Curated Video
The Science of Sound: Acoustics and Waves
This video explains the basics of sound and how it is produced, transmitted, and perceived. Explore the physics of sound and acoustics. Acoustics is the study of mechanical waves and how they move through gas, liquids, and solids....
Crash Course
Traveling Waves: Crash Course Physics
Waves are cool. The more we learn about waves, the more we learn about a lot of things in physics. Everything from earthquakes to music! Ropes can tell us a lot about how traveling waves work so, in this episode of Crash Course Physics,...
Step Back History
How Can We BEAT Neoliberalism?
Neoliberalism is the defining economic idea of our current moment, and we're all suffering for it. What is it, and how can we beat it?
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The physics of playing guitar - Oscar Fernando Perez
Guitar masters like Jimi Hendrix are capable of bending the physics of waves to their wills, plucking melody from inspiration and vibration. But how do wood, metal, and plastic translate into rhythm, melody, and music? Oscar Fernando...
SciShow
The Physics of the Weird and Wonderful Theremin
Electronic music is older than you may think. Enter the theremin - a device that turns your body into part of a capacitor, and allows you to play music without even touching an instrument!
TED Talks
Jared Ficklin: New ways to see music (with color! and fire!)
Designer Jared Ficklin creates wild visualizations that let us see music, using color and even fire (a first for the TED stage) to analyze how sound makes us feel. He takes a brief digression to analyze the sound of a skatepark -- and...
Visual Learning Systems
Animal Behavior Assessment
This is a quiz over the topics covered in the Animal Behavior series. In this series, we delve into the captivating world of animal behavior. We explore the definition and significance of animal behavior, comparing instinctive and...
JJ Medicine
Aminoglycosides | Bacterial Targets, Mechanism of Action, Side Effects
Lesson on Aminoglycoside Antibiotics. Aminoglycoside antibiotics all have the suffix of -mycin, -micin or -cin and may be confused with the macrolides, which have the suffix -thromycin. Aminoglycosides are almost always used in...
Curated Video
Pitch Shifting in Music: From Chipmunks to Kanye
Have you heard the conspiracy theory that Nicki Minaj songs are just Jay-Z pitched up? Well that may not be true, but changing the pitch of their songs can create a hilarious effect. LA Buckner and Nahre Sol explore the history of how...
Curated Video
Why do we Sleepwalk? | How does Sleepwalking Work?
A viral Sleepwalking Tiktok Video (of a lady) brought back my unnerving memories of sleepwalking as a child. Today’s Animation is about Why do we Sleepwalk? How does Sleepwalking Work? And is Sleepwalking bad? Sleepwalking as an adult is...
Curated Video
Musical Instruments
Different instruments can produce a wide variety of different sounds and notes, but why is this? Revealing how scientific principles combine to make music. Physics - Waves - Learning Points. Musical instruments are designed based on the...
Curated Video
Measuring Music
We use a sounding board called a sonometer to investigate how the pitch of sound changes when the length of wire being plucked changes. We change the position of a moveable bridge to change the length of the wire and discover that...
Curated Video
Resonance: How Sound Changes Across Different Mediums
Sounds can change as they move from one medium to another. Under the right circumstances the effect is surprising and extreme. Physics - Waves - Learning Points. Sound is a wave that is created by vibrating objects. Every object has a...
NASA
Sounds of the Sun
Data from ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has captured the dynamic movement of the Sun’s atmosphere for over 20 years. Today, we can hear the Sun’s movement — all of its waves, loops and...
Science360
Music And Creativity
Georgia Tech's Parag Chordia believes music is a universal part of human culture, and his research shows music education can inspire greater interest in math, physics, and computer science. Chordia heads Georgia Tech's ""Music...
Curated Video
Exploring the Elements and History of Music
Explore the various elements of music, such as pitch, harmony, rhythm, tempo, and timbre, and how they come together to create music. We also discuss the different ways music is made and played around the world, from using our voices and...
msvgo
Comparison of Physical Properties of Metals and Non-Metals
It explains the physical properties of metals and non-metals.
Science360
Music Man - Innovation Nation
University of Rochester electrical engineer Mark Bocko has combined his passion for music with his passion for engineering, devising a way to digitally reproduce music in files 1,000 times smaller than an mp3! He's also built a computer...
TED Talks
Ryan Holladay: To hear this music you have to be there. Literally
In this lovely talk, TED Fellow Ryan Holladay shares his experiment with "location-aware music." This programming and musical feat involves hundreds of geotagged segments of sounds that only play when a listener is physically nearby,...
Flipping Physics
Demonstrating Beat Frequency - A Video Project by Bo
Bo teaches us about beat frequency. You get to hear what beats sound like, see the constructive and destructive interference wave forms, and learn a practical application of beats while tuning a guitar.
Two Minute Music Theory
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Two Minute Music Theory
Sonification: The Music of Data
Data can sometimes be dense and difficult to look at. Today we look at a technique known as sonification that scientists and musicians collaborate to create, a technique that can give researchers a different perspective on the dataset.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What’s a squillo, and why do opera singers need it?
An orchestra fills an opera house with music, but a singer’s voice soars above the instruments. Its melody rings out across thousands of patrons— all without any assistance from a microphone. How is it possible that a single voice can be...