YouTube description: Wind can be one of the most critical and complicated loads on civil structures. The case of the Tacoma Narrows bridge is a well-known cautionary tale that’s discussed in engineering... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 707 views • 8:48

YouTube description: Brian from Real Engineering also just released a related video on the Physics of Racing Games which you should watch once you're done with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz8RRxYwrhg ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 5 months 1 week ago • 1,124 views • 9:14

Holly visits The Captain with a request to debunk a machine that miraculously sorts coloured marbles.

posted by Fantomas 6 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 543 views • 11:03

disregard the main title, it's really about entropy

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 763 views • 5:33

YouTube description: Duh, except for the sky… and the ocean… Among living things, the color blue is oddly rare. Blue rocks, blue sky, blue water, sure. But blue animals? They are few and far... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 606 views • 8:27

"... Even the parts of our brains that don't control physical movement show a lot of rhythm, and that might be integral to how our brains work..."

posted by ant 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 214 views • 2:55

YouTube description: This video is about Simpson's paradox, a statistical paradox and ecological fallacy where seemingly contradictory results are implied by a single set of data depending on how it's... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,981 views • 4:40

https://youtu.be/mbKAwk-OG_w Who knew there was so much science in a bowl of cereal? Ever notice how cereal clumps up in your bowl, or how cereal sticks to the edges of the bowl? Bubbles in beverages... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,107 views • 5:36

YouTube: GET SMARTER SECTION RECORDS BROKEN: ● US Domino Field Record (12,450 dominoes) ● US Domino Structure Record (12,780 dominoes) ● US Domino Record (245,732 dominoes)

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 156 views • 13:00

Last year LIGO announced the detection of gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes. The science world went a little crazy. Only a few weeks ago a new rumour emerged: that LIGO had, for the... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 152 views • 15:51

YT: A total eclipse of the sun is an awe-inspiring sight, but throughout history it has also inspired scientific research. Studying eclipses has led to discoveries about the composition of the sun, the... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 7 years 4 months ago • 46 views • 4:29

The upsides and downsides. YouTube: Size is the most under appreciated regulators of living things. Let us demonstrate that by throwing animals from buildings.

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 4 months 1 week ago • 575 views • 6:40

YouTube description: When dancer David Chanishvili is on stage, he believes that he can fly. Indeed, he appears to glide through the air with ease while performing for the traditional Sukhishvili Georgian... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 1,315 views • 2:33

YouTube: I came across these four physics puzzles over the years in discussions with Neil deGrasse Tyson (riddle 4: which part(s) of a moving train are going backwards with respect to the ground?), Simon... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,232 views • 4:24