Search Results: "category theory"

All Most Recent Most Viewed

04:00 Popular
PLATO ON: The Forms

817 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

Plato’s theory of the forms is at the centre of his philosophy and teaches us the virtues of thinking about the ideal version of things. If you like our films take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): http://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/all/ Brought to
12:51
The Science Behind the Butterfly Effect

372 views / 0 likes - added 4 years ago

Chaos theory means deterministic systems can be unpredictable. Thanks to LastPass for sponsoring this video. Click here to start using LastPass: https://ve42.co/VeLP Animations by Prof. Robert Ghrist: https://ve42.co/GhristWant to know more about chaos th
20:02
5 Of The Weirdest Theories About Reality | Answers With Joe

197 views / 1 likes - added 1 year ago

Get Nebula and CuriosityStream for only $14.79 when you sign up at http://www.curiositystream.com/joescott For as long as humans have been around, we've been asking why we're here, what's our purpose, and how did all this happen. Along the way, we've come
03:39 Popular
What Are Stars?

1,906 views / 4 likes - added 8 years ago

Find out what makes stars what they are, and take a tour of some of the most extreme stars in space! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome
Featured
05:20
Printing Lucy

442 views / 0 likes - added 6 years ago

Researchers believe they've discovered how Lucy, a 3.2 million year old human relative, died. To convince others of their theory, the researchers released 3D scans of Lucy's bones. In this Nature Video we 3D print Lucy's bones to see for ourselves. Read t
08:27
Breaking Boards Paradox II //. Homemade Science with Bruce Yeany

355 views / 0 likes - added 4 years ago

First all it's not really a paradox, that's just the name, but here's a revisit to the popular breaking board demonstration on air pressure. The common explanation has touted that sheet of newspaper is applying 8,000 to 15,000 pounds of force toehold a bo
01:28 Popular
Deliciously Adorable & Easy To Make SHOPKINS CUPCAKE Recipe

1,526 views / 3 likes - added 8 years ago

Learn this ultimately cute and yummy Shopkins Cupcake recipe and more delicious & easy to make recipes by HooplaKidz Recipes For more yumminess, click here: https://goo.gl/VnkN8n Watch some of our other Recipes: Click here to learn how to make Play Doh Wi
Featured
05:05
The Hunt to Find Life on Jupiter's Icy Moons | Countdown to Launch

325 views / 0 likes - added 4 years ago

ESA's JUICE mission is heading to Jupiter to hunt for signs of life on its icy moons. Subscribe to Seeker!http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Countdown to Launch: http://bit.ly/CTLplaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com Understanding Jupite
17:35 Popular
Bell's Theorem: The Quantum Venn Diagram Paradox

877 views / 0 likes - added 6 years ago

Featuring 3Blue1Brown Watch the 2nd video on 3Blue1Brown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzRCDLre1b4 Support MinutePhysics on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/minutephysics Link to Patreon Supporters: http://www.minutephysics.com/supporters/ This vid
54:42
Quantum Biology: An Introduction

559 views / 1 likes - added 8 years ago

What is quantum biology? Philip Ball explains how strange quantum effects take place in the messy world of biology, and how these are behind familiar biological phenomena such as smell, enzymes and bird's migration. Subscribe for regular science videos: h
04:43
Immune System - Fighting Infection by Clonal Selection

483 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

'Fighting Infection by Clonal Selection' was created to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Burnet's Clonal Selection Theory. The animation shows how clonal selection works during a bacterial infection of the throat. Frank Macfarlane Burnet was awarded th
08:35
Why LA Destroyed Its World-Class Transit System - Cheddar Explains

192 views / 0 likes - added 2 years ago

Heres a sentence that makes you think: Los Angeles used to have one of the best mass transit systems in the world. But today, the city of Angels is known for its terrible traffic and poor public transit. In the early 20th century, LA relied on streetcars:
01:18 Popular
Can You Make 4 Triangles From 6 Matches?

977 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

Can you use 6 matches to make 4 triangles of equal size and equal shape? This is harder than it sounds! Give it a try before watching the video for a solution. If you like my videos, you can support me at Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/mindyourdecisions
11:49
What is relativity all about?

314 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

Einstein’s theory of special relativity is one of the fascinating scientific advances of the 20th century. Fermilab’s Dr. Don Lincoln has decided to make a series of videos describing this amazing idea. In this video, he lays out what relativity is all ab
04:22 Popular
Impossible Algebra Problem

1,237 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

This problem is making the rounds. Can you place numbers in the four boxes so all the equations are true? Blog post (text/image explanation): http://wp.me/p6aMk-4up If you like my videos, you can support me at Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/mindyourdecis
02:31 Popular
Why Do We Yawn?

814 views / 1 likes - added 8 years ago

What makes yawning so contagious? Watch the 'Yawn-O-Meter': http://bit.ly/1qwFDrx SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/10kWnZ7 Instagram and Twitter: @whalewatchmeplz and @mitchellmoffit Clickable: http://bit.ly/16F1jeC and http://bit.ly/15J7ube Facebook: http://on.f
Featured
04:33
This Cell Might Hold the Answer to a Universal Cure for Cancer

268 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

A new immune discovery could provide a universal cancer cure, so how does it work... and how close is it to actually happening? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http:/
18:12
Exploring How Computers Work

307 views / 0 likes - added 2 years ago

A little exploration of some of the fundamentals of how computers work. Logic gates, binary, two's complement; all that good stuff!The simulation tool is now available for download!You can find it here: https://sebastian.itch.io/digital-logic-simAlong wit
03:01
Love Quinoa? Thank the International Man of Botany

392 views / 0 likes - added 4 years ago

Love mangoes and dates? Cant imagine a grain bowl without quinoa? We have botanist David Fairchild to thank for bringing these foods and many more to the United States. Fairchild spent his entire career traveling the world learning from indigenous food cu
03:25 Popular
Can You Solve This? AA + BB + CC = ABC

2,474 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

If AA + BB + CC = ABC, what are the values of A, B, and C? All the digits are distinct and positive. Watch the video for a solution. Blog (text explanation): http://wp.me/p6aMk-4Cm If you like my videos, you can support me at Patreon: http://www.patreon.c
16:13 Popular
The Game You Win By Losing (Parrondo's Paradox)

788 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

Watch my collab with Donut Media: https://youtu.be/1RNc-2hpHP8Thanks to Donut Media for supporting Vsauce2 and having me on their channel. Go check them out and support them. They're great!While working on the interplay between thermodynamics and informat
35:52 Popular
Delicious Cartoon Character Cakes So Good You'll Wish You Had Baked | Birthday Cake Recipes

1,175 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

Check out the most delicious recipe : https://goo.gl/eOpHto Subscribe to our channel for more updates: https://goo.gl/goaCNi Surprise your little ones with these delicious and delightful cartoon character birthday cake recipe by HooplaKidz Recipes Click h
03:15
After Hurricane Maria, Building a Community Under the Sea

607 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

Raimundo Chirinos has devoted his life and career to protecting Puerto Rico’s waters. And in the wake of Hurricane Maria, his devotion matters more than ever. Among its many assaults, the Category 5 storm pulled fishing gear from the island’s shores into
01:23
Hammer vs Feather - Physics on the Moon

683 views / 1 likes - added 7 years ago

Courtesy: NASA - Galileo and Apollo 15 At the end of the last Apollo 15 moon walk, Commander David Scott (pictured above) performed a live demonstration for the television cameras. He held out a geologic hammer and a feather and dropped them at the same t
Featured
00:59
The Ultimate Fight: Tardigrade vs. Bird #shorts #kurzgesagt

89 views / 0 likes - added 6 months ago

Follow us for more sciencey content.Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/kgs-tiktok-sourcesTardigrades win in the "coolest nickname" category as well, as they are also known as "water bears"! #kurzgesagt #kurzgesagt_inanutshell #inanut
1:01:45 Popular
Information, Evolution, And Intelligent Design - With Daniel Dennett

716 views / 1 likes - added 8 years ago

Daniel Dennett explores the first steps towards a unified theory of information, through common threads in the convergence of evolution, learning, and engineering. Subscribe for regular science talks: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe The concept of information i
10:50
The most feared song in jazz, explained

455 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

Making sense of John Coltrane's "Giant Steps." Follow Vox Earworm on Facebook for more: http://www.facebook.com/VoxEarworm And be sure to check out Earworm's complete first season here: http://bit.ly/2QCwhMH John Coltrane, one of jazz history’s most
04:07
Why do competitors open their stores next to one another? - Jac de Haan

617 views / 0 likes - added 6 years ago

View full lesson on ed.ted.com - http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-competitors-open-their-stores-next-to-one-another-jac-de-haan Why are all the gas stations, cafes and restaurants in one crowded spot? As two competitive cousins vie for ice-cream-selling d
09:20
Time Dilation - Why an Accelerated Frame of Reference Slows Down Time

27 views / 0 likes - added 2 months ago

Everything is relative.Or so that's what Einstein postulated over 100 years ago in his theory of special relativity. Just like how another objects observed velocity depends on the velocity of the observer, so too does the observed velocity of light. As we
04:42
How Warren Buffett Tried To Trick Bill Gates In A Dice Game

684 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

Warren Buffett once challenged Bill Gates to a dice game similar to this one. How would you play the game? Blog post (text explanation) http://wp.me/p6aMk-4ro Source The dice numbers and the story are described at Microsoft Research's website for non-tran
05:03
The Existence of White Holes May Settle One of Physics Biggest Debates

417 views / 4 likes - added 4 years ago

Chances are you are familiar with black holes, we at Seeker love to discuss black holesbut what about white holes? Its time we talk about the black holes hypothetical opposite. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http:/
05:38
Ideasthesia: How Do Ideas Feel? - Danko Nikolić

662 views / 0 likes - added 9 years ago

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/ideasthesia-how-do-ideas-feel-danko-nikolic The traditional model of our mental function is that first our senses provide data to our brain, which then translates those senses into the appropriate mental phenome
02:58 Popular
What Is Sea Level, Anyway?

866 views / 0 likes - added 6 years ago

In Calipatria, California, the town is below sea level -- but their flag pole isn't. But what does "sea level" mean? Is it just theory, or is there more behind it? I'm at http://tomscott.com on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tomscott on Facebook at http://
12:45 Popular
Matter Makes Up Everything, So What Makes Up Matter? (Part 1 of 3)

1,004 views / 0 likes - added 6 years ago

Practically everything around us is matter, but how did the first scientists figure that out? How did we define matter? Tune in next Thursday for Part 2! Read More: Discovery of the Electron http://www.pbs.org/transistor/science/events/electron.html “Scie
12:34 Popular
8 Perfect Oreo Recipes For Cookie Addicts

773 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

For more yummy Easy Recipes, click here: https://goo.gl/VnkN8n Make some deliciously amazing Oreo recipes to feed and give some happiness to your lazy sweet tooth! Watch this video and learn to make 8 mouth watering Oreo Recipes Perfect for all occasions,
Featured
06:04
Einstein's Biggest Blunder, Explained

367 views / 0 likes - added 4 years ago

Thanks to Brilliant for supporting MinutePhysics. Get 20% off a premium subscription at https://brilliant.org/MinutePhysics/This video is about how Albert Einstein made a mistake when applying the Field Equations of General Relativity to cosmology (in par
14:15
Russell's Paradox - A Ripple in the Foundations of Mathematics

438 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

Bertrand Russell's set theory paradox on the foundations of mathematics, axiomatic set theory and the laws of logic. A celebration of Gottlob Frege. Thank you to Professor Joel David Hamkins for your help with this video. Hi! I'm Jade. Subscribe to Up and
01:57 Popular
I Will Read Your Mind - Math Magic Trick

1,249 views / 2 likes - added 7 years ago

Pick a 2 digit number. Got it? Now and add up the digits. Subtract that from your original number. Look up the resulting number in the table. Can I figure out the symbol you are looking at? This video predicts your symbol and explains why this math trick
Featured
03:58
What If The Neanderthals Had Not Gone Extinct?

358 views / 1 likes - added 4 years ago

Neanderthal DNA is 99.7% identical to our own, and researchers claim that some humans might be carrying as much as 2% of the Neanderthal genome. Making things even weirder is that scientists recently recovered a nearly complete DNA sequence from a 50,000-
04:56 Popular
Disney Frozen Sparkle Princess Elsa Cupcakes | Birthday Cupcakes | HooplaKidz Recipes

1,269 views / 1 likes - added 7 years ago

For more yumminess, click here: https://goo.gl/VnkN8n Esla Cupcake for all disney fans!, These super amazing Elsa Cupcakes are quick and easy to make perfect for a frozen themed party, learn how to make them with this quick and easy recipe video, inspired
Featured
02:21 Popular
How Dinosaurs Went Extinct!

1,152 views / 1 likes - added 9 years ago

Meteors came hurtling to Earth and stopped life as they knew it for the dinosaurs. Complete and instantaneous extinction is no longer the theory. What did the extinction look like? See how a T-Rex survives impact as some animals did, only to succumb to th
Featured
06:24 Popular
The Seemingly Impossible Escape Logic Puzzle

1,445 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

An evil logician takes Alice and Bob captive. They have a chance to escape if they can deduce the total number of trees in the prison. Can they figure it out? Source of puzzle wu: riddles forum https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board
04:52 Popular
Can You Solve The Two Rope Puzzle?

708 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

You have two ropes and a lighter. Each rope burns in 60 minutes, but the ropes do not burn at a constant rate. How can you measure 45 minutes by burning the ropes? Some of you might have heard this problem before. If so, try this variation: how can you me
06:24 Popular
Can You Solve The Chameleon Riddle?

1,004 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

A museum has 13 blue, 15 red, and 17 green chameleons. Whenever two chameleons of different colors meet, they both change into the color of the other chameleon (if blue and red met, for example, they would both turn green). As the chameleons mingle, is it
59:52 Popular
The Extraordinary Theorems of John Nash - with Cédric Villani

1,086 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

Fields medal winner Cédric Villani takes us through the very special world of mathematical creation of John Nash, who founded several new chapters of game theory and geometric analysis in just a few revolutionary contributions that seemed to come from now
04:10
Are Tall People Killing the Planet?

62 views / 0 likes - added 3 months ago

From little to large, could our growth spurt be giving Earth a hard time?Watch more Life Noggin "What Would Walking For 24 Hours Do To Your Body?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twClW4uetUI&t=13sCheck out the team that powers Life Noggin! https://www.lif
04:52 Popular
Do Black Holes Ever Die?

1,110 views / 7 likes - added 7 years ago

Do black holes actually evaporate? Find out more as we dive deep into Hawking Radiation! Inside The World's Largest Particle Accelerator - http://bit.ly/2cmBmH1 Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Hawking Radiation ht
07:52 Popular
Find The 10 Digit Number Classic Puzzle And Solution

883 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

I'm thinking of a 10 digit number that uses the each digit 0 to 9 exactly once and where the number formed by the first n digits is divisible by n. What could my number be? The video explains how to find the answer using tests for divisibility. Blog post:
07:13
New Subatomic Particles Are Shifting the Standard Model of Physics

462 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

The Large Hadron Collider just discovered a new pentaquark, but how does it fit in our current understanding of the Standard Model?Could Everything We Know About String Theory Be Wrong? - https://youtu.be/gVcwcaI_viQRead More: LHCb experiment discovers a
03:00
Multiply Numbers By Drawing Lines

620 views / 0 likes - added 6 years ago

Gow to multiply numbers by drawing lines. Get the Multiply By Lines Book! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1500866148/ If you like my videos, you can support me at Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/mindyourdecisions Connect on social media. I update each s
Featured
10:20 Popular
SURPRISING Coin Flipping Probability - Flips To HH Versus HT

875 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

What is the expected number of coin flips until you get two heads in a row (HH)? What is the expected number of coin flips until you get a heads followed by a tails (HT)? The video presents the solution and an intuitive explanation for this probability ri
04:03 Popular
Could Life On Earth Have Come From A Comet?

720 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

What if alien DNA led to human existence? This amino acid recently found in comets gives us insight on our potential alien-relatives. Are We Sabotaging Our Search For Life On Mars? - http://bit.ly/29MAiYY Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bi
04:13 Popular
Adults Stumped By Geometry Problems For 10 Year Olds. Can You Solve Them?

841 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

These homework problems were given to 10 year old children (Year 5) in England (Glossop, Derbyshire) and they were posted to Facebook when some adults found them to be difficult. One person claimed the problems were impossible to solve. Can you figure the
04:13
A short animation: the Copernican Revolution

182 views / 0 likes - added 1 year ago

In the 16th century, Nicholai Copernicus proposed a fundamental change to the way we see our place in existence: it is the Sun and not Earth that occupies the physical centre, he said. The Copernican revolution that followed holds many important lessons f
07:10
TOUGH Interview Question - Ways To Give 11 Coins To 3 People

605 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

How many ways can you divide 11 coins to 3 people? How many ways are there if each person has to get at least 1 coin? This puzzle is an example of a technical interview question. The video demonstrates the solution, which indicates the number of non-negat
03:10
Rapid Evolution Is Real…These Species Changed in Front of Our Eyes

623 views / 0 likes - added 6 years ago

Evolution doesn’t have to take a hundred millennia. Some species can biologically adapt to new environments in a few short years, here’s how. Seeker is now on Prime Video! Watch here: https://www.amazon.com/v/seeker Read More: What is Darwin's Theory of E
04:28
Are We Running Out of Vanilla? — Speaking of Chemistry

532 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

Vanilla is so common, some people use it as a diss. But watch out. This beloved bean may become a rarity. Read more: http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i36/problem-vanilla.html ↓↓More info and references below↓↓ Special thanks to My Green Pets for sharing the
05:04
Why Do Volcanic Eruptions Form Mushrooms Clouds? - Christmas Lectures with James Jackson

560 views / 1 likes - added 3 years ago

Volcanic eruptions form distinctive mushroom clouds when the extremely hot mixture of gas, magma and rocks shoots out of the volcano at high speed.Watch the full third lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1995/planet-earth-
02:57 Popular
Viral Facebook Math Problem

1,285 views / 1 likes - added 7 years ago

This problem has over 2 million comments on Facebook and is getting coverage in mainstream media and blogs. Can you figure out this Facebook fruit algebra puzzle involving apples, bananas, and coconuts? The video presents what many people consider to be t
08:27
Can You Solve The 3 Cards Riddle?

677 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

There are 3 cards in this problem. One card is blue on both sides, another is red on both sides, and the last is red on one side and blue on the other. The cards are put in a bag and I pick one at random. Without looking at the colors on the card, I place
12:53
The Many Worlds of the Quantum Multiverse | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios

580 views / 1 likes - added 7 years ago

Is our universe a definitive single reality or is it merely one within an infinitely branching multiverse? Be sure to check out Physics Girl’s Dianna Cowern for more awesome science https://www.youtube.com/c/physicsgirl Get your own Space Time tshirt at
03:31 Popular
How Logical Are You? The Irrationality Illusion Tricks Most

802 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

This video relates a cognitive bias ("irrational" decision) to an optical illusion (picture at 1:45). For more, check out my new book, "The Irrationality Illusion: How to Make Smart Decisions And Overcome Bias" http://amzn.to/1o3FaAg Blog post (text and i
04:35
Earths Magnetic North Pole Is Shifting South So What Now?

427 views / 0 likes - added 4 years ago

The Earth's magnetic poles are constantly shifting, and scientists believe they've figured out why. Subscribe to Seeker!http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist The North and South poles are often thought of as the
05:47
Why Is The Universe Flat?

558 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

Cosmic inflation is a theory that was proposed in the 1980s by cosmologist Alan Guth to answer some of the most fundamental questions of the origins of our universe. It also solved the Horizon Problem and the Flatness Problem. Subscribe - http://www.youtu
03:17 Popular
Is A Super-Earth Planet Hidden At the Edge of Our Solar System?

812 views / 2 likes - added 7 years ago

#HowTheUniverseWorks | Tuesdays at 10/9c on Science Full Episodes Streaming FREE on Science GO: https://www.sciencechannelgo.com/how-the-universe-works/ Planet Nine sits on the edge of our solar system, roughly 100 billion miles from our Sun. Until we see
04:33 Popular
The Most Groundbreaking Scientist You've Never Heard Of - Addison Anderson

716 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-most-groundbreaking-scientist-you-ve-never-heard-of-addison-anderson Seventeenth-century Danish geologist Nicolas Steno earned his chops at a young age, studying cadavers and drawing anatomic connections bet
05:41
How Do We Know That the Earth's Magnetic Poles Have Flipped? - Christmas Lectures with James Jackson

424 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

Volcanic rocks contain small bits of iron oxide that get magnetised in the direction of the Earth's magnetic field as they cool. Comparing rocks of different ages reveals the magnetic history of our planet.Watch the full second lecture of the series: http
02:45 Popular
The Day After Tomorrow Is Yesterday Riddle. Can You Solve It?

701 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

This puzzle is popular on Facebook and many other sites. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, then today will be as far from Wednesday as today was from Wednesday when the day before yesterday was tomorrow. What day is today?" Can you solve this tri
00:46
Evidence for relativity effects in stars orbiting supermassive black hole

563 views / 0 likes - added 6 years ago

This artist's impression shows the orbits of three of the closest known stars to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way (marked with a red cross). Analysis of data from ESO’s Very Large Telescope and other telescopes hint that the orbi
02:23
This SAT Math Question Has A Mistake

662 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

This question appeared on the October 1980 SAT exam. Like all questions, it was supposed to have exactly one correct answer. However the test-makers made a mistake. Can you figure out what they did wrong? Blog post (text explanation): http://wp.me/p6aMk-4
07:12
Einstein's Golden Secret! (Psst! Special relativity gives gold its color)

444 views / 1 likes - added 5 years ago

Come discover how Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity gives gold it's beautiful yellow shine. Hi! I'm Jade. Subscribe to Up and Atom for new physics, math and computer science videos every two weeks! *SUBSCRIBE TO UP AND ATOM* https://www.youtube.com/
04:36
The Origin Of Countless Conspiracy Theories - PatrickJMT

528 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-origin-of-countless-conspiracy-theories-patrickjmt Check out PatrickJMT's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/patrickJMT Why can we find geometric shapes in the night sky? How can we know that
03:33 Popular
Can You Solve This Intelligence Test? Viral Facebook Puzzle

738 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

If 6 + 4 = 210, and 9 + 2 = 711, what is the rule to combine numbers? This "intelligence test" has been shared more than 3 million times on Facebook. On Twitter people claim solving it means you have an IQ of more than 150 (genius level). In this video I
05:02
Our Universe May Be Full of Massive Dark Matter Stars

207 views / 0 likes - added 2 years ago

Recent studies point to a potential new type of matter: the dark boson. This dark matter candidate could potentially clump together out in space, forming 'ghost stars' that could grow as big as supermassive black holes. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/
05:09 Popular
Can You Solve The Snake Eyes Probability Riddle?

838 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

You close your eyes and roll a pair of dice. The casino dealer announces that at least one of the rolls is showing a 1.What is the probability that both dice are showing a 1? Watch the video for the solution. (Snake eyes is a term for rolling a pair of 1s
07:33 Popular
Richard Feynman Magnets

726 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

Richard Phillips Feynman was an American physicist known for the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics and the physics of the super fluidity of super cooled liquid helium, as well as work in particle physics
04:43
Richard Feynman Fire

367 views / 0 likes - added 4 years ago

Richard Phillips Feynman was an American physicist known for the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics and the physics of the super fluidity of super cooled liquid helium, as well as work in particle physics
06:57
When Is Christmas? Mentally Convert Date To Day Of The Week

528 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

January 1, 2016 is a Friday. When will Christmas be in 2016? What about Christmas in 2055? You can do this in your head! Blog post (text explanation): http://wp.me/p6aMk-4qQ Doomsday Rule (previous video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsStBxY9STw Calcu
07:17 Popular
Girl Wants To Trade For Her Dream Pet Adopt Me Cookie Swirl C Roblox

2,391 views / 15 likes - added 3 years ago

Today in Adopt Me Roblox I meet a girl who just want her dream pet, a parrot. Then she sees a girl willing to trade her parrot named Smoothie. Will they trade so she can get her dream pet? Let's see. I hope you have a wonderful day and enjoy this video .
08:10
Why Do You Love Your Family?

492 views / 0 likes - added 6 years ago

You can learn more about your personal DNA story by going to https://23andMe.com/okay Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Why do we love people we’re related to? Compared to strangers, why d
05:39 Popular
Can You Solve A 5th Grade Problem From China? Find The Area Of ABCD

788 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

Thanks to Eric from Miami for suggesting this problem and sending a solution! The diagram shows a quadrilateral ABCD with the values for some angles and the length of AB. Can you figure out the area of ABCD? Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/MindYou
What Is Emergence?

144 views / 0 likes - added 2 years ago

How do extraordinarily complex emergent phenomena like ants assembling themselves into living bridges, or tiny water and air molecules forming into swirling hurricanes spontaneously arise from systems of much simpler elements? The answer often depends on
12:33
Making a Hurricane Indoors (For Science)

424 views / 0 likes - added 1 year ago

SUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Were on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart More info and sources below Hurricanes, typhoons, and tropical cyclones are Earths most powerful storms, capable of un
07:20
An Alternative Proof That The Real Numbers Are Uncountable

457 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

This video was co-written by my super smart hubby Simon Mackenzie. *My Last Video* My Infinity is Bigger Than Your Infinity https://youtu.be/X56zst79Xjg If you want to know more, check out these links and sources: The Annotated Turing - Charles Petzold ht
05:55 Popular
"Impossible" Logic Puzzle - How Many Liars Are At The Party?

807 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

A party has 100 people who are either liars are truth tellers. Liars always lie and truth tellers always say the truth. After the party you ask each person, "How many truth tellers did you shake hands with?" Each person gives a different answer from 0 to
03:28 Popular
Flower Math Problem - Adults Stumped By Question For Kids In China

1,387 views / 2 likes - added 7 years ago

This problem is said to come from a test given to a Chinese kindergarten class (5 year olds). It was posted online and caused a lot of debate as adults were stumped about the correct answer, some saying it is impossible. Can you figure it out? This video
15:15
Moving Faster Than The Speed Of Light? Special Relativity Velocity Addition Formula

681 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

If train A is moving towards train B, and each train moves at 75% the speed of light (relative to the ground), will an observer on train A think that train B is moving at 150% the speed of light? But nothing moves faster than the speed of light, so what i
06:14
Will Robots Become Conscious?

606 views / 0 likes - added 6 years ago

What makes a brain or machine conscious? Will robots become more conscious than we are? One theory, which can actually calculate consciousness, is beginning to provide some answers. Subscribe: http://youtube.com/whatthephysics?sub_confirmation=1 ↓Want mor
06:41
How Do Helicopters Fly? | Make a Helicopter!

515 views / 1 likes - added 2 years ago

There's a helicopter on Mars, but you don't have to go that far to make one in your own home!----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowIf you have a question for Jessi, Squeaks, and
01:49 Popular
This Matchstick Puzzle Is

852 views / 1 likes - added 7 years ago

This classic matchstick/toothpick puzzle is making the rounds because it is supposedly "extremely hard" for adults. Can you make 3 squares by moving 3 matchsticks? You cannot break any of the sticks, the resulting squares must be of equal size, and each t
Featured
12:15
Can We Build An Elevator To Space? - The Royal Institution Christmas Lecture 2010 - BBC Four

81 views / 0 likes - added 1 year ago

Subscribe and to the BBC https://bit.ly/BBCYouTubeSubWatch the BBC first on iPlayer https://bbc.in/iPlayer-Home More about this programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x1ynyMaterials scientist Dr Mark Miodownik reveals that we are now capable of mak
05:47
LIGO's Gravitational Wave Discovery Is Still In Question, But Why?

420 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

LIGO’s discovery of gravitational waves rocked the world of physics. But now, some scientists are questioning their methods. Here’s what you need to know. WTF Is Gravity? Scientists Don’t Really Know Either - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9_PdtL627k&t=
07:49 Popular
Can You Solve The Viral 9 = 72 Puzzle? The Correct Answer Explained

1,073 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

This problem has been shared millions of times on Twitter/Facebook with the claim "99% fail" to solve it and that only a genius could find the correct answer. If 9 = 72, 8 = 56, 7 = 42, 6 = 30, 5 = 20, then 3 = ? In this video I explain what many people b
04:16
Subvisual Subway: The Art Of New York City's Bacterial World

665 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

Typographer and illustrator Craig Ward heard an urban legend that "using the handrails on the subway is like shaking hands with 100 people." He decided to test that theory by sampling the bacteria on subway lines around New York City and photographing his
06:01 Popular
Can You Solve The Viral 1 + 4 = 5 Puzzle? The Correct Answer Explained

11.8k views / 1 likes - added 7 years ago

This problem was shared on Facebook with the claim that only one in a thousand could figure it out. It went viral and generated over 3 million comments. Here is the problem. If 1 + 4 = 5, 2 + 5 = 12, 3 + 6 = 21, what is 8 + 11 = ? This video presents what
03:24 Popular
Why Do So Many Price Tags End In .99?

776 views / 1 likes - added 8 years ago

It’s very common to see the number 9 at the right end of a price tag. Why is this? Lauren explains the psychology of prices and nines in this episode of BrainStuff. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com. Share on Facebook: Share on Twitter: Subscribe: htt
Featured
04:25
How The 'Impossible Drive' Could Break Newton's Third Law

653 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

A device called the EM Drive appears to have the ability to break the Third Law of Physics. But does it even work? What Will Rockets Look Like In The Future? - https://youtu.be/fSm3LoZyjjI Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Rea
05:08 Popular
Why is gravity different?

824 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

We probably think we know gravity pretty well. After all, we have more conscious experience with this fundamental force than with any of the others (electromagnetism and the weak and strong nuclear forces). But even though physicists have been studying gr
04:40
How Big Can a Black Hole Get?

328 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

How BIG can black holes actually get? And how do they even grow that big? New research probes this question. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comSci
03:38 Popular
3 Cool Facts About Cats!

1,800 views / 7 likes - added 8 years ago

Even if you have a cat of your own, you might not know these three amazing things about our furry friends! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our aw
Featured
11:29 Popular
First Day Gymnastics Class Cookie Swirl C Roblox

4,451 views / 22 likes - added 3 years ago

Today In Roblox I'm going to gymnastics class in the game Platinum Stars Gymnastics. The teacher will teach all the students how to flip and fly in the air. I hope I can keep up. Enjoy this video :D :D Subscribe for FREE and never miss a video! Click here
09:29
The Multiverse is real. Just not in the way you think it is. | Sean Carroll

103 views / 0 likes - added 1 year ago

What do physicists actually mean when they talk about the Multiverse? Sean Carroll explains.Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1Up next, Michio Kaku: The Multiverse Has 11 Dimensions
07:25 Popular
Can You Solve The Race To December 31 Riddle?

713 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

Here's a fun game you can play with another person. The game starts on January 1. Each of two players takes turns calling out another date. The new date has to be a later date in the year with either the same month OR the same day (from January 1, a playe
03:21 Popular
Can You Solve A Puzzle That Fooled Richard Feynman?

706 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

What is the radius of the circle, in simplest terms involving a, b, and c? I read that even the great mind Richard Feynman made a mistake. Watch the video to learn the common mistake and what the correct answer is. Source Feynman story http://web.media.mi
05:48
What Is The Area? "You Should Be Able To Solve This"

503 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

Thanks to Reio in Romania for emailing me this fun problem! What is the area? This puzzle was shared with the tagline "you should be able to solve this." Solution to 5th grade Chinese challenge problem https://youtu.be/OuJQaxZvlYs My blog post for this vi
11:57
The Wallis Formula For π

581 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

Start with the pair of fractions (2/1)(2/3). Now increment each number by 2 to get the pair of fractions (4/3)(4/5). Repeat this to get the next pair, and repeat this infinitely many times. If you then multiply all the fractions, you get a marvelous value
03:47 Popular
What Is the Shape of the Universe?

703 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

Unlike the Earth, the universe might actually be flat! But how do scientists know that, if we can’t observe it? Get 20% off http://www.domain.com domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code SEEKER at checkout! Read More: What is the Shape of the
13:40 Popular
BEST Way To Play Memory (Card Game) - WIN Using Math

948 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

The card game of memory (aka concentration) is a children's game to test visual recall. Strategically you can figure out the best move by doing probability calculations. This video explains the best possible way to play the game mathematically. You can le
Featured
03:17
Can YOU Solve It? This Question Stumped 75% Of PhD Economists

603 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

Introductory economics courses cover the concept of an opportunity cost. Can you figure out the opportunity cost for the problem in the video? This video presents a question that surprisingly more than 75% of PhD economists did not answer correctly. Paper
04:27
Pluto Could Be Made A Planet Again, Along With 102 Other Celestial Bodies

686 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

This proposed new definition of "planets" would bring back Pluto, but would also reclassify over a hundred other celestial bodies -- including our moon! Do You Know What Color Pluto Really Is? - https://youtu.be/8beVI8wdkZg Sign Up For The Seeker Newslett
02:20
How to Make Easy Paper Spinners | Science Craft

219 views / 0 likes - added 2 years ago

Paper spinners are a great way to teach kids about colour mixing theory, and they're pretty easy to make. You can make paper spinners within two minutes with just a few materials. Just give your children an opportunity to decorate spinners the way they li
16:30
The Stratford Heist - Staging a false play in front of Shakespeare's gravestone to find a treasure.

644 views / 0 likes - added 6 years ago

A man staged a false play in front of Shakespeare's gravestone in order to scan it with penetrating RADAR to confirm his suspicion it had a cavity with hidden works, a theory he put together from cryptic clues left by the altar. His RADAR confirmed the ca
06:25
The eclipse photo that made Einstein famous

330 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

In 1919, a total solar eclipse helped redefine gravity.Thanks to Raycon for sponsoring this video. Check them out at http://buyraycon.com/voxBecome a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-labAlbert Einsteins theory of general relativity, published in 1915
09:11 Popular
Can You Solve The Rectangle Ratio Puzzle? The Surprising Answer

850 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

Start with a unit square (a rectangle with both sides equal to 1, call it R1). Attach a rectangle of area 1 to its right side, then attach a rectangle of area 1 to its top. The border of this new shape is another rectangle, call it R2. We can repeat the p
03:48 Popular
Can You Solve This Harvard Admissions Question? Algebra Problem, 1869

1,464 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

The Harvard admissions exam in 1869 included this algebra problem: "A man bought a watch, a chain, and a locket for $216. The watch and locket together cost three times as much as the chain, and the chain and locket together cost half as much as the watch
08:05 Popular
Can You Solve The Hardest Easy Geometry Problem?

1,262 views / 1 likes - added 7 years ago

In the figure, what is the value of angle x? This problem is known as Langley's Adventitious Angles. It is also known as the hardest easy geometry problem because it can be solved by elementary methods but it is notoriously difficult to work out. Can you
05:57 Popular
Can You Solve This 6th Grade Geometry Problem From Singapore? The Area Of A "Claw"

1,123 views / 1 likes - added 7 years ago

This problem was given to Primary 6 (age 11-12) students in Singapore. What is the area of the shaded region in the video, which consists of the region bounded by 4 quarter circles in a 3x3 grid of squares, and each square has a side length of 4? The shad
04:11
What Happens When You Put Antimatter in a Double Slit Experiment?

356 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

Interference patterns with particles have stumped scientists for years, but when they put antimatter through the test, they revealed an even bigger mystery. This Is The Only Place Antimatter Can Survive In The Universe - https://youtu.be/XD8Q3Mb1Q4I Read
03:51 Popular
Can You Solve This MIT Admissions Question? Geometry Problem, 1869

943 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is one of the top ranked universities in the world. This question appeared on its admissions exam nearly 150 years ago. "The perpendicular dropped from the vertex of the right angle upon the hypotenuse divid
06:24
Can You Solve The Missing Sock Puzzle?

614 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

A statistician keeps a simple wardrobe. He only purchases pairs of black socks and white socks, and he keeps all of the socks in a pile in the drawer. Recently one of the socks was lost in the laundry. The socks have a mathematical property. If you select
05:05
Can Hawking’s Black Hole Paradox Be Solved With Fuzzballs?

507 views / 1 likes - added 5 years ago

Our current ideas about black holes present some interesting paradoxes. Could this unusual black hole model solve them? Why Don’t We Have a Photo of a Black Hole Yet? - https://youtu.be/7fFL9oLNJOI Read More: The Fuzzball Fix for a Black Hole Paradox http
02:51 Popular
The Horse Horseshoe Boots Viral Algebra Problem - The Correct Answer Explained

1,719 views / 2 likes - added 7 years ago

A lot of people are arguing over the correct answer to this algebra problem involving horses, horseshoes, and boots. A Facebook post with this problem has over 500,000 comments. Can you figure it out? In this video I explain the correct answer. Blog post:
11:27 Popular
Can You Solve The Viral 11x11 = 4 Puzzle? The Correct Answer Explained

3,046 views / 1 likes - added 7 years ago

If 11x11=4 and 22x22=16, what is 33x33=? This puzzle has been shared with the claim that only geniuses can solve it. It has gotten millions of views on the internet and Facebook as people have debated the correct answer. In this video I present what many
03:16 Popular
Can You Solve This 8th Grade Geometry Problem? 75% Got The Wrong Answer

997 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

What is angle A in the star-shaped figure? This problem appeared on the 1999 AMC 8 test (intended for 8th grade students in the US). Approximately 75% of test-takers did not mark the correct response. Can you figure it out? Watch the video for a solution.
05:09
Are We Alone in the Universe? - with Paul Davies

129 views / 0 likes - added 2 years ago

Is there life on other planets? And how would we know if our galaxy had been observed by intelligent extraterrestrial lifeforms?Paul's new book 'What's Eating the Universe' is out now: https://geni.us/pauldaviesPaul Davies is a theoretical physicist, cosm
05:26
Can You Solve The Red Ball Lottery Puzzle?

667 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

(Same video without the music: https://youtu.be/sz5oLEpc8xE) This problem involves 100 red balls, 100 blue balls, and 2 urns. First you distribute all the balls between the 2 urns, placing at least 1 ball in each urn. Next, you select an urn at random, an
10:26 Popular
Ecology - Rules for Living on Earth: Crash Course Biology #40

2,242 views / 0 likes - added 9 years ago

Hank introduces us to ecology - the study of the rules of engagement for all of us earthlings - which seeks to explain why the world looks and acts the way it does. The world is crammed with things, both animate and not, that have been interacting with ea
Featured
07:21 Popular
Can You Solve The Magical Pond Puzzle?

1,028 views / 1 likes - added 7 years ago

(Same video with music: https://youtu.be/nF-Gpk0ZpRk) You visit a shrine that has 3 temples. Before each temple, you have to swim in a magical pond. Your path is pond-temple1-pond-temple2-pond-temple 3. Each time you swim, the pond magically triples the n
04:52
The Man Who Corrected Einstein

371 views / 0 likes - added 4 years ago

Sign up for Brilliant FOR FREE at http://brilliant.org/minutephysics - the first 200 people get 20% of a premium subscription.This video is about how Russian physicist Aleksandr Fridman corrected Albert Einstein about the expansion of the universe. Einste
02:37 Popular
Adults Stumped By Maths Questions For 15 Year Olds. Can You Solve Them?

791 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

How hard are math tests? A survey asked 2,000 UK adults to answer sample GCSE test questions intended for 15 year old students. On average, the survey questions were missed by about 40% of adults. Can you solve them? The video presents 2 questions that ma
03:09
Can You Solve The Marriage Logic Problem? 80% Fail

674 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

Surveys have found 80 percent get this logic problem wrong. Alice is looking at Bob, and Bob is looking at Charlie. Alice is married; Charlie is not. Is a married person looking at an unmarried person? Answer choices are A) Yes, B) No, and C) Cannot be de
04:13 Popular
Can You Solve This Grade 12 Geometry Problem From Australia? The Marshmallow Chocolate Puzzle

904 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

A marshmallow has the shape of a cylinder with diameter 5 and height 3. A dessert is made with 24 marshmallows: there are two stacked layers of marshmallows, and each layer has 3 rows of 4 marshmallows. The gaps between the marshmallows are filled with ch
03:00
‘The Great Dying’ Was Our Worst Extinction Ever, And It Could Happen Again

520 views / 0 likes - added 6 years ago

What exactly caused the greatest extinction on earth? New research may finally hold the answer to this long time mystery. Read More: Increased UV from ozone depletion sterilizes trees http://news.berkeley.edu/2018/02/07/increased-uv-from-ozone-depletion-s
05:33 Popular
What is 6÷2(1+2) = ? The Correct Answer Explained

877 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

What is 6÷2(1+2) = ? This problem went viral and generated millions of comments on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and social media sites. I explain how to get the correct answer by using the modern interpretation of the order of operations. I also explain how
Featured
11:38
What Do You Mean Mass is Energy?

31 views / 0 likes - added 2 months ago

As a kid I had no idea what it meant when I was told "Mass is Energy" and "Mass can be converted into energy". No matter how many times someone repeated that "They are just the same thing" it didn't click. Well hopefully this can clear things up to younge
02:57 Popular
Can You Solve This Crazy Equation? Ramanujan's Radical Brain Teaser

1,093 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

In 1911, Srinivasa Ramanujan posed this problem involving an infinite nested radical (a never-ending expression that has square roots inside of square roots). Can you figure out how to simplify the equation? The video presents an intuitive solution. Techn
03:54 Popular
What's The Best Soup Can Size? The Optimal Cylinder Puzzle

793 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

A cylindrical can with volume V can be made in different ways. The cylinder can be wide and short (large radius and small height), or it can be narrower and taller (small radius and larger height). Which shape uses the least material? That is, which can h
10:28
McDonald's Tricks You Fall For Every Single Time

323 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

Since the 1940s, McDonald's has enjoyed a mainstream popularity other fast food companies could only dream of having. For better or worse, McDonald's has immense power and influence around the world, thanks in large part to its marketing and advertising.
03:04
Why Is There So Much Land In The North?

186 views / 0 likes - added 1 year ago

Watch the new season of MinuteBody - and get access to both CuriosityStream and Nebula - at https://curiositystream.com/minuteearthMost of Earths land is currently in the northern hemisphere because we happen to exist in a time where uneven heating in the
11:55 Popular
Partial Pressures&Vapor Pressure: Crash Course Chemistry #15

722 views / 0 likes - added 9 years ago

This week we continue to spend quality time with gases, more deeply investigating some principles regarding pressure - including John Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures, vapor pressure - and demonstrating the method for collecting gas over water. Table of
09:29
How to Listen to Classical Music: Fugues

619 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

A Complete Introduction to Fugues. This video looks at Fugues, and how they work. It considers the great fugues of Bach, as well as surveying fugue from Britten to Bernstein, Handel to Beethoven. It looks at fugal technique - the exposition, subject, answ
01:25
1 MAN plays 5 GUITARS!!!

133 views / 0 likes - added 1 year ago

Learn my system of making music with Samurai Guitar Theory https://www.samuraiguitartheory.com Merch https://www.shopsamuraiguitarist.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://www.f
07:40 Popular
Can You Solve The 21 Flags Game From Survivor?

884 views / 1 likes - added 7 years ago

Contestants on the TV show "Survivor" faced off in a series of challenges for a grand prize of $1 million. Most of the challenges were physical like hiking many miles or diving underwater. But one challenge was mathematical. The game had 21 flags and cont
19:31 Popular
Math Magic

720 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

Links to sources, more math magic, and other cool things below! My Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce My Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/electricpants Thanks to Vanessa from BrainCraft! Check out her channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/brain
19:31
Math Magic - Visualizing 52 factorial

515 views / 0 likes - added 2 years ago

Links to sources, more math magic, and other cool things below! My Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce My Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/electricpants Thanks to Vanessa from BrainCraft! Check out her channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/brain
05:47 Popular
What Does It Take To Be An Astronaut?

709 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

What does it take to have the "Right Stuff" to become an Astronaut? Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: http://www.universetoday.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Follow us on Tumblr: http://universetoday.tumblr.co
08:51 Popular
The Viral Balloon Puzzle - The REAL Answer Explained (Using Ph.D. Level Math)

764 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

They say only geniuses can solve this puzzle, and this time they are correct. Thanks to all patrons! Special thanks to: Shrihari Puranik Yildiz Kabaran Kyle My blog post for this video https://wp.me/p6aMk-82U Sources https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/que
04:06 Popular
Why Do We Have 10 Fingers And 10 Toes?

866 views / 3 likes - added 8 years ago

As humans we could have had any number of fingers and toes, but somehow we ended up with 10 of each. What's so special about 10? Why Did Our Toes Evolve To Look So Weird? ►►►► http://bit.ly/1TChNWx Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly
Featured
05:58
How To Stop An Asteroid From Hitting Earth

100 views / 0 likes - added 1 year ago

Check out Avenues Online here: https://www.avenues.org/theactionlabIn todays video, I'm going to take a crack at Avenues Online's Save The World Challenge. To prevent an asteroid from destroying the Earth, Ill test my theory that a giant Fresnel lens can
11:05
A Real Life Haptic Glove (Ready Player One Technology Today) - Smarter Every Day 190

653 views / 0 likes - added 6 years ago

http://www.audible.com/Smarter or text "Smarter" to 500-500 Click here to subscribe for next video: http://bit.ly/Subscribe2SED A huge thank you to HaptX Inc. for letting me visit! ⇊ Click below for more links! ⇊ I'm a huge fan of Ready Player One. Here's
06:16
Chemistry Solves a Maze Part 2 - the surprise

179 views / 0 likes - added 1 year ago

In part II of "Chemistry solves a maze", Lawton and Scott redo their experiment to try to prove a theory. They find out that the reaction mechanism that they had thought solved the maze, wasn't quite as it appeared.Part 1: Chemistry solves a maze: https:/
05:45
How to outsmart the Prisoners Dilemma - Lucas Husted

439 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

Puzzle through the classic game theory challenge, The Prisoners Dilemma, and decide: would you choose to spare or sacrifice? --Two perfectly rational gingerbread men, Crispy and Chewy, are out strolling when theyre caught by a fox. Instead of simply eatin
57:39
The Science of Light and Lasers | Szydlo's At Home Science

309 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

The laser is a key part of so much of our modern world, from fibre-optic cabling to eye surgery. The origin story of lasers goes all the way back to the pioneering work of Isaac Newton. Join Andrew as he spins a tale of the the study of light and lasers,
09:50 Popular
Can You Solve This 6th Grade Geometry Problem From China?

1,259 views / 1 likes - added 7 years ago

What is the total area of the red spots? The diagram involves a rectangle with dimensions of 10 and 20. Inside the rectangle one of its diagonals is connected. There are two circles of equal size that are tangent to each other and the rectangle. The video
Featured
05:52
Can You Solve The "MEANEST" SAT Test Question Ever?

698 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

On the SAT exam, you have about 2 minutes to read and solve each math question. This one about averages can send you in a loop, unless you approach it systematically. In the video I also explain a shortcut to help you solve this type of problem quickly. S
12:00 Popular
Do Animals Sound More Realistic in Japanese or English?

1,388 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

I noticed that the sound that animals made were different in Japanese and English. Which animals do you think sound more realistic in Japanese vs. English? What do animals sound like where you're from? Here are the names of animals and the sounds they mak
05:00
This Missing Force Field Could Lead to a Dark Matter Breakthrough

276 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

The strong CP problem is one of the biggest puzzles in physics...let's dive in. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com While you're probably pretty fa
01:52
Beautiful equations: E=mc² explained in two minutes

372 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

There’s beauty in simplicity. For space scientist and Sky At Night host Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, there’s nothing more beautiful than the way that Einstein’s theory of special relativity unlocks our understanding of how energy, mass and t
02:06 Popular
Can You Solve The Viral Matchstick Puzzle 6 + 4 = 4?

3,466 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

Can you fix 6 + 4 = 4 by moving 1 matchstick? This problem has gone viral on Facebook, with one post having over 400,000 shares. The ground rules are you cannot break a stick, it should be an equality (=), and you have to use 7-segment numbers (the block
03:38
Could Galactic Walls Prove We're Wrong About The Universe?

597 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

Astronomers have just found the biggest galaxy wall yet. What is a cosmic great wall, and how do we find them? Does This Discovery Prove There's Another Universe? ►►►►http://bit.ly/25uz6Cd Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbF
06:05
Could These Numbers Unravel New Dimensions in Space?

403 views / 1 likes - added 5 years ago

These multidimensional number systems are helping us explain the laws of nature. Here’s how. Can Hawking’s Black Hole Paradox Be Solved With Fuzzballs? - https://youtu.be/esPa1tVSjew Read More: The Peculiar Math That Could Underlie The Laws of Nature http
05:44 Popular
Can Sharks Really Grow an Unlimited Number of Teeth

1,155 views / 7 likes - added 6 years ago

If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to support our efforts, check out our Patreon page where we've got a variety of perks for our Patrons, including Simon's voice on your GPS and the ever requested Simon Whistler whistling packa
04:23
Aliens: Are We Looking In The Wrong Place?

599 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

Big Alien Theory explanation website - http://www.thebigalientheory.com/ Thanks to everyone who supports MinutePhysics on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/minutephysics Link to Patreon supporters here: http://www.minutephysics.com/supporters.html Music by
08:05
100 Years Of Relativity + Challenge Winners! | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios

576 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

Happy 100th birthday to Einstein’s theory of General Relativity! Tweet at us! @pbsspacetime Facebook: facebook.com/pbsspacetime Email us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com Comment on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsspacetime The results are in - on thi
08:31 Popular
Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances: Crash Course Government and Politics #3

1,695 views / 2 likes - added 9 years ago

In which Craig Benzine teaches you about the US Governments Separation of powers and the system of checks and balances. In theory, the Legislative Branch, the Executive Branch, and the Judicial Brach are designed to keep each other in check, and to keep a
03:30
How to Farm Crops Indoors | Earth Lab

258 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

How can you grow plant indoors? And why is it important for the future of the planet?Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthLab All the best Earth Lab videos http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth videos http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos
03:57
Hubble Spotted New Evidence That Dark Matter Is "Cold"

326 views / 0 likes - added 4 years ago

We don't know what dark matter is, because we can't detect it. But new observations from Hubble could illuminate dark matter's true identityand the role it plays in the fate of our universe. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more El
04:00 Popular
What's The Best Way To Whiten Teeth?

709 views / 1 likes - added 7 years ago

Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions In the age of selfies, it seems everyone wants to have a whiter, brighter smile. While one option to achieve this involves a trip to the dentist for a professional whitening, many people have turned to over-the-counte
00:38
Let's Play With Matches #shorts

159 views / 0 likes - added 1 year ago

With just 8 matches (or pens or q-tips or anything straight), you can tie up your mind for hours, days, or WEEKS. The idea is to develop a basic understanding of graph theory, which focuses on the relationships between things -- and you can express those
04:32 Popular
Does Homeopathy Work?

1,271 views / 1 likes - added 7 years ago

Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Homeopathy is a category of “alternative medicine” that emerged some 200 years ago. But does it work? While a growing number of people are turning to such remedies to treat a range of health conditions, the majority o
24:05 Popular
$300,000 Influencer Trivia Tournament!

786 views / 2 likes - added 1 year ago

A trivia elimination tournament to see who is the smartest creator in the world! Last one standing receives $300,000 to give to their subscribers. Competitors: Addison Rae vs. GeorgeNotFound KSI vs. Rosanna Pansino Mark Rober vs. Gibi Safiya Nygaard vs. K
10:54 Popular
Human Population Growth - Crash Course Ecology #3

1,797 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

If being alive on Earth were a contest, humans would win it hands down. We're like the Michael Phelps of being alive, but with 250,000 times more gold medals. Today Hank is here to tell us the specifics of why and how human population growth has happened
06:18 Popular
Can You Solve The Diluted Wine Puzzle?

759 views / 1 likes - added 7 years ago

A servant has a method to steal wine. He removes 3 cups from a barrel of wine and replaces it with 3 cups of water. The next day he wants more wine, so he does the same thing: he removes 3 cups from the same barrel (now with diluted wine) and replaces it
08:38
Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, organ

313 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

Bach's most famous organ piece, with a bar-graph score.FAQQ: I appreciate the work you're doing; how can I support it?A: Thank you! The easiest way to support my work is by contributing via Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/musanimIf you'd like to help in m
04:30 Popular
Adults Are Arguing About This 3rd Grade Math Problem

886 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

"If Sue runs around the track twice, and John runs around the track four times more than Sue, how many times does John run around the track?" This problem was given to 3rd graders. A parent disagreed with the answer the teacher was marking. After it was p
01:31 Popular
Comparing Small Numbers On The Number Line | Counting | Early Math | Khan Academy

1,620 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

Learn to use a number line to compare numbers. Practice this lesson yourself on KhanAcademy.org right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/early-math/cc-early-math-counting-topic/cc-early-math-comparing-numbers/e/comparing-numbers-through-10?utm_source=Y
03:11
Introduction To Addition | Basic Addition And Subtraction | Early Math | Khan Academy

669 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

Learn what it means to add. The examples used in this video are 1+1 and 2+3. Practice this lesson yourself on KhanAcademy.org right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/early-math/cc-early-math-add-sub-basics/cc-early-math-add-sub-intro/e/addition_1?utm_
05:46 Popular
Special Relativity And The Twin Paradox

704 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

How can just two rules of Einstein's 1905 theory of special relativity lead to seemingly paradoxical changes in the perception of time? Want exclusive updates whenever a new video is posted? Sign up here! http://www.physicsgirl.org/signup This video was i
11:17
Naked Eye Observations: Crash Course Astronomy #2

668 views / 0 likes - added 9 years ago

Today on Crash Course Astronomy, Phil invites you to head outside and take a look at all the incredible things you can see with your naked eye. -- Table of Contents: Naked Eye Observations 0:28.4 Constellations 3:09.7 The Color of Stars 2:44.5 View of the
06:21
The lifespan secret: why giraffes live longer than ferrets

113 views / 0 likes - added 1 year ago

It is well known that Somatic mutations - mutations in our bodys genetic code that accumulate over time - can cause cancer, but their broader role in ageing is less clearNow a team of researchers have measured the somatic mutation rates of a range of mamm
28:00 Popular
$250,000 Influencer Rock, Paper, Scissors Tournament

1,077 views / 3 likes - added 2 years ago

This rock, paper, scissors tournament consists of 32 of the worlds biggest influencers! $250,000 will go to a charity of the winner's choice. :DGame 1 - David Dobrik vs Tana MongeauGame 2 - Jeffree Star vs Casey Neistat Game 3 - Faze Rug vs iJustineGame 4
03:36
Ancient fish share a key feature of human vision

293 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

In order to see the world as clearly as we do, we process vision from each eyeball on both sides of our braina capability known as bilateral visual projection. For a long time, researchers thought this feature developed after fish transitioned to land, mo
01:14 Popular
Detection Of Gravitational Waves Opens A New Window On The Universe

801 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

For the first time, scientists have confirmed detection of gravitational waves. The finding not only validates Einstein's theory of relativity but also opens a new window on our knowledge of the universe. Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► h
05:22
Is the weather actually becoming more extreme? - R. Saravanan

440 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

Explore the differences between weather and climate what they are, how we predict them, and what those predictions can tell us. --From 2016 to 2019, the world saw record-breaking heat waves, rampant wildfires, and the longest run of category 5 tropical cy
03:27 Popular
What Does an Atom Look Like?

1,323 views / 1 likes - added 5 years ago

You’ve probably seen atoms like this emoji ⚛ everywhere from science textbooks to the logo for The Big Bang Theory. But what does an atom really look like? The truth is much stranger. SUBSCRIBE: http://youtube.com/whatthephysics?sub NOVA Wonders "What's t
06:08
How ISPs Violate the Laws of Mathematics

412 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

Get a free trial of Audible at https://audible.com/minutephysics or by texting 'minutephysics' to 500500 Support MinutePhysics on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/minutephysics Link to Patreon Supporters: http://www.minutephysics.com/supporters/ MinutePhys
08:28
Congressional Committees: Crash Course Government and Politics #7

699 views / 0 likes - added 9 years ago

This week Craig Benzine clears up the role of committees in Congress. We’ll talk about standing committees, joint committees, conference committees, and caucuses (and not the candidate-choosing kinds) as well as the staff agencies that help advise these c
04:44 Popular
Gravitational Waves Discovered! Here's What You Need To Know

853 views / 1 likes - added 8 years ago

The very first gravitational wave has been detected by LIGO, proving Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity! Where did it come from and what does it mean for the future of space science? Gravitational Waves Explained ►►►► http://bit.ly/1PQcq8A Sign Up For
05:12
The continents are moving. When will they collide? - Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl

161 views / 0 likes - added 1 year ago

Dig into the science of plate tectonics to find out when the next supercontinent will emerge and how it could affect Earths environment.--In the early 20th century, Alfred Wegener's theory of Continental Drift laid the foundation for our modern theory of
10:21
Do Dead Batteries Really Bounce?

393 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

Today we're testing the theory that you can tell how much charge a battery has by bouncing it on the counter. Subscribe & “Ring the Bell”: https://goo.gl/618xWm Get TKOR Merch: https://goo.gl/i5ehRg See What Else We're Up To: Instagram: https://goo.gl/C0Q
05:23
Why Were Seeing More Gravitational Wave Events Than Ever Before

239 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

LIGO and Virgo recently updated their gravitational-wave catalog with 39 new discoveries, including signals that could help us probe unresolved mysteries about the universe further than ever before. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch
04:52
How Scientists Found the Universe’s First Type of Molecule

457 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

NASA has just discovered how the hot particles after the Big Bang settled down and created the very first molecule in the universe. A Dead Satellite Is Unlocking the Secrets Lurking Beneath Antarctica - https://youtu.be/Qck8zPUS3Is Read More: First Astrop
05:29
Planet Formation out of Black Hole Belches

582 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

New studies suggest lonely planets flying through intergalactic space were formed by star-destroying supermassive black holes. Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/SciAmerican The conventional understanding of how planets formed has undergone
03:27 Popular
Why is a Dollar Called a "Buck"?

727 views / 1 likes - added 7 years ago

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the wate
07:47 Popular
Can You Solve The Probability The Newborn Is A Boy? Many Fail This Interview Question

826 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

This problem has been asked in job interviews. On the morning of January 1, a hospital nursery has 3 boys and some number of girls. That night, a woman gives birth to a child, and the child is placed in the nursery. On January 2, a statistician conducts a
09:32
Contractarianism: Crash Course Philosophy #37

670 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

Today we explore the penultimate ethical theory in this unit: contractarianism. Hank explains Hobbes’ state of nature, and implicit and explicit contracts, as well as the Prisoner’s Dilemma, and the benefits, and costs, of violating contracts. Get your ow
19:30
11 Levels of Prosthetic Makeup: Easy to Complex | WIRED

182 views / 0 likes - added 1 year ago

Professional prosthetic makeup artist Meg Wilbur explains special effects makeup in 11 levels of difficulty, from easy to complex. Special effects makeup is a really broad category, so Meg defines complexity as increasingly elaborate flourishes, texture a
05:17
Why do we have crooked teeth when our ancestors didnt? - G. Richard Scott

183 views / 0 likes - added 1 year ago

Explore the prevailing scientific theory of why crooked teeth and impacted wisdom teeth are recent developments in human evolution.--According to the fossil record, ancient humans usually had straight teeth, complete with wisdom teeth. In fact, the dental
1:52:16
Faraday Lectures 2021 - Holiday Chemistry Show

115 views / 0 likes - added 1 year ago

Join chemistry professors Janis Louie and Tom Richmond as they perform an extraordinary series of chemical experiments that educate and entertain audiences of all ages. This year, the event will feature friend of the chemistry department, Tom Thatcher. To
10:35 Popular
What Is Philosophy?: Crash Course Philosophy #1

1,016 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

Today Hank begins to teach you about Philosophy by discussing the historical origins of philosophy in ancient Greece, and its three main divisions: metaphysics, epistemology, and value theory. He will also introduce logic, and how you’re going to use it t
46:56
How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything with Michio Kaku & Neil deGrasse Tyson

98 views / 0 likes - added 1 year ago

How will quantum computing change the world? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice learn about the development of quantum computing and what it means for humanity with theoretical physicist Michio Kaku. What will quantum computing do beyond regular
06:37
Why Penrose Tiles Never Repeat

174 views / 0 likes - added 8 months ago

The first 200 people to https://brilliant.org/minutephysics get 20% off an annual premium subscription to Brilliant. Thanks to Brilliant for their support.This video is about a better way to understand Penrose tilings (the famous tilings invented by Roger
05:46 Popular
Misconceptions About The Universe

731 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

Can we see things travelling faster than light? Check out Audible: http://bit.ly/AudibleVe Music by Amarante "One Last Thing" http://bit.ly/VeAmarante Awesome animations by http://youtube.com/minutephysics Thanks to Prof. Geraint Lewis for input on earlie
11:48 Popular
How Evolution Works

1,806 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

The mechanisms of evolution explained in one video. The theory of evolution explains how the enormous variety of life could come into existence. How it is possible for primitive life forms to spawn the millions of different creatures, that exist today. Un
Featured

>> View category theory web videos