YouTube Description: And how it got its name. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO El Niño is a weather phenomenon that occurs irregularly in the eastern tropical Pacific every... continue reading
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Can you figure out the rule? Did you see the exponents pattern? http://youtu.be/AVB8vRC6HIY Why do you make people look stupid? http://bit.ly/12Fmlpl How do you investigate hypotheses? Do you seek... continue reading
posted by eric3579 1 decade 1 month 4 weeks ago • 1,455 views • 4:44YouTube Description: What happens when single photons of light pass through a double slit and are detected by a photomultiplier tube? In 1801 Thomas Young seemed to settle a long-running debate about... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 1 month 1 week ago • 251 views • 6:00Happy October, Month of the Hexaflexagon! Oct. 21st is the annual Celebration of Mind, in honor of Martin Gardner. Maybe you'd like to host or attend a flexagon party sometime around then, or learn about... continue reading
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posted by hpqp 1 decade 2 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,043 views • 4:52Professor 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
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