MinutePhysics
Why Doesn't Time Flow Backwards? (Big Picture Ep. 1/5)
Thanks to Google Making and Science for supporting this series, and to Sean Carroll for collaborating on it! AMAZING Interactive Entropy explainer by Aatish Bhatia: http://aatishb.github.io/entropy/ This video is about why entropy gives...
Curated Video
The Average Score Is Less Than 1% - Use A Coin To Get ANY Probability!
How can you simulate any probability from a fair coin? What if you had an unfair coin? This is a great problem from the the Putnam Exam, which has legendary difficulty: the average (median) score is usually 1 out of a possible 120...
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VERY HARD Puzzle: What Is The Distance Between Two Random Points In A Square?
What is the average distance between two randomly chosen points in a square with a side length 1? The video presents how to estimate the answer and also derives the exact answer using integrals. Per suggestions in the comments, I have...
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Counter-Intuitive Probability Problem: The 3 Cards Riddle
There are 3 cards in this problem. One card is blue on both sides, another is red on both sides, and the last is red on one side and blue on the other. The cards are put in a bag and I pick one at random. Without looking at the colors on...
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Counter-Intuitive Probability: Can You Solve The Pair Of Aces Riddle?
A deck has 4 cards: the ace of spades, ace of clubs, 2 of spades, and the 2 of clubs. You draw 2 cards. What is the probability you drew 2 aces, if there is at least one ace? What is the probability if one of the cards is the ace of...
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Counter-Intuitive Probability: The Snake Eyes Riddle
You close your eyes and roll a pair of dice. The casino dealer announces that at least one of the rolls is showing a 1.What is the probability that both dice are showing a 1? Watch the video for the solution. (Snake eyes is a term for...
Life Noggin
The Life-Threatening Effects Of Football On The Body
Football might seem like a fun sport to watch, but the players are doing some life-threatening damage to their bodies! Watch More: Is Our World Just A Simulation? ►►►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHCSTOWvHts&t=1s Support Life Noggin...
American Museum of Natural History
2018 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Artificial Intelligence
Isaac Asimov’s famous Three Laws of Robotics might be seen as early safeguards for our reliance on artificial intelligence, but as Alexa guides our homes and automated cars replace human drivers, are those Three Laws enough? Neil...
Tom Scott
14 science fiction stories in under 6 minutes
I can't make science fiction any more. So, to get the ideas I have out of my head, I went to a Standard BBC Quarry, and put all of them one video. Pull down the description for a list of the books that inspired these! FICTION...
AsapSCIENCE
What Happens In One Minute?
We show you what happens in one minute, in one minute. What Happens In One Lifetime? https://youtu.be/smjf3M6-1XE Subscribe for weekly videos: http://bit.ly/asapsci GET THE ASAPSCIENCE BOOK: http://asapscience.com/book/ Created by:...
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The Science of Productivity
Made in collaboration with Sparring Mind, the behavioral psychology blog. Read the full productivity post: http://bit.ly/XRcYAY TWEET IT - http://clicktotweet.com/ny8ak In today's crazy world, productivity is on the minds of many. So...
Barbican Centre
Cory Arcangel: Beat the Champ at Barbican
An exciting installation in Barbican's The Curve gallery by Brooklyn-based media artist Cory Arcangel. It features a selection of bowling video games from the 1970s to the 2000s. Looped to play scoreless games, they create an immersive...
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Secret of Snapping Spaghetti in SLOW MOTION - Smarter Every Day 127
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