Weatherthings
Vapor Trails
Vapor Trails are skinny lines of clouds made by airplanes, but not on purpose. They can spread out to become regular Cirrus Clouds and block some sunlight or trap some heat rising from Earth. We see vapor trails more than ever before,...
FuseSchool
BIOLOGY - Environment - Carbon Cycle part 2
Photosynthesis and respiration help carbon to be cycled in nature by using energy from the sun. As living things grow, they have to build up large polymer molecules from small molecules. Protein comes from joining amino acids together,...
Catalyst University
Beta Oxidation of a Saturated Fatty Acid
In this video, we discuss the primary beta oxidation pathway for saturated fatty acids with an even number of carbon atoms. We also discuss the NADH and FADH2 yield.
Science360
Chemists patent new formula for cleaner, cheaper diesel fuel
Diesel - we know it best as the fuel that does the heavy lifting. Typically, diesel fuel is made from crude oil, but scientists can make high-grade diesel from coal, natural gas, plants or even agricultural waste, using a process called...
TMW Media
Creating Greener Cars: Learn about other types of fuel
Are hybrid cars popular? What is a way for a car to generate electricity? What can cities do about pollution?
Creating Greener Cars, Part 4
Science360
Hydrogen Trail Blazers
Officer Tom McCloghry is a cop on the beat, patrolling downtown Columbia, South Carolina to keep the streets safe. And, though it's not so unusual these days to see police on Segways, this one is different. This is a hydrogen hybrid...
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding Nuclear Energy
This video provides a brief overview of nuclear energy as a source of electricity. The video also mentions the advantages, such as a large fuel supply and minimal environmental pollution, as well as the disadvantages, including high...
Visual Learning Systems
Sustainability and Natural Resources: Benefits and Consequences of Resource Consumption
This program serves as an introduction to resource sustainability, focusing on the key strategies of resource efficiency, recycling, reusing, and reducing. The long-term impacts of resource use on human health and the environment are...
Curated Video
Causes of Supply Curve Shifts
This is a lecture on the causes of shifts in the supply curve in microeconomics. The lecturer then identifies the four main causes of supply shifts, including changes in the cost of production, introduction of new technology, factors...
Curated Video
Why Doesn’t Water Burn, Despite Being Made Of Combustible Substances (Hydrogen And Oxygen)?
Water is formed as a result of the combustion of hydrogen. In simple words, water is what you get when you burn hydrogen. So, water doesn’t burn because, in a way, it has already burned. You get ashes when you burn paper; but when you’re...
Ti & Me TV
What Should Dancers Eat? | Diet & Nutrition Tips for Dancers
5 nutrition tips for dancers from a registered dietitian nutritionist! Learn simple ways to become a healthy, strong dancer while ditching dancer diet culture.
Curated Video
Combustion of Fuels and Balancing Chemical Equations
This video provides an overview of the combustion of fuels, including what fuels are and their various uses, the differences between complete and incomplete combustion, and how to balance an equation for the combustion of a particular...
Financial Times
Here's what a carbon tax could mean for you
FT economics commentator Martin Sandbu looks at what is needed to achieve a just transition to a low-carbon economy that safeguards public health and sustainable energy sources
Next Animation Studio
Detachable hydrogen pods would also contain plane engines
The new idea is to place fully independent hydrogen propulsion systems in pods that can easily be clicked on and off.
Science360
Science of the Winter Olympics - Motion
The Olympics are a unique chance to marvel at the physical abilities of these world-class athletes. But what makes them unique? After all, they're made of the same flesh and blood as the rest of us--how did they become Olympians? Dan...
TMW Media
The largest railroad museum in the US
Join us as we head to “The Hostess City of the South, Savannah Georgia” on this episode of Travel Thru History. We’re going to a beautiful charming coastal city in the Southeast brimming with an interesting past and an exciting artistic...
Curated Video
Why Do We Feel The “Urge To Jump”?
The urge to jump or high place phenomenon apparently springs from a distortion of our perceptions. Lab tests have shown that people estimate disgusting things, such as feces, to be closer than they really are. Another example is...
FuseSchool
What Is Nuclear Fission?
"How does a nuclear reactor provide energy? What causes a nuclear meltdown? And how do we make this safe?
Next Animation Studio
Canada to use dams to power huge hydrogen fuel plant
The dream of a world running on a fuel that leaves only water vapor when it is burned, is becoming reality.
Science360
Fire it up! 'Blue whirl' fire tornado burns cleaner for reduced emissions
In episode 63, Jordan and Charlie discuss the "blue fire whirl", a type of fire whirl that could lead to beneficial new approaches for reducing carbon emissions and improving oil spill cleanup. Fire whirls, otherwise known as fire...
Sustainable Business Consulting
The Language of Sustainable Business
Provides an introduction to how to communicate sustainability to various stakeholders and choose the right language to match their values
Curated Video
How Scientifically Accurate Is The HBO Miniseries Chernobyl?
Chernobyl is an HBO mini-series that reintroduced the world to the nuclear catastrophe that occurred on April 26th, 1986 at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in the Soviet Union, in what is now Ukraine. The series followed the tragedy that...
Curated Video
Gasoline (Petrol) vs Diesel: Which one is better? A Beginner’s Guide
Gasoline (petrol) and diesel are extracted from the same raw material – crude oil—and pass through various levels of refinement. Yet, they have different thermal characteristics, making them suitable for very different purposes. For...
Science360
Solar power to go
More energy from our sun hits the Earth in one hour than is consumed on the planet in a whole year! But, the burning question is - how can we put all that sunshine to work making usable fuel? With support from the National Science...