Videos
Queens of the Pacific Islands - History’s Real Moana
Disney Princess Moana may voyage across a fantasy version of the Pacific ocean, and represent an amalgamation of several islands’ cultures.
Pro Chefs Blind Taste Test Every Instant Ramen
Chefs Eunjo Park, Douglas Kim, and Toshiaki Kondo are used to thinking outside the box when it comes to cooking; however, today on Epicurious we’ve asked them to give us their unfiltered, honest reviews of some prominent instant ramen brands found on supe...
The Story Behind Australia's Weird Animals
Sailing south through the maze of tropical islands across Malaysia and Indonesia will lead you to an invisible barrier between two worlds. What in reality is a relatively small distance, is a huge gulf between two vastly different ecological regions. Why...
Dolly Parton on combining music and storytelling for her holiday-themed children's book
Dolly Parton joins "CBS Mornings" to unveil her latest children's book, "Billy the Kid Comes Home for Christmas," which features her real-life French bulldog, Billy.
Expensive Wine Is for Suckers
You don't have to spend a lot of money on a bottle of wine. Few wine experts and regular people can tell the difference between expensive wine and cheap wine.
Wine Commercials as They Were and Should Have Been
Let's take a look at out how funny and sometimes embarrassing wine commercials were as compared to how they would be if they were actually honest!
What Are Those Floaty Things in Your Eye?
Explore the science of the phenomenon of “floaters,” those tiny blobs that swim across your field of vision.
Why You Don’t Hear About the Ozone Layer Anymore
Finally, some good news about the environment.
Beyoncé Crowned No. 1 On Billboard’s Greatest Pop Stars Of The 21st Century
Beyoncé is crowned with the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s 25 Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century, and we’re going through her extensive career and accolades that have landed her at No. 1. From 9 solo Hot 100 No. 1s to 27 Billboard Music Awards, and the mos...
WTF is a "Nautical" Mile??
What's the difference between a Regular mile and a Nautical mile? The story of its creation really describes the history of navigation.
Why does the Air Force and Navy use NAUTICAL MILES? And What is a KNOT?
Why do the Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard still use nautical miles? And what the heck is a knot?! In this video, Ashley explains what the difference is between a nautical mile and a standard mile - or a statute mile, as it’s technically called. She also...
Why the Metric System Matters
For the majority of recorded human history, units like the weight of a grain or the length of a hand weren’t exact and varied from place to place.
Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
For generations, Monopoly has been America’s favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and — for better or worse — the impulses that make our free-market society tick.
Top 10 Christmas Songs That Didn't Have to Go THAT Hard
You gotta go hard for Christmas. We’re counting down our picks for the festive tunes that will get you in the holiday spirit faster than you can deck the halls, string the lights, and cover every inch of your house in tinsel! Our countdown includes “Step...
A Brief History of Santa
Santa Claus is the Americanization of Sinterklaas, but he’s also called St Nick and Father Christmas and Kris Kringle which comes from Germany.
Wrong! Deconstructing 5 Famous History Stories
Here are five stories we tell ourselves — five famous history stories that you have heard all your life — that aren't true. Not only are they not true, but historians have known they aren't true, said they aren't true, insisted they aren't true, and the s...