Thu, 3 May 2012
If gravity is so attractive, why doesn't the earth just crash into the sun? Or the moon into the earth? The answer: Stable Orbits
Direct download: Why_the_solar_system_can_exist.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 5:15pm EDT |
Sat, 14 April 2012
Just because there are four dimensions doesn't mean there's a "fourth dimension".
Direct download: There_is_no_Fourth_dimension.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 7:09pm EDT |
Sat, 7 April 2012
The moon may be 1.3 light-seconds away, but why on earth do we measure distances using time? |
Sun, 18 March 2012
How Einstein (& others) discovered Special Relativity.
Direct download: Einstein_and_The_Special_Theory_of_Relativity.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 9:00am EDT |
Tue, 13 March 2012
How do we know atoms exist? And just how big are they?
Direct download: Albert_Einstein-_The_Size_and_Existence_of_Atoms.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 9:00am EDT |
Mon, 12 March 2012
Pi day (3.14) is Albert Einstein's Birthday! To celebrate, we'll explain 4 of his most groundbreaking papers from 1905, when he was just 26 years old
Direct download: Albert_Einstein-_Why_Light_is_Quantum.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 9:00am EDT |
Mon, 27 February 2012
It's leap year time... so what are years, anyway?
Direct download: What_are_years..._and_the_galactic_supermassive_black_hole.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 8:00am EDT |
Sat, 25 February 2012
What is matter, anyway? What does it have to do with math?
Direct download: Theory_of_Everything-_What_is_Matter.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 8:00am EDT |
Sat, 18 February 2012
A brief intro to the current theory of (almost) everything - the Standard Model of particle physics.
Direct download: Theory_of_Everything_intro.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 3:42pm EDT |
Sun, 12 February 2012
How much do you need to vomit in order to levitate?
Direct download: VomitPhysics_Physics_of_Fiction.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 8:00am EDT |