Why can't you divide by zero? - TED-Ed
AdultsMathScience In the world of math, many strange results are possible when we change the rules. But there's one rule that most of us have been warned not to break: don't divide by zero.
Gyroscopic Precession
AdultsMathScience We have been collaborating on rotational motion, which is timely for some of the videos I've been doing lately.
The Brown Dwarf Debate
AdultsScienceSpace This video is about the line between Brown dwarfs and gas giant planets (aka super Jupiter's): does it exist?
Bill Nye Teaches You Science Slang
AdultsLanguageScience Bill Nye teaches you scientific slang words and terms. Find out what "arsole," "hinny," "champagne tap" and more words mean.
How Does A Boomerang Work?
AdultsGadgetsScience A boomerang can execute its unique roundtrip flight by making use of three fundamental physics principles: lift, relative velocity, and gyroscopic precession.
Can We Really Touch Anything?
AdultsBiologyScience Can we really touch things? Well if by touch we mean exchange a force-carrying particle with, then yes.
The science of skin - Emma Bryce
AdultsBiologyHumanScience Between you and the rest of the world lies an interface that makes up 16% of your physical weight. This is your skin, the largest organ in your body: laid out flat, it would cover close to 1.7 square metres of ground.
Why Don't Sheep Shrink In The Rain?
AdultsAnimalsNatureScienceBiology... Getting wet isn't REALLY what makes wool shrink; it merely exacerbates the friction between the wool fibers, which is stronger in one direction than another, so when agitated in the washer or dryer, they migrate in relation to each other in a process called "felting."
String Theory Explained - What is The True Nature of Reality?
AdultsMathScienceSpace This video was funded by SNSF under Agora Grant n. 171622 and through the NCCR SwissMAP: The Mathematics of Physics.
COLD HARD SCIENCE: SLAPSHOT Physics in Slow Motion
AdultsFilmScienceSportsPhysics... I shot the skaters with a Phantom MIRO LC320S made by Vision Research.
Is It Safe To Get Your DNA Tested?
AdultsFamilyGeneticsScienceHealthPrivacy... Once it's out of your body, your genetic information is valuable to a variety of people, but you can keep it safe(ish) with a few simple steps.
What Is Light?
AdultsScienceTravelPhilosophy We are so used to some things that we stopped wondering about them. Like light. What is light? Some kind of wavy thing, right? Kind of.
NEW Gravitational Wave Discovery!
AdultsScienceSpace Scientists have JUST published this new observation.
How Evolution works
AdultsBiologyGeneticsHistoryScienceEvolution... The theory of evolution explains how the enormous variety of life could come into existence. How it is possible for primitive life forms to spawn the millions of different creatures, that exist today.
Why Electroshock Therapy Is Back
AdultsHealthMental HealthTechnologyScience... Shocking the brain has come and gone as a medical treatment, but it's currently resurging, as it often provides the best form of relief for severe depression and advanced Parkinson's disease.