World Science Festival
Why We Tell Stories: The Science of Narrative
Stories have existed in many forms—cave paintings, parables, poems, tall tales, myths—throughout history and across almost all human cultures. But is storytelling essential to survival? Join Jonathan Gottschall, Joyce Carol Oates,...
World Science Festival
Could Video Games Be the Future of Storytelling?
Human history is rich with stories, and as our culture and technology changes, so do the ways we tell stories. For example, from its roots in oral tradition, storytelling branched off into literature, artwork, and film. Where are...
Catalyst University
Lab Exercise 1: Introduction to Microbiology
Lab Exercise 1: Introduction to Microbiology
Curated Video
Deaf Poet's Visual Poetry: A Creative Storytelling Without Words | Think | NBC News
Poet Douglas Ridloff creates American Sign Language poetry and performs at ASL Slam, a creative outlet for deaf people. » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News...
National Geographic
Watch a Filmmaker’s Painted Portrayal of Istanbul | Short Film Showcase
Digital content creator Justin Heaney applies a popular filter over his short film to create a Prisma-inspired animation. This short highlights the colors and shapes of Istanbul, Turkey—with a touch of modernity. ➡ Subscribe:...
National Geographic
Introducing a Yearlong Celebration of National Parks | National Geographic
In our largest storytelling initiative to date, National Geographic is dedicating an entire year—in our print, digital, and online versions—to celebrating the wonders of parks around the world and exploring the challenges they face. ➡...
National Geographic
Checkers Is the Heart and Soul of This Neighborhood | Short Film Showcase
The Razor, The Stealer, The Pressure Man—these are just a few of the nicknames hard-earned by the players at Capital Checkers. Through good times and bad, this Washington D.C. club has been a staple in the community for more than 30...
World Science Festival
The Neuroscience of Narrative
Because fiction is conjured up within our imaginations, our capacity for storytelling or engaging in stories is susceptible to neurological disorders. People on the autism spectrum are less likely to engage in storytelling and...
World Science Festival
The Moth: Go Tell It on the Mountain - Jim Gates
A physicist climbs many mountains over the course of his career. Jim Gates is a Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is currently exploring computer software codes hidden inside of superstring theory...
World Science Festival
The Moth: It Took a Village - Michael Turner
An assistant professor is invited by Stephen Hawking, in 1981, to join a consortium of the twenty best cosmologists in the world to determine why the universe has "lumps." The Moth and World Science Festival team up to bring you...
World Science Festival
The Moth: Chasing My Memories - Lucy Hawking
Lucy Hawking, daughter of Stephen Hawking, reminisces about her family and discovers the limitations of physics. The Moth and World Science Festival team up to bring you poignant, hilarious and unpredictable stories of science....
World Science Festival
The Moth: You Can Lead a Horse to Water - Sam Shepard
An actor's insistence on using his own horse in a film stunt has unpleasant consequences for his stunt double. Sam Shepard is an Oscar-nominated actor, screenwriter, director and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. The Moth and World...
World Science Festival
The Moth: Man on the Moon - Nathan Englander
"A writer moves to Jerusalem to be part of the peace process. Nathan Englander is the author of 'For the Relief of Unbearable Urges,' 'The Ministry of Special Cases,' and most recently 'What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank.'...
Natural History Museum
Fantastic Beasts™: The Wonder of Nature with exhibition creators and scientists | Live Talk
Join exhibition creators and scientists to hear how they brought Fantastic Beasts™: The Wonder of Nature to life. The exhibition is a spectacular immersive experience using props, specimens and interactives to bring a touch of magic to...
Tate
Tacita Dean – FILM | Tate
Tacita Dean is the latest artist to take up the challenge of filling Tate Modern's Turbine Hall. Her response, entitled 'FILM', is a silent 35mm looped film projected onto a monolith standing 13 metres tall. FILM is an 11-minute silent...
Curated Video
Scientists launched a pie into space
A meat and potato pie was sent 100,000 ft into the sky to test it to the extreme. It took off from Wigan which is well known for its pies across the UK. Science enthusiasts SentIntoSpace did it to see if the pie's structural integrity...
PBS
Ready Player One
Ready Player One has been praised as a novel that captures the vitality, the allure, and the essence of the virtual reality experience. Speakers in a short video share their rationale for why Ernest Clines' dystopian novel should be...