Physics Girl
Can you call a cell phone in the microwave?
Do cell phones placed in a microwave still receive signals? What is the difference between microwave oven radiation and the signals used by your phone?
Curated Video
How Scientifically Accurate Is The HBO Miniseries Chernobyl?
Chernobyl is an HBO mini-series that reintroduced the world to the nuclear catastrophe that occurred on April 26th, 1986 at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in the Soviet Union, in what is now Ukraine. The series followed the tragedy that...
Healthcare Triage
Cancer Research Spotlighted in Nobel Prize for Medicine
We've been talking a lot about the state of cancer research in the HCT Podcast, and now the Nobel prize in medicine is going to cancer researchers. So that's pretty cool. Check out some of the amazing (and amazingly expensive) treatments...
JJ Medicine
Esophagitis (Esophagus Inflammation): Causes, Risk Factors, Signs and Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Esophagitis (Esophagus Inflammation) | Causes, Risk Factors, Signs and Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment Esophagitis is a condition involving inflammation of the esophagus. There are several types of esophagitis, including erosive...
Next Animation Studio
Radiation leak at China’s Taishan Nuclear Plant
An ‘imminent radiological threat’ has been reported at Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in China’s Guangdong province.
Next Animation Studio
High levels of cellphone radiation linked to cancer in male rats
Researchers found evidence of links between tumors in male rats and exposure to radio frequency radiation.
FuseSchool
Hazards From Radioactive Material
Hazards From Radioactive Material | Radioactivity | Physics | FuseSchool Nuclear power stations produce electricity, which of course is extremely useful. However, they also make radioactive waste. When items have no further use and have...
Dom Burgess
What is Fusion?
Dom explores how fusion works and the current technology out there making it happen - including France's colossal experimental reactor, ITER, and the soon to be switched on Wendelstein 7X in Germany.
Physics Girl
Can explosions work in space?
The most exciting SciFi movies have tons of space explosions. But how effective would explosions be in outer space with no atmosphere to carry the blast wave? Could a hypothetical explosion hurt you in space?
Physics Girl
Solving crimes with INFRARED?
How can you use an infrared camera to see through walls? To inspect the scene of a crime? To catch a thief in hiding?! This cool device attaches to your smartphone and has an infrared/visible light camera combo that allows you to see the...
TMW Media
A look around the National Atomic Testing Museum
Journey to the Wild West on today’s episode of Travel Thru History! Take a peek behind the curtain of the most entertaining city in the world. It’s a place carved out of the Mojave Desert; a place we’ve come to know as Las Vegas. While...
Curated Video
Interactions of Electromagnetic Waves and Atoms: Gamma Rays and Radiation Dose
This video discusses how electromagnetic waves can interact with charged particles, specifically electrons in atoms. It explains how electromagnetic waves can cause electrons to absorb energy and jump to higher energy levels or emit...
Curated Video
Do Microwaves Interfere With WiFi Signals?
Yes. Microwaves and radio waves are physically the same, i.e. both are forms of electromagnetic radiation. Some microwave rays can leak out and interfere with WiFi signals. We are basically constantly surrounded by electromagnetic...
FuseSchool
What Is Alpha Radiation?
What is alpha radiation? How does it happen? And what does it leave behind? Find out all the answers in this GCSE / K12 Physics video from The Fuse School At Fuse School, teachers and animators come together to make fun &...
Next Animation Studio
The technology and ideas required to replicate the movie Dune
The success of the new Dune movie has people speculating about whether humans changing Mars’s surface and atmosphere to be more like Earth’s. But is it possible?
Dom Burgess
Should We Send Animals to Mars?
Animals have been used in aeronautical exploration since the dawn of flight, from sending sheep up in hot air balloons to launching chimpanzees into space. But as science advances, do we still need to use them? Should we send animals to...
Curated Video
Understanding Background Radiation: Sources and Exposure
This video is a lecture that explains the concept of background radiation, which is a type of ionizing radiation that humans are exposed to every day but at low levels. The video discusses the four main types of ionizing radiation, which...
TMW Media
Mysterious Weather Clouds: Why do some clouds produce rain and some do not
What does ACTOS focus on that scientists and researchers are unable to simulate in the laboratory? How do weather cloud simulations help researchers understand the behavior of rain in a weather cloud? Mysterious Weather Clouds, Part 3
Astrum
How would we build a colony on Mars?
Mars is a world similar in a lot of ways to our own. That doesn't mean there aren't a multitude of hurdles to overcome if we were ever to consider settling there.
Next Animation Studio
Iodine I131: effects on health and prevention with Iodine tablets
This animation explains how radioactive Iodine is absorbed in the body and how taking Iodine tablets can prevent its carcinogenic effects. It also explains side effects of Iodine tablets.
Schooling Online
Physics Skills: Accuracy
The royal archery contest begins! Everyone expects Robin Hood to win since he is an accurate and reliable archer. But what do the terms accuracy and reliability mean? This lesson will take an in-depth look at accuracy and systematic...
Astrum
How Europa Shocked NASA Scientists | Our Solar System's Moons: Europa
Jupiter's second Galilean Moon, Europa.
Barcroft Media
Embracing Scars: A Journey of Self-Love and Empowerment
This video tells the story of Shay, a breast cancer survivor who challenges societal expectations of femininity and embraces her body after undergoing surgeries and losing her breasts. Through her nonprofit organization, she supports and...
Next Animation Studio
Polonium suspected in death of Arafat: reports
Tests by a Swiss laboratory have found significant levels of Polonium on the clothing of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The test results will raise doubts about the 2004 death of Arafat, in which poisoning was initially ruled...