What are the environmental and geographic factors that influence climate change? Find out in our video. This video was created by Chris Ross. This video was created to support the campaign "Goal 13 - Climate Action". Find more information on our website http://simpleshow-foundation.org/. Click he
Most people have a sibling — in fact, in the U.S. today, a child is more likely to grow up with a brother or sister than a father. While many social scientists research the effects of school and parenthood, little attention is paid to a relationship that is perhaps even more consequential. To unders
Normally, animals remain loyal to their habitat once they have conquered it. But not in the oceans. Every night after sunset, the largest animal migration on the planet begins around the globe. Author: ZDF/Terra X/Group 5 Film Production/Tamar Baumgarten/Scope VFX/Maximilian Mohr Translation and d
For more Science Videos: https://lt.org/ * Chinese local gazetteers have been recording local information since the 7th Century and the corpus of texts that they have produced provides an important resource for scholars. In this video, DAGMAR SCHÄFER explores the broader influence of the local gazet
In 1964, most people believed that the reason people become poor was a matter of biology and had little to do with the environment in which they grew up. Urie Bronfenbrenner, a young psychologist, helped us understand that a child's environment also plays a role. When he was invented to explain his
Sapolsky's theory of human behavioral biology states that behind every behavior there is a biological process that is the product of natural selection. If Sapolsky is right, it means that in order to truly understand human behavior, we would need to know exactly what happens in the brain's 100 tril
For more Science Videos: https://lt.org/ * Different factors influence how households invest their savings. In this video, CHRISTIAN ZIMPELMANN explores the role that subjective beliefs about the stock market play in household investment decisions. * Gathering data on stock holdings in the Netherl
The global distribution of human skin tones matches the intensity of UV radiation. At the equator, where radiation is highest, dark skin protects against radiation damage. In the north, on the other hand, lighter skin is beneficial. Author: ZDF/Terra X/Tobias Schultes/Albrecht M. Wendlandt Transla
Warm water fuels the tropical storms that ultimately form hurricanes. In this video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, learn how El Niño events—climatic anomalies that occur periodically in the Pacific Ocean—alter the course of atmospheric circulation and lessen hurricane forma
When ordinary people become crooks and criminals, it is sometimes because they learn from the wrong people. Edwin Sutherland's pioneering work in criminology has greatly expanded our understanding of exactly how this happens. His theory of "differential association" suggests that there are 9 basic r
What did you actually do when you were 16? School, homework, sports club, the first boyfriend or girlfriend, of course. Maybe the first beer. With today's guest Ann-Selina it was a bit different. When all her friends were doing all these typical teenage things, Ann-Selina beat blood cancer. Awesome,
In the 1950s, psychologist Solomon Asch developed a study to investigate whether peer pressure can be strong enough to change our perception and make us believe in things that are not true. To this end, he set up a clever experiment on conformity that raises questions about our ability to think free
