12 Predictions for the Future of Technology
AdultsHistoryLifeTechnology...Techno-optimist Vinod Khosla believes in the world-changing power of "foolish ideas." He offers 12 bold predictions for the future of technology — from preventative medicine to car-free cities to planes that get us from New York to London in 90 minutes — and shows why a world of abundance awaits.
The Rock That's Helping Us Find the Origin of Life
AdultsHistoryLifeScience...Epidote might just look like a pretty little crystal, but it has a secret. thanks to the high-pressure circumstances where it forms, we can use it to help us uncover the origins of life on our planet, and maybe even find signs of life on Mars.
What’s Eating The Titanic?
AdultsHistoryHumanScienceWhen a ship sinks, lots of factors, like the ship’s materials, the water quality, and the depth of the seafloor all play a role in determining how long the ship will last down there - as a result, the Titanic will be gone in fifty years, while Byzantine wrecks in the Black sea remain.
The Real Killer Of The Dinosaurs
AdultsEducationHistoryScienceA ruthless murder was committed! Someone killed the dinosaurs and we have the murderer! Witnesses say that an Everest-sized asteroid hit Earth, devastated the planet and caused a mass extinction. A simple, fascinating and convincing explanation. Or… is it?
How the Most Expensive Swords in the World Are Made
AdultsConstructionEducationHistory...This is a video about how Japanese samurai swords, aka katanas, are made – from the gathering of the iron sand, to the smelting of the steel, to the forging of the blade.
Our Instruction Manual for Existing
AdultsBiologyHistoryHuman...Your DNA contains all the instructions your body needs to function. In this episode of Crash Course Biology, we’ll figure out what this giant instruction manual looks like and how this three-billion-letter code gets copied into your trillions of cells through DNA replication.
Generative A.I - We Aren’t Ready.
AdultsHistoryScienceTechnology...New generative A.I breakthroughs are happening almost every week, it seems.
Chandigarh a perfectly planned city?
AdultsConstructionCreativityHistory...Explore the construction of the futurist city Chandigarh, a project of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and planned by Le Corbusier.
Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED
AdultsHistoryScienceTechnology...The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea.