Bozeman Science
Thinking in Systems - Level 2 - Components and Interactions
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on components and interactions within systems. TERMS: System - a set of components (e.g. things) working together Components - a part of a larger whole Interactions -...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How do dogs "see" with their noses? - Alexandra Horowitz
You may have heard the expression that dogs 'see with their noses.' But these creature's amazing nasal architecture actually reveals a whole world beyond what we can see. Alexandra Horowitz illustrates how the dog's nose can smell the...
TED Talks
Liz Diller: A new museum wing ... in a giant bubble
How do you make a great public space inside a not-so-great building? Liz Diller shares the story of imagining a welcoming, lighthearted -- even, dare we say it, sexy -- addition to the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC. (From The Design...
TED Talks
Beau Lotto: Optical illusions show how we see
Beau Lotto's color games puzzle your vision, but they also spotlight what you can't normally see: how your brain works. This fun, first-hand look at your own versatile sense of sight reveals how evolution tints your perception of what's...
SciShow Kids
Do I Need Glasses?
This video is brought to you by the Child and Teen Checkups program of the Minnesota Department of Health.
SciShow
How Does a Box-Shaped Fish Swim?
Box-shaped fish might seem like they don't have the most efficient body shape, but there are some surprising perks to being an underwater cuboid creature.
SciShow
Why Is the Sun's Corona So Hot?
The Sun's corona is hotter than its surface, but where do scientists think such immense heat comes from?
SciShow
The Math and Mystery of Murmurations
If you've ever seen a group of starlings in flight, you've appreciated one of nature's most hypnotic sights -- the lava-lamp-like flow of a murmuration. SciShow explains the biology and mathematics behind this beautiful phenomenon.
Be Smart
The Cosmic Afterglow
The lingerling radiation from the ancient universe still surrounds us to this day.
SciShow
The Mysterious Ridges Near Pluto's Heart
Astronomers may have figured out some cool geology on Pluto, and Barnard's star is back in the running for having a planet!
SciShow
5 Tiny Animals With BIG Migrations
These little fliers may be small, but pound for pound, they go farther than just about anyone else. Chapters RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD 0:40 HOVERFLY 2:56 MONARCH BUTTERFLY 4:11 DESERT LOCUST 6:10 5 WANDERING GLIDER 9:41
TED Talks
Grégoire Courtine: The paralyzed rat that walked
A spinal cord injury can sever the communication between your brain and your body, leading to paralysis. Fresh from his lab, Grégoire Courtine shows a new method -- combining drugs, electrical stimulation and a robot -- that could...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Football physics: The "impossible" free kick - Erez Garty
In 1997, Brazilian football player Roberto Carlos set up for a 35 meter free kick with no direct line to the goal. Carlos's shot sent the ball flying wide of the players, but just before going out of bounds it hooked to the left and...
3Blue1Brown
Gradient descent, how neural networks learn: Deep learning - Part 2 of 4
An overview of gradient descent in the context of neural networks. This is a method used widely throughout machine learning for optimizing how a computer performs on certain tasks.
3Blue1Brown
Gradient descent, how neural networks learn | Chapter 2, deep learning
An overview of gradient descent in the context of neural networks. This is a method used widely throughout machine learning for optimizing how a computer performs on certain tasks.
SciShow
White Holes: An Impossible Possibility
Reid Reimers expands your mind with an explanation of white holes -- celestial objects that almost definitely are not real things that can be found in nature. Except, we might have actually seen one.
SciShow
The Amazing Cosmic Discovery That Almost Was
SciShow Space News revisits one of the biggest (potential) astronomical discoveries of 2014, one that promised to revolutionize our understanding of the formation of the universe. Turns out, we're not quite there yet.
Amoeba Sisters
Food Webs and Energy Pyramids: Bedrocks of Biodiversity
Explore food chains, food webs, energy pyramids, and the power of biodiversity in this ecology video by the Amoeba Sisters! This video also introduces general vocabulary for the unit of ecology.
Bozeman Science
Unit 1 Review - Natural Selection
Paul Andersen reviews the major within the first unit on natural selection. He starts by defining evolution and explaining how evolution can occur in a population. He reviews the population genetics and camouflage lab. He reviews genetic...
TED Talks
TED: Why the "wrong side of the tracks" is usually the east side of cities | Stephen DeBerry
What do communities on the social, economic and environmental margins have in common? For one thing, they tend to be on the east sides of cities. In this short talk about a surprising insight, anthropologist and venture capitalist...
3Blue1Brown
Dot products and duality: Essence of Linear Algebra - Part 9 of 15
What is the dot product? What does it represent? Why does it have the formula that it does? All this is explained visually.
SciShow
Could We Hide The Earth?
Theoretically, we could hide the Earth from faraway telescopes, using a properly placed laser pointer.
Bozeman Science
Electric Force
In this video Paul Andersen explains how electric force on an object inside a field can be calculated by multiplying the charge of the object (in C) times the electric field strength (in N/C).