Nobel laureates may not be as culturally popular as Otters Holding Hands, but they do have their place alongside them on YouTube, way down the long tail.

Oliver Smithies - tales of 60 years in research

OpenCulture highlights 10 of the most intellectually stimulating channels on YouTube, which no one is watching. They also point out how useless YouTube’s education section is: while Google has a great text search algorithm, their video filter still can’t figure out that “school girl” videos aren’t necessarily educational.

Tags: Open Culture YouTube education Nobel Channel

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