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What is fat? - George Zaidan

Adults Science
As the narrative goes, fat is bad. Well, it's actually more nuanced than that. The type of fat you eat is more impactful on your health than the quantity. George Zaidan examines triglycerides, the varied molecules that make up fat, and how to identify which types of fat you are consuming.

Mythbusters - Helium and Sulfur Hexafluoride

Adults Science
Adam from the show Mythbusters has fun with Helium and Sulfur Hexafluoride.

The Science of Cats

Adults Science
A few things that you might have not known about cats.

Mystery of Prince Rupert's Drop at 130,000 fps - Smarter Every Day

Adults Science
Being able to calculate the failure front velocity of a Prince Rupert's drop is a pretty big deal. For years this was a scientific mystery. High speed camera technology is only recently fast enough to provide data like this. Thanks to Vision Research for letting me use the V1610 to try to unravel this mystery for the public in general.

Should You Use The SNOOZE Button?

Adults Science
The snooze button - one of life's luxuries. But is it really helping you out, or making you more tired?

Chicken Head Tracking - Smarter Every Day

Adults Science
Chickens have a great ability to keep their heads stable. Our bodies use a gyro-like mechanism in our ears which has 3 mutually orthogonal inertial measurement devices. Modern motion processors use something called an Inertial Measurment Unit (IMU). These devices provide movement data which can be used to compensate for the movement. Chickens apparently have the same type mechanism only with a higher update rate.

Aurora Borealis from space

Adults Science
A minor geomagnetic storm caused the Aurora Australis. This is footage from the International Space Station.

Quantum Levitation

Adults Science
Tel-Aviv University demos quantum superconductors locked in a magnetic field.

The World We Dream- Hugh Herr Zeitgeist Americas 2012

Adults Science
Do you want to have your mind blown? Watch this. (This will cost you 13.5 minutes) Hugh Herr, Director of Biomechatronics at MIT University delivers an amazing talk that will touch your soul. I was in the audience. I was almost in the back row. For the opening few minutes of the talk, I couldn't see his feet. So imagine what happened when I finally stood up and saw his legs.