Sixty 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
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Sixty Symbols explains the differences between Special and General Relativity and answers if they could change the value of any constant what would it be and why.
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years 7 months ago • 865 viewsSome of the Sixty Symbols team explain star classification and how our sun is presently a G2V star.
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,518 viewsA couple of the guys from Sixty Symbols talk about "Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov's winning of the 2010 Nobel Prize in physics from work on graphene." They explain what they did and why it is physics... continue reading
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 2,059 viewsThe scientists at Sixty Symbols attempt to explain what would happen if you put your hand in the Large Hadron Collider. They have a few hypotheses, but nothing that can reach the theory level yet. Other... continue reading
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 5,555 views • 13:19Pete shows us how to convert some white phosphorus into phosphorus pentoxide, using just a little bit of sand and a hot copper rod. More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/
posted by GenjiKilpatrick 1 decade 4 years 2 weeks ago • 1,978 viewsDark Matter - What is this mysterious substance, Where is it, Who Discovered it and How. And some chocolate pie is thrown in as well.
posted by reiwan 1 decade 4 years 1 month 1 week ago • 1,659 viewsThe 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 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,166 viewsSir Isaac Newton is one of history's greatest scientists. But what was he like as a man?
posted by reiwan 1 decade 4 years 3 months 1 week ago • 1,970 viewsOur solar systems most visually beautiful planet, Saturn has a wealth of fascinating features. Learn a little bit about its ring system and the new giant ring that has been found. The "glory" of Saturn's... continue reading
posted by reiwan 1 decade 4 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 1,505 viewsOne of the more interesting planets in our solar system, mainly due to it's unique orbit. Find out how Uranus was almost named George and how it received its current name, why it is blue, and other bits... continue reading
posted by reiwan 1 decade 4 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 1,047 viewsLearn interesting bits of info about Venus, including why Venus is used as an example of an Earth in a runaway greenhouse effect, the importance of Galileo's observations of Venus when combating the church's... continue reading
posted by reiwan 1 decade 4 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 781 viewsFind out some interesting bits of info about the largest planet in our solar system. Including how Jupiter was used to calculate the speed of light, different facts about Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto,... continue reading
posted by reiwan 1 decade 4 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 1,073 viewsWhat causes mirages? The science behind the phenomenon.
posted by reiwan 1 decade 4 years 4 months 1 week ago • 1,637 viewsThe Earth's radius is often quoted when describing the size of exoplanets, such as those recently discovered by the Kepler telescope. Why? and other interesting bits about the discovery of planets outside... continue reading
posted by reiwan 1 decade 4 years 4 months 1 week ago • 1,052 viewsFor anyone who doesn't know already, and wonders why people claim Switzerland is building a Black Hole generator.
posted by demon_ix 1 decade 4 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 1,777 views • 9:59An explanation of what temperature is as it relates to the energy of a molecule, and the process of how physicists use lasers to cool atoms of gas.
posted by reiwan 1 decade 4 years 6 months ago • 3,506 viewsFor the first time ever, science levitates beer! In the interest of science, beer is levitated using magnetic levitation over a million times stronger than the Earth's magnetic field to see what would... continue reading
posted by reiwan 1 decade 4 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 1,353 viewsa short (5 minute) presentation talking about why this toy is a "wonderful piece of physics". Something that Einstein himself could not figure out.
posted by reiwan 1 decade 4 years 8 months ago • 4,286 views