An animation showing how gold ion collisions at near-light speed recreate conditions of the early universe - where matter appears to be a near-perfect liquid.
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1 decade 7 years 8 months ago • 386 views
Solid Science
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"Science is interesting. If you don't agree you can fuck off." -- Richard Dawkins, quoting an editor at New Scientist
http://www.videosift.com/video/Why-hasnt-Richard-Dawkins-converted-more-Atheists
The Sift is littered with videos about the interface between science and religion, but only a handful of truly informative science videos. This playlist is my first attempt at reaching out to like-minded people who are fascinated by science, and would like to see more of it on the Sift.
1 decade 7 years 8 months ago • 386 views
Carl Sagan discusses the structure of the human brain and its immense complexity and potential.
posted by jonny
1 decade 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 2,915 views
I thought this might be timely as rumors are flying everywhere that D-zero at the Tevatron has discovered a 5 sigma statistically significant resonance at 180 GeV of a multi bottom quark decay of the Higgs... continue reading
posted by gluonium
1 decade 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 4,270 views
'In the last in the series Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores how studying the atom forced us to rethink the nature of reality itself. He discovers that there might be parallel universes in which different... continue reading
posted by 8727 1 decade 6 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 7,356 views • 58:48
In this four-program series, string theory pioneer Michio Kaku goes on an extraordinary exploration of the world in search of time. He discovers our sense of time passing and the clocks that drive our... continue reading
posted by Cronyx 1 decade 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 6,449 viewsCharlie Rose discusses theoretical physics with Harvard professor Lisa Randall. A great trip through space, time, the nature of gravity and quantum mechanics among other things. Her recent book is "Warped... continue reading
posted by drattus
1 decade 7 years 4 months 1 week ago • 6,088 views
A lecture on high energy particle physics and the nature of the universe that ISN'T dumbed down to the point of being useless and insulting (ie. NOVA/Horizon), yet remains accessible to the layman. I don't... continue reading
posted by gluonium 1 decade 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 3,067 views
User gluonium recently turned us on to the interview shown at the start of this excellent Horizon special. Here's the whole thing. From Wikipedia: Richard Phillips Feynman was an American physicist... continue reading
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