SciShow
How Do Volcanoes Make Smoke Rings?
Occasionally, a volcano coughs up a ring of fog. How does it create that whimsical shape, and how similar is it to the smoke rings humans can make?
SciShow
Why Are Craters Always Round?
If you take a look at all the impact craters in our solar system, the vast majority are nice, neat circles. But why? Meteorites and asteroids strike planets and moons at all sorts of angles. Where are all the elliptical craters?
SciShow
Our Solar System Might Have TWO Hidden Planets
After Pluto's demotion to dwarf planet in 2006, our solar system went from having nine planets to eight. But about a decade later, some astronomers proposed there was another planet, larger than Earth, hiding in the Kuiper Belt. And in...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Newton's three-body problem explained | Fabio Pacucci
In 2009, researchers ran a simple experiment. They took everything we know about our solar system and calculated where every planet would be up to 5 billion years in the future. They ran over 2,000 simulations, and the astonishing...
SciShow
Nuclear Pasta May Be the Strongest Material Ever - SciShow News
There is some super weird, noodley stuff inside neutron stars and scientists have found evidence that black holes can have strange geometries.
SciShow
The Milky Way Is Missing Satellite Galaxies
There’s a big difference between the number of satellites that simulations predict, and the number we’ve actually seen with telescopes, but why?
SciShow
Could Water Survive on the Closest Exoplanet?
Exoplanets are being discovered in the habitable zone to sustain life as we know it. Could water be found on the closest exoplanet to us?
SciShow
How Plastic Balls and Garbage Cans Help Us Study Space
How can we be so sure of the way celestial bodies behave when they're so far away? With the help of some speakers, garbage cans, and springs of course.
SciShow
A Planet Only Half Covered in Volcanoes | SciShow News
Scientists have found a world that might be half volcanoes, half ball of ice, and it could teach us a lot about how life began on earth.
TED Talks
TED: How germs travel on planes -- and how we can stop them | Raymond Wang
Raymond Wang is only 17 years old, but he's already helping to build a healthier future. using fluid dynamics, he created computational simulations of how air moves on airplanes, and what he found is disturbing -- when a person sneezes...
SciShow
Why Do People Say We've Reached the End of Physics?
Our fundamental picture of the universe seems pretty nearly complete these days, to the point that some people are suggesting that we’ve arrived at some version of “the end of physics.” And sure, physics is at a turning point, but it...
SciShow
The Randomness Problem: How Lava Lamps Protect the Internet
Randomness is important for all kinds of things, from science to security, but to generate true randomness, engineers have turned to some pretty odd tricks!
SciShow
How Well Do You Know Your Own Hand?
Tricking your brain isn't just fun,it can be therapeutic, too!
PBS
Are We Living in an Ancestor Simulation? ft. Neil deGrasse T
The idea that our reality is a simulation is not as far-fetched as you may think. Many philosophers, scientists and tech-billionaires are seriously considering not just the possibility but the high probability that our civilization may...
Crash Course
Controlled Experiments - Crash Course Statistics
We may be living IN a simulation (according to Elon Musk and many others), but that doesn't mean we don't need to perform simulations ourselves. Today, we're going to talk about good experimental design and how we can create controlled...
SciShow
How Radioactivity Makes Planets Habitable | Space News
The perfect balance of radioactive elements inside planets like ours might make it habitable, and researchers are challenging some ideas about how Mars is losing its water.
SciShow
Did a Planet Escape the Solar System?
Astronomers still aren't sure about how our solar system might have formed, but they have simulations to help them get closer to the answer!
Curated Video
Exploring the Cosmos: The Virtual Galaxy and Beyond
Join Professor Carlos Frank and his team from Durham University's Institute of Computational Cosmology on a mind-blowing journey through the cosmos with Cosmic Cookery. Using cutting-edge computer simulations, they have recreated a...
Science Buddies
Do a Physics Simulation Science Project
Use an online physics simulator to compare the real-world behavior of a physical device like a catapult, ball run, or Rube Goldberg machine to a computer simulation in this fun science project.
Curated Video
Models and Simulations in Engineering
Models and Simulations in Engineering” will explore the different methods that engineers use in order to represent and test their designs.
Curated Video
Probing an Unexpected Symmetry
Paul Steinhardt (Princeton) describes how his early investigations into amorphous metals revealed a surprising icosahedral symmetry which led him on the road towards quasicrystals.
Curated Video
Beyond The Textbooks
Physicist Paul Steinhardt, Princeton University, describes his early experiences that led him on the road towards the discovery of so-called quasicrystals, a new state of matter.
Religion for Breakfast
Computer Modeling Religious Violence
This is the 2nd part of my interview with Dr. Connor Wood talking about the Modeling Religion Project.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Allan McCullough - Using Tech to Protect
Allan is President of Canada’s non-profit Child Safety Research & Innovation Center and CEO of the video game developer Entertaining Knowledge Inc. He is also an expert in the field of child safety and street proofing of children. Allan...