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...
TED Talks
TED: How to use venture capital for good | Freada Kapor Klein
Freada Kapor Klein isn't your typical venture capitalist. She's thrown out the standard investment playbook in order to close the opportunity gap for low-income communities. She explains how her firm is investing in entrepreneurs and...
TED Talks
TED: Courage, the most important virtue | Bari Weiss
In an unflinching look at issues that widen the political divide in the US, journalist and editor Bari Weiss highlights why courage is the most important virtue in today's polarized world. She shares examples of people who have spoken up...
SciShow
The Last Living Thing Won't Be a Cockroach
There are several ways the world could end, and scientists have given a lot of thought to what the last living thing will be.
TED Talks
TED: Life is hard. Art helps | Liana Finck
Cartoonist Liana Finck's drawings hold our hands through life's predicaments, big and small: dating, breakups, what to make for dinner, how to leave a party without being rude, how to think about our relationship with God. In a funny,...
SciShow
This Simple Test Could Detect Half of All Cancers
Cancer is a complicated disease, and there's no simple blood test for early detection and screening to spot cancer in general. That might be changing thanks to LINE-1, a retrotransposon gene that doesn't do anything.
SciShow
Animals Have Nepo Babies Too
Trust funds aren't just for humans. Animals pass on generational wealth too, meaning even the animal kingdom isn't free of nepo babies.
SciShow
The Rocky Mountains Are in the Wrong Place
Mountain ranges usually don't form in the middle of continents. Except for the Rocky Mountains. We'll go into the baffling Laramide Orogeny and a few possible reasons why the Rockies might be in the wrong place.
PBS
What If Space And Time Are NOT Real?
Physics progresses by breaking our intuitions, but we’re now at a point where further progress may require us to do away with the most intuitive and seemingly fundamental concepts of all—space and time.
PBS
Does the Universe Create Itself?
Imagine you’re leading a game of 20 questions and you forget the thing you chose half way through. You have to keep answering yesses and nos and hope that you think of something that’s consistent with all your previous questions before...
PBS
Are Cosmic Strings Cracks in the Universe?
Reality has cracks in it. Universe-spanning filaments of ancient Big Bang energy, formed from topological defects in the quantum fields, aka cosmic strings. They have subatomic thickness but prodigious mass and they lash through space at...
PBS
The Invisible Barrier Keeping Two Worlds Apart
In between two of the islands of Indonesia, there’s an ancient line that is both real and…not real.
MinutePhysics
Why Penrose Tiles Never Repeat
This video is about a better way to understand Penrose tilings (the famous tilings invented by Roger Penrose that never repeat themselves but still have some kind of order/pattern).
SciShow
Slingshot Spiders Put Fighter Pilots to Shame
There are all kinds of ways that a spider can catch its prey, but few species are as extreme as the slingshot spider!
SciShow
Can It Be Too Hot To Fly?
How does heat affect airplanes? Turns out heat, speed and density connect to create dangerous situations.
SciShow
Chimera Cats and Your Mom
Hank talks about chimeras, and why Venus the cat probably isn't one - but your mom might be!
SciShow
Why Herpes Is the Most Talented Virus Ever
Unlike with many other viruses, once you get a herpesvirus you’re stuck with it for life. But just how do these master trespassers accomplish this feat?
SciShow
Why Taking Turns Is Good for Dolphin Skin
Dolphins are sophisticated creatures similar to us in many ways. But until recently, one of their behaviors had scientists scratching their heads.
Crash Course
Broadway Book Musicals: Crash Course Theater #50
This is it! We're going out with a singing, dancing look at the Broadway Book Musical. Oklahoma! On the Town! Annie Get Your Gun! Also, just Annie! Today you'll learn about the development of the Broadway Book Musical in the late 19th...
Curated Video
Trump Doubles, Triples Down on Immigration Plans
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus062323Reaction has been swift and harsh to Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump's lengthy and fiery address on immigration.Trump said Wednesday night that in no uncertain terms that Mexico...
Curated Video
Superman, Pikachu and Harry Potter star at kite festival
TAIWAN KITE FESTIVAL SOURCE HORIZONS, LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY RESTRICTIONS: HORIZONS CLIENTS AND AP LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 5.27SHOTLIST:AP TelevisionNew Taipei City, Taiwan - 24 September 20161....
Curated Video
SYND 18-1-74 INTERVIEW WITH ISRAELI DEFENCE MINISTER, MOSHE DAYAN
Interview with Israeli Defence Minister, Moshe Dayan
1. SOUNDBITE: studio interview with Israeli Defence Minister, Moshe Dayan on peace agreement with Egypt
Film: Rev - Sound: Mag/SOF - Colour - NYFilm: c0042671 - LN Number: LN49818 ...
3Blue1Brown
Eigenvectors and eigenvalues | Essence of linear algebra, chapter 14
Eigenvalues and eigenvectors are one of the most important ideas in linear algebra, but what on earth are they?