You could have a secret twin (but not the way you think) - Kayla Mandel Sheets
AdultsBiologyHumanScienceGeneticsHealthFamily... While searching for a kidney donor, Karen Keegan stumbled upon a mystery. After undergoing genetic testing, it turned out that some of her cells had a completely different set of genes from the others.
What makes a language... a language? - Martin Hilpert
AdultsHistoryHumanLifeLanguage... Dig into the distinction between a language and a dialect, and uncover the history of standardized languages.
Can you outsmart the slippery slope fallacy? - Elizabeth Cox
AdultsEducationHumanSciencePsychology... Dig into the slippery slope fallacy, which assumes that one step will lead to a series of events that lead to an extreme— often bad— scenario.
How the Kushites Took Over Egypt | Flooded Tombs of the Nile
AdultsHistoryHumanScienceCulture... The Kushites and the Egyptians have a long history that is often forgotten about. Archeologist excavating a Kushite tomb discuss just how interconnected the two cultures were as they discover new artifacts within the tomb.
The secret society of the Great Dismal Swamp - Dan Sayers
AdultsEducationHistoryHumanCulture... Uncover the history of the hidden communities that inhabited the Great Dismal Swamp in North America.
The method that can "prove" almost anything - James A. Smith
AdultsHistoryHumanScienceData Science... Explore the data analysis method known as p-hacking, where data is misrepresented as statistically significant.
History's deadliest king - by Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja
AdultsHistoryHumanPoliticsJustice... Dig into the Rubber Terror, the period in which King Leopold II’s horrific regime in the Congo resulted in the deaths of 10 million people.
How one person saved over 2,000 children from the Nazis - Iseult Gillespie
AdultsHistoryHumanWorldJustice... Get to know the story of Irena Sendler, a social worker who saved over 2,000 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII.
What few people know about the program that "saved" America - Meg Jacobs
AdultsEducationHumanWorld Explore the successes and failures of FDR’s New Deal, a set of legislation during the Great Depression which aimed to save the US economy.
What It Takes To Become An Expert
AdultsEducationHumanLife This video covers what it takes to become an expert. Deliberate practice is where you get practice with a specific goal in mind.
A day in the life of an Ancient Greek oracle - Mark Robinson
AdultsEducationHistoryHuman Follow Aristonike, an Oracle-in-training in Delphi, as she studies to become the Pythia and communicate Apollo’s will and prophecies.
Why It's Good To Have A Weak Hand
AdultsBiologyEducationHuman We might have a strong hand because having a weak hand is actually useful.
Human Body 101 | National Geographic
AdultsBiologyHealthHuman How does the human body work? What roles do the digestive, reproductive, and other systems play?
Could you survive the real Twilight Zone?
AdultsEducationHumanScience Find out how a hatchetfish survives its daily journey from the depths of the ocean’s Twilight Zone to the resource-rich surface.