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Explaining Every Force in Physics With Sheep and Canada

May 23, 2012

The wizards over at Minute Physics have done it again. They have managed to describe the workings of every fundamental …

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How one infinity can be bigger than another

May 14, 2012

Take this whirlwind tour of how to count infinity and learn that, counter intuitively, all infinities are not the same …

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The Amazing Zebrafish

May 8, 2012

Biologists study the incredibly useful zebrafish to learn about everything from evolution to embryonic development (and sometimes a bit of …

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Researcher gets 15,000 mosquito bites a year, for science {Video}

May 2, 2012

Researcher Steve Schutz offers his arm to a legion of hungry, lab-bred mosquitoes everyday (having been bitten over 150,000 times …

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Understand the Multiverse {Video}

April 30, 2012

In the TED Talk below, Brian Greene explains the controversial yet compelling theory that we may live in a reality …

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Take an hour to do away with free will {Video}

April 18, 2012

The belief in free will is something that touches all corners of our life. It engages feelings of moral responsibility, …

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A beautiful view of the Moon that you never see {Video}

April 11, 2012

The video above shows a surfaces of the Moon that haven’t seen sunlight in billions of years. Via Gizmodo: Admire …

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Watch a MythBuster in Support of Reason {Video}

April 7, 2012

Though he is mainly known for blowing stuff up on TV, Adam Savage is a serious skeptic, atheist, and freethinker …

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The RC car that can jump over buildings {Video}

April 1, 2012

Meet the Sand Flea, an amazing 11-pound remotely controlled car that can leap 30 feet in the air (9.1 meters), …

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The 2nd largest aquarium in the world is magical {Video}

March 27, 2012

This is the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. After the World’s Fair in Okinawa, Japan, this massive aquarium was opened in 2002 …

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More science videos this week {Videos}

March 26, 2012

Watch Rivers of Lava Flow Learn more here. Another Beautiful View from the International Space Station Learn more here. A …

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Spend a mintue to (bascially) understand special relativity {Video}

March 24, 2012

Spend another minute with the wizards of concise science, Minute Physics: More information on Einstein’s theory of special relativity here.

A bunch of new science videos this week {Videos}

March 16, 2012

Though I typically would only post them one at a time, there has been an influx in cool science videos …

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How to (easily) extract your own DNA {Video}

March 13, 2012

You can do this at home, so try it out!   The Science The skin cells inside your mouth were …

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Neil deGrasse Tyson is the New Carl Sagan {Videos}

March 12, 2012

With beautiful editing, a great score, and the unending enthusiasm of astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, it is almost impossible to …

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What is a year and how is it measured? {Video}

March 7, 2012

Again from the concise wizards over at Minute Physics.

The neuroscience of magic {w/ Video}

March 4, 2012

From a scientific standpoint, magic should be called what it is: taking advantage of the faults and quirks of your …

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With a Cloud Chamber, You Can See Radiation Happening {w/ Video}

March 2, 2012

I believe that at least one of the reasons why radiation is so scary is that it is invisible (and …

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Another beautiful view of Earth’s aurorae {video}

February 26, 2012

  I’ll let NASA handle the explanation: From space, the aurora is a crown of light that circles each of …

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Rocket science explained for non-rocket scientists {Video}

February 21, 2012

The guys over at Minute Physics have a knack for explaining basic scientific concepts quickly and easily through a simple …

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