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Would you raise the bird that murdered your children? - Steve Rothstein

AdultsEducationLifeWriting...
Dig into the evolutionary strategy of brood parasitism, where one animal tricks another into rearing its young.

The tragic myth of the Sun God's son - Iseult Gillespie

AdultsBooksMediaWriting...
Dive into the Greek myth of Helios and Phaethon, where the Sun God allows his mortal son to drive his chariot for a day.

0:00 / 5:14 Orzo Pasta | Jamie Oliver

AdultsFamilyFilmFood...
Back at it again with another beautiful recipe from my new book Together. This time I'm giving you one of the dishes from the 'elegant simplicity' chapter. Its a really delicate but flavoursome pasta salad, in the book I serve it up with a flat fish but really its a dish that totally stands up on its own. Give it a go guys, elegant and delicious!

How DUBAI Actually Controls its Weather

AdultsScienceWeatherWorld...
Wouldn't it be amazing to be able to control the weather? You could give yourself beautiful sunny days whenever you wanted or decide you needed some rain to help water crops for farmlands. Well in today's new video you will learn about the insane and fantastic way Dubai has taken control over the city's weather!

Sir David Attenborough Gives a Lesson on Seeds | The Green Planet | BC Earth

AdultsEcologyLifeNature...
Giant seeds, tiny seeds, floaty seeds and flying seeds. Sir David Attenborough gives us a quick biology lesson in all of them.

The Most Powerful Computers You've Never Heard Of

AdultsHistoryScienceTechnology
Analog computers were the most powerful computers for thousands of years, relegated to obscurity by the digital revolution.

Why is the Mona Lisa so famous? - Noah Charney

AdultsArtHistoryHuman
Discover what factors helped Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” become the world’s most famous painting.

What Holds a Country Together or Tears it Apart? Crash Course Geography #36

AdultsHistoryHumanPolitics...
Today we’re going to talk about the forces that affect a country’s stability. We’ll take a closer look at Costa Rica, Venezuela, Cuba, and Brazil and examine how the cohesiveness of these Latin American countries varies dramatically even though they are in a region with similar characteristics.

Sand Dunes Shouldn’t Exist (Here’s Why They Do)

AdultsLifeNatureWorld...
How can sand, blown by the wind, form such intricate and beautiful patterns as ripples and dunes? The answer is a surprising secret of self-organization.

Why The Shortest Day Of The Year Isn't The Coldest

AdultsHistoryHumanWorld...
The way we experience seasons don't necessarily line up with how they're technically defined - here's why.

Can you solve the human cannonball riddle? - Alex Rosenthal

AdultsHistoryHumanPsychology...
They call you the human cannonball. Your act involves flying through rings of fire, bouncing through a trampoline course, and catching the trapezist in the grand finale.

Protecting Rhinos In Kaziranga National Park

AdultsAnimals
From being a rhino poaching hub in the 1900s, Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in the north-east Indian state of Assam now boasts the single largest breeding population of the Indian rhinos.

Times When Humanity ALMOST Ended

AdultsHistoryHumanWorld
Humans have almost faced their extinction on several occasions, and today we're going to reveal the closest calls humanity has ever had!

How To Make Fool-Proof Beef Wellington

AdultsFamilyFilmFood...
Ready to impress your family and friends? While it does take some patience, our foolproof Beef Wellington is guaranteed be a showstopper with it's tender melt-in-your-mouth interior and perfectly flaky latticed crust.

The Communities of the Okavango Delta | National Geographic

AdultsFilmLifeNature...
Safeguarding the Okavango River Basin means empowering the communities that rely on the river system for water and other resources.

Orzo Pasta | Jamie Oliver

AdultsFamilyFilmFood...
Back at it again with another beautiful recipe from my new book Together. This time I'm giving you one of the dishes from the 'elegant simplicity' chapter. Its a really delicate but flavoursome pasta salad, in the book I serve it up with a flat fish but really its a dish that totally stands up on its own.

You Are Immune Against Every Disease

AdultsBiologyHumanScience...
You are not a person, you are a planet, made of roughly 40 trillion cells. There is so much of you, that if your cells were human-sized, you would be as big as 20 Mount Everests.