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Join a three-week scientific expedition exploring the hidden biodiversity of the Solomon IslandsGo behind the scenes of a remote research mission in the Solomon Islands. This video tours the research vessel Alucia, where scientists study bioluminescent organisms, uncharted m…
Join J. Kenji López-Alt on a culinary journey through the landscapes of JapanThis video documents a summer-long trip to Japan, offering a unique look at the country through the lens of food. It serves as the launch for a series that captures travel experie…
Join Sal Khan for a live community conversation about the future of global education.Sal Khan, founder of the nonprofit Khan Academy, hosts a live Q&A session to engage with his community. This session offers a direct look at the mission to provide free, world-cla…
Join Sal Khan for a live community Q&A sessionThis video invites you to participate in a live Homeroom session with Sal Khan. It is an opportunity to engage directly with the Khan Academy community and ask questions about the…
Join Sal Khan for a live community Q&A sessionThis video introduces a live interactive session where Sal Khan answers community questions. It offers a direct way to engage with the mission of providing free, world-class educa…
Join Sal Khan for an open conversation about the future of global education access.Khan Academy founder Sal Khan hosts a live community session to answer questions and discuss the nonprofit's mission. This video offers a direct look into the organization's ongoi…
Join Sal Khan for daily interactive learning sessions to support your education journeySal Khan hosts live daily sessions to connect with the Khan Academy community. These broadcasts offer a space to ask questions and engage with the mission of providing free, world…
Join the global celebration of our closest celestial neighbor this September 14International Observe the Moon Night highlights lunar science and global engagement. This broadcast features insights from NASA experts, updates on the Artemis program, and practi…
Joining Yarn Mid-Row: The Technique That Maintains Tension and IntegritySwitching yarn balls while knitting in the round requires more than just stopping and starting. To maintain consistent tension and prevent structural weaknesses, a specific anchor…
Joke bribes, one abstention and the vote that gave Germany 2006On the night before FIFA picked the 2006 host, a German satirical magazine mailed delegates mock bribes: cuckoo clocks and Black Forest ham in exchange for backing Germany. The ne…
Jolo: The volcanic island capital that once served as a thriving regional trade entrepotLocated in the Sulu Archipelago, Jolo is a volcanic island with a complex history of maritime trade, sultanates, and colonial resistance. Once a prosperous hub connecting Southeas…
Jolo: The volcanic island that became a centuries-long frontier for competing global powersLocated between Borneo and Mindanao, the volcanic island of Jolo has long been a strategic prize. From Spanish colonial campaigns and American treaties to the rise and fall of mil…
Jolt Cola: The unapologetic soda that brought double the caffeine to the eighties.Before modern energy drinks dominated the market, Jolt Cola arrived with a high-sugar, high-caffeine formula that defied subtlety. This video explores the chaotic cultural impact …
Jōmon pots are among Earth’s oldest fired ceramicsPeople reached the Japanese archipelago some 38,000–40,000 years ago by watercraft. Jōmon hunter-gatherers then made cord-marked pottery—among the world’s oldest ceramics, with pi…
Jon Krakauer thought his book would kill the Everest industry. It did the opposite.After surviving the 1996 Everest disaster, Jon Krakauer wrote Into Thin Air to expose the deadly consequences of commercialized mountaineering. He was certain his account would de…
Jonah Lomu became rugby's first global superstar while battling kidney diseaseThey called him a freight train in ballet shoes. At the 1995 World Cup, a 20-year-old winger scored four tries in one semi-final against England and swept past defenders as if the…
Jonah's 'whale' was never a whale, and he sulked when God forgaveThe Hebrew text says Jonah was swallowed by a 'large fish', not a whale. And the real twist comes afterwards: when the city of Nineveh repents and is spared, the prophet is furiou…
Jonas Savimbi: The Cold War Guerrilla Who Became a Global Anti-Communist IconJonas Savimbi was a complex figure who evolved from a Maoist-trained revolutionary into a darling of the American conservative movement. A master of guerrilla warfare and a polygl…
Jonathan Papelbon was a dominant closer whose career was defined by both saves and strife.A four-time All-Star for the Boston Red Sox, Jonathan Papelbon redefined the closer role with record-breaking efficiency. Yet, his legacy is equally shaped by his volatile persona…
Jonathan Woodgate: From Real Madrid's worst signing to a career defined by resilienceOnce hailed as a defensive prodigy, Jonathan Woodgate’s career became a study in the cruel intersection of elite talent and persistent injury. From a high-profile move to Real Mad…
Jonesboro, Arkansas: A city shaped by the ridge, the rails, and resiliencePerched atop Crowley's Ridge, Jonesboro has evolved from a small 1859 settlement into the economic heart of Northeast Arkansas. From its early days as a frontier trading post to i…
Joni Mitchell painted her album covers and quit the roadRoberta Joan Mitchell (born 1943), a Canadian singer-songwriter and painter, emerged from 1960s folk clubs into jazz-tinged songcraft. Court and Spark (1974) became her best selle…
Joni Mitchell’s anthem against urban sprawl was inspired by a parking lot in HawaiiWhen Joni Mitchell first visited Hawaii, she woke up to a view of beautiful green mountains, only to discover a vast parking lot sprawling beneath them. This jarring contrast betw…
Jonny Bairstow made his best runs when Yorkshire were in troubleIn 2015 Jonny Bairstow played only nine County Championship matches yet scored 1,108 runs at an average of 92.33. Wisden noted that all five of his centuries that summer came with…- Jordan Henderson followed Steven Gerrard as captain and lifted what Gerrard never couldTaking the armband from a club legend is a thankless job, and Jordan Henderson spent years in Steven Gerrard's shadow. Then, in 2020, he raised the league trophy that had eluded L…
Jordan Peele learned at summer camp that telling scary stories kills your own fearAs a boy, Jordan Peele told a frightening campfire tale and noticed his own fear had vanished. If you make the horror, he reasoned, you need not be scared of it. Decades later tha…
Jordan Peele’s Us explores how American privilege relies on the suffering of others.In this psychological horror film, a family vacation turns into a nightmare when they are hunted by their own doppelgängers. These intruders, known as the Tethered, are not just m…- Jordan Pickford served a long apprenticeship on loan before becoming England's number oneBefore Jordan Pickford ever played a Premier League game, he had kept goal for six clubs on loan, from non-league Alfreton to Championship Preston. By his 2016 top-flight debut, s…
Jordan takes its name from a river already in Ramesses’ papyrusThe Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan covers 89,342 square kilometres of mostly semi-arid Southern Levant, home to about 11.5 million people—the eleventh-most populous Arab country. Its…
Jordan's capital Amman takes its name from the ancient kingdom of AmmonAmman, Jordan's capital, stands on the site of Rabbah, chief city of the Ammonites, a small kingdom east of the Jordan River that outlasted Assyrian and Babylonian conquerors. A G…
Jordan’s hidden underwater sanctuary: how a tiny coastline protects a vast marine ecosystemEstablished in 1997, the Aqaba Marine Reserve represents Jordan’s commitment to preserving its only maritime outlet to the Red Sea. Despite occupying just a fraction of the countr…
Jordynne Grace is a powerhouse athlete who redefined professional wrestling and competitive powerlifting simultaneously.Beyond the squared circle, Jordynne Grace holds state and national powerlifting records in the 165-pound weight class. A three-time TNA Knockouts World Champion and the inaugural …
Jorge Martín makes history as the first independent team rider to win the MotoGP titleIn a season defined by Ducati's dominance and a dramatic final-round shift, Jorge Martín secured the 2024 Riders' World Championship. His victory marks a rare milestone for an ind…
José de San Martín fought for Spain for two decades, then freed its coloniesBefore he became Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru, José de San Martín spent over twenty years as an officer in the Spanish army, winning a gold medal against Napoleon's forc…
José Mourinho entered elite football as Bobby Robson's interpreterOne of the most decorated managers in history got his break translating for someone else. In 1992 Bobby Robson arrived at Sporting in Lisbon needing an English-speaking local, and…
José Rizal trained as an eye doctor because his mother was going blindJosé Rizal switched from philosophy to medicine when he learned his mother was losing her sight, and became an ophthalmologist. He also wrote two novels that inspired a revolution…
José Sarria handed friends labels reading I am a boyWhere dressing as a woman in public could lead to arrest, the drag queen José Sarria handed out labels reading I am a boy, so friends could not be charged with female impersonatio…
Josef Albers taught his students that art is not for looking at, but for seeing.An influential 20th-century educator and abstract painter, Josef Albers believed that color is a persistent illusion. By prioritizing vision over facts, he transformed how we perc…- Josef Kramer: The Bureaucratic Architect of Industrialized Murder in Nazi Concentration CampsKnown as the Beast of Belsen, Josef Kramer was a central figure in the Nazi machinery of death. From managing gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau to overseeing the catastrophic col…
Joseon held the Korean peninsula for 505 yearsJoseon, or Great Joseon State, was a Korean dynasty lasting 505 years after General Yi Sŏnggye’s late-fourteenth-century coup against collapsing Goryeo. Neo-Confucianism became st…- Joseph B. Soloveitchik: The Modern Orthodox Philosopher Who Bridged Ancient Tradition and Western ThoughtAs a scion of a legendary rabbinic dynasty, Joseph B. Soloveitchik became the intellectual architect of Modern Orthodoxy. By synthesizing neo-Kantian existentialism with rigorous …
Joseph Banks paid his own way onto Cook's first Pacific voyageWhen HMS Endeavour sailed in 1768, a 25-year-old landowner named Joseph Banks brought eight people along at his own cost: two naturalists, two artists and four servants from his L…
Joseph Campbell and the hidden patterns that connect all human storiesJoseph Campbell spent five years in a rented shack reading nine hours a day to decode the universal structure of myth. He argued that every great hero story, from ancient legends …
Joseph Chamberlain: The Radical Mayor Who Built Modern Birmingham and Split Two Political PartiesJoseph Chamberlain was a transformative force in British politics, evolving from a radical municipal reformer into an ardent imperialist. Known for his monocle and relentless ener…- Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim began as a short story before evolving into a complex novel.Published in 1900, Lord Jim explores the haunting weight of lost honor and the struggle for redemption. Joseph Conrad, a former merchant mariner, drew upon his own extensive exper…
- Joseph Goebbels, the failed novelist who ran Nazi Germany's propaganda machineIn the early 1920s Joseph Goebbels was an unemployed doctor of literature whose plays would not sell and whose novel found no publisher. A decade later, as Reich Minister of Propa…
Joseph I: The Enlightened Reformer Who Presided Over Brutal PersecutionJoseph I was a forward-looking ruler who modernized the Habsburg bureaucracy and embraced Enlightenment ideals. Yet, this same monarch oversaw a reign of stark contradictions, bal…
Joseph II tried to rule Austria by reason alone, and ran into everyoneJoseph II wanted a state run on Enlightenment logic: religious toleration, a weaker church, freer trade, and peasants released from feudal burdens. He is ranked with Frederick the…
Joseph Joestar: The Shonen Hero Who Defeats Enemies Through Cunning Rather Than Brute StrengthUnlike traditional manga protagonists who rely on raw power, Joseph Joestar wins by outsmarting his foes. Author Hirohiko Araki designed him as a swindler who predicts his opponen…
Joseph Lister was an ordinary surgeon who made surgery survivableBy technical skill alone, Joseph Lister was nothing special in the operating theatre. What set him apart was the realisation that wounds rot because of germs. Spraying carbolic ac…
Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen, invented soda water, and refused to believe either mattered to chemistry's revolutionJoseph Priestley isolated oxygen in 1774 and gave the world fizzy water, yet he spent his later career defending the old phlogiston theory against the new chemistry his own gas ha…
Joseph Pulitzer's first news story exposed a scam he'd fallen for himselfIn late-1860s St. Louis, a young Hungarian immigrant paid a smooth-talking promoter five dollars for a promised job on a Louisiana sugar plantation. A steamboat dropped him and do…
Joseph Saidu Momoh: The Anti-Corruption President Who Was Overthrown for Being Too WeakJoseph Saidu Momoh inherited a crumbling economy and a culture of graft in Sierra Leone. While he successfully purged corruption and earned praise from Western leaders, his percei…- Joseph Smith published the Book of Mormon at 24 and was dead by 38A Vermont farm boy who once hunted buried treasure with a seer stone went on to publish the Book of Mormon in 1830. Within fourteen years Joseph Smith had tens of thousands of fol…
Josephus led Jewish rebels against Rome, then became Rome's historianYosef ben Mattityahu commanded Jewish forces in Galilee during the revolt against Rome. After surrendering to Vespasian, he predicted the general would become emperor. When that c…
Josh Brolin lost a TV role to Johnny Depp and gained a lifelong friendJosh Brolin found fame as a teenager in The Goonies, then decided his own acting was so bad he walked away from films for years. A slow rebuild through stage work in Rochester eve…
Josh Homme built a rock empire by returning to the garage and playing for fun.From the desert generator parties of his youth to global stages with supergroups, Josh Homme has spent decades defying industry norms. By prioritizing creative freedom over commer…- Josh Klinghoffer became the youngest Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee at thirty-two.Before his decade-long tenure as the Red Hot Chili Peppers' guitarist, Josh Klinghoffer was a prolific session musician and multi-instrumentalist. His career path, marked by high-…
Josh Magennis: From teenage goalkeeper to professional striker and international stalwartBorn in Bangor, Josh Magennis began his career as a goalkeeper, even representing Northern Ireland in youth squads. After nearly quitting for rugby, he transitioned to striker in …- Josh McCown: The journeyman quarterback who redefined longevity and resilience in the NFLSpanning eighteen seasons and twelve different franchises, Josh McCown’s career is a masterclass in persistence. From a late-blooming high school athlete to the oldest quarterback…