keyboard_arrow_up

What The Ig Nobel Prize Says About Us

AdultsHistoryPoliticsScience
The Ig Nobel Prize may not come with the prestige of a Nobel, but it celebrates some weird and wonderful science. Here are the most fascinating Ig Nobel Prize-winning studies about people.

How to Defend Democracy — and Fight Autocracy | Leopoldo Lopez | TED

AdultsHistoryHumanPolitics...
Seventy-two percent of the world's population lives under some sort of autocratic rule, says freedom fighter Leopoldo Lopez.

Road To Reconciliation

YouthEqualityHistoryCulture...
They are ways that experts say could help us on the road to reconciliation in Canada, healing the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

America is rife with political traps. What’s your escape route? | The Dilemma Ep. 3

AdultsEducationPoliticsPsychology...
Can we let go of the need to win arguments without losing a part of who we are?

MP Proposes Smartphone Ban For Schools

YouthEducationTechnologyWorld...
The official proposal, called a private members' bill, also recommends that social media platforms change the way they work for children.

How Nine Nuclear Saboteurs Changed WWII

AdultsHistoryHumanTechnology...
In Germany in 1939, the Uranverein, or “uranium club,” was trying to beat Oppenheimer to the bomb.

Why Democracy Is Mathematically Impossible

AdultsHistoryHumanLife...
Democracy might be mathematically impossible

Maidan Square Uprising Students - Smrt Scholarship Program

AdultsEducationPoliticsEquality...
15 students who participated in the Maidan Square uprising received scholarships to attend an 8 week English course at the Canadian College of English Language summer 2014.

Why US Politics Is Broken — and How To Fix It | Andrew Yang | TED

AdultsHumanPoliticsPsychology...
The electoral system in the United States needs a redesign, says political reformer Andrew Yang.

How the US Is Destroying Young People’s Future

AdultsHumanPoliticsProductivity...
In a scorching talk, marketing professor and podcaster Scott Galloway dissects the data showing that, by many measures, young people in the US are worse off financially than ever before.

A Comedian’s Take on How to Save Democracy

AdultsHumanPoliticsWorld...
Conversation is a battlefield with only one winner. Or is it? Comedian and author Jordan Klepper believes we can get better at talking to each other (and perhaps save democracy) by learning how to lose.

The Billion-Dollar Problem in Education

AdultsEducationHumanLife...
Standardized testing is deeply woven into the fabric of US education, but does it foster genuine learning?

Was Evacuating Fukushima a Mistake?

AdultsScienceWeatherWorld...
I explored the Fukushima Exclusion Zone for 10 days in the April of 2023. When I was there, I was honestly shocked by the amount of contamination.

COP28: Climate Summit Updates

YouthEnvironmentGlobal WarmingWorld...
For the first time a new deal to reduce the use of fossil fuels has been agreed by all countries at the UN climate summit, COP28 in Dubai. Watch to find out more.

This Nuclear Conspiracy Theory is CRAZY

AdultsEducationPhysicsScience...
When we published a video from Hiroshima, a new kind of conspiracy theorist crawled out of the woodwork.

The Power of Unconventional Thinking | David McWilliams | TED

AdultsCreativityHumanPsychology...
From World War II to the 2008 economic collapse and beyond, history shows that economists don’t always see the future as clearly as they think they do, says David McWilliams.

Historian Breaks Down Napoleon's Battle Tactics | WIRED

AdultsCreativityHistoryHuman...
"Love him or hate him, Napoleon is a figure probably unrivaled in modern history." Today Jonathon Riley, a British General and historian, breaks down French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's most prominent battles and utilized war tactics.