Youtuber CGP Grey ponders about the various implications of using a transporter for a “concious” being. If you’re being transported down from the Enterprise to the surface of a planet, is the copied “you” on the surface truly you, or an entirely new lifeform that has all your memories but a new consciousness? The implications […]
Dr Judah Levine is one of the key figures in developing ways to reliably keep time with a computer rather than an atomic clock, including the system that keeps consistent time across the Internet. Here he talks about his work… and why he doesn’t wear a watch. [Via: Laughing Squid]
A Scientific look at what happens to you after you die by the folks from ASAP Science. [Science Video]
Science can be really cool. But it can also be really deadly. That’s what’s so funny about science. You could discover something that will forever change the course of the world, but in the process, that very thing could kill you (and, or others). Here are 9 science experiments that ended like something out of […]
How do we know what the air is like on planets we haven’t visited? This video explains how to see air from 150 light years away. [MinutePhysics]
Watch as Physicist Brian Greene explains Gravitational Waves to Stephen Colbert in a way that anyone can understand. I’ve watched several videos explaining the discovery since last week, but none as simple and beautiful as this one. Just watch. Warning: This will BLOW Your mind. [The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]
To fire up the grill or the gas stove, we often reach for a match. It turns out there’s a lot of chemistry going on to make those little wooden wonders work. The best way to find out about the chemistry of burning matches is to watch it in ultra-slow motion. [Reactions]
With the Zika virus being all over the news recently, a lot of people are wondering why we just don’t kill all the mosquitoes out there. This episode of SciShow takes a look at why we might not want to do that and explains some of the alternatives researchers are currently working on. [SciShow]
The first rule of the rare earth metals is you don’t talk about the rare earth metals! [Casually Explained]
Watch as a soda can gets destroyed by a ping pong ball moving at almost the speed of sound. Usually, this would not be possible because the ball would slow down drastically because of air friction, but when the ball travels in a vacuum, anything is possible! [Tested]