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Can YOU Fix Climate Change?

AdultsEnvironmentHumanLifeGlobal Warming
This video was supported by Gates Notes, the personal blog of Bill Gates, where he writes about global health, climate change, and more.

Ancient Greece's greatest popstar - Diane J. Rayor

AdultsHistoryHumanMusicCulture
Discover the works of poet and songwriter Sappho, and find out why only fragments of her poetry still survive.

How to Photograph the Night Sky | National Geographic

AdultsCreativityEducationHumanPhotographyScience
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.

How To Solve Every Global Crisis

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

You could have a secret twin (but not the way you think) - Kayla Mandel Sheets

AdultsBiologyHumanScienceGeneticsHealthFamily
While searching for a kidney donor, Karen Keegan stumbled upon a mystery. After undergoing genetic testing, it turned out that some of her cells had a completely different set of genes from the others.

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

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

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

AdultsHistoryHumanScienceCulture
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.

Can you outsmart the slippery slope fallacy? - Elizabeth Cox

AdultsEducationHumanSciencePsychology
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.

The secret society of the Great Dismal Swamp - Dan Sayers

AdultsEducationHistoryHumanCulture
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

AdultsHistoryHumanScienceData Science
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

AdultsHistoryHumanIndustryCulture
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

AdultsHistoryHumanPoliticsJustice
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?

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

How Fevers REALLY Work

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

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

AdultsHistoryHumanWorldJustice
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 Long Did People Use To Live?

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https://youtu.be/c_ADG3Qc6rI

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.

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.

Why It's Good To Have A Weak Hand

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

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.

Human Body 101 | National Geographic

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