Could solar-powered glass roads replace asphalt?

posted by quantumushroom 1 decade 3 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 5,835 views

I used to wonder about this myself for a while. While I found the answer after searching online a few years ago, Tony Darnell recently posted the answer in a simple to understand video form.

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 3,301 views

BBC show "Bang goes the theory" asks Richard Dawkins about the evolution of the eye, and shows the probable steps found in modern living organisms Creationists? Any questions?

posted by BicycleRepairMan 1 decade 3 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 2,784 views

A poetic video that pretty much sums up the way I've come to understand things. Which I owe in part to Video sift/youtube for taking a great part in by sifting these types of videos.

posted by redyellowblue 1 decade 3 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 3,646 views

Sixty Symbols takes on the question of if electrons would move around the atom at absolute zero. The answer surprised me a bit, but makes sense and is sort of a slap yourself in the head and of course... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 4,670 views

From YT: It's the most famous science equation in history... but E=mc² is not technically correct.

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 5,254 views

In this 2nd episode, Professor Brian Cox discusses the elements of which all living things, including humans, are made. He explains how these elements are related to the life cycles of the stars and the... continue reading

posted by SpeveO 1 decade 3 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,861 views • 1:00:00

The best version I've seen yet, with Carl Sagan's original voice from his audiobook.

posted by arvana 1 decade 3 years 3 weeks ago • 2,130 views • 10:02

From YT: NASA-funded researchers have evidence that some building blocks of DNA, the molecule that carries the genetic instructions for life, found in meteorites were likely created in space. The research... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 2 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 3,270 views • 2:50

This is actually very interesting. Coming from a country where males are not usually circumsized. And I thought maybe males would not be interested in seeing this.. :) I was wrong!

posted by mintbbb 1 decade 2 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 11,561 views • 2:42

"In this episode we discuss Schrödinger's cat, quantum entanglement, and our perception of reality." - YouTube

posted by Hybrid 1 decade 2 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 2,709 views • 1:48

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded for the discovery of the accelerating universe. Cosmologist Sean Carroll of Cosmic Variance explains why this is such a big result using drawings of sheep.... continue reading

posted by Ornthoron 1 decade 2 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 3,861 views • 1:39

"MIT Media Lab researchers have created a new imaging system that can acquire visual data at a rate of one trillion frames per second. That's fast enough to produce a slow-motion video of light traveling... continue reading

posted by Hybrid 1 decade 2 years 5 months 1 week ago • 8,026 views • 2:47

YT: Feb. 4, 2012 ... Join critically-acclaimed author and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and world-renowned theoretical physicist and author Lawrence Krauss as they discuss biology, cosmology,... continue reading

Watch computer scientist Grace Hopper demonstrating the concept of a nanosecond. Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United... continue reading

posted by critical_d 1 decade 2 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 7,503 views • 2:08

What is matter, anyway? What does it have to do with math? And why aren't you made of Jesus? Delving deeper into the theory of (almost) everything - the Standard Model of particle physics. -YouTube ... continue reading

posted by critical_d 1 decade 2 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 4,778 views • 2:19

How Einstein (& others) discovered Special Relativity. - YT

posted by critical_d 1 decade 2 years 2 months ago • 2,021 views • 1:50