Who decides how long a second is?
AdultsCultureHistoryHuman Discover how scientists developed atomic clocks, which use the vibrations of atoms to measure and maintain a globally consistent time.
The strange history of the world's most stolen painting
AdultsArtHistoryJusticeCulture... Discover Jan van Eyck’s masterpiece, the Ghent Altarpiece, and explore how it became the world’s most stolen artwork.
These SCP’s Could End The World
AdultsBiotechnologyHistoryHumanScienceCulture... The SCP Foundation has been responsible for keeping not only our world, but our universe safe. They contain some of the most deadly SCPs known to man, because if just one of these vicious SCPs got loose, it could spell the end of the world!
The Search for History’s Lost Slave Ships | Podcast | Overheard at National Geographic
AdultsEnvironmentHistoryHumanJusticeSociety... On the bottom of the world’s oceans lie historic treasures—the lost wrecks of ships that carried enslaved people from Africa to the Americas. Only a handful have been identified so far, but National Geographic explorer and Storytelling Fellow Tara Roberts is documenting the efforts of Black scuba divers and archaeologists to find more, hoping to finally bring their stories to light.
The dark history of bananas - John Soluri
AdultsHistoryHumanNatureEconomyCulture... Explore the history of the notorious United Fruit Company and how its influence over the banana industry impacted Central America.
Can you solve the riddle and escape Hades? - Dan Finkel
AdultsGamingHistoryWritingGamesPhilosophy... The underworld is overcrowded, and Zeus has ordered Hades to let some spirits out. Hades arranges all the souls of the dead in a line before Cerberus. When one of his three heads bites down on the soul in front of it, they’ll get returned to the land of the living. Anyone to the left must stay in Hades forever. Can you pick the right spot and escape the underworld? Dan Finkel shows how.
How Kodak Detected the Atomic Bomb
AdultsEducationHistoryHumanScience... Kodak detected the first atomic bomb before anyone else figured it out. Then they made a deal not to tell anyone. Thanks to HBO Max, and their new show raised by Wolves for sponsoring this video!
The Japanese folktale of the selfish scholar - Iseult Gillespie
AdultsHistoryHumanWritingCultureMythology... Dive into the Japanese folktale of a scholar’s quest to purify his body and mind, and the spiritual secret he discovers along the way.
A brief history of plastic
AdultsConstructionHistoryIndustry Trace the history of the invention of plastic, and how the material ushered in what became known as the plastics century.
The Mummy's Curse | Lost Treasures of Egypt
AdultsLifeNatureWorldHistoryCulture... Archaeologists find a looted tomb and begin excavating the mummy inside, but there is a problem.
A brief history of plastic
AdultsEnvironmentHistoryHumanScience... Trace the history of the invention of plastic, and how the material ushered in what became known as the plastics century.
The Mystery of Queen Nefertiti
AdultsEducationHistoryHumanCulture... Queen Nefertiti is one of the most famous queens of ancient Egypt, but the location of her tomb is still a mystery.
The last living members of an extinct species - Jan Stejskal
AdultsAnimalsHistoryNatureScienceWildlifeBiology... Dig into how scientists are attempting to revive the functionally extinct northern white rhino through artificial reproduction.
Can you outsmart the fallacy that fooled a generation of doctors? - Elizabeth Cox
AdultsHealthHistoryHumanPsychologyScience... Dig into the false cause fallacy, which assumes that one event causes another, and learn how to distinguish between correlation and causation.
Last Wild Places: Iberá | National Geographic
AdultsHistoryHumanNatureEnvironmentWildlife... Iberá National Park in northeastern Argentina is part of one of the largest wetlands in South America, but much of its wildlife went extinct in the 20th century due to widespread hunting and habitat loss.
The myth of Jason, Medea, and the Golden Fleece - Iseult Gillespie
AdultsEducationHistoryWritingMythologyCulture... Follow Jason as he attempts to steal the Golden Fleece from King Aeetes and enlists the help of the king's daughter, Medea.
The myth of Jason, Medea, and the Golden Fleece - Iseult Gillespie
AdultsHistoryHumanWritingMythologyCulture... Follow Jason as he attempts to steal the Golden Fleece from King Aeetes and enlists the help of the king's daughter, Medea. (Part Two of the myth of Jason and the Argonauts)
What Did They Do Before Toilet Paper?
AdultsHistoryHumanHumor If 2020 has shown us anything, it's that during the apocalypse the hottest commodity will be toilet paper!
The last chief of the Comanches and the fall of an empire
AdultsHealthHistoryHuman Get to know the story of Quanah Parker, a Native American warrior and leader, and the last chief of the Comanche tribe.