In this video, Minute Physics uses Statistics to explain why we might be looking in the wrong place when it comes to finding extra-terrestrial life. One theory suggests that we should be looking at planets that are both smaller and darker than ours. [MinutePhysics]
With the spring equinox right on our doorstep today, do you really know what the equinox is? Is it when the day is just as long as the night, or is it something else? Watch this video to find out! [It’s Okay To Be Smart]
What is the Antibiotic Apocalypse? What is it all about? And how dangerous is it? Kurzgesagt (In a Nutshell) explains. [Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell]
Since childhood, most geeks have been attracted to the Spirograph. Simple enough in execution, but exquisite in detail, they are science, math, art, and geometric magic, all merged in one. Joe Freedman of Leaf may have taken that appreciation of the Spirograph even further with his remarkable Cycloid Drawing Machine. So what is a Cycloid […]
This “sonic tractor beam” was recently developed by a team of scientist to levitate and move small objects using a block of special loudspeakers. Maybe this is just what we need to create a true hoverboard that can actually hover over anything, not just metal surfaces. [Science Magazine]
A detailed look and analysis of what the inside of a a black hole looks like. [Top Trending]
If you follow this blog, you’ve surely seen CGP Grey’s awesome video about teleportation. The video is super interesting, but there’s one thing the Youtuber forgot to cover: the fact that there’s no cloning in Quantum Mechanics. It is impossible to create an identical copy of a quantum state without destroying the original – in […]
A 360 tour of CERN that takes you deep inside the Large Hadron Collider – the world’s greatest physics experiment – with BBC Click’s Spencer Kelly. [BBC News]
From Mark Rober: I heart space but sometimes it can be hard to comprehend. I try to fix that in this video with junk you can find lying around your house. Also, if you’ve wondered how there could be a ninth planet that we’ve never noticed till now I try to clear that up too […]
For those who don’t know, Titan is the 6th moon of Saturn, and we know VERY little about it, though our collective intelligent appetites are whet. What has us all even more enamored is the fact that recent photos from N.A.S.A have shown very distinct glimmers on the surface. What are they? The question of […]