What is a scientific model and what is it good for? As a prelude to talking about dose-response models on Risk Bites, this week's video is a primer on models -- what they are, and why they are useful. This is part of a series of Risk Bites videos that tackle dose response and response models. Ch
How does Wikipedia contribute to free knowledge? On January 15, 2016 Wikipedia turns 15 years old! Old (or maybe young?) enough to become the largest collection of free and collaborative knowledge in human history! Learn how YOU can contribute to the movement and become a part of the amazing communi
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How do you make sense of scientific models without falling into common traps? Here are three rules of thumb. This is part of a series of Risk Bites videos that tackle dose response and response models. This week's Risk Bites team: David Faulkner (post-production) Andrew Maynard (all the other stu
In the Middle Ages, Europe benefited from flourishing science in the Arab world. Writings and knowledge reached Europe via Spain and Sicily. At the beginning of the 13th century, the most important ancient fundamental books were handed down. Authors: ZDF/Terra X/Group 5/Susanne Utzt, Sahar Eslah, M
"I know that I know nothing." This sentence by Socrates is at the center of a trial that ends with his death sentence. Socrates strove for wisdom and promoted independent thinking in dialogue with others. Author: 3sat/nano/scobel/Wolfgang Danner/Claus Ast Translation and dubbing: alugha Click her
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
Have you ever wondered how to tell if someone is smart? Sometimes we think they look smart, or how they act, or how they do their jobs. But we can't see intelligence, and we can't test it accurately either. You don't have to be good at school to be smart. Here are a few signs to know if you're intel
For the past 100 years, many brilliant men and women have been researching and thinking about how we learn number concepts and what are the best ways to teach math to children and adults. Combining their findings, we compiled a list containing 10 Rules of learning math. #learn #math #pedagogy Int
Are you wondering about how happiness could be achieved? Are you jealous of others who's constantly happy, but you yourself can't seem to find happiness? Why can't I be happy, you might ask. Sometimes, depression can be the reason of unhappiness or life stressors, but there are actually ways to make
Learn how gravity can be described as the curving of spacetime, according to Einstein’s general theory of relativity, in this video from NOVA: Black Hole Apocalypse. Computer animations illustrate the concept of warped spacetime and how objects “fall” along a curved path. Use this resource to visual
This video briefly explains how data donations to Wikidata, a multilingual free knowledge base, work. Authors: Elisabeth Mandl, Jens Ohlig, Ilya Kompasov and Theresa Sieder for Wikimedia Deutschland. This video was produced in cooperation with Wikimedia Germany and Wikidata. Sources: https://www.
