YouTube description: There's a link from a 13th century legend, to a 16th century insult book, to a 19th century writer, to a 20th century comic book hero. And it starts in a small village near Nottingham,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 512 views • 2:46

Love these vids; I learn something every time. Simply put, Sir Martyn Poliakoff explains every bit of the catalytic reaction of breaking the bonds within the Hydrogen Peroxide molecule, to somewhat dramatic... continue reading

posted by oblio70 8 years 6 months ago • 153 views • 8:08

Discussing chemical weapons, including Sarin and Mustard Gas. Featuring professors Rob Stockman and Martyn Poliakoff from the University of Nottingham.

posted by radx 1 decade 1 year 6 months 1 week ago • 676 views • 12:52

YouTube 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 11 months 4 weeks ago • 469 views • 9:56

YouTube Description: Firing a (very old) musket and filming with a (very new) high-speed camera. With thanks to Jim Gamble. Also discussed by Professor Martyn Poliakoff. Ebay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221185953... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 2 years 1 month ago • 296 views • 7:32

Just what is the Higgs Boson? Sixty Symbols explains in this video from last year. After the news of 4 July 2012, they did a new video to talk about the likely discovery of the Higgs Boson: http://videosift.com/video/Is... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 2 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,584 views • 12:45

Researchers from The University of Nottingham have demonstrated how a species of flatworm overcomes the ageing process to be potentially immortal. The discovery, published in the Proceedings of the... continue reading

posted by Kulpims T'dna (kulpims) 1 decade 2 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 985 views • 14:47

The lucky number "sieve" was developed by the legendary Stanislaw Ulam, who was born and died on the 13th of the month (lucky number) at the age of 75 (lucky number)... and his birth year of 1909 saw the... continue reading

Charles Darwin is the favourite scientist of Chris Smillie, a senior lecturer in Ecology and Environmental Management at Nottingham Trent University

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,027 views • 4:06

From YT: We discuss the number 16 - a perfect square - and how sitting at table 16 led to something bigger for Matt Parker. In this video is Dr Ria Symonds from the University of Nottingham. And... continue reading

posted by Skeeve 1 decade 3 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 1,059 views • 5:35

Sixty Symbols is in Australia talking to one of the former Nottingham members and amateur astronomer Paul Haese about the Southern night skies.

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 825 views • 5:21

Another in the My Favourite Scientist series by the guy who does the Sixty Symbols videos. Rob Morris from Nottingham Trent Universit talks about his favorite scientist, Michael Faraday and about a lot... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 4 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 1,792 views

The film-maker who makes the Sixty Symbols videos, the Periodic Table of Videos among others, has another series about Nottingham's favorite scientists. The scientist featured this time up is Richard Feynman.

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 4 years 4 months ago • 2,203 views

Ok, I admit it. Nerd crush on Prof Moriarty.

posted by berticus 1 decade 4 years 4 months 1 week ago • 879 views

The Nottingham professors are back with a short video about the planet Neptune. Learn how it was discovered in a new way, its moon Tritan, that orbits in an interesting way, and how the rings of Neptune... continue reading

posted by reiwan 1 decade 4 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,169 views