http://tomscott.com – http://twitter.com/tomscott – The Delta Works, to the west of the Netherlands, are one of the modern wonders of the world. But there’s other, lesser-known infrastructure there too: including the Rozenburg Wind Wall, on the Caland Canal, which turns a dangerous, windy stretch of canal into a much more navigable bit of water. It’s
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Hate the taste of sour stuff? Well fret no more with this miracle berry! It will coat your tongue with an awesome protein to make everything taste sweet! Hank Green explains in this episode of SciShow. Hosted by: Hank Green ———- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters — we couldn’t make SciShow without
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-s-the-value-of-vitamins-ginnie-trinh-nguyen Vitamins are the building blocks that keep our bodies running; they help build muscle and bone, capture energy, heal wounds and more. But if our body doesn’t create vitamins, how do they get into our system? Ginnie Trinh Nguyen describes what vitamins are, how they get into our bodies — and
Narcissism has not only become a normalized social condition, it is increasingly being incentivized. The framework of narcissism with the central pillars of lack of empathy, entitlement, grandiosity, superficiality, anger, rage, arrogance, and shallow emotion is a manifestation of pathological insecurity – an insecurity that is experienced at both the individual and societal level. The
To Learn more about ExpressVPN, visit: https://www.expressvpn.com/spacetime We live in the stelliferous era. Somewhere between 10 and 1000 billion trillion stars fill the observable universe with light. But there was a time before the first star ignited. A time we call the cosmic dark ages. Check out the new Space Time Merch Store! Home Support
Los Angeles needed water, and lots of it. It still does. And that water comes from the LA Aqueduct, masterplanned by William Mulholland. The end of his career, though, wasn’t such a triumph. This is the story of the St Francis Dam, and the collapse that stopped Los Angeles from taking over an entire valley.
In this edition of IDTIMWYTIM, Hank addresses the so-called centrifugal force, and explains why you really mean centripetal force. Like SciShow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow References for this episode: http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/glossary.htm http://phun.physics.virginia.edu/topics/centrifugal.html http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/phy00/phy00305.htm
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-are-sloths-so-slow-kenny-coogan Sloths spend most of their time eating, resting, or sleeping; in fact, they descend from their treetops canopies just once a week, for a bathroom break. How are these creatures so low energy? Kenny Coogan describes the physical and behavioral adaptations that allow sloths to be so slow. Lesson by Kenny
Never miss a talk! SUBSCRIBE to the TEDx channel: http://bit.ly/1FAg8hB In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These
– Time can change depending on how fast you’re moving through space. Also, time can “flow” at different rates for different observers. – Light doesn’t experience time — it exists outside of time. – We perceive space and time differently, but they may be woven together. For instance, they both balance each other out: If
Neil Sloane discusses peaceable queens and chess. Check out Brilliant (get 20% off their premium service): https://brilliant.org/numberphile (sponsor) More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Learn more at the OEIS entry (loads of links): https://oeis.org/A250000 References: Ainley, Stephen. Mathematical Puzzles. London: G Bell & Sons, 1977. Yukun Yao and Doron Zeilberger, Numerical and
When a Bitcoin Miner Mines, what is happening? Dr Mike Pound exposes the process.. note: at 3:39 Mike mentions a Bitcoin is mined every ten minutes when it is actually a block that is mined every ten minutes, at time of recording a successful block generates 12.5 new Bitcoins. Password Cracking: https://youtu.be/7U-RbOKanYs Onion Routing (TOR):
A quick and dirty video from Tom (http://tomscott.com – @tomscott) and Matt (http://mattg.co.uk – @unnamedculprit) – ten illegal things to do in London. Yes, these are all properly illegal: you can see our references at http://tomscott.com/law/
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In the second video of our two-part series on HIV and AIDS, we look at the challenges that have kept scientists from developing a cure, and the treatments that have still managed to improve the outlook for those infected. We’re conducting a survey of our viewers! If you have time, please give us feedback: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SciShowSurvey2017
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Sources: https://sites.google.com/view/sources-vaccines Vaccines are one of our best tools to prevent dangerous diseases, but they come with side effects. So would it be safer not to vaccinate? This video has been supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. If you are interested how much sponsorships influence our videos, we wrote about
Many students in the UK had difficulty with a similar problem on the GCSE exam. What’s the rectangle’s area, given the three circles are identical with radius r? Watch the video to learn how to solve this problem. Sources Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/MindYourDecisions?sub_confirmation=1 Playlist to watch all videos on MindYourDecisions: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUHnj59g7jezwTy5GeL8EA_g Send me your favorite puzzles/suggestions by
Byte ordering, or boiled egg orientation, endianness is important! Dr Steve Bagley on the computer science topic named after something from an 18th century novel…. The copy of Gulliver’s Travels used in the graphics was found at archive.org and can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/C_Gulliver The animations of the hex to binary have a classic ‘out
The universe is huge and getting bigger all the time, and we have we have dark energy – the most mysterious force in the universe – to blame/thank for it. Thought to make up more than 70% of the energy in the whole universe, Hank describes how dark energy was theorized to exist, and how
Bert discusses why Life is good, a positive lifestyle brand, purposely blurs the lines between work, play, for-proft enterprise and non-profit social work. The lessons learned from his personal and professional experiences illustrate that the keys to a happy and fulfilling life are all around us. Bert Jacobs and his brother John spent five years
A weekly show where we debunk common misconceptions. This week, Elliott discusses some misconceptions about some popular stories. Want more of Elliott? http://www.youtube.com/elliottmorgan Mental Floss Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mf_video Select Images and Footage provided by Shutterstock: www.shutterstock.com —- Website: http://www.mentalfloss.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mental_floss Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mentalflossma… Store: http://store.mentalfloss.com/ (enter promo code: “YoutubeFlossers” for 15% off!)
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