Gaming Through New Eyes - Award Winning Short Documentary
Adults Disability GamingThis is a short documentary about Toby Ott, a man who was born with Bilateral Anopthalmia, or in other words, without eyes. This didn't stop him from discovering the medium of video games, and his childhood interest grew into a lifelong passion. This is a whole new perspective on video games, from the imagination of someone who has never known what it is to have sight.
When a River Goes Missing, It's Kind of a Big Deal...
Adults Ecology Global Warming NatureHow does a river suddenly disappear? It gets stolen! How do you steal a river? With climate change!
Binging with Babish: Bob's Burgers
Adults Creativity FoodRestaurant chalkboards have become the artistic outlet of choice for coffee shops and pubs, but more than anyone, for the titular character of Bob's Burgers. Can a play on words make for a great burger, or will Bob's punny patties fall flat? Only thyme will tell.
We Found Another State of Matter: The Supersolid!
Adults Science TechnologyScientists have created, yet another state of matter called a supersolid! But what is it, and what does it do?
Flying Above The Clouds In A Hot Air Balloon
Adults Culture Transportation TravelThe Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is the largest hot air balloon event in the world. For 9 days, it brings together pilots and guests from all over the world to witness a one of a kind experience. Seeker takes you to the festival to witness this beautiful event, and to envision what it's like to ride above New Mexico in a Hot Air Balloon.
9-Year-Old Piano Prodigy | Ryan Wang // 60 Second Docs
Adults Creativity Culture MusicRyan Wang is a typical 9-year-old boy, with one extreme exception -- he's a world-famous classical piano prodigy. In 2013, when he was just five years old, he performed at Carnegie Hall, and has since made appearances on The Ellen Show and with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. And through it all, Ryan remains a normal kid who loves life offstage, too.
A neuroscientist explains how exercise can make you smarter
Adults Health NeuroscienceDr. Wendy A. Suzuki is a Professor of Neural Science and Psychology in the Center for Neural Science at NYU and the the author of "Healthy Brain, Happy Life." Here, she explains the positive effects of exercising to the brain.
Food waste is the world's dumbest problem
Adults Food Global WarmingEat your peas! It's the easiest way to fight climate change.
Japan's robot volleyball team
Adults Sports TechnologyOne thing stands between Japan and the Volleyball World Cup: a team of robot jocks.
How does your body process medicine?
Adults Health Human ScienceHave you ever wondered what happens to a painkiller, like ibuprofen, after you swallow it? Medicine that slides down your throat can help treat a headache, a sore back, or a throbbing sprained ankle. But how does it get where it needs to go in the first place?
This incredible animation shows how deep the ocean really is
Adults Animals NatureJust how deep does the ocean go? Way further than you think. This animation puts the actual distance into perspective, showing a vast distance between the waves we see and the mysterious point we call Challenger Deep.
How does asthma work? - Christopher E. Gaw
Adults Health Human ScienceMore than 300 million people around the world suffer from asthma, and around 250,000 people die from it each year. But why do people get asthma, and how can this disease be deadly? Christopher E. Gaw describes the main symptoms and treatments of asthma.
Why Do We Cook?
Adults Food Science SocietyWhy do humans cook? Holidays are celebrated in many ways, but chances are they involve eating, and eating a LOT. Ever wonder why we cook our food? We do it because it tastes good, of course, and because our customs and traditions are built around it. But we also cook our food for some basic biological reasons, because of evolution. Some scientists think that figuring out how to cook actually MADE us human! If conversation gets a little dry around your holiday table, now you'll have some awesome science to share with everyone!
A Robot Just Performed the First-Ever Surgery Inside the Human Eye
Adults Health TechnologyA surgeon uses controls to guide the robot.
How do focus groups work? - Hector Lanz
Adults Business Marketing PsychologyFocus groups have been widely used by organizations and individuals to find out how their products and ideas will be received by an audience. From the usage of household products to a politician's popularity, almost everything can be explored with this technique. But how are focus groups put together? And how did they come about in the first place? Hector Lanz explains how focus groups work.
Binging with Babish: Ratatouille (Confit Byaldi) from Ratatouille
Adults Creativity FoodRemy is an especially-clean-looking rat that's been given the gift of Gusteau's gastronomy. Let's see if his signature dish is worth staking an entire restaurant's reputation upon for the sake of a pun.
How the popsicle was invented | Moments of Vision 11 - Jessica Oreck
Adults Food History CreativityEach year, approximately 2 billion popsicles are sold worldwide. But where did the idea for this tasty treat come from? In the eleventh installment of our 'Moments of Vision' series, Jessica Oreck shares the distracted origins of the popsicle.
BLADE RUNNER 2049 - Official Trailer
Adults Film Future MarketingThirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.
Check your intuition: The birthday problem - David Knuffke
Adults Math SocietyImagine a group of people. How big do you think the group would have to be before there's more than a 50% chance that two people in the group have the same birthday? The answer is ... probably lower than you think. David Knuffke explains how the birthday problem exposes our often-poor intuition when it comes to probability.