Learned Helplessness
AdultsEducationSelfPsychologyMental HealthLearned helplessness can prevent people from achieving their goals, something I've experienced first hand.
Masterpiece for Osmo
AdultsArtSoftware EngineeringTechnologyEducationCreativityIntroducing Masterpiece, an Osmo app that will allow you to supercharge your drawing skills! Pick any image from the camera, curated gallery, or integrated web search and Masterpiece will transform it into easy-to-follow lines and help you draw it to perfection. You can then share a magical time-lapse video of your creation with your friends and family.
Just how small is an atom?
AdultsPhysicsScienceEducationJust how small are atoms? And what's inside them? The answers turn out to be astounding, even for those who think they know. This fast-paced animation uses spectacular metaphors (imagine a blueberry the size of a football stadium!) to give a visceral sense of the building blocks that make our world.
Comma story - Terisa Folaron
AdultsHistoryLanguageGrammarEducationWritingIt isn't easy holding complex sentences together (just ask a conjunction or a subordinate), but the clever little comma can help lighten the load. But how to tell when help is really needed? Terisa Folaron offers some tricks of the comma trade.
Talent vs Training
AdultsGeneticsWorkPsychologyEducationWhich is more important - genetics or hard work?
How To Fly A Spaceship
AdultsSpaceTechnologyTransportationEducationLearn How To Fly A Spaceship To The Space Station With A Retired Astronaut!
An Affordable 3D-Printed Arm
AdultsBiotechnologyDisabilityTechnologyEngineeringEducationStudents at UCF are designing an inexpensive 3D printed arm for kids.
Why Vaccines Work
AdultsHealthHistoryScienceSocietyEducationAs more and more parents are choosing not to vaccinate their children or are vaccinating them later, diseases like measles are making a comeback. Are vaccines safe? How do they work? This week we look at why are people afraid of something that has saved so many lives, and look at the history and science of vaccines.
Can Video Games Make You Smarter?
AdultsGamingScienceEducationPsychologyAre video games good for you?
Exploring other dimensions - Alex Rosenthal and George Zaidan
AdultsPhysicsScienceBooksPhilosophyEducationImagine a two-dimensional world -- you, your friends, everything is 2D. In his 1884 novella, Edwin Abbott invented this world and called it Flatland. Alex Rosenthal and George Zaidan take the premise of Flatland one dimension further, imploring us to consider how we would see dimensions different from our own and why the exploration just may be worth it.
How folding paper can get you to the moon - Adrian Paenza
AdultsMathSpaceScienceEducationCan folding a piece of paper 45 times get you to the moon? By seeing what happens when folding just one piece of paper, we see the unbelievable potential of exponential growth. This lesson will leave you wanting to grab a piece of paper to see how many times you can fold it!
There's No Such Thing As Cold
AdultsPhysicsWeatherScienceEducationYou've felt cold before. Sometimes it's cold outside. But what if I told you that "cold" isn't real? There's no substance or quantity called "cold" in science. We can't measure the amount of "cold" in something. Instead it's about what's NOT there. In this week's video, learn the difference between heat and temperature, why a wind makes us feel colder, and what it's like to live as a mass of jiggling atoms. This is the physics of cold.
Are Video Games the future of Education?
AdultsEducationGamingTechnologyProblem-SolvingImagine a school where playing video games is encouraged during classes and may even replace exams. A new educational programme uses SimCity to test children on vital problem-solving skills.
What is dyslexia?
AdultsLanguageScienceEducationDisabilityNeuroscienceDyslexia affects up to 1 in 5 people, but the experience of dyslexia isn't always the same. This difficulty in processing language exists along a spectrum -- one that doesn't necessarily fit with labels like "normal" and "defective." Kelli Sandman-Hurley urges us to think again about dyslexic brain function and to celebrate the neurodiversity of the human brain.
Myths and misconceptions about evolution
AdultsEnvironmentHistoryWorldScienceBiologyEducationEvolutionHow does evolution really work? Actually, not how some of our common evolutionary metaphors would have us believe. For instance, it's species, not individual organisms, that adapt to produce evolution, and genes don't "want" to be passed on -- a gene can't want anything at all! Alex Gendler sets the record straight on the finer points of evolution.
How art can help you analyze
AdultsArtProductivityEducationProblem-SolvingCan art save lives? Not exactly, but our most prized professionals (doctors, nurses, police officers) can learn real world skills through art analysis. Studying art like Rene Magritte's Time Transfixed can enhance communication and analytical skills, with an emphasis on both the seen and unseen. Amy E. Herman explains why art historical training can prepare you for real world investigation.
Bill Nye Explains Evolution with Emoji
AdultsHistoryInternet CultureEducationScienceTechnologyHumorGE ??created a pop-up #EmojiScience ?lab in NYC , and has turned the Periodic Table of Elements into the ?Emoji Table of Experiments?.
The Meaning of Life, explained by 3rd Graders
AdultsLifePhilosophyEducationAt 6 years old, your whole life stretches ahead of you.