MinutePhysics
How to Break the Speed of Light
You can break the speed of light in your back yard! (but don't worry, Einstein is still right)
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why do cats have vertical pupils? | Emma Bryce
Peering into the eyes of different animals, you'll see some extraordinarily shaped pupils. House cats, for one, are twilight hunters with vertically elongated pupils. Many grazing animals, like goats, have rectangular pupils. Other...
TED Talks
Nancy Duarte: The secret structure of great talks
From the "I have a dream" speech to Steve Jobs' iPhone launch, many great talks have a common structure that helps their message resonate with listeners. In this talk, presentation expert Nancy Duarte shares practical lessons on how to...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: What can you learn from ancient skeletons? - Farnaz Khatibi
Ancient skeletons can tell us a great deal about the past, including the age, gender and even the social status of its former owner. But how can we know all of these details simply by examining some old, soil-caked bones? Farnaz Khatibi...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What makes muscles grow? - Jeffrey Siegel
We have over 600 muscles in our bodies that help bind us together, hold us up, and help us move. Your muscles also need your constant attention, because the way you treat them on a daily basis determines whether they will wither or grow....
Bozeman Science
Wave-Particle Duality - Part 2
In this video Paul Andersen explains how classical waves (like light) can have particle properties. Albert Einsetein used the photoelectric effect to show how photons have particle properties.
Bozeman Science
Wave Speed
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the wave speed measure the speed of a wave through a medium. The medium determines the speed of the wave. The velocity of the wave is equal to the product of the wavelength and the frequency of...
Be Smart
Eight Incredible Deep Sea Oddities
We know more about some other planets than we do about the deepest corners of Earth's oceans, and the species we've found there are almost alien. Here's some of the most unbelievable oddities ever observed! Special thanks to the Monterey...
Bozeman Science
Average Value of the Electric Field
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the average value of the electric field can be determined by dividing the potential difference by the displacement. Equipotential lines can be used to determine the potential in an electric field...
SciShow
The Bizarre World of Animal Flight | Compilation
Flying is a great way to get around, but humans have only been doing it for a little over a century. Let’s revisit six SciShow videos exploring the world of flying non-human animals, which includes some species that you might not expect!
SciShow Kids
Who Knew? Amazing Owl Facts!
Who-who-who is quick, adorable and one of the best hunters in the whole bird family? Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn some amazing facts about owls!
TED Talks
TED: The affordable, 3D-printed bionics of the future | Enzo Romero
Creating functional prosthetics at a fraction of the cost of imported tech, bionic innovator and TED Fellow Enzo Romero shares a groundbreaking model for designing 3D-printed assistive technology sourced from recycled materials -- built...
3Blue1Brown
Binary, Hanoi, and Sierpinski - Part 2 of 2
How counting in Ternary can solve a variant of the Tower's of Hanoi puzzle, and how this gives rise to a beautiful connection to Sierpinski's triangle.
TED Talks
TED: How a driverless car sees the road | Chris Urmson
Statistically, the least reliable part of the car is ... the driver. In 2015, Chris Urmson was head of Google's driverless car program, one of several efforts to remove humans from the driver's seat. He shares fascinating footage that...
Bozeman Science
The Vector Properties of Angular Quantities
In this video Paul Andersen explains how a rotating system will have several quantities; including torque, angular velocity, angular acceleration and angular momentum. Each of these quantities have a vector property that can be...
SciShow
Gravitational Waves Discovered!
Einstein predicted their existence 101 years ago, and now it's official: we've detected gravitational waves directly for the first time ever!
SciShow
Can Moons Have Moons?
We all know that many planets have moons orbiting them, but is it possible for those moons have little moons of their own?
SciShow
Why Does Smoke Follow You Around a Fire?
You know how you somehow end up getting smoke in your eyes wherever you stand around a bonfire? Well, it turns out that’s not a curse! It’s much more easily explained with physics. "The more protractors, the better the party." ~Hank Green
SciShow
3 Ways to Explore the “Ignorosphere"
One of the hardest places to explore in space is actually pretty close, some call it the ignorosphere.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why sitting is bad for you - Murat Dalkilinc
Sitting down for brief periods can help us recover from stress or recuperate from exercise. But nowadays, our lifestyles make us sit much more than we move around. Are our bodies built for such a sedentary existence? Murat Dalkilin�c...
SciShow Kids
Oh Rats!
Join Squeaks for one of his favorite episodes all about RATS! You'll get to play a few rounds of true or false to learn some interesting facts about these furry creatures!
Crash Course
Thermodynamics: Crash Course History of Science
It's time to heat things up! LITERALLY! It's time for Hank to talk about the history of Thermodynamics!!! It's messy and there are a lot of people who came up with some ideas that worked and other that didn't and then some ideas that...
SciShow
The Future of CubeSat Propulsion
CubeSats have a lot of advantages, but they need a way to move and still stay small, and that means new miniaturized propulsion systems that can help us get these tiny spacecraft out into the universe.
SciShow
Why Do We Have Blind Spots?
Your brain is lying to you about what you see-- find out why in this Quick Question!