Exploring Canada's Eastern Seaboard: Matrilineal Legacies | National Geographic
Adults HistoryPaid content for ?@ExploreCanada?. Join National Geographic photographer Ami Vitale on a captivating road trip along Canada's eastern seaboard. On her journey, Ami searches for the matrilineal threads that bind communities and connect past with present.
300 Years of Classical Music in 18 Minutes | Joshua Bell | TED
Adults HistoryDoes the world still need classical music? What about orchestras? In this gorgeous talk and performance, violinist Joshua Bell and the Chamber Orchestra of America play selections of classical music masterpieces — from Mozart’s Symphony No. 25 to Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony and more — sharing why this art form remains a singularly unifying force.
The Most Dangerous Building in Manhattan
Adults HistoryCorrection: From construction images of Citicorp, sharp-eyed viewers might see that the mid-V columns are still there. Those columns help prevent buckling of the diagonal and the weight of people on the floor above, but do not take the majority of the gravity load. So we left them out of our diagram to clearly explain the load paths.
Stonehenge Isn't A Henge (And Other Things You Didn't Know)
Adults HistoryYou've heard of Stonehenge. It's that big rock circle over in England. But there's a lot more to it than that, and researchers have been studying it for centuries. From the people who lived near it to how and when it was made, here are seven of the coolest things we know about this iconic monument.
Yuval Noah Harari On the Future of Humanity
Adults HistoryIn this edition of The Big Interview: Renowned historian, philosopher, and futurist Yuval Noah Harari talks with WIRED Japan Editor-in-Chief Michiaki Matsushima about the nexus of artificial intelligence, information, and the human experience.
Another Ancestor Paradox
Adults HistoryThere is a point in human history where everyone alive at the time fits into one of two categories: Either they are the ancestor of nobody alive today, or they are an ancestor of everyone alive today because of how genealogy and genetic lineages work – and it is much more recent than you think.
The Time We Asked Carl Sagan to Nuke the Moon
Adults HistoryCould you see a nuclear explosion on the moon with the naked eye? That was the question posed by the United States military in the 1950s as the cold war was heating up and the space race between the US and the Soviet Union was in full swing.
TED Explores: Food for the Future | TED Countdown
Adults HistoryFood is culture, food is life — it’s part of who we are and the magic that binds us together. But here’s the twist: the way we eat is pushing the climate to the brink, with a third of global greenhouse gas emissions coming from the way we grow, process and waste food.