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How To Solve Every Global Crisis

AdultsHistoryHumanWorld...
Lots of global problems seem intractable, but there’s a formula for success that we can follow.

How to Photograph the Night Sky | National Geographic

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NASCAR driver and photography enthusiast, Bubba Wallace, and National Geographic Photographer Babak Tafreshi demonstrate how to take nighttime photos of the sky. Paid Content for Columbia.

What makes a language... a language? - Martin Hilpert

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Dig into the distinction between a language and a dialect, and uncover the history of standardized languages.

Can you outsmart the slippery slope fallacy? - Elizabeth Cox

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Dig into the slippery slope fallacy, which assumes that one step will lead to a series of events that lead to an extreme— often bad— scenario.

How the Kushites Took Over Egypt | Flooded Tombs of the Nile

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The Kushites and the Egyptians have a long history that is often forgotten about. Archeologist excavating a Kushite tomb discuss just how interconnected the two cultures were as they discover new artifacts within the tomb.

The secret society of the Great Dismal Swamp - Dan Sayers

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Uncover the history of the hidden communities that inhabited the Great Dismal Swamp in North America.

The method that can "prove" almost anything - James A. Smith

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Explore the data analysis method known as p-hacking, where data is misrepresented as statistically significant.

The rise and fall of the Kingdom of Man - Andrew McDonald

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Discover the medieval empire of the Isle of Man and the Hebrides, and how a dynasty of sea kings rose to power.

History's deadliest king - by Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja

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Dig into the Rubber Terror, the period in which King Leopold II’s horrific regime in the Congo resulted in the deaths of 10 million people.

Could we build a wooden skyscraper?

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Explore the viability of wooden skyscrapers, and see how cross-laminated timber (CLT) helps make these once impossible structures possible.

How one person saved over 2,000 children from the Nazis - Iseult Gillespie

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Get to know the story of Irena Sendler, a social worker who saved over 2,000 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII.

How Fevers REALLY Work

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Fevers are one of our best weapons against infections, but they don't work like you might think.

What few people know about the program that "saved" America - Meg Jacobs

AdultsEducationHumanWorld
Explore the successes and failures of FDR’s New Deal, a set of legislation during the Great Depression which aimed to save the US economy.

How Long Did People Use To Live?

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https://youtu.be/c_ADG3Qc6rI

What It Takes To Become An Expert

AdultsEducationHumanLife
This video covers what it takes to become an expert. Deliberate practice is where you get practice with a specific goal in mind.

A day in the life of an Ancient Greek oracle - Mark Robinson

AdultsEducationHistoryHuman
Follow Aristonike, an Oracle-in-training in Delphi, as she studies to become the Pythia and communicate Apollo’s will and prophecies.

Why It's Good To Have A Weak Hand

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We might have a strong hand because having a weak hand is actually useful.

Human Body 101 | National Geographic

AdultsBiologyHealthHuman
How does the human body work? What roles do the digestive, reproductive, and other systems play?

Could you survive the real Twilight Zone?

AdultsEducationHumanScience
Find out how a hatchetfish survives its daily journey from the depths of the ocean’s Twilight Zone to the resource-rich surface.

What Are You Doing With Your Life? The Tail End

AdultsCreativityHumanLife
Wrapping your mind around your life is pretty hard, because you are up to your neck in it. It's like trying to understand the ocean while learning how to swim. On most days you are busy just keeping your head above water.

What’s in the air you breathe? - Amy Hrdina and Jesse Kroll

AdultsHealthHumanNature
Together, nitrogen, oxygen and argon make up 99.93% of our air. So what’s the other .07%? Find out what makes up the air you breathe.