Anna Maria Jarvis may be considered the mother of Mother's Day, but the history of the celebration goes all the way back to Ancient Greeks who honored Rhea, the mother of their gods. The narrator of a short video traces the history of...

Imagine traveling 4,000 years into the future to a time when all knowledge of the English language has been lost. Computational neuroscientist Rajesh Rao uses this hypothetical situation to engage the audience as he discusses...

It's well known that people should get eight hours of sleep each night, but exactly why is that? Follow along with this short video as it investigates the crucial role sleep plays not only in peoples' physical health, but...

With over five million babies being born through in vitro fertilization in the last 40 years, sex education is taking on a whole new look. After first walking through natural process of reproduction, this short video goes on to...

Have you built your home on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius? Why not? Friedrich Nietzsche challenges viewers to live a fulfilled and dangerous life, to use the humanities as a guide to life, and to own up to one's envy, as explained in...

Learning about mythological idioms can be quite an odyssey. The 41st and final installment in the Crash Course World Mythology series makes the topic manageable and interesting. Scholars explore the language of mythology and investigate...

The murder of Emmett Till, a boy accused of whistling at a white woman in the deep South in the 1950s, galvanized the civil rights movement. His open casket—revealing the ugly horror of racism—reignited a movement. Clips include an...

Doing rhymes with actions helps stretch out the words. This rhyme reinforces familiar words that children know, like Mother and Father. But you can change the words to ones you may use instead, such as Mommy and Daddy. [0:46]

D. W. Griffith was the most popular director of the silent era. During the year 1913, he made dozens of films. The most important is "The Mothering Heart", starring Lillian Gish. She is a young bride and is rather Victorian. She is...

In this video, Jalani Phillips, Jr. (age 10, U.S. Virgin Islands) describes the origins of his Healthy Lunchtime Challenge winning recipe for Hurricane Lentil and Salmon Patties, and his mother talks about their family's cooking...

In 1913 you begin to see the dawn of the narrative film with a film suspense directed by Louis Weber and Phillip Smalley. It's the story of a young mother who lives in a very remote area in a home that is also managed by their housemaid....

Meet the GIRL!: Autumn loves coming up with solutions to problems in a creative way. She noticed that grocery bags were everywhere in her house so created something to keep them in. She also admires her mother who is an artist and has...

In this video, Rain Adams (age 12, Colorado) talks about her passion for healthy eating and how it inspired her to create her Healthy Lunchtime Challenge winning recipe for Rain's Turkey Chili. Rain, who as a nine-year-old started her...