TED Talks
TED: 3 ways to make flying more climate-friendly | Ryah Whalen
Air travel opens our eyes to the world, but it also comes at a high cost to the environment. Piloting us into a future of green aviation, innovator Ryah Whalen shares three ways to lower the industry's carbon footprint through smarter...
SciShow
5 Bizarre Aircraft That Pushed the Boundaries of Engineering
You might think most planes look the same, but here are five of the most bizarre aircraft that, no matter their appearance, still managed to fly. Chapters SR-71 BLACKBIRD 1:20 GRUMMAN X-29 3:01 AERO SPACELINES 377PG 5:14 BOEING...
SciShow
How Would We Stop a Nuclear Missile?
Most of us are hoping that any nuclear threats are just empty threats, and getting at the facts about ICBMs can be difficult. But what would actually happen if someone launched a nuclear weapon?
SciShow
A Surprisingly Simple Secret to Supersonic Flight
Making a faster plane takes more than building better engines and structures. To go supersonic, engineers had to solve hundreds of problems -- including ditching one of the biggest assumptions in aerodynamics!
SciShow
Why NASA Uses Satellites and Airplanes to Study Frogs
Frogs falling victim in the past to one of the biggest destroyers of biodiversity didn’t have much hope, that is, until humans thought to get a bird’s eye view.
SciShow
The Giant, Amazing Machines NASA Built for the Shuttle
For decades the space shuttle was integral to space exploration. In orbit it helped build the ISS, but on the ground it needed help from other gigantic machines.
TED Talks
Paul MacCready: A flight on solar wings
Paul MacCready -- aircraft designer, environmentalist, and lifelong lover of flight -- talks about his long career.
SciShow
Does Air on Planes Make You Sick?
If you get sick a few days after a flight, you might want to blame it on the recycled air in the plane- but planes aren't actually giant germ incubators.
SciShow
Stealth: How to Hide a Plane
How do you engineer stealth? Sneak a peek at the methods employed to hide aircraft and boats from detection.
SciShow
Why Can't You Use Your Phone on a Plane?
Whether you've got the latest iPhone or the same flip phone you've had since 2002, you're still asked to turn off your device before take off. Why is that?
SciShow
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Now, we can be as quiet as owls #shorts #science #SciShow
Curated Video
Mathematical Thinking - Crash Course Statistics
Today we’re going to talk about numeracy - that is understanding numbers. From really really big numbers to really small numbers, it's difficult to comprehend information at this scale, but these are often the types of numbers we see...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you solve the airplane riddle? - Judd A. Schorr
Professor Fukan_, the famous scientist, has embarked on a new challenge - piloting around the world in a plane of his own design. There's just one problem: there's not enough fuel to complete the journey. Luckily, there are two other...
MinutePhysics
Why Isn't It Faster To Fly West?
If the earth is spinning to the east at 1000 miles per hour... why can't we fly west more easily?
SciShow
The Bizarre World of Animal Flight | Compilation
Flying is a great way to get around, but humans have only been doing it for a little over a century. Let’s revisit six SciShow videos exploring the world of flying non-human animals, which includes some species that you might not expect!
SciShow
How To Fly More Fuel-Efficiently
Airplanes use a lot of fuel, which means a lot of CO2 emissions. So, to help reduce the impact of aviation, engineers are looking to animals (like sharks) for some ways they can make airliners more efficient.
MinuteEarth
How Birds Fooled Military Radar
A technology to ignore birds on radar ended up being useful to study and conserve them.
SciShow
Cherenkov Radiation : Particles Faster Than the Speed of Light?
In something like water, particles like electrons can beat light in a race - and cause a blue glow to prove it.
SciShow
The Future of Air Travel
It used to be that you could get on a Concorde jet and fly across the Atlantic ocean faster than the speed of sound, but what does the future hold for supersonic flight?
SciShow
6 Everyday Ways Science Protects You from Your Poop
It's easy to take waste disposal for granted, so here are six ways modern technology has made your poop safer and less... gross. Chapters S-BEND (TRAP) 1:15 TOILET SPRAY 2:33 TOILET LIDS 3:49 CHEMICAL TOILETS 5:35 VACUUM TOILETS 7:14...
MinuteEarth
Is There A Better Way To Power Airplanes?
It’s hard to replace jet fuel because the alternatives aren’t energetic enough, are too dangerous, or aren’t yet being made at scale.
SciShow
Why Do Planes Fly So High?
We've all been flying high ever since the development of the jet engine in the mid-1950s. But why were jets were designed to fly at those high altitudes in the first place?
SciShow
How Can It Be Too Hot To Fly?
How does heat affect airplanes? Turns out heat, speed and density connect to create dangerous situations.
Curated Video
Advancements in Time Measurement: The Quest for Greater Accuracy
Scientists at the UK's National Physical Laboratory have developed a super accurate clock that measures time by monitoring the movement of a single ionized strontium atom. This clock is more accurate than the cesium based atomic clocks...