Learn Something New Every Day
Learn Channel by messengerThis channel is your Sift source for private study.
You'll find videos produced to teach you something. There are formal lectures, educational content from Smarter Every Day, Sixty Symbols and the like, and lots of other things to get your brain cells buzzing.
What you will not find here:
- anything about education as a topic, or videos which happen to be made in classrooms, on campuses etc., or people talking to/about students/teachers/teaching => (*education)
- normal news broadcasts, exposé journalism, biographical interviews, personal experience stories => (*news, *talks)
- crazy, interesting, neat things that were caught on video => (*wtf, *comedy)
- stupid people "learning the hard way" => (*EIA, *fail, *fear)
Columbus is a controversial historical figure who is widely viewed as terrible. Every year we question whether we should continue to have a day to celebrate his discovery. But as with most stories, his... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 388 views • 28:52YouTube description: These are the molecular machines inside your body that make cell division possible. Animation by Drew Berry at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. http://wehi.tv ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years ago • 1,063 views • 6:21YouTube description: Our image of dinosaurs has been constantly changing since naturalists started studying them about 350 years ago. Taken together, these pictures can tell us a whole lot about just... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 weeks ago • 1,293 views • 12:21YouTube description: This is how we go from single cells to people. EVO-DEVO Huxley B. Mac. Oh Carroll, Carroll Gould, Stephen Jay yeah D-D-D-D-Davidson and Peter See One cell divide and... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 923 views • 4:46Hard to spit with cotton mouth.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 778 views • 14:24Published on Jan 5, 2017 Simon Sinek explains how the millennial generation became so entitled. A combination of failed parenting strategies, technology, impatience and environment have created a wave... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 7 years 3 months ago • 1,539 views • 12:35YT: In this video Bill explains some of the engineering principles underlying the design of a DLP (digital light processing) 3D Printer. The printer featured is an Ember printer, manufactured originally... continue reading
posted by Fantomas 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 1,095 views • 12:06No idea what this is from, but I wish this would happen every time someone selfishly cuts a line thinking their time is more important than everyone else's.
posted by newtboy 7 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 2,882 views • 52 secsYouTube: How the brain works, how we learn, and why we sometimes make stupid mistakes.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 764 views • 12:10YouTube: The real reason we may destroy ourselves isn’t really to do with politics or economics or even warfare. It has to do with our minds.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,143 views • 5:24For a few months each winter, Harbin, China, turns into a fantastical "city of ice." From January 5 through February 25, this chilly provincial capital plays host to the Harbin International Ice and Snow... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 433 views • 2:53Pillaging Vikings, huge runestones, protective amulets... Discover the linguistics behind the Norse Runes
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months ago • 453 views • 6:59"A quick look at the work of the most influential writer in children's literature..."
posted by ant 7 years 11 months ago • 809 views • 2:32The internet allows us to see videos, photos, and news from anywhere in the world almost instantaneously. But how?! In this video we learn about the hundreds of underwater fiber optic cables that connect... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 649 views • 7:37Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” (“The Magic Flute”) is widely regarded as one of the most influential operas in history. And while it may seem like a childish fairytale at first... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 12 months ago • 1,331 views • 5:48