Compelling spoken-word poetry highlighting the power in unity and the need to part ways with selfishness and pride. Benny Finisher is a Performance Poet. A prolific wordsmith whose wordplay intrigues, incites and woos his audience. He produced a paid listening show to test his performance ability the moment he discovered the art of poetry. (The […]
Monthly Archives: June 2020
Where Do Camels Store Their Water?
SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. When camels drink, they do so at a rate that would kill most other animals. But where does all of that water go? Hint: It’s not their humps! Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s […]
Can you solve the Ragnarok riddle? – Dan Finkel
Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd/ — Ragnarok: The fabled end of the world, when giants, monsters, and Norse gods battle for the future. The gods were winning until the great serpent Jörmungandr emerged. It swallowed Valhalla and contorted itself across the land. Odin has just enough power to strike with one final bolt of lightning, […]
We need to green the economy while restarting it | Nigel Topping
Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Nigel Topping has a cool job: he’s the UK’s High Level Climate Action Champion for COP26, the UN’s climate change conference taking place in 2021. In this wide-ranging interview, Topping discusses his work with scientists, businesses and cities […]
属于你的时尚力 From fashion to power. | 君倩 陈 | TEDxYouth@Lujiazui
每个人都期待自己成为茫茫人海中那位一眼被“看见”的独特个体,因此,诞生了时尚。如果,时尚正是个人特色的放大器,那么追求大家都追求的”时尚潮流“,还是一件“有特色”的事情吗?陈君倩老师将用18分钟带我们回顾数百年的时尚发展历程,希望您从中获得自己的答案。 Everyone is aspiring to be an unique one, so, we created fashion. However, if fashion shows one’s uniqueness, are we still unique when we all are following the same trend? In this narrative talk, Junqian leads us to review the long history and development of fashion. You might find your own answer following her […]
How to support witnesses of harassment and build healthier workplaces | Julia Shaw
Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. What makes you speak up — or not — when you see something you know is wrong? Memory scientist Julia Shaw explains the psychology of those who witness workplace discrimination and harassment — and shares actionable steps companies […]
A timeline of 1,944 Black Americans killed by police
Black Americans are more likely to be killed by police. The police are rarely held accountable. Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-lab On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police officers killed an unarmed black man named George Floyd. After video of Floyd’s death spread on the internet, protesters filled the streets across the US, demanding an […]
Unintended Consequences | MinuteEarth Explains
Check out Brilliant (and get 20% off) here: https://brilliant.org/MinuteEarth/ In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we learn that for pretty much every action we humans take, there’s an unintended consequence we didn’t see coming. 0:00 – Intro (woof!) 0:15 – The Cruel Irony Of Air Conditioning 3:10 – How Fighting Wildfires Makes Them Worse […]
Why Scientists Are Cooking Ancient Pots
Unlocking the mysteries of ancient ceramics is a bit complicated. Radiometric dating tells us the age of the clay, but when was it first shaped by a human? We can find out by blasting it with heat again! Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at […]
Hope in our post-pandemic futures | Darren Menachemson | TEDxCanberraSalon
With lightning speed, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted, sometimes tragically, the lives of billions of people around the world. But it has also created some signs of hope – signs that it is possible for us to live, maybe even thrive, in a very different way – and one that is less destructive, and one […]
What do all languages have in common? – Cameron Morin
Dig into Noam Chomsky’s theory of universal grammar and decide: are there universal grammar rules and are they hardwired into our brains? — Language is endlessly variable. Each of us can come up with an infinite number of sentences in our native language, and we’re able to do so from an early age— almost as […]
Fixing the economy and climate after COVID19 | Daniel Magallon | TEDxBasel
How we can take advantage of the pandemic crisis and the economic recovery plans to address climate change. Daniel Magallon is a sustainable energy technology, financial, and market specialist with many years of experience implementing projects in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa for private and public organizations. He is also CEO of BASE, a […]
Why You Can Spot Bad Green Screen
Green screen looks terrible sometimes. Here’s why. • Get a 30-day free trial of CuriosityStream, including access to Nebula and my original series, here: https://curiositystream.com/tomscott Animated by William Marler: https://wmad.co.uk Sound mix by Graham Haerther: https://haerther.net I’m at https://tomscott.com on Twitter at https://twitter.com/tomscott on Facebook at https://facebook.com/tomscott and on Instagram as tomscottgo
Strange and mysterious sounds have been recorded in space
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The economic benefits of climate action | Marcelo Mena
Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Marcelo Mena, the former environment minister of Chile, is on a mission to create a zero-emission economy in his country by 2050. In a conversation about climate action, he discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing Chile’s ambitious […]
Why the US has so many Filipino nurses
The US colonized a country and built a labor supply. Filipino nurses have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus in the US. That’s because they make up an outsized portion of the nursing workforce. About one-third of all foreign-born nurses in the US are Filipino. Since 1960, 150,000 Filipino nurses have come to work in […]
If An Asteroid Was Heading For Earth, How Could We Stop it?
NASA and ESA have a unique plan to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid—here’s why. » Subscribe to Seeker!http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker » Watch more Countdown to Launch: http://bit.ly/CTLplaylist » Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com Agencies around the world are working to bring samples of asteroids back to Earth, like NASA’s Osiris-Rex and JAXA’s Hayabusa-2, because bringing a […]
4 Body Parts Discovered in the Last 10 Years
Did you know we are still discovering completely new pieces of our anatomies? Even in the last decade, we’ve found multiple new body parts, including some you can see with the naked eye! Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow by […]
Placing Schools at the Heart of Community | RSA Events
The Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the extent to which schools have been plugging gaps in the care of vulnerable children. Can we develop a new vision and shared responsibility for young people’s education, health and wellbeing – one that places schools at the heart of a much wider community network of support? At the RSA, […]
Which Shape CUTS BEST? (Weed Eater Line at 100,000 Frames Per Second) – Smarter Every Day 238
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NASA’s Ambitious Mission to Bring Martian Samples to Earth
NASA’s new Mars rover is launching this summer. It’s humanity’s first step to studying the Martian surface like never before, and its impact will be on par with the Apollo missions. »Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker »Watch more Focal Point | https://bit.ly/2s0cf7w » Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com Mars sample return has been a high priority […]
Anneliese Dodds and Martin Sandbu on A Blueprint for Good Work | RSA Events
Can we design recovery measures to address deep-seated issues of economic inequality and insecurity? Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Anneliese Dodds MP and the FT’s Martin Sandbu share policy ideas to improve job quality and increase prosperity for people and places in every part of the UK. At the RSA, we unite people and ideas […]
The Insect That Thrives in Antarctica
It requires a certain attitude to brave the elements of Antarctica. Luckily, the Antarctic midge has a set of adaptations that fit the bill. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ———- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ———- Huge thanks […]
What Can I Do To Make A Difference | RSA Student Design Awards | Moving Pictures
Animators: Keslie Baird & Anna MacKenzie Voice: Mike Berners Lee BRIEF: Moving Pictures, conceive and produce an animation to accompany one of two selected audio files that will clarify, energise and illuminate the content Visit the RSA Student Design Awards website: http://sda.thersa.org/ Follow the RSA Student Design Awards on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RSADesignAwards Follow RSA Events on […]
What’s The Brightest object In the Universe
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What Can I Do To Make A Difference | RSA Student Design Awards | Moving Pictures
Animator: Jarit Luin Voice: Mike Berners Lee BRIEF: Moving Pictures, conceive and produce an animation to accompany one of two selected audio files that will clarify, energise and illuminate the content Visit the RSA Student Design Awards website: http://sda.thersa.org/ Follow the RSA Student Design Awards on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RSADesignAwards Follow RSA Events on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RSAEvents Like […]
Pollinating With Bubbles and Some Other Good News You Might Have Missed
Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their Calculus in a Nutshell course. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. We’ve found a microbe that might someday protect us from malaria parasites, and bees might have help with their jobs soon, thanks to bubble pollination! Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff […]
Leadership in a time of Covid through improv comedy | Jennifer Cain Birkmose | TEDxBasel
An executive talks about how her exploration into improv comedy gave her unexpected benefits in creativity, team cohesion and leadership. Now in a time of a global crisis, the rules of improv serve as a guide for effective leadership in our families, companies and communities. Jennifer is on a mission to help people live their best lives, whether […]
Education, the Great Leveler of Opportunity | Aminu Ahmad Idris | TEDxKangiwa
Education, over the years has been the medium through which we gain opportunities, regardless of what nature. But Education for many is now complacent, this is due to the fact tons of people have not met with other situations which demands more than that which they have education of. Ahmad, an Educational Innovator shares how […]
A Toast to Covid-19 | Liam Cox | TEDxBasel
An expat living in Switzerland gives a humorous but poignant poem about the struggles of life during quarantine. Liam was born and bred in Berwick-upon-Tweed, a town which has changed hands 13 times between England and Scotland. He is a Physical Education and Sports Science teacher and has lived and worked in the UK, USA, […]
From the Ashes of the Crisis Arises Opportunity | Marina Hatsopoulos | TEDxUTHLarissa
With high unemployment and an aging population dependent on public pension and healthcare systems, Greece needs jobs. The best way to create jobs is to create startups, which provide the opportunity for socioeconomic mobility and social impact for the Greeks in Greece, for the half-million well-educated Greeks who left during the crisis and could be […]
How tech companies can help combat the pandemic and reshape public health | Karen DeSalvo
Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Karen DeSalvo, the chief health officer at Google, explains the partnership between big tech and public health in slowing the spread of COVID-19 — and discusses a new contact tracing technology recently rolled out by Google and Apple […]
Hope for Cancer Patients | Prof. Isa Marte | TEDxShehuri
Prof. Isah Hussaini Marte is a Nigerian professor of pharmacology and fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science, inducted into the academy in 2013. He specializes in cancer research and is currently exploring the use of local herbs for cancer therapy. His recent breakthrough on cancer treatment has gained applause from all over the world […]
What Can I Do To Make A Difference | RSA Student Design Awards Winner | Moving Pictures
Animator: Ellie Stone Voice: Mike Berners Lee BRIEF: Moving Pictures, conceive and produce an animation to accompany one of two selected audio files that will clarify, energise and illuminate the content AWARD: Natracare Award of £1000 and Staff Choice Award in memory of Carol Jackson of £500 Visit the RSA Student Design Awards website: http://sda.thersa.org/ […]
Slopes of Machine Learning – Computerphile
Coding Partial Derivatives in Python is a good way to understand what Machine Learning “secret sauce” has to do. Professor Thorsten Altenkirch explains what it means, and then demos in Python. Thorsten and Isaac’s Book: https://bit.ly/2p3r5IT Thanks to David Domminney Fowler for help with the 3D graphics in this video: http://bit.ly/C_DDF_www Extra Bits: https://youtu.be/Tmk8t5f4G7Y https://www.facebook.com/computerphile […]
Get Hired for a Job that Hasn’t Been Invented | Melissa Griffin | TEDxSouthportElementarySchool
Melissa “HR Mom” Griffin turns traditional education and career prep advice upside down. She gives middle school and high school students a plan for discovering their true strengths and shows them how to prepare for jobs that do not exist. Melissa B. Griffin, better known as “HR Mom,” has worked in Human Resources for almost […]
5 steps to remove yourself from drama at work | Anastasia Penright
Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. No matter your industry, you’ve experienced drama at work. In this funny and all-too-relatable talk, community leader Anastasia Penright outlines five steps you can follow to better coexist with your coworkers and focus on what’s really important. The TED […]
What “defund the police” really means
It’s not as radical as it sounds. Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-lab Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Among those protesting police brutality in the US, there is a slogan that’s taken hold: “defund the police.” The key idea is a push to move the billions of dollars we spend on police in the US, […]
Discovering One’s Hidden Psychopathy
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What Can I Do To Make A Difference | RSA Student Design Awards | Moving Pictures
Animator: Tara Burke Voice: Mike Berners Lee BRIEF: Moving Pictures, conceive and produce an animation to accompany one of two selected audio files that will clarify, energise and illuminate the content Visit the RSA Student Design Awards website: http://sda.thersa.org/ Follow the RSA Student Design Awards on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RSADesignAwards Follow RSA Events on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RSAEvents Like […]
For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite’s Midpoint
Thanks to Neelesh for the suggestion! This problem is adapted from the JEE Mains test in India. References https://doubtnut.com/question-answer/let-a-b-is-the-midpoint-of-the-chord-ab-of-the-circle-x2-y2-r2-the-tangents-at-a-and-b-meet-at-c-the-59570 https://doubtnut.com/question-answer/ab-is-a-chord-of-the-circle-x2-y225-the-tangents-of-a-and-b-intersect-at-c-if-2-3-is-the-mid-point-o-1158415 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/MindYourDecisions?sub_confirmation=1 Send me suggestions by email (address in video). I consider all ideas though can’t always reply! Like many YouTubers I use popular software to prepare my videos. You can search for animation software […]
Which of these TWO ways do you perceive time?
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What’s in a name? A lot, actually. [Advertiser content from Qatar Foundation]
Almost everyone has school memories of the student — or students — who had to bear the brunt of having a name that others couldn’t, or wouldn’t, correctly pronounce. A name that was different from their peers, or “difficult” for a teacher to say out loud. But the question is, different from what, and why […]
Democratizing Healthcare With AI | Lily Peng | TEDxGateway
Artificial intelligence (AI) can help us do stuff like finding a specific photo in our photos app, or translating signs into another language. What if we applied the same technology to really big problems in areas like healthcare? Google’s Dr. Lily Peng describes her journey from medicine to technology and outlines the potential of AI […]
The Protein That Switches on Puberty
Puberty is a wild time in human bodies, and so much goes on as they transform from a child to an adult. But it turns out, the whole process is controlled by a single protein – and it’s probably one you’ve never even heard of. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s […]