YouTube: Things can go wrong in scientific experiments sometimes, but when it comes to engineering, getting things wrong can be disastrous.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 3 months ago • 2,060 views • 11:16Videos (134) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
YouTube description: In Bremen, Germany, there's a tower more than a hundred metres high: it's called the Fallturm, or the Drop Tower. If you want a cost-effective way to test an experiment in microgravity... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 299 views • 4:02I'm dreaming of a white Christmas [no I'm not] YouTube: This episode Nellie Benner snorts a white crystalline powder: Cocaine. The active substance is cocaine hydrochloride and has a stimulating effect... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 4 months 1 week ago • 318 views • 10:35At the University of Salford's Energy House, all the energy use is monitored and controlled, allowing researchers to experiment with all sorts of insulation and energy-saving techniques. But how to control... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 104 views • 3:36YouTube description: 1 tablespoon of olive oil destroys half an acre of waves on this lake. What The Physics?! (via digg, H/T @eric3579)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 618 views • 3:55YouTube: Used in everything from bullet-proof vests to the walls of the Pentagon, polyurea's strength comes from its long-chain molecules.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 1,637 views • 7:09"Fire Ants vs Flood: Will these fire ants of The Fire Nation survive this natural disaster? How do ants deal with a mass flood inside their nest? Today we find out in this epic fire ant farm video! ..."
posted by ant 7 years 5 months ago • 109 views • 16:59No baked cats please!
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 5 months ago • 478 views • 11:20I teamed up with Cody, from Cody’s Lab, to experiment and see what would happen if Sodium Metal got flushed down the toilet.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 28 views • 5:20Via YouTube: A new study led by the U.K.’s Queen Mary University has found that even relatively simple animals like bumblebees can teach other how to perform somewhat complex tasks such as pulling a... continue reading
posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 595 views • 1:11YouTube: To tell you the truth, using SEEK camera is like putting on glasses for someone with poor eyesight! You just see so much of new things.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 12 views • 5:40Texas Border Volunteers founders Dr. Michael and Linda Vickers. Their experiences are a wake up call for the rest of the country. A non ending march of death turns up on their land everyday. Their life... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 7 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 18 views • 5:32"I see if a little mercury can be flushed down a toilet and then I take the experiment a little farther and flush a toilet with 240 lbs of mercury."
posted by blacklotus90 7 years 7 months ago • 1,134 views • 13:56This video is about why entropy gives rise to the arrow of time, and also how the initial low-entropy condition of the universe is responsible for the fact that we experience time right now, and how ultimately... continue reading
posted by Mekanikal 7 years 7 months ago • 42 views • 3:24YouTube: At some point, you’ve probably learned about the five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. However, the classic list doesn't account for all the sensations we experience and use to... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 571 views • 4:34There's a variety of visual problems and disturbances we all experience on a daily basis. Floaters! Blue entoptic phenomenon! Visual snow! Phosphenes! With simulations, Inés will run through all of them.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months ago • 1,089 views • 3:44YouTube description: This unreal experiment allows you to see air movement around any object. Download the music in this video: Song #1: Over Rain iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/over-rain-single/id1033... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months ago • 307 views • 3:47YouTube description: It’s probably the most well known peacetime battle between the USA and the Soviet Union, in both technological and ideological terms of the 20th century. Although the USA won... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 811 views • 14:23WHEEEEE! YouTube: Roller coasters give people the opportunity to experience physics in dramatic ways. In this episode of SciShow, we break down how physics work on roller coasters to give you the ride... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 71 views • 3:39"... Tommy Edison, who has been blind since birth, visits the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium (http://www.healthebay.org) to experience sea creatures for the first time in his life..."
posted by ant 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 13 views • 7:03