From YouTube, "Here in the Kurzgesagt labs, we test very important ideas to see what happens when you blow things up or play with black holes. Many of you suggested that we look into an idea that sounds... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 5 months 2 weeks ago • 89 views • 10:55

This month a paper came out that honestly chilled me. It was about tipping points in climate - a well-known concept that the climate can change abruptly if certain conditions are met in certain elements... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 7 months ago • 78 views • 11:01

Look around you. Where are you? Where is this place you are occupying? Somewhere in a room, maybe in a city on a continent on a planet orbiting a star in a galaxy among billions. But… where is all of... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 year 11 months 1 week ago • 225 views • 9:55

Throughout the month of October, Saildrone performed a 30-day proof-of-concept demonstration for the United States Coast Guard to show how uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) could be used to provide persistent... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 316 views • 3:07

The Ondophone - the dream of a sound that never was... At least for now, there might be a future where the Ondophone will come to real life. In this weeks episode we are taking a closer look at the first... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 41 views • 17:11

YouTube description: The Galton Board is a 7.5” by 4.5” desktop probability machine. This device brings to life the statistical concept of normal distribution. As you rotate the Galton Board... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 808 views • 3:23

"COSMOS is back with an all-new season! FOX and National Geographic TV’s Emmy-award winning event series returns with host Neil deGrasse Tyson in Spring 2019. The new season, COSMOS: Possible Worlds,... continue reading

posted by ant 6 years 3 months 1 week ago • 24 views • 21 secs

"... Read more about the concept of non-state spaces: https://goo.gl/UsgDDy For thousands of years, humans have drawn lines on the earth, dividing the planet into nations. But there are some parts of... continue reading

posted by ant 6 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 22 views • 13:27

Dialect coach Erik Singer takes a look at idiolects, better known as the specific way one individual speaks. To best break down this concept, Erik analyzes some actors playing real people. Just how close... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 8 months ago • 428 views • 29:11

I recently had the idea for this new vacuum cannon design that many of you might be interested in. Since it hasn't been very long since my last vacuum cannon video I thought I would make this a more casual... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 16 views • 10:29

I built a water powered hammer called a “Monjolo”. I started by making a water spout from half a hollow log to direct water from the creek. This was set up in the creek and water flowed through it.... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 6 years 12 months ago • 1,216 views • 8:51

The Connectome is a comprehensive diagram of all the neural connections existing in the brain. WIRED has challenged neuroscientist Bobby Kasthuri to explain this scientific concept to 5 different people;... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,691 views • 9:43

This video, courtesy the Illinois Geological Survey, shows how earthquake liquefaction can affect buildings and buried structures. The concept presented is elementary but will provide you a basic understanding... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 817 views • 1:14

YouTube description: Have ever wondered how digital illustrations are made? This video explains the basics. Help us keep making videos by supporting us in https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth We try... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months ago • 483 views • 3:49

From YT: Directors have tons of aspect ratios to choose from. Which should they pick? Let's look at the thematic effect each different aspect ratio can have on the viewer. Slight error when he calls... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 8 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 1,065 views • 4:14

YT: For six months, Suki Kim worked as an English teacher at an elite school for North Korea's future leaders - while writing a book on one of the world's most repressive regimes. As she helped her students... continue reading

posted by Zawash 8 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 133 views • 12:33

Jeremy Howard: The wonderful and terrifying implications of computers that can learn. "What happens when we teach a computer how to learn? Technologist Jeremy Howard shares some surprising new developments... continue reading

posted by ant 9 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 36 views • 19:50

Greed is good. War is inevitable. Whether in political theory or popular culture, human nature is often portrayed as selfish and power hungry. UC Berkeley psychologist Dacher Keltner challenges this notion... continue reading

posted by enoch 9 years 4 months ago • 2,027 views • 4:37