Why AI Will Spark Exponential Economic Growth | Cathie Wood | TED
AdultsHistoryHumanTechnologyEconomyArtificial Intelligence... Investor Cathie Wood explores this unique moment in technology, which she sees as being marked by the simultaneous evolution of five pivotal innovation platforms — a scenario unparalleled in history.
Sherlock Holmes and the case of the Red-Headed League - Alex Rosenthal
AdultsCreativityHumanPsychologyBooksHistory... One day in the fall, you called upon your friend, Sherlock Holmes, and found him in conversation with Jabez Wilson. Wilson had been working for the mysterious League of Red-Headed Men.
The Power of Unconventional Thinking | David McWilliams | TED
AdultsCreativityHumanPsychologyHistoryEconomyPolitics... 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.
Animated Maps: Tectonic Plate Movement
YouthHistoryWorldScienceGeology... This set of 41 paleo-elevation models (DEM) represents the changing paleogeography of the oceans and continents back to 540 million years ago.
Eclipses Used To Be Terrifying
YouthHistoryScienceWorld Because eclipses are powerful and frightening events, ancient cultures went to great lengths to understand eclipses.
4.5 Billion Years in 1 Hour
AdultsEducationHistoryScience Earth is 4.5 billion years old - which is approximately the same amount of time it took us to create this video.
Animated Maps: The Five Deeps
YouthHistoryWorldScience In this animated map, we highlight the deepest spots in the briny deep that surrounds us.
The Legends of El Dorado: City of Gold (Full Episode) | Lost Cities with Albert Lin
AdultsLifeNatureTravelHistory... National Geographic Explorer and scientist Albert Lin travels to Colombia to learn the truth behind the legends of El Dorado.
How One Line in the Oldest Math Text Hinted at Hidden Universes
AdultsEducationHistoryHumanScienceAstronomy... A huge thank you to Prof. Geraint Lewis and Dr. Ashmeet Singh for helping us understand the applications of Non-Euclidean geometry in astronomy/cosmology.
Astronaut Tells The Story Behind Iconic Space Photos | WIRED
AdultsEducationHistorySpaceSciencePhotography... ESA Astronaut Tim Peake visits WIRED to have a look back at pivotal moments in the history of human space flight, captured in 8 unforgettable photographs.
The Woman Who Saved the World
AdultsHistoryLifeScienceHealth... On her way to winning the 2023 Nobel Prize for her pioneering work on mRNA vaccines, Katalin Karikó lived a life made for the big screen.