From PBS Space Time. Head to https://brilliant.org/Spacetime/ to start learning for free for 30 days. Plus, our viewers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription for unlimited daily access to everything Brilliant has to offer. Physicists have long believed that detecting the particle of gravity—the graviton—was fundamentally impossible, with the universe itself seeming to block…
From RETRO REPORT. When a major blackout hit the U.S. and Canada in 2003, more than 50 million people lost power. Today, questions remain about the vulnerability of the power grid. Education Resources: https://retroreport.org/video/blackout-understanding-the-us-power-grids-vulnerability-from-the-2003-failure/ Teachers, create your free Retro Report account now: http://bit.ly/RR-Reg CONNECT WITH RETRO REPORT Browse our video library: http://bit.ly/RR-library Website: http://www.retroreport.org Bluesky:…
From PBS Terra. Love tofu, soy sauce, or edamame? 🌱 Farmer Christina Chan of Choy Division Farms shares why soy is the one seed she’d grow for life, while also showing us how seed saving helps protect our food supply and save money.
From MinuteEarth. To learn more, check out www.scienceawarenessproject.org Most medical science moves at super-speed; researchers are constantly developing new medications, techniques, surgeries, you name it. Except for antibiotics: we haven’t gotten a single new type of antibiotic ready to give to patients in over 40 years. LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic,…
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From PBS Voices. Yacouba Sissoko has a lifelong mission: to bring the ancient tradition of the griot (which you may have seen mentioned in the film "Sinners") to modern-day New York and the next generation of African Americans. Sissoko is “a living history book,” trained in the sacred oral storytelling tradition of Mali. Through the…
From Dave’s Garage. Dave details the HP1345A display used to make the famous scens in the movie War Games.
From Sixty Symbols. How a quiz question led to a rabbit hole involving James Clerk Maxwell and the rings of Saturn. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Professor Ed Copeland is a physics professor at the University of Nottingham. More Ed on Sixty Symbols: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNtF1y-sneLuyCTE-Mda561 Ed on Numberphile: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWJwf-59lYWThTpSj2Ivt5jB On the stability of…
From Computerphile. Breaking the network layer model into pieces, starting top-down, Richard G Clegg of Queen Mary University London explains the ‘bargain bucket’ of networking! Computerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley. Computerphile is a sister project…
From It’s OK to be Smart. Learn more about AnyDesk here: https://anydesk.com Support us on Patreon / itsokaytobesmart ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Ant bridges, bee hives, bird flocks, fish schools and more all demonstrate how intelligent behavior can emerge from pretty stupid animals, and how that strange intelligence can solve seemingly impossible…
From Insider. Garrard Conley was enrolled in the now defunct Love in Action conversion therapy program in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 19. He was sent there by his parents after a classmate disclosed his sexual orientation to them following an assault. Conley grew up in a deeply religious family in rural Arkansas. He says he…