Learn all about the major milestones in vaccines and antibiotics. Beginning with Edward Jenner and the immunization method against smallpox, this program covers the advances in vaccinations and immunotherapy. Learn about Waldemar Haffkine, who developed a treatment for cholera, and Almroth Wright, who developed a vaccine for typhus. Other treatments are discussed for many major diseases, including diphtheria, tuberculosis, whooping cough, yellow fever,...

Ride-sharing platforms have been making headlines in recent years. With the help of mobile technology, our next lift is just a tap away on our mobile phones. Ride-sharing has transformed the way we move around, broken down trust barriers and redefined notions of ownership.

In this program, geometry is combined with approximation to solve relatively complex problems involving shooting an arrow and landing an airplane on the deck of an aircraft carrier. Emphasizing the value of sketching as a visualization tool, the program also explains how the solution of the archery problem, through geometric inversion, can help solve the problem of a plane landing.

Sex and tech get complicated: life-size dolls built with artificial intelligence to really get to know you, assault in the virtual world and an engagement party for a woman and the robot she's madly in love with.

Shawn will visit a university where he meets an engineering student. He is part of an organization called Limbitless Solutions that uses 3-D printing to create prosthetic arms for children who either were born without an arm or lost one due to injury or disease. For prosthetic designs, see Enabling the Future. And Gracey will talk to a sales manager for a trendy women’s clothing manufacturer and see how he gets his company’s fashions in stores...

In this video, learn how an automation clerk works as a team with the clerk/typist to ensure the installations of the office run efficiently, and the five most common office content share systems that may be automated. The clip closes with some ideal character traits found in those individuals who pursue this career path.

The Internet was invented during the Cold War and launched in 1969. Yet it wasn't made for the public. In fact, it was developed for the army to communicate quickly and secretly so that no spies could intercept and no bombs could disrupt the sharing of information. It was nothing like what we know today. This program takes a look at the history of the Internet, the 1972 introduction of electronic mail, and the launch of the World Wide Web. Nobody...

In this program, Hazel Henderson and Wayne Silby, lawyer and founder of the Calvert Group of socially responsible mutual funds discuss where these investing trends Silby pioneered, are heading. They discuss how these trends evolved , as both were colleagues at Calvert from its launch in 1982 , when Henderson served on Calvert’s Advisory Council with other experts , helping develop Calvert’s social screens . These screens helped steer portfolios...

Computer programming terms covered in this video include: source code, machine language, open source code, computer bug, and programming language.

Dr. Jordan Nguyen meets Chinese scientists researching space travel to see how the world's largest telescope is looking for planets with atmospheres.