NASA's Juno spacecraft captured a unique time-lapse movie of the Galilean satellites in motion about Jupiter. The movie begins on June 12th with Juno 10 million miles from Jupiter, and ends on June 29th,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 8 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 515 views • 2:59

YouTube: In 2013, astronomers reported that they’d found what was, at the time, the biggest thing in the known universe

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 6 months ago • 21 views • 4:22

YouTube: Celsius never devised nor used the scale that now bears his name.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 6 months 1 week ago • 210 views • 8:12

In the far distant future humanity will only be able to see the galaxy which they are part of. Nothing more.

posted by eric3579 8 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,617 views • 7:45

YouTube description: There is extreme fishing and then is going to such extremes that you have a rod and a worm-like lure fused to your face. Quite frankly it's the type of commitment we admire. Meet... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 8 months 1 week ago • 272 views • 6:32

The last star in the universe will be a red dwarf. Red dwarfs in general might be great places to look for aliens – or planets for humans to find a new home after our solar system has died.

posted by ChaosEngine 8 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 515 views • 5:51

Sacks of Water, prepare to have your minds blown. From YouTube: "Does water have a fourth phase, beyond solid, liquid and vapor? University of Washington Bioengineering Professor Gerald Pollack... continue reading

posted by chicchorea 8 years 12 months ago • 1,037 views • 24:15

YouTube: Disenchanted with the out-of-date curriculum of traditional college, Jeremy Rossmann dropped out of MIT. Within a few years, he and co-founder Ashu Desai, started The Make School, a college replacement... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 2 weeks ago • 493 views • 4:02

"Cool as a Cucumber" as David goes off to do the Public presentation in the Defense of his Math Thesis at Stanford University. When he finished, he walked out of that room with his Doctorate in Mathematics.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 9 years 2 weeks ago • 34 views • 2:27

IFLScience: Still baffled by Einstein’s theory of relativity, or even the parts in the movie Interstellar when everyone experiences time differently? Well, this teenager’s explanation of special relativity... continue reading

posted by Zawash 9 years 1 month ago • 1,541 views • 7:34

YouTube: It’s also worth remembering that education is kind of economically weird. It’s not just another thing you buy. Education isn’t only about individual gain. There’s a social aspect as well.... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 2 months ago • 82 views • 6:36

YouTube Description: Jellyfish don’t have a heart, or blood, or even a brain. They’ve survived five mass extinctions. And you can find them in every ocean, from pole to pole. What’s their secret?... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 2 months ago • 170 views • 2:56

Some are having fun trying [or so it seems]. YouTube: There are a lot of nuclear weapons on Earth, so many that we often say it’s enough to “destroy the world several times over.” But could we?... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 177 views • 2:43

From YT: On a dry lakebed in Nevada, a group of friends build the first scale model of the solar system with complete planetary orbits: a true illustration of our place in the universe.

posted by RFlagg 9 years 3 months ago • 2,598 views • 7:07

Does life exist anywhere else in the universe? And how did it get started? Scientists are seeking the answers in the cosmos, our solar system and right here on planet Earth.

Brilliant!

posted by brycewi19 9 years 5 months ago • 419 views • 8:30

From YT-- "Is reality real or a simulated hologram? MR SIFF discusses the possibility that our reality is actually a 2 dimensional hologram projected from outside our reality. holographic universe"

posted by SDGundamX 9 years 6 months ago • 629 views • 7:50

YT: For six months, Suki Kim worked as an English teacher at an elite school for North Korea's future leaders - while writing a book on one of the world's most repressive regimes. As she helped her students... continue reading

posted by Zawash 9 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 133 views • 12:33

UAlberta: UAlberta research team uses MRI video to observe for the first time what happens inside joints when they crack. (Edmonton) “Pull my finger,” a phrase embraced by school-aged kids and embarrassing... continue reading

posted by Zawash 9 years 8 months 1 week ago • 408 views • 7 secs

"Where there's a sphere, there's Pi." YouTube: What’s irrational and never ends? Pi! Hank explains how we need pi to explain some of the most basic but most important principles of the universe, in... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 9 months 1 week ago • 573 views • 4:54