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NASA's Prop Fan: Revolutionizing Air Travel Efficiency
NASA is reworking an old concept, the propeller, to make air travel more fuel efficient. The prop fan, with its unique blade design, has the potential to burn 50 to 60% less fuel than present day jets. This innovation could save the...
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Hydrogen One: The Future of Fuel Cell Vehicles
The Hydrogen One is an advanced fuel cell vehicle developed by General Motors. It runs on pure hydrogen, producing zero emissions and only releasing water vapor from the exhaust pipe. With its impressive range, speed, and endurance, the...
Financial Times
Nuclear is back in vogue - what about its waste?
FT Rethink - Nuclear power is undergoing a revival with more than 50 reactors being built around the world. But the problem of how to dispose of lethal nuclear waste, which can remain radioactive for up to 300,000 years, remains...
Financial Times
American LNG exports surge with European demand
FT Energy Source - Exports have rocketed, particularly for European producers. Last December, the US became the world’s biggest exporter of this super chilled fuel. But as the FT’s Justin Jacobs explains, not everyone’s happy about the...
Financial Times
Hydrogen: how to harness a superfuel
There are high hopes that the most abundant element in the universe could solve the world’s energy problems. But as the FT’s Myles McCormick explains, separating the gas into a fuel fit to produce clean power for all remains a...
Financial Times
Food and fuel compete for farmland
FT Food Revolution - The UN’s World Food Programme has described 2022 as 'a year of unprecedented hunger', with millions of people in dozens of countries facing famine. Yet significant amounts of farmland are being used to produce not...
Financial Times
Boeing's plan for sustainable aviation fuel
FT Rethink - It will be a long-haul journey, requiring a blend of investment and legislation to get greener fuel off the ground, reports the FT's Myles McCormick. But the airline has conducted the first ever commercial flight, with 100...
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I WONDER - How Can Hydrogen Power A Car?
This video is answering the question of how can hydrogen power a car.
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GCSE Physics - Nuclear Fusion #39
This video covers: - What nuclear fusion is - The conditions required for nuclear fusion - How it's different from nuclear fission General info: - Suitable for all GCSE and IGCSE courses - See below for whether it is higher or foundation...
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GCSE Chemistry - Fuel Cells #45
This video covers: - What fuel cells are - How they work - How to write half equations and full equations for fuel cells - The pro's and con's of hydrogen fuel cells Exam board specific info: AQA - Separate/triple science only IGCSE...
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GCSE Physics - Biofuels #12
This video covers: - How biofuels are made - Their pros and cons General info: - Suitable for all courses except IGCSE edexcel Exam board specific info: AQA - Everything is relevant to your course! IGCSE Edexcel - Not relevant to your...
Debunked
Do Cars Really Explode Like The Movies?
Do vehicles really combust into fireballs when they collide? Are doors and hoods sent flying from the blast? Or is it all just movie myth? Please support us by trying out the Brilliant app —free—for 30 days, by visiting...
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Evaluating Solar Energy
The video "Evaluating Solar Energy” explores solar energy, including its benefits and limitations.
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Entropy Explained with an Intuitive Model
While observing this simulation model of a car, you can virtually see entropy and the second law of thermodynamics with your own eyes. In this video you will discover one of the most fundamental laws of nature, which can not only explain...
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Permaculture Design for Wildfire Defense
Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison presents on assessment and design strategies for wildfire defense from the permaculture perspective.
Learning Mole
How Does it Work? - Spacecraft
This video is explaining how spacecraft works for kids.
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I WONDER - How Can We Measure Chemical Energy?
This video is answering the question of how can we measure chemical energy.
Professor Dave Explains
Plant Ecology (Flora)
With various environments better understood, it's now time to look at specific types of organisms. Let's start with plants, also known as flora. We learned about these in the botany series, but now let's contextualize some of that...
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How the Ketogenic Diet Helps Schizophrenia
In this video I discuss the ketogenic diet, what is ketosis and how is it different from ketoacidosis. I also talk about how the ketogenic diet affects brain metabolism and how this improves schizophrenia. In the previous video, I talk...
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All That Plants Do for Us
Miss Palomine talks about the number of plants that we eat. This leads to a discussion of all the ways in which we use plants.
Ancient Lights Media
Nuclear Fusion In the Sun - Solar System Series
This video offers a more in depth look at how nuclear fusion occurs in the Sun.
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Betelgeuse - Will It Become A Supernova?
Learn about Betelgeuse -- a red supergiant star also known as Alpha Orionis that is one of the largest stars of its class -- with this Space Science video from KLT.
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Energy In, Energy Out
Food Detective Berry Blue explains the concept of balancing the energy we take in with the energy we burn. She describes the way food produces energy through calories.