SciShow: Firehawks: Nature's Arsonists

Teacher or professor: SciShow
Subject: Science
Content of the Lesson: Go to http://curiositystream.com/scishow to start streaming The History of Food. Use the promo code ‘scishow’ during the sign-up process to get your first 31 days free! We all know that birds are incredibly smart, but some birds in Australia take things to the next level — they can intentionally start fires! Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://bioone.org/journals/Journal-of-Ethnobiology/volume-37/issue-4/0278-0771-37.4.700/Intentional-Fire-Spreading-by-Firehawk-Raptors-in-Northern-Australia/10.2993/0278-0771-37.4.700.short https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-03/smart-bushfire-birds/7216934 https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/australian-raptors-start-fires-to-flush-out-prey https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1525/aa.1970.72.3.02a00130 Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Milvus_migrans#/media/File:Fire_hawks.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Milvus_migrans#/media/File:Milvus_migrans,_Ol%C3%A9ron.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistling_kite#/media/File:Whistling_kite_2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Falco_berigora#/media/File:Brown-Falcon,-Vic,-3.1.2008.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/firefighter-gm1125209235-295702590 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Milvus_migrans#/media/File:Black-Kite.jpg


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Flat Earther Thinks The Sun Is On Fire - Flat Earth Fails - Team Skeptic

Teacher or professor: Team Skeptic
Subject: Critical Thinking
Content of the Lesson: This Flat Earther, JM Truth, thinks the sun is on fire! He also thinks the Earth is Flat, NASA Lies, and science gets it all wrong. It starts with gas pressure and then it evolves into a misunderstanding of everything. Hope you enjoy! Thank you for all of those people who are able to support, and here are the ways you can support as well : Donate to the channel : https://www.streamlabs.com/TeamSkeptic Become a Channel Member : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCawl3BI9azbMB5DQqJNpRrg/join Join Our Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/TeamSkeptic #Satire #TeamSkeptic #FlatEarth Source Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsIIFNPK4IE Rider Of Dinosaurs Channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjlCfr0K-Zl5vop4k8R8U3w


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BrainCraft: The Selfish Benefits of Kindness

Teacher or professor: BrainCraft
Subject: Science
Content of the Lesson: Try Skillshare for 2 months, for FREE! 👉 https://skl.sh/braincraft6 MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft And please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft http://ow.ly/rt5IE (and ring that bell 🧠) Do something kind for others. It's good for *you*. If you want to learn how to do loving-kindness meditation, check out this guide from UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center: https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/loving_kindness_meditation My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator REFERENCES 📚 Buchanan KE, Bardi A. Acts of Kindness and Acts of Novelty Affect Life Satisfaction. J Soc Psychol. 2010;150: 235–237. 10.1080/00224540903365554 Galante, J., Galante, I., Bekkers, M.-J., & Gallacher, J. (2014). Effect of kindness-based meditation on health and well-being: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 82(6), 1101-1114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0037249 Hofmann, S. G., Grossman, P., & Hinton, D. E. (2011). Loving-kindness and compassion meditation: potential fo,psychological interventions. Clinical psychology review, 31(7), 1126–1132. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2011.07.003 Pressman, S. D., Kraft, T. L., & Cross, M. P. (2015). It’s good to do good and receive good: The impact of a ‘pay it forward’ style kindness intervention on giver and receiver well-being. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 10(4), 293-302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2014.965269 Layous K, Nelson SK, Oberle E, Schonert-Reichl KA, Lyubomirsky S (2012) Kindness Counts: Prompting Prosocial Behavior in Preadolescents Boosts Peer Acceptance and Well-Being. PLoS ONE 7(12): e51380. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051380 Lee Rowland & Oliver Scott Curry (2019) A range of kindness activities boost happiness, The Journal of Social Psychology, 159:3, 340-343, DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2018.1469461 Hunsinger, M., Livingston, R., & Isbell, L. (2013). The impact of loving-kindness meditation on affective learning and cognitive control. Mindfulness, 4(3), 275-280. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-012-0125-2 Carson J. W., Keefe F. J., Lynch T. R., Carson K. M., Goli V., Fras A. M., et al. . (2005). Loving-kindness meditation for chronic low back pain. J Holist. Nurs. 23, 287–304. 10.1177/0898010105277651 Hoge EA, Chen MM, Orr E, Metcalf CA, Fischer LE, Pollack MH, De Vivo I, Simon NM. Loving-Kindness Meditation practice associated with longer telomeres in women. Brain Behav Immun. 2013 Aug; 32:159-63. Epel E, Blackburn EH, Lin J, Dhabhar FS, Adler NE, Morrow JD, et al. Accelerated telomere shortening in response to life stress. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2004; 101(49):17312–5. Epub 2004/12/03. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0407162101.


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Building Angkor - Temple City - Extra History - #2

Teacher or professor: Extra Credits
Subject: History, Politics, Mythology
Content of the Lesson: Join us on Patreon! http://bit.ly/EHPatreon Let's take a little tour around Suryavarman II crowning achievement, the temple that took only 33 years to complete, while Europeans were taking centuries to build their cathedrals. With a two mile long wall, gates large enough to allow elephants to pass and steps so steep that the average person needed to climb them like a ladder, Angkor Wat's every feature was made to be impressive. But what lies at the heart might be surprising... Check out all our shows at http://becauselearningmatters.com Grab your Extra Credits gear at the store! http://bit.ly/ExtraStore Subscribe for new episodes every Saturday! http://bit.ly/SubToEC Thanks for participating in this week's discussion! We want you to be aware of our community posting guidelines so that we can have high-quality conversations: https://becausegamesmatter.com/extra-credits-community-code-of-conduct Contribute community subtitles to Extra History: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UCCODtTcd5M1JavPCOr_Uydg&tab=2 Talk to us on Twitter (@ExtraCreditz): http://bit.ly/ECTweet Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage Watch us play games and have fun on http://bit.ly/ECtwitch Listen to our podcast: http://becausegamesmatter.com/podcast Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/ECisonInstagram Follow us on Tumblr: http://bit.ly/EConTumblr ____________ ♪ Get the intro music here! http://bit.ly/1EQA5N7 *Music by Demetori: http://bit.ly/1AaJG4H ♪ Outro music: "Nokor Thom" by Tiffany Román http://www.tiffanyromanlouk.com/


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Iconic Corpse: The Romanov Family

Teacher or professor: Ask A Mortician
Subject: Medical, Pathology
Content of the Lesson: Everybody has OPINIONS about the Romanov remains... Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible! http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath ***My new book! "Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?"*** Purchase it: http://caitlindoughty.com/books/will-my-cat-eat-my-eyeballs My other two books!: http://caitlindoughty.com/books ***WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW OUR NON-PROFIT*** Shirts and merch from our Good Death Store: https://thegooddeathstore.com/ Small monthly donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath A one time donation on PayPal: https://bit.ly/2HmgkYs ***LEARN MORE ABOUT CLARITY FUNERALS*** http://www.clarityfunerals.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClarityFunerals Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clarityfunerals/ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ClarityFunerals/ ***MORE CONTENT!*** Find our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Find our podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Find our podcast on Google Play: https://bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, updates, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ ***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*** Website: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thegooddeath Facebook: http://ow.ly/Zz8PW Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath ***CREDITS*** Mortician: Caitlin Doughty Producer & Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Landis Blair (@landisblair) ***SELECTED SOURCES/ADDITIONAL READING*** The Romanovs: The Final Chapter Massie, Robert K. (1995) New York, NY: Ballantine Books The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg Rappaport, Helen (2008) New York, NY: St. Martin's Press "Resurrecting the Czar" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/resurrecting-the-czar-64545030/ "Romanov rumors are put to rest" https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-mar-11-sci-romanov11-story.html "The identification of the Romanovs: Can we (finally) put the controversies to rest?" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3205009/ "Mystery Solved: The Identification of the Two Missing Romanov Children Using DNA Analysis" https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0004838 "DNA PROVES BONES BELONG TO LAST CZAR" https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/09/01/dna-proves-bones-belong-to-last-czar/d2d36845-f0b3-4afd-b9dc-650aa912e8f8/ "Stockholm Syndrome in Ekaterinburg?" http://www.historiamag.com/stockholm-syndrome-in-ekaterinburg/


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First All-Woman Spacewalk

Teacher or professor: NASA
Subject: Astronomy, Astronautics, Astrophysics
Content of the Lesson: On Oct 18, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch performed the first all-woman spacewalk. Koch & Meir replaced a faulty battery charge/discharge unit that failed to activate after a previous spacewalk. This was the fourth spacewalk for Christina Koch and the first for Jessica Meir.


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Atheist Answers Ray Comforts Million-Dollar Question

Teacher or professor: Godless Engineer
Subject: Science, Politics
Content of the Lesson: So, Ray Comfort apparently has a million-dollar question that he's lovingly put on these $1M fake bills. I answer his question and react to another supposed atheist who went a different direction and became a Christian all because of this one question. Original Video: https://twitter.com/RayComfort/status/1181686550159073285 Subscribe to this channel: http://SubToGE.com Join the Skeptic Mafia: http://JoinSkepticMafia.com Discord Server: http://bit.ly/JoinGodlessDiscord Intro by "Gonna Go For it": https://goo.gl/1Ay1Q3


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