SciShow
Why Doesn't Earth Have Rings?
Plenty of other planets in the Solar System have rings. So why not Earth?
MinutePhysics
What is Gravity?
In this episode, we discuss the basic nature of gravity, one of the four fundamental forces in our universe.
SciShow
Dark Matter is Slowing Down the Milky Way
The effects of dark matter on galaxies is a mystifying and difficult thing to study, but the Milky Way's galactic bar might present an exciting way to quantify how much of it exists!
MinutePhysics
E=mc2 is Incomplete
You've heard of E=mc2... but you probably haven't heard the whole story.
SciShow
New Evidence for Planet 9! SciShow News
Astronomers have found more evidence for Planet 9, but another study has added another problem to our list of space travel problems.
SciShow
3 Weird Meteorites (Whose Weirdness Was Instructive)
Meteorites are extraterrestrial rocks that have ended up on earth. All of them are literally 'out of this world,' but here are three of the strangest of these aliens.
Bozeman Science
Rotational Inertia
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the angular momentum of an object if a product of the rotational inertia and the angular velocity. The rotational inertia depends on the mass, radius and shape of the rotating objects. A sample...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why are we so attached to our things? - Christian Jarrett
After witnessing the _violent rage" shown by babies whenever deprived of an item they considered their own, Jean Piaget _ a founding father of child psychology _ observed something profound about human nature: Our sense of ownership...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The ethical dilemma of self-driving cars - Patrick Lin
Self-driving cars are already cruising the streets today. And while these cars will ultimately be safer and cleaner than their manual counterparts, they can't completely avoid accidents altogether. How should the car be programmed if it...
TED Talks
Alwar Balasubramaniam: Art of substance and absence
Alwar Balasubramaniam's sculpture plays with time, shape, shadow, perspective: four tricky sensations that can reveal -- or conceal -- what's really out there. At TEDIndia, the artist shows slides of his extraordinary installations.
Bozeman Science
Matter as a Wave
In this video Paul Andersen explains how matter can act as a wave at the nanoscale. Louis de Broglie showed that the wavelength of matter can be calculated using the momentum of an object and Planck's constant. The Davisson-Germer...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What on Earth is spin? - Brian Jones
Why does the Earth spin? Does a basketball falling from a spinning merry-go-round fall in a curve, as it appears to, or in a straight line? How can speed be manipulated while spinning? In short, why is the spinning motion so special?...
TED Talks
TED: every piece of art you've ever wanted to see -- up close and searchable | Amit Sood
What does a cultural Big Bang look like? For Amit Sood, director of Google's Cultural Institute and Art Project, it's an online platform where anyone can explore the world's greatest collections of art and artifacts in vivid, lifelike...
Bozeman Science
Gravitational Mass
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the gravitational mass is a measure of the force on an object in a gravitational field. The gravitational mass is based on the amount of material in an object and can be measured to a standard kg...
Bozeman Science
Thinking in Stability and Change - Level 1 - Stability and Change
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on stability and change. Two examples are included in the video and two additional examples are included in the linked thinking slides. TERMS Change over time - to...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The sonic boom problem - Katerina Kaouri
Objects that fly faster than the speed of sound (like really fast planes) create a shock wave accompanied by a thunder-like noise: the sonic boom. These epic sounds can cause distress to people and animals and even damage nearby...
Bozeman Science
Gravitational Force
In this video Paul Andersen explains how an object with mass placed in a gravitational field experiences a gravitational force. On the Earth this gravitational force is known as weight. The gravitational force is equal to the product of...
TED Talks
TED: A rare galaxy that's challenging our understanding of the universe | Burcin Mutlu-Pakdil
What's it like to discover a galaxy -- and have it named after you? Astrophysicist and TED Fellow Burcin Mutlu-Pakdil lets us know in this quick talk about her team's surprising discovery of a mysterious new galaxy type.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The fundamentals of space-time: Part 3 - Andrew Pontzen and Tom Whyntie
In the first two lessons of this series on space-time, we've dealt with objects moving at constant speeds, with straight world lines, in space-time. But what happens when you throw gravity into the mix? In this third and final lesson,...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Hawking's black hole paradox explained | Fabio Pacucci
Today, one of the biggest paradoxes in the universe threatens to unravel modern science: the black hole information paradox. Every object in the universe is composed of particles with unique quantum properties and even if an object is...
SciShow
Why are Dead Bugs Always on Their Backs
You've probably noticed that dead or dying bugs end up on their backsides, and that's not just your imagination! It turns out there are some physics at play here.
SciShow
Why Do We Talk to Ourselves?
Do you mumble to yourself while looking for your keys, or pump yourself up in the morning with a bathroom mirror pep talk? It may actually be helpful,but only if you do it right.
Crash Course
Perceiving is Believing - Crash Course Psychology
So what does perception even mean? What's the difference between seeing something and making sense of it? In today's episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank gives us some insight into the differences between sensing and...