His face is recognized all over the world _ the young medical student who became a revolutionary icon. But was Che Guevara a heroic champion of the poor, or a ruthless warlord who left a legacy of repression? Alex Gendler puts this...

In which John Green returns for a dystopian new season of Crash Course Literature! We're starting with George Orwell's classic look at the totalitarian state that could be in post-war England. Winston Smith is under the eye of Big...

Pupil outcome: I can explore the hypocrisy of the character of Utterson throughout ‘Jekyll and Hyde’. Key learning points: - The first 8 chapters are focalised through Utterson, highlighting the tension between his curiosity and wilful...

Pupil outcome: I can explore how and why Stevenson presents Jekyll as losing control of his fragmented identity. Key learning points: - The Indutrial Revolution saw an increase in psychological conditions (anxiety, depression and...

Maria Stephan is a civil resistance scholar and co-lead of the Horizons Project, which focuses on strengthening democracy in the United States. With over 25 years of global experience supporting movements for rights and freedoms, Stephan...

The SOS response is a bacterial mechanism activated by DNA damage, involving the RecA protein and regulated by the LexA repressor. Upon DNA damage, RecA binds to single-stranded DNA, becomes activated, and promotes LexA self-cleavage,...

Why do people get defensive time and again? What do we actually direct towards when we refer to defensiveness? Where do defense mechanisms come from?

These and some more questions will be explained as we look at the contributions...

What is toxic positivity? It's the idea that you have to always be happy, no matter what. If you're not, then something must be wrong with you. This video dives into how this mindset actually causes more harm than good and why it's...

UC Irvine psychologist Elizabeth Loftus describes how her experience in the trial of George Franklin, who was accused of a crime based upon the outcome of so-called “repressed memory therapy” led her to her own research on implanting...

Psychologist and memory scientist Elizabeth Loftus (UC Irvine) describes how a new case led her to become involved in the world of "repressed memory therapy."

Psychologist and memory scientist Elizabeth Loftus (UC Irvine) speculates on the sudden boom in so-called "repressed memory therapy" that led to a spate of accusations of past abuses.

Video Atlas of Asia: This clip looks at the physical features, climate and culture of Myanmar.

Video Atlas of Asia: This clip looks at the physical features, climate and culture of Syria.

In this video, the memory researcher Elizabeth Loftus discusses the four major reasons why people forget: retrieval failure, interference, failure to store, and motivated forgetting. She explains each theory and provides examples to...