MinutePhysics
Relativistic Addition of Velocity | Special Relativity Ch. 6
This video is chapter 6 in my series on special relativity, and it covers the topic of relativistic addition of velocity: aka, how things that are moving relative to one inertial reference frame, which is moving relative to another...
SciShow
Are Your New Memories Replacing Your Old Ones?
Research suggests there's a reason you can't remember much from your childhood: new memories are replacing the old ones.
SciShow
Crypto and NFTs Are Environmental Disasters...But Do They Have to Be?
The world of cryptocurrency and NFTs is riddled with controversy, but somewhere amid all of that blockchain there's some reckoning with reality that must be done.
SciShow
The 2016 Nobel Prizes: Chemistry and Physics!
This Nobel Prize season, dive into the world of the super small for physics and chemistry. It's where the nanocars roam and phase transitions get really weird.
3Blue1Brown
Vectors, what even are they? | Essence of linear algebra, chapter 1
What is a vector? Is it an arrow in space? A list of numbers?
SciShow
Why Is the Perfect Shower Temperature So Hard To Find?
Somewhere between "boiling lava" and "the surface of Pluto" is the perfect shower temperature, but why is it so elusive?
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How to unboil an egg - Eleanor Nelsen
It's so obvious that it's practically proverbial: you can't unboil an egg. But actually, it turns out that you can -- sort of. Eleanor Nelsen explains the process by which mechanical energy can undo what thermal energy has done.
SciShow
Great Minds: Mary Anning, "The Greatest Fossilist in the World"
Learn about Mary Anning, one of England's most important contributors to the field of paleontology.
SciShow
Why Does the US Have So Many Power Outages?
The United States has a lot more power outages than other countries do, and fixing this problem will be a massive undertaking. Chapters View all Across the United States, the average customer loses power about once or twice a year, for a...
Bozeman Science
Le Chatelier's Principle
In this video Paul Andersen explains how Le Chatelier's Principle can be used to predict the effect of disturbances to equilibrium. When a reversible reaction is at equilibrium disturbances (in concentration, temperature, pressure, etc.)...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you solve the giant cat army riddle? - Dan Finkel
The villainous Dr. Schrodinger has developed a growth ray and intends to create an army of giant cats to terrorize the city. Your team of secret agents has tracked him to his underground lab. You burst in to find. . . that it's a trap!...
SciShow
The Truth About MSG and Your Health
MSG, or monosodium glutamate, got a bad rap in the 1960s when people started complaining of "Chinese Restaurant Syndrome," but that bad reputation was fueled more by xenophobia than science. Turns out, it's just delicious.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What's the fastest way to alphabetize your bookshelf? - Chand John
You work at the college library. You're in the middle of a quiet afternoon when suddenly, a shipment of 1,280 books arrives. The books are in a straight line, but they're all out of order, and the automatic sorting system is broken. How...
SciShow
Crypto and NFTs Are Environmental Disasters...But Do They Have to Be?
The world of cryptocurrency and NFTs is riddled with controversy, but somewhere amid all of that blockchain there's some reckoning with reality that must be done.
SciShow
The Mysterious Leap Second
Leap Day's got nothing on the Leap SECOND! Hank explains why a second is being added to 2012 and why some are upset about it.
MinutePhysics
The No Cloning Theorem
Why you can’t clone Schrödinger’s cat: this video presents the full proof of the “No Cloning” Theorem in Quantum Mechanics – without any fancy math! (stereotypical qubit has been replaced with Schrödinger’s cat). The full proof relies on...
SciShow
Why Is It So Hard to Fix Traffic?
Fixing traffic seems easy—just add more roads, right? Turns out that this is a problem studied by physicists and psychologists alike, with no easy answers.
Bozeman Science
Synthesis and Decomposition Reactions
Atoms or molecules combine to form a new compound in a synthesis reaction. Examples include the addition of oxygen to magnesium metal to create magnesium oxide and the addition of carbon dioxide to water to crete carbonic acid. A combine...
Bozeman Science
Thinking in Change - Level 4 - Quantifying and Modeling Change
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on quantifying and modeling change. Two examples are included in the video and two additional examples are included in the linked thinking slides. TERMS Change - to...
SciShow Kids
Mary Anning: Fossil Hunter | Science for Kids
Everybody loves dinosaurs, and we wouldn't know nearly as much as we do if it weren't for a person named Mary Anning.
PBS
Dissecting Hypercubes with Pascal's Triangle
What does the inside of a tesseract look like? Pascal's Triangle can tell us.
Crash Course
Equilibrium Equations: Crash Course Chemistry
In which Hank shows you that, while it may seem like the Universe is messing with us, equilibrium isn't a cosmic trick. Here, he shows you how to calculate equilibrium constant & conditions of reactions and use RICE tables all with some...