Time lapse videos of plants show that they actually have way more movement than you would expect. Sometimes, it's counter intuitive.
posted by nock 9 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 1,710 views • 4:31Videos (96) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
"View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-many-ways-can-you-arrange-a-deck-of-cards-yannay-khaikin . One deck. Fifty-two cards. How many arrangements? Let's put it this way: Any time you pick... continue reading
posted by ant 1 decade 4 weeks ago • 25 views • 3:42Neat demonstration of Newton's laws in slow motion, with music and a slinky. So cool how the bottom of the Slinky doesn't move until the top of the dropped Slinky arrives at it on the way down... I... continue reading
posted by SFOGuy 1 decade 4 months ago • 808 views • 1:43YouTube Description: music by http://www.youtube.com/Jakechudnow and http://www.audionetwork.com brusspup anamorphic illusions: [See YouTube description] ANOMALOUS MOTION by Akiyoshi Kitaoka:... continue reading
posted by Janine V. (Lilithia) 1 decade 4 months 3 weeks ago • 1,600 views • 10:48(Description via YouTube) Everyone has played with a mixture of corn starch and water (or at least I hope they have). This was one of my favorite experiments as a kid. Your hand slides into the slime... continue reading
posted by Procrastinatron 1 decade 8 months 2 weeks ago • 546 views • 6:34This is taken from a radio show called Science Friday. This is about a couple who were inspired to design and build their own tiny house with mobility because they were tired of paying 1200 monthly in... continue reading
posted by Issykitty 1 decade 9 months 3 weeks ago • 5,391 views • 4:37"These beads seem to levitate, defy gravity and jump out of the beaker. But how and why do they act like this? We met up with Steve Mould, the science guy from Britain's Brightest, to explore the science... continue reading
posted by ant 1 decade 10 months 1 week ago • 199 views • 5:15Youtube Description: This 50 minutes long BBC documentary film is aired in the year 2011. The BBC film says it is the first and the most technological advance in the world, ancient chariot racing, the... continue reading
posted by oohlalasassoon 1 decade 1 year 3 weeks ago • 556 views • 48:32YouTube Description: French numbers can pose problems for non-native speaker - especially when you move beyond 70. Also discussing problems with phone numbers and commas!Featuring Dr Paul Smith from... continue reading
posted by Zifnab 1 decade 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago • 469 views • 9:56"Welcome and Accept -- Change."
posted by ant 1 decade 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago • 312 views • 16:01This is a really nice demonstration, and explanation of, what happens when you drop a magnet down a conducting non-magnetic tube. YouTube Description: Huge thanks to the Royal Institution, Professor... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 4 months ago • 228 views • 3:50Professor Mike Merrifield talks about how all the stars of a galaxy move around at the same speed, which would make the the pretty spiral pattern impossible. He explains the "winding paradox" and how then... continue reading
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 2 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 2,236 views • 7:43Since it is Labor Day in a good part of the world, here is a video about the incidents at Haymarket Square following the call for workers to strike on May 1st. It picks up on May 3rd. The events would... continue reading
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years ago • 1,238 views • 5:15A longer version of the sixtysymbols film about an atomic toggle switch, found here: http://videosift.com/video/Sixty-Symbols-Atomic-Switch-moving-individual-atoms
posted by Skeeve 1 decade 3 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,907 views • 15:07Sixty Symbols explains how scientists can create toggle switches made from just two atoms. Best YT comment: Archimedes shouted "Eureka!" Prof Moriarty shouted "Yes! Flipped. F**k!"
posted by Skeeve 1 decade 3 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,457 views • 4:58Sixty 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 ago • 4,670 views