Can You Survive An Elevator Fall By Jumping?
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Your monthly dose of hypothetical physics scenarios is here, and today we’re dropping Stu, several times, from the top of skyscraper.
The physics of surfing - Nick Pizzo
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Wondering how you can catch the perfect wave? Dive into the fascinating and complex physics of surfing.
Circular Saw Kickback Killer
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We're working on a time-series problem called a Sequence Classification.
Why Earthquakes Are So Hard To Predict
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Scientists are trying to figure out if they can predict big earthquakes by simulating small quakes in labs and studying big quakes under the ocean. Thanks to the University of Rhode Island for sponsoring this video.
How Microwaving Grapes Makes Plasma
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A bisected grape in the microwave makes plasma. But how does it work? A grape is the right size and refractive index to trap microwaves inside it.
Are Negative Ions Good For You?
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Do negative air ions improve mood, anxiety, depression, alertness?
The Inverse Leidenfrost Effect
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Droplets levitate on a bath of liquid nitrogen and are spontaneously self-propelled.
How does a whip break the sound barrier?
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April Jennifer Choi is a Mechanical Engineer and Professional Whip Artist from Peoria, IL. She has a Master's Degree in Computational Fluid Dynamics as well as several Guinness World Records in Whip Cracking.
The Best Test of General Relativity
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A launch mishap led to the best experimental confirmation of gravitational redshift.
Floating City Physics
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How much would a floating city weigh?
What’s the smallest thing in the universe?
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If you were to take a coffee cup, and break it in half, then in half again, and keep carrying on, where would you end up?
Wormholes Explained - Breaking Spacetime
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Are wormholes real or are they just magic disguised as physics and maths? And if they are real how do they work and where can we find them?
COLD HARD SCIENCE: SLAPSHOT Physics in Slow Motion
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I shot the skaters with a Phantom MIRO LC320S made by Vision Research.
This Particle Breaks Time Symmetry
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Increasing entropy is NOT the only process that's asymmetric in time.
Which Way Is Down?
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Vsauce host Michael Stevens digs deep into the ever-changing concept of the direction "down," what causes things to fall, and digs into how masses really, really want to pull towards each other in our universe, thanks to gravitational forces.
Is it possible to create a perfect vacuum? - Rolf Landua and Anais Rassat
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The universe is bustling with matter and energy. Even in the vast, apparent emptiness of intergalactic space, there's one hydrogen atom per cubic meter. But is there such thing as a total absence of everything? Is it possible to make a completely empty space? Rolf Landua and Anais Rassat explain the science behind vacuums.
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.