On Wednesday April 10 2019, the Event Horizon telescope will be releasing the first ever image of a black hole, the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. But what will this image really be showing us? Watch this episode of Veritasium to find out! [Veritasium]
Two great beverages that many geeks like and how each affect your brain. [Source: Ilovecoffee.jp | Via West Coast Beer Geek on Facebook]
This video is about compressed air cans (aka gas dusters) and why they get cold when you spray them. They cool off because the refrigerant inside (1,1-difluoroethane) is under pressure and boils off when the pressure lowers, and energy lost to the latent heat of vaporization cools the can a lot. Difluoroethane normally boils at […]
For those of you who still don’t know, Geeks Are Sexy is a Canadian-based website. So after our crazy winter, it is a gentle relief to see the terrifying geese reappear, finally indicating the end of this white, freezing hell. It left us wondering just what distance these aggressive little things actually travel. Our friends […]
What happens if make a huge pile from all 15,000 nuclear bombs and pull the trigger? And what happens if we make an even bigger pile? Find out in this video from Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell. [Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell]
You might be surprised to hear that measles is 10 times more contagious than Ebola or the plague. How do epidemiologists quantify a disease’s catchiness? [SciShow]
If you are feeling stuck, you might get benefits to be better at the task by watching cute animal videos… [SciShow Psych]
Quantum mechanics is weird and seems a bit…complicated. But understanding it can help us to understand the universe. Deepen your understanding of Quantum Mechanics with this awesome video from SciShow. [SciShow]
More people have food allergies than ever before. Peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish, eggs, and even milk… the list of possibly dangerous foods seems to get longer every day. But why do some people’s bodies have deadly reactions food? And why are food allergies on the rise? In this video we explain what food allergies really […]
Is there a way to detect diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s before they advance too far? Doctors are using injected radioactive drugs that circulate through the body and act as a beacon for PET scanners. These diagnostic tools can detect the spread of diseases before they can be spotted with other types of imaging. So […]