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From StarTalk. Could LISA detect primordial black holes or gravitational waves from the Big Bang? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Chuck Nice explore LISA and the future of gravitational wave astronomy with astrophysicist Kelly Holley-Bockelmann. Save LISA: https://www.savelisa.org/ How does LISA differ from LIGO? Learn about LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, and how these…
From SciShow. See if the ACT could be the right test for you at https://act.org/actenhancements When humans are gone, nature will reclaim our cities and break down much of what we’ve built. But some of the things we’ve made will last much longer than others, and they’re probably not the things you’d expect. Hosted by:…
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From PBS Terra. We used to have BILLIONS of these extraordinary trees. Thanks to a tragic twist of fate, now… there are only 4. Once towering over eastern U.S. forests, billions of American chestnut trees nourished ecosystems, built homes, and sustained Appalachian communities. But in the early 1900s, a foreign fungus arrived, and within decades,…
From Crash Course. What does federal Indian law look like today? In this episode of Crash Course Native American History, we’ll learn how this sprawling, complicated body of law affects individual people, tribes, and their communities in the 21st century. Introduction: A Tangled Mess 00:00 Federal Indian Law 0:25 Individual Level 2:23 Missing & Murdered…
From Tom Carroll.
From TED Ed. Dig into the Greek myth of Dionysus, the god of winemaking and excess, and his journey to his ancestral home in Thebes. — Acoetes of Maeonia had been roped into serving as the navigator for a band of pirates. And now the pirates had kidnapped a sleeping youth. As they laid their…
From “Our Changing Climate”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) This Puerto Rican community powers itself with solar Since Maria, solar power in Adjuntas has blossomed. Across the town, Casa Pueblo has helped install over 350 solar systems and has worked to integrate them into a community microgrid of sorts, fit with banks of batteries to…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. Adam has been open about his experience with hearing loss and why it’s important to start destigmatizing hearing loss. Jabra Enhance–the makers of his hearing aids–reached out because they also think this is a conversation worth having, and wanted to share how hearing aid technology has improved in recent years. So…
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From Howtown. Thanks to Storyblocks for sponsoring this video! Get 2 extra months free with annual plans for a limited-time only: https://storyblocks.com/Howtown Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iTSqC5sNxM92PVcPZFlGA0ZHoMFpukzG_CIlrTMAm5I/edit?usp=sharing To support independent science journalism, join us at https://www.patreon.com/Howtown TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@howtown_ Insta: https://www.instagram.com/howtown_videos/ We’re grateful for the generous support of the Patreon Town Council: Bev Fong Chris Wubbels Sean Barrett Mike…
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From StarTalk. Neil deGrasse Tyson and Hermann Pontzer discuss whether there is such a thing as a “textbook average human.” Pontzer explains that human diversity in anatomy, genetics, and physiology makes the idea of a “normal” human meaningless. From dissecting bodies in anatomy labs to studying populations in Africa, Pontzer shows that variation is the…
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From SciShow. Whether you saw a quantum computer featured in a tech news blog post, or that Black Mirror episode "Joan is Awful", the chandelier-like look may have inspired the thought "Why does it look like that?" Well, it’s not for the sci-fi aesthetic. It’s to make sure it can actually compute stuff! Hosted by:…
From Tom Carroll.
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From Adam Savage’s Tested. Note: The NPS Museum Conservation Lab’s future is uncertain; it had its lease canceled by Doge, then extended by one year only. Sometimes museums need to replace an original artifact with a replica, as is the case of this traveling trunk once owned by Theodore Roosevelt. At @NationalParkService Museum Conservation Lab,…
From Chris Boden. Get the T-shirts here! 🙂 bigbeaverenergy.com Here is my Patreon https://www.patreon.com/physicsduck Yes, I do write books! https://amzn.to/331JrxP If you like what you see and want to help or get more involved, please consider helping support these videos. https://ko-fi.com/captainboden https://www.patreon.com/physicsduck and if you made it this far, you’re invited to the private Discord!…
From J. Draper.
From “Our Changing Climate”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Support this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OurChangingClimate Across the world in Puerto Rico, while the corruption of the power utility, Luma, led to months of blackouts in the wake of Hurricane Maria, communities that invested in solar arrays were able to keep the lights on. Indeed, Ajuntas,…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. Did any MythBusters conclusion result in the scientific community reevaluating its findings? In this live stream excerpt, Adam Savage answers this question from Tested member J_Dellarosa, whom we thank for their support! Where Was the Real Science in MythBusters? https://youtu.be/_MUtHQLb_MA The Myth the MythBusters Refused to Touch: https://youtu.be/nYHi8PLjczw How Lead Balloon…
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From MinuteEarth. Someone already ran this experiment – by accident!
From Adam Savage’s Tested. We had the rare opportunity to sit down with James Cameron, director of some of the most important and successful films of all time, to talk about his passion for 3D filmmaking, the future of watching movies, and the immersive content he’s creating in a partnership with Meta! Watch the trailer…
From StarTalk. The conversation tackles how large a telescope must be to directly resolve features on nearby exoplanets, whether combining many Earth-based telescopes could achieve that, and what we can currently see (mostly a few pixels or giant planets). They reference Voyager 1’s 1990 “Pale Blue Dot,” discuss future missions like the Habitable Worlds Observatory…
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From Complexly. The incredible true story of the Night Witches, an all-female Soviet bomber regiment that haunted and terrorized Nazi forces during World War II. Forgotten by much of the world, their story is a powerful reminder of what often gets left out of history. This episode dives into who they were, how they fought,…
From MinuteEarth. Go to https://ground.news/earth for a better way to stay informed. Subscribe for 40% off unlimited access to world-wide coverage through this link. CORRECTION: As some of you have pointed out, at 2:12 the narration should say "diamond-mesh coated rebar" not "diamond-coated rebar." It sounds awesome, but it doesn’t make sense to reinforce the…
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From PBS Terra. Oysters may not have brains, but they are brilliant ecosystem engineers. An acre of healthy oyster reef can filter more than 30 million gallons of water in a day! They increase biodiversity, can decrease shoreline erosion and ocean acidification, and generally perform a whole host of essential ecosystem services. Abby Barrows, oyster…
From SciShow. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code SCISHOW at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/scishow In a remote corner of Siberia, a Russian scientist is trying to restore the ecosystem to the way it was during the last Ice Age. And while Pleistocene Park is definitely…
From SciShow Tangents. To infinity, butt facts, and beyond! It’s not a shock that we here at Tangents love space. This wide-ranging set of episodes takes us all over our seasons – and all throughout our universe – as we learn about the wonders of space both near and very, very, very far. Episodes in…
From “Our Changing Climate”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Support this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OurChangingClimate Decentralized solar is fueling electrification and resilience across the world. In Bangladesh, for example, the state-backed solar homes project distributed clean electricity to millions of people throughout the country, many of them having never had grid access or electricity before.…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. Note: The NPS Museum Conservation Lab’s future is uncertain; it had its lease canceled by Doge, then extended by one year only. In conservation, it’s not always about the perfect material but how the light plays ON that material. At @NationalParkService Museum Conservation Lab, book and paper conservator Allison Holcomb teaches…
From ReligionForBreakfast. Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 40% off your subscription by going to https://ground.news/religionforbreakfast From Fatima to Lourdes to Medjugorje, people across centuries have reported seeing the Virgin Mary appear out of nowhere. This video explores the history, mystery, and meaning of Marian apparitions. Join…
From Chris Boden. Get the T-shirts here! 🙂 bigbeaverenergy.com Here is my Patreon https://www.patreon.com/physicsduck Yes, I do write books! https://amzn.to/331JrxP If you like what you see and want to help or get more involved, please consider helping support these videos. https://ko-fi.com/captainboden https://www.patreon.com/physicsduck and if you made it this far, you’re invited to the private Discord!…
From J. Draper.
From StarTalk. How did we all agree on the time? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice break down time zones, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), and how England managed to colonize time. Timestamps: 00:00 – Introduction: What Time Is It? 1:00 – More or Less Time Zones 04:00 – How the Brits Got Time 6:45 –…
From Ask A Mortician. In this episode of Open Door, we step inside the brutalist Moscow home of the corpse of Vladimir Lenin. Designed in collaboration with Joseph Stalin, Lenin’s space blends city living with a touch of mold and structural issues. With pops of red (socialism’s favorite color) and numerous homages to cult of…
From PBS Terra. People living in the Southeastern United States die about a decade earlier on average than other Americans. At first glance, natural disasters don’t seem to explain it. Data even suggests that global disaster deaths are going down. But new research reveals a hidden toll that’s been overlooked for decades. And it uncovers…
From SciShow. Science is here to solve mysteries about your life, the Earth, and even the universe. But that doesn’t mean we’ve figured out everything yet. There are a lot of mysteries that science still hasn’t solved, like everything in this compilation. Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them) ———- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and…
From TED Ed. Explore the science of sinkholes, how they commonly form, and what human activities can also trigger them. — It was a rainy December morning in San Francisco when the Earth opened up. The ground suddenly fell away into a 12-meter-deep sinkhole that engulfed a garage, part of a street, and a multi-million-dollar…
From Howtown. Sources: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6001951/ https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(18)30693-6 https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.102.012403 Edit: Adam Cole and Charlie Yuncken
From Chris Boden. Get the T-shirts here! 🙂 bigbeaverenergy.com Here is my Patreon https://www.patreon.com/physicsduck Yes, I do write books! https://amzn.to/331JrxP If you like what you see and want to help or get more involved, please consider helping support these videos. https://ko-fi.com/captainboden https://www.patreon.com/physicsduck and if you made it this far, you’re invited to the private Discord!…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. We go hands-on with the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, the next evolution of Meta’s smart glasses with a full color heads-up display embedded in the right side lens. They’re also the first product to make use of a neural wristband to control the glasses interface, reading micro gestures from your hand…
From StarTalk. Neil answers if a “constant-acceleration” space drive could give artificial gravity. Yes—if you thrust the whole trip you feel acceleration like gravity (Einstein’s equivalence principle). The fast Mars plan is: accelerate to halfway, flip the ship, decelerate (“flip & burn”), but it demands huge propellant or refuel depots. Most current trips are coasts:…
From Complexly. Secrets don’t make friends, so we can finally share what Hank wrote! Follow us: Complexly newsletter: https://complexly.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/complexlymedia/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/complexly.bsky.social X: https://x.com/complexlymedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ComplexlyMedia/
From SciShow. Visit https://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free and get 20% off their annual premium subscription. If you’ve got a uterus, you’ve probably heard of menopause. But there’s a lot that doesn’t get talked about when it comes to this period, or lack thereof. This video is going to break down the…
From Tom Carroll.
From “Our Changing Climate”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Support this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OurChangingClimate Across the United States, electricity bills have skyrocketed. Electrical utilities are jacking up prices, outpacing even inflation. What is happening? Why is electricity getting so expensive? But perhaps more importantly, how do we escape these growing costs? How do we…
From Adam Conover. Comedy has changed as an art form. On top of social media fundamentally reconfiguring the expectations of the audience for what the role of a comedian is meant to be, we live in deeply unfunny times. Despite these challenges, we still all need to laugh. This week, Adam talks with comedian Gianmarco…
From PBS Terra. One man’s choice to hunt ignited an ecological disaster that consumed a continent. A small release of rabbits in Australia multiplied into a relentless wave, with millions devouring the land and native wildlife. Shane Campbell-Staton, host of Human Footprint, talks with historian Martha Sear to chart the rise of the rabbit plague,…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. What would Adam Savage include in a mobile workshop? Any suggestions on improving performance of a homemade vacuum former? In this live stream excerpt, Adam answers these questions from Tested members Sean Reidy and Ziz62266, whom we thank for their support! What would YOU include in YOUR mobile workshop? 00:00 Mobile…
From ReligionForBreakfast. Register for our seminar American Paranormal!: https://www.religiondepartment.com/offers/zhS22t4k/checkout Join our Patreon community! https://www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images and Reuters Do dreams explain the origins of religion? From biblical visions to Tibetan dream yoga, anthropologists, psychologists, and neuroscientists have long debated how our nightly visions shape gods, spirits, and sacred traditions. This video…
From Chris Boden. Get the T-shirts here! 🙂 bigbeaverenergy.com Here is my Patreon https://www.patreon.com/physicsduck Yes, I do write books! https://amzn.to/331JrxP If you like what you see and want to help or get more involved, please consider helping support these videos. https://ko-fi.com/captainboden https://www.patreon.com/physicsduck and if you made it this far, you’re invited to the private Discord!…
From J. Draper. Anamorphic drawing tutorial: https://thevirtualinstructor.com/blog/anamorphic-art-then-and-now thank you to @nationalportraitgallery for having me!
From StarTalk. Are we closer in size to an atom or the universe? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Paul Mecurio answer grab-bag questions about Hawking Radiation, power on the moon, and whether our universe is inside a black hole. If we only know 4% of the universe, could there be entirely new sciences yet to be…
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From MinuteEarth. Even the tiniest baby already has unique fingerprints – but WHY? Made with our #stembesties @CBSUnstoppable