited to celebrate! Whether you know it or not, quantum physics touches our lives each day. Everything physical around us is made of...
Healthcare Triage
Suicide Rates and Insights from Medical Sociology - Healthcare Triage
Aaron's guest this month is Dr. Bernice Pescosolido, who is a medical sociologist at Indiana University. Dr. Pescosolido studies the environments, neighborhoods, and connections that contribute to patients' identities, and looks how this...
SWPictures
An Injection of Hope: The Importance and Challenges of Vaccination
An Injection of Hope part 2/4: This video discusses the history and impact of vaccines, including their role in eradicating diseases like smallpox and polio. It also highlights the ongoing challenges of getting vaccines to those who need...
SWPictures
An Injection of Hope: Breaking the Vicious Circle
An Injection of Hope part 4/4: This video discusses the challenges faced by vaccine manufacturers like GlaxoSmithKline in producing affordable vaccines for developing countries where infectious diseases are still prevalent.
MinuteEarth
Why Do We Eat Spoiled Food?
Sponsored by Tab for a Cause: http://www.tabforacause.org?r=3 MinuteEarth is also now on Patreon! Please support us at: http://www.patreon.com/minuteearth And subscribe! - http://www.youtube.com/user/minuteearth?sub_confirmation=1 Thanks...
World Science Festival
This is Your Brain On Neuroprosthetics
Paralyzed patients are starting to walk with the aid of exoskeletons and doctors are testing artificial retinas in the blind thanks to neuroprosthetics: surgical brain implants that restore some function in patients with severe sensory,...
World Science Festival
Game Change – CRISPR's Brave New World
Just a handful of technologies deserve to be called “game changers”—and CRISPR-Cas9, the new gene-editing tool, is one of them. Discovered just three years ago, CRISPR is sweeping through labs around the world and researchers are already...
The Royal Institution
A New Phase for Structural Biology - with Carol Robinson
Carol Robinson’s eccentric research transformed the field of structural biology by studying proteins in the vapour phase, rather than as solutions or solids. Her approach proved to be unpredictably worthwhile and is providing a new view...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Mina Cikara - Us Versus Them
Mina Cikara is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and director of the Intergroup Neuroscience Lab. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology and Social Policy from Princeton University in 2010 and completed a NIH Ruth L....
The Wall Street Journal
The Next Era of an American Brand
Since taking the helm as CEO of Land O' Lakes, Beth Ford has set out to modernize the storied brand with an expanded use of data and an increased commitment to sustainability. She discusses her strategies for growth and plans for the...
SciShow
The Curiosity Rover Landing
What does it take to land a large rover on the surface of Mars? Video explains the challenges including the distance and size. Then it focuses on the process of going from hurtling through space to slowing down enough to survive the...
GPB Television
Chemistry 102: The Metric System
Although this lesson is directed at a chemistry class, all laboratory classes require the use of metric measurement. Here is a half-hour video introduction to measurement systems and a thorough teaching about the base-ten metric system...
GPB Television
Chemistry 203: Separation of Mixtures
Do not pass this resource by! Everything you need to teach the property of density,and the separation of mixtures is here: an educational video, several classroom handouts, and a laboratory exercise. The video is engaging, though a...
The Brain Scoop
Fossil Fish, PT. III: The Preparation
A paleontologist finds a fossil, but then what happens? An engaging video explains what happens to fossils once they make it back to the lab. It then demonstrates three different ways of excavating the fossil from the matrix.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Big Idea 1: Earth Scientists Study Our Planet
See geoscientists in action out in the field, in the laboratory and using hi-tech tools to study our planet. [4:13]