The history of chocolate - Deanna Pucciarelli
Adults Education
If you can’t imagine life without chocolate, you’re lucky you weren’t born before the 16th century. Until then, chocolate only existed as a bitter, foamy drink in Mesoamerica.
Intro to Geology
Adults Education
Geology is the study of planet Earth, its origin and evolution, its fundamental structure, the properties of minerals, rocks, and fluids of which it is composed, and the evolution of its biosphere.
4 things all great listeners know
Adults Education
Dig into different strategies that can improve your listening skills so you can become a high quality listener.
The world depends on a strange collection of items. They're not cheap
Adults Education
This government warehouse keeps our entire society up to standard.
Bite Sized Food Facts!
Adults Education
Did you know SciShow has a shorts section on Youtube? We’ve compiled a variety of bite sized shorts about food here for you to indulge in at your leisure!
Veritasium's Derek Muller Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED
Adults Education
Veritasium's Derek Muller answers the web's most searched questions about himself. Where did the name 'Veritasium' come from? Is Veritasium a real element? Where does Derek live? Is he married? What was Veritasium's first video? Derek answers all these questions and much more!
What if We Replaced Nuclear With Potatoes
Adults Education
Energy use can be confusing – I mean, how do you compare gasoline in your car to electricity piped to your house? That's why we made these things spud-tacularly simple.
Fact vs. Theory vs. Hypothesis vs. Law… EXPLAINED!
Adults Education
ome people try to attack things like evolution by natural selection and man-made climate change by saying “Oh, that’s just a THEORY!”
You Don’t Actually Know What Your Future Self Wants | Shankar Vedantam | TED
Adults Education
"You are constantly becoming a new person," says journalist Shankar Vendantam. In a talk full of beautiful storytelling, he explains the profound impact of something he calls the "illusion of continuity" -- the belief that our future selves will share the same views, perspectives and hopes as our current selves -- and shows how we can more proactively craft the people we are to become.
Let’s Travel to The Most Extreme Place in The Universe
Adults Education
This time you can join us on a journey through the microcosm. Curious? Head over to our shop and get it while supplies last.
A Molecule-Thick Coating Changes What a Surface Does, Thanks to Nanoscience
Adults Education
This episode was made in partnership with The Kavli Prize. The Kavli Prize honors scientists for breakthroughs in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience — transforming our understanding of the big, the small, and the complex.
Primitive Technology: Smelting Iron In Brick Furnaces
Adults Education
I made 3 furnaces from bricks using different configurations to test their effectiveness. The benefit of using bricks to make a furnace is that it's quicker, easier, re-useable and portable relative to a furnace constructed in-situ from clay.
The Real Reason Leaves Change Color In the Fall
Adults Education
Want to learn more about the topic in this week’s video? Here are some keywords to get your googling started:
Leaf senescence, chlorophyll, carotenoid, anthocyanin
The hidden meanings of yin and yang - John Bellaimey
Adults Education
The ubiquitous yin-yang symbol holds its roots in Taoism/Daoism, a Chinese religion and philosophy.
Primitive Technology: Rock-Throwing Catapult (Trebuchet)
Adults Education
I built a trebuchet, a type of catapult that uses a counter weight to store gravitational potential energy which is then used to fire a projectile via a sling.
How to write like the best-selling author of all time
Adults Education
Dig into Agatha Christie’s writing style to find out how she crafted her mystery novels and how to employ these strategies in your own work.
How Schools Can Nurture Every Student's Genius | Trish Millines Dziko | TED
Adults Education
Forget home economics and standardized tests, education visionary Trish Millines Dziko has a much more engaging and fulfilling way for students to develop real-world skills.