Wed, 28 December 2011
Come with us to Italy to find out what went into measuring the FTL neutrinos.
Direct download: Faster_Than_Light_Neutrinos_maybe-_Field_Trip.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 8:00am EDT |
Sat, 17 December 2011
Neutrinos are the vampires of physics. |
Sat, 10 December 2011
Teach your teacher: the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge WASN'T resonance.
Direct download: The_Tacoma_Narrows_Fallacy.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 8:00am EDT |
Sat, 3 December 2011
How does a laser really work? It's Bose - Einstein statistics! (photons are bosons) |
Sat, 26 November 2011
Ever tried to comb a hairy ball? Math says you failed! |
Sat, 19 November 2011
A million dollars is a ton of money. But how much does it weigh?
Direct download: Weigh_a_million_dollars_with_your_mind.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 8:00am EDT |
Sat, 12 November 2011
Why is the past different from the future? Caltech physicist Sean Carroll explains how the arrow of time is not an intrinsic property of physics, but rather an emergent feature.
Direct download: The_Arrow_of_Time_feat._Sean_Carroll.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 8:00am EDT |
Sun, 6 November 2011
GPS is just a big clock in space! (and it can detect nuclear explosions)
Direct download: GPS_relativity_and_nuclear_detection.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 8:00am EDT |
Sat, 29 October 2011
You can break the speed of light in your back yard! (but don't worry, Einstein is still right)
Direct download: How_to_break_the_speed_of_light.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 9:00am EDT |
Sat, 22 October 2011
How does light speed up after leaving glass or water? What do light and the President of the United States have in common?
Direct download: The_Speed_of_Light_in_Glass.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 9:00am EDT |
