TED Talks
Daniel Libeskind: 17 words of architectural inspiration
Daniel Libeskind builds on very big ideas. Here, he shares 17 words that underlie his vision for architecture -- raw, risky, emotional, radical -- and that offer inspiration for any bold creative pursuit.
Bozeman Science
Thinking in Patterns - Level 3 - Similarities and Differences
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on similarities and differences. TERMS: Patterns - regularity in the world Similarities - alike Difference - not alike Sort - arrange systematically in groups...
SciShow
We Just Took the First Image of a Baby Planet!
SPHERE took a photo of a baby planet and the origin of the asteroid belt may be less mysterious than we thought.
SciShow
Why This Galaxy Gets TWO Black Holes
There’s a massive black hole next door that appears far too big for its host galaxy! And in another galaxy, TWO supermassive black holes formed, giving us a glimpse at a true rarity in astronomy!
TED Talks
Reggie Watts: Beats that defy boxes
Reggie Watts' beats defy boxes. Unplug your logic board and watch as he blends poetry and crosses musical genres in this larger-than-life performance.
SciShow
Why Can't I Get Rid of This Cowlick?
You or someone you know may have struggled to get a cowlick to just stay down already, but you can take solace in the fact that these inconvenient hair tufts have a lot to teach us about the world around us.
SciShow
3 Ways Pi Can Explain Practically Everything
What’s irrational and never ends? Pi! Hank explains how we need pi to explain some of the most basic but most important principles of the universe, in honor of Pi Day.
PBS
Can a Circle Be a Straight Line?
On this week's episode of Spacetime, Gabe talks about what it actually means for a line to be straight so we can better understand what we mean by the idea of "curved Spacetime". This is Part One of our series on General relativity, so...
Bozeman Science
Thinking in Patterns - Level 4 - Patterns in Data
A mini-lesson about patterns in data.
3Blue1Brown
But WHY is a sphere's surface area four times its shadow?
Two proofs for the surface area of a sphere
3Blue1Brown
What does genius look like in math? Where does it come from? (Dandelin spheres)
A beautiful proof of why slicing a cone gives an ellipse.
MinutePhysics
What is Sea Level
An oblate spheroid is a special case of an ellipsoid where two of the semi-principal axes are the same size.
Bozeman Science
Linear Momentum
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the linear momentum is equal to the product of the mass of an object and the velocity of the center of mass. He uses video analysis software to calculate the velocity of an object and therefore...
TED Talks
Tom Shannon: Anti-gravity sculpture
Tom Shannon shows off his gravity-defying, otherworldly sculpture -- made of simple, earthly materials -- that floats and spins like planets on magnets and suspension wire. It's science-inspired art at its most heavenly.
SciShow
Building a Dyson Sphere
What if an advanced civilization ran out of room to grow on their home planet? Their best bet might be to build settlements in space, so they could capture more of their star's energy.
SciShow
How Can the Universe Be Flat?
Can geometry predict the future? Cosmologists think the overall curvature of universe can tell us secrets about how it will eventually end.
SciShow
Why Are Eggs ... Egg-Shaped?
Why are eggs egg-shaped? There's a logic to it, but it's ovoid!
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Self-assembly: The power of organizing the unorganized - Skylar Tibbits
From something as familiar as our bodies to things vast as the formation of galaxies, we can observe the process of self-assembly, or when unordered parts come together in an organized structure. Skylar Tibbits explains how we see...
Bozeman Science
Electric Field of a Sphere
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the electric field strength decreases as the square of the radius as you move away from a point charge, or a uniform distribution of charge on a sphere. This is a direct application of Coulomb's Law.
3Blue1Brown
But why is a sphere's surface area four times its shadow?
Two proofs for the surface area of a sphere