This animation depicts carpal tunnel syndrome and carpal tunnel release. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a nerve disorder of the hand caused by compression of the median nerve. Two different types of carpal... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 4 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 1,782 views • 3:12

Physicist Richard Feynman explains how a train stays on the tracks... From BBC TV 'Fun to Imagine' (1983) -YT

posted by cybrbeast 1 decade 4 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 17,336 views • 2:27

In an informal setting, Tommy Emmanuel demonstrates his incredible technique of using "cascading harmonics" to make his guitar sound like a harp.

posted by snoozedoctor 1 decade 5 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,681 views

Physicist Brian Cox asks, 'What time is it?' It's a simple question and it sounds like it has a simple answer. But do we really know what it is that we're asking? Brian visits the ancient Mayan pyramids... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 13,899 views • 59:06

Organovo is a regenerative medicine company that seeks to apply organ printing technology to medical research and tissue repair. To achieve the goal of fully biological tissue constructs that fully... continue reading

posted by Sagemind 1 decade 4 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,291 views • 3:31

The standard notion of incentives no longer holds water in a 21st century work environment. Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know... continue reading

posted by EDD 1 decade 4 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,511 views

Awesome. Cables DO suck!

posted by maatc 1 decade 4 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 2,174 views

Panoramic visuals, cutting-edge technologies and introspective contemplations position 400 Years of the Telescope as the must-see cinematic feature for the International Year of Astronomy in 2009. Beautifully... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 decade 4 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 3,398 views • 56:19

Recent show about how music affects our brain and physiology.

posted by inflatablevagina 1 decade 4 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 1,394 views

Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for... continue reading

posted by yoghurt 1 decade 4 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 8,121 views

The Travelling Salesman problem is stated as: "Given a number of cities and the costs of travelling from any city to any other city, what is the least-cost round-trip route that visits each city exactly once?" ... continue reading

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 6 years 3 months ago • 3,549 views

Please don't let the "long" stop you. If you are a geek who has ever enjoyed genetic algorithms and would like to see some details about using them for artistic gain (and some of the art), you will like this. ... continue reading

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 6 years 3 months ago • 2,420 views

a short (5 minute) presentation talking about why this toy is a "wonderful piece of physics". Something that Einstein himself could not figure out.

posted by reiwan 1 decade 4 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 4,286 views

Sir Martin Rees is an astrophysicist and cosmologist and Master of Trinity College at Cambridge. He is also the president of the Royal Society.

posted by GreatBird 1 decade 6 years 3 weeks ago • 2,540 views

Just give it some skin and call it Arnold to complete the experience.

posted by demon_ix 1 decade 4 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 1,550 views

"Two of the sharpest minds in the computing arena spar gamely, but neither scores a knockdown in one of the oldest debates around: whether machines may someday achieve consciousness. (NB: Viewers may wish... continue reading

posted by Nicki Hansen (gwiz665) 1 decade 4 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 1,873 views

This is amazing. Mario Klingemann of Quasimondo (http://www.quasimondo.com/) demonstrates how he discovered a way to read and interpret a QR code (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code). It's very long,... continue reading

posted by blankfist 1 decade 4 years 6 months ago • 6,439 views

Does uncertainty make you uncomfortable?

posted by BreaksTheEarth 1 decade 4 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 4,396 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

posted by wazant 1 decade 6 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 7,407 views • 49:37