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The Unruh Effect
Worried about black holes? Consider this: Every time you accelerate - you generate an event horizon behind you. The more you accelerate away from it the closer it gets. Don't worry, it can never catch up to you, but the Unruh radiation...
PBS
The Higgs Mechanism Explained
Quantum Field Theory is generally accepted as an accurate description of the subatomic universe. However until recently this theory had one giant hole in it. The particles it describes had no mass!
SciShow
Tapputi-Belatekallim: The First Chemical Engineer | Great Minds
A perfumer from Ancient Babylon named Tapputi-Belatekallim is possibly history's first recorded chemist, and some of the techniques she used are still in practice today.
Bozeman Science
PS3A - Definitions of Energy
In this video Paul Andersen attempts to explain the age old questions - What is Energy? Even though it comes in many forms one of the defining characteristics of energy is that it is conserved over time. He then explains that all energy...
SciShow
Studying Polar Bears from a Monster Truck | SciShow Talk Show
BJ Kirschhoffer from Polar Bears International discusses polar bear behavior and Jessi from Animal Wonders brings on an animal that lives near polar bears, an arctic fox!
SciShow
3 Great Discoveries of 2013
Hank lays out three of the most awesome discoveries in science in 2013, from the fields of physics, space science and anthropology.
SciShow
Hilde Mangold and the Organizer of Life | Great Minds
Experiments conducted by Hilde Mangold and Hans Spemann taught us how an animal develops from a small ball of cells into an organism with distinct, functioning parts. The work was a foundational contribution to the field of developmental...
TED Talks
TED: 3 reasons why we can win the fight against poverty | Andrew Youn
Half of the world's poorest people have something in common: they're small farmers. In this eye-opening talk, activist Andrew Youn shows how his group, One Acre Fund, is helping these farmers lift themselves out of poverty by delivering...
SciShow
Higgs Boson Discovery! We think?
Hank gives us the specifics on the "discovery" of the elusive Higgs boson. It is, at the very least, a victory for the scientific method!
PBS
What is Energy?
Energy is the most powerful and useful concept in all of physics, but what exactly is it?
SciShow
The Quietest, Oldest, and Magnetic-iest Science of 2018
2018 was full of exciting discoveries and incredible advancements in the field of science. So today, we are taking a look back at 2018 to highlight three more great science news stories!
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Divergence and curl: The language of Maxwell's equations, fluid flow, and more
Divergence, curl, and their relation to fluid flow and electromagnetism
Be Smart
97% of Climate Scientists Really Do Agree
Do 97% of climate scientists really agree that humans are the main cause of climate change? Yep! Here's what the 97 percent statistic *really* means.
SciShow
So what IS the Higgs boson?
Hank responds to viewer questions, and explains what the Higgs boson particle actually IS.
SciShow
Richard Feynman, The Great Explainer: Great Minds
Like SciShow? Help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso, or hold your liquids! Chapters View all GREAT EXPLAINERS 0:26 QUANTUM MECHANICS 2:54 THEORETICAL PHYSICS 3:04 PRANKING OTHER PHYSICISTS 3:55...
TED Talks
Nina Tandon: Could tissue engineering mean personalized medicine?
Each of our bodies is utterly unique, which is a lovely thought until it comes to treating an illness -- when every body reacts differently, often unpredictably, to standard treatment. Tissue engineer Nina Tandon talks about a possible...
SciShow
Bugs Aren't Brainless! | Great Minds: Charles Henry Turner
At the turn of the 20th century, scientists thought that insects were nothing more than tiny reflex machines. But Charles Henry Turner, who was possibly America’s first Black entomologist, ran some groundbreaking animal behavior studies...
PBS
Inside the Dinosaur Library
We're back in Bozeman, Montana this week talking to Amy Atwater, Collections Manager at the Museum of the Rockies. MOR has among the largest collections of North American dinosaurs in the United States. We talk to Amy about her job and...
SciShow
The Science Behind Football's First-Down Line
If you’ve watch American football on television, you may have wondered how they make that yellow first down line look like it’s actually down on the field.
SciShow
From Thunderstorms to Black Holes: 4 Natural Particle Accelerators
We've been making particle accelerators for more than a century and have accelerated particles to more than 99.9999% the speed of light. But our accelerators are nothing compared to some of the ones we've found in nature!
PBS
Solving the Impossible in Quantum Field Theory
The equations of quantum field theory allow us to calculate the behaviour of subatomic particles by expressing them as vibrations in quantum fields. But even the most elegant and complete formulations of quantum physics - like the Dirac...
SciShow
Will You be Iron Man?
We have the technology! We can rebuild...ourselves! Human interface technologies like Google Glass, robotic prosthetics, and bionic eyes have the potential to help people recover lost abilities, but also to grant us new abilities. Will...
Curated Video
Are Virtual Particles A New Layer of Reality?
Let me tell you a story about virtual particles. It may or may not be true.