TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The physics of surfing - Nick Pizzo
Wondering how you can catch the perfect wave? Dive into the fascinating and complex physics of surfing. -- Whether or not you realize it, surfers are masters of complicated physics. The science of surfing begins as soon as a board first...
MinutePhysics
MAGNETS - How Do They Work
How do magnets work? Why do they attract and repel at long distances? Is it magic? No... it's quantum mechanics, and a bit more, as we explain in this, the longest MinutePhysics video ever.
SciShow
The Moon Has a Tail!
Did you know the moon has a tail? No one did, until 1998, and we've been trying to figure it out ever since.
Crash Course Kids
What's Matter?
Hey... what's matter? No no no, not what's THE matter. What's MATTER? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about what matter is and the three states of matter: Solid, Liquid, and Gas. She also does a quick experiment that...
Curated Video
Designing Healthy Communities - Dr. Jackson on the effects of Diesel
New ReviewDr. Jackson discusses the effects of diesel particles that can pass through filters and enter the lungs. The impact is especially severe on young children.
Curated Video
What Is Reality? Exploring String Theory and the Multiverse
New ReviewWhat is reality? What is the standard model trying to tell us? Are we living in the 11 dimensions of string theory? The holy grail of physics is a theory of everything. It may show the origin of all forces coming from one master force,...
Curated Video
Quantum Physics and Consciousness: Clarifying the Misconceptions
New ReviewQuantum physics simplified. Are Consciousness and Free Will linked to quantum mechanics? The double slit experiment explained. What is the difference between observation and measurement? Since Quantum Mechanics is the basis of all modern...
Curated Video
The Four Fundamental Forces: Their Origins and Roles in Nature
New Reviewif you took a notebook, a plastic bottle, a toaster, and a glass container and burned them in a fire hot enough, around 10^31 degrees Celsius, all the particles and forces, would become one entity. This is what is believed to have...
Curated Video
What the Standard Model Explains—and What It Doesn’t
Standard Model of particle physics, Explained simply. The structure of matter, that is, everything you see in the universe – you, me, the earth, stars happens to be made up of some core fundamental particles which are governed by four...
Curated Video
String Theory Simplified: Could It Explain Our Existence?
New ReviewWhat is string theory? When string theory is simplified - it can answer the question "Why do we exist?" First you must accept that there are two worlds we live in - the world of the large, the world we can see, which is familiar, calm,...
Curated Video
How ChatGPT Works: What Happens Behind the Screen
New ReviewSUMMARY ChatGPT is an intelligent chatbot that uses natural language processing. The GPT stands for Generative Pre-trained Transformer, which means it generates responses, it is pre-trained by humans, and it transforms input data into an...
Curated Video
How Teleportation Might Work: A Scientific Look at the Star Trek Transporter
New ReviewIs teleportation possible? In the Star Trek transporter, the atoms in your body get converted to their subatomic particles – protons, neutrons, and electrons, and are transmitted as a stream of particles to the surface of a planet or...
Curated Video
Predicting Emergence: How Science Explains Complex Behavior
New ReviewGroup human behavior can be largely explained by physics. In fact, crowds, traffic and pedestrian behavior can be modeled using using principle from physics. Everyone in a crowd has their own thoughts and plans and problems – but they...
Curated Video
How a Computer Paradox Was Finally Solved: Maxwell's Demon
In this video, we’re exploring the link between information and entropy, by examining a famous thought experiments by James Clerk Maxwell, called Maxwell's demon, which seems to show that entropy can be reversed. In answering whether it...
Curated Video
One Theory that Connects Everything: AdS/CFT Correspondence Demystified
AdS/CFT suggests that our three-dimensional universe can be perfectly modeled by a two-dimensional surface. On one side is AdS, or Anti-de Sitter space, which is a kind of imaginary universe with some unusual properties - negative...
Curated Video
What Came Before the Big Bang? Insights from Loop Quantum Gravity
New ReviewThe closest thing we have to an all-encompassing framework that explains all particles and forces is represented by the Standard Model of particle physics. But this model is flawed because it does not explain gravity.A theory of...
Curated Video
Is the E8 Lattice a Possible Theory of Everything?
E8 Lie group and E8 Lattice has sometimes been called the most beautiful mathematical structure in the world. Is it the theory of everything or the true nature of reality? It even has an entire research company behind it called "Quantum...
Curated Video
How the Universe Could Have Formed from Nothing
It turns out that what we think of as “nothing” is NOT nothing. It is something. Space is bubbling with virtual particles that pop in and out of existence. (Quantum Fluctuations). These particles do this in a time scale so short that the...
Curated Video
How Can Mass and Energy Be the Same Thing?
SUMMARY How is mass and energy the same thing? What is mass really? If you weigh 80kg and are in a car moving 100km/hr, your energy is equal to about 30000 joules. But did you know that the energy you have standing still, not moving at...
Curated Video
How the First Atom Formed After the Big Bang
New ReviewSummary: Where did the first atom come from? The short answer is the big bang. In the early universe there was an immense amount of energy, The energy condensed, atoms formed. But there's a lot more that happened, which will be explained...
Wonderscape
The Impact of Microplastics: Sources and Consequences
science kids microplastics and my health what i need to know V1-0002 Microplastics are tiny particles of plastic that come from a variety of sources such as beauty products, synthetic textiles, and plastic waste. These particles are so...