Einstein's unique way of thinking contributed to his genius
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Robbert Dijkgraaf is a theoretical physicist and Leon Levy Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He is also the co-author of "The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge." In this video, he explains how Albert Einstein saw the world in a different way from how most scientists see it.
We Found Another State of Matter: The Supersolid!
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Scientists have created, yet another state of matter called a supersolid! But what is it, and what does it do?
What if the Earth were Hollow?
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What if there were a tunnel through the middle of the earth and you jumped in?
What is entropy? - Jeff Phillips
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There's a concept that's crucial to chemistry and physics. It helps explain why physical processes go one way and not the other: why ice melts, why cream spreads in coffee, why air leaks out of a punctured tire. It's entropy, and it's notoriously difficult to wrap our heads around. Jeff Phillips gives a crash course on entropy.
Meet the Man Who Strapped Himself to a Rocket, For Science
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One man's quest to test the human limits of gravity on the human body.
Illuminating the Universe: The History of Light
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Beyond what we can touch, taste, smell, and hear, we experience the universe through light. But how did we come to discover light, and how did we learn light's true nature, as the fastest thing in the universe, an electromagnetic spectrum, a wave and particle capable of the most amazing things? Here is the history of light, according to physics.
The Beginning of Everything -- The Big Bang
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How did everything get started? Has the universe a beginning or was it here since forever? Well, evidence suggests that there was indeed a starting point to this universe we are part of right now. But how can this be? How can something come from nothing? And what about time? We don't have all the answers yet so let's talk about what we know.
Earth's Magnetic Field Is Going To Flip, Here's How We Know
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Scientists are using clues from ancient artifacts to help them predict the future of the magnetic field.
Why Earth Is A Prison and How To Escape It
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We are trapped on earth. Controlled by an ancient debt to the universe...
Electromagnetic Levitation Quadcopter
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Spinning magnets near copper sheets create levitation!
The Absurdity of Detecting Gravitational Waves
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A head-vaporizing laser with a perfect wavelength detecting sub-proton space-time ripples.
Why Doesn't Time Flow Backwards?
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Thanks to Google Making and Science for supporting this series, and to Sean Carroll for collaborating on it!
Crazy Lake Experiment
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1 tablespoon of olive oil destroys half an acre of waves on this lake. What The Physics?!
Is This What Quantum Mechanics Looks Like?
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Silicone oil droplets provide a physical realization of pilot wave theories.
The Walking Water Mystery Solved!
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Solving a 5 yr old personal mystery about "Why Water Walks on Water".
1st FAI World Indoor Skydiving Championship
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Check out the Czech Dynamic 4 Way team "MAD RAVENS" performing their free routine at the 1st FAI World Indoor Skydiving Championship 2015 in Prague.
The Twins Paradox Primer
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How can time be slower and faster at the same time?
Interactive Dynamic Video
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Image-Space Modal Bases for Plausible Manipulation of Objects in Video" ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia 2015) by Abe Davis, Justin Chen, Fredo Durand
Why the metric system matters
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For the majority of recorded human history, units like the weight of a grain or the length of a hand weren't exact and varied from place to place.
Black Hole Comparison
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This Crazy Black Hole Comparison Will Definitely Blow Your Mind
What Is Something?
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What is something? On the most fundamental level thinkable, what are things? Why are things? And why do things behave the way they do?