The Most Radioactive Places on Earth
AdultsGlobal WarmingLifeWorldScienceTelevisionHistoryEnergySocietyI'm filming a documentary for TV about how Uranium and radioactivity have shaped the modern world. It will be broadcast in mid-2015, details to come. The filming took me to the most radioactive places on Earth (and some places, which surprisingly aren't as radioactive as you'd think). Chernobyl and Fukushima were incredible to see as they present post-apocalyptic landscapes. I also visited nuclear power plants, research reactors, Marie Curie's institute, Einstein's apartment, nuclear medicine areas of hospitals, uranium mines, nuclear bomb sites, and interviewed numerous experts.
Haunting Drone Footage Captures Views Of "The Abandoned City Chernobyl" That Is Left To Decay
AdultsFilmGlobal WarmingEnvironmentHistoryWorldScienceChernobyl is one of the most interesting and dangerous places I've been. The nuclear disaster, which happened in 1986; the year after I was born, had an effect on so many people, including my family when we lived in Italy. The nuclear dust clouds swept westward towards us. The Italian police went round and threw away all the local produce and my mother rushed out to purchase as much tinned milk as possible to feed me, her infant son.
Save the Arctic
AdultsGlobal WarmingWorldEnvironmentNatureScienceSave the Arctic - Watch and share.
Why is the Sky Any Color?
AdultsScienceWorldNatureCultureIt's a question that you'd think kids have been asking for thousands of years, but it might not be that old at all. The ancient Greek poet Homer never used a word for blue in The Odyssey or The Iliad, because blue is one of the last colors that cultures pick out a word for.
The Science and Beauty of Auroras
AdultsScienceWorldSpaceNatureSpace might seem like an empty place, but the area surrounding Earth is constantly being bombarded by waves of charged particles released by the Sun: The solar wind. Luckily, thanks to Earth's swirling, molten core (and the magnetic field it provides), we are protected from this planet-sterilizing onslaught like an invisible force field.
Exploring British Columbia Of Canada With Devin Supertramp
AdultsNatureWorldTravelEnvironmentThe video shows you the beautiful Great Bear Rainforest that is located on the central coast of British Columbia.
EPIC proposal from 26 countries, 4 years in the making
AdultsRelationshipsWorldLoveTravelAdventureAfter the first date with his girlfriend, Jack Hyer knew he would marry her. He wrote in his travel journal in 2010, "I'm going to marry this girl eventually." He has since traveled across the world in over 25 different countries.
The Drinkable Book - Water is Life
AdultsHealthLifeWorldEnvironmentEducationTechnologyThe Drinkable Book is a life saving tool that filters water and teaches proper sanitation & hygiene to those in the developing world.
Baltimore Landslide
AdultsEnvironmentWorldNatural DisastersGeologyBaltimore Landslide April 30th, 2014
Facebook Will Use Drones and Lasers to 'Beam' Internet to the World
AdultsInternet CultureTechnologyWorldSpaceScienceAfter announcing Internet.org last year, an initiative to improve Internet access across the globe, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the Connectivity Lab, a new team of scientists that has been working on the ambitious project. He said that the Connectivity Lab would develop "new platforms for connectivity on the ground, in the air and in orbit," according to a post on Internet.org on Thursday. How are they going to do it?
Louie Schwartzberg: Hidden miracles of the natural world
AdultsData ScienceWorldNatureFilmPhotographyEntertainmentWe live in a world of unseeable beauty, so subtle and delicate that it is imperceptible to the human eye. To bring this invisible world to light, filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg bends the boundaries of time and space with high-speed cameras, time lapses and microscopes. At TED2014, he shares highlights from his latest project, a 3D film titled "Mysteries of the Unseen World," which slows down, speeds up, and magnifies the astonishing wonders of nature.
The Most Shocking "One Second A Day" Video You've Ever Seen
AdultsLifeSocietyWorldEntertainmentA young girl's life gets turned upside-down in this tragic second a day video.This is what war does to children.
How we found the giant squid
AdultsAnimalsWorldEnvironmentOceanWildlifeBiologyHumankind has been looking for the giant squid (Architeuthis) since we first started taking pictures underwater. But the elusive deep-sea predator could never be caught on film. Oceanographer and inventor Edith Widder shares the key insight that helped to capture the squid on camera for the first time.