PBS
Why We Only Have Ten Toes (It's a Long Story)
Today, all mammals from humans to bats have five fingers or fewer. Yes, even whales, whose finger bones are hidden in their fins. Birds have four or fewer and amphibians get the best of both worlds, often having four digits on their...
3Blue1Brown
But what *is* a Neural Network? | Chapter 1, deep learning
An overview of what a neural network is, introduced in the context of recognizing hand-written digits.
3Blue1Brown
But what is a Neural Network? | Deep learning, chapter 1
An overview of what a neural network is, introduced in the context of recognizing hand-written digits.
3Blue1Brown
Binary, Hanoi and Sierpinski - Part 1 of 2
How couting in binary can solve the famous tower's of hanoi problem.
3Blue1Brown
The most unexpected answer to a counting puzzle: Colliding Blocks - Part 1 of 3
A puzzle involving colliding blocks where the number pi, vey unexpectedly, shows up.
3Blue1Brown
The most unexpected answer to a counting puzzle
A puzzle involving colliding blocks where the number pi, vey unexpectedly, shows up.
SciShow
A Very Handy Fish Fossil
This week, scientists discover something in a fish fossil that might give us a hand in finding our earliest land-dwelling ancestors.
Crash Course
Representing Numbers and Letters with Binary: Crash Course Computer Science
Today, we’re going to take a look at how computers use a stream of 1s and 0s to represent all of our data - from our text messages and photos to music and webpages. We’re going to focus on how these binary values are used to represent...
PBS
Why Computers are Bad at Algebra
The answer lies in the weirdness of floating-point numbers and the computer's perception of a number line.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How high can you count on your fingers? (Spoiler: much higher than 10) - James Tanton
How high can you count on your fingers? It seems like a question with an obvious answer. After all, most of us have ten fingers -- or to be more precise, eight fingers and two thumbs. This gives us a total of ten digits on our two hands,...
3Blue1Brown
But what is a Neural Network? Deep learning - Part 1 of 4
An overview of what a neural network is, introduced in the context of recognizing hand-written digits.
TED Talks
TED: How we can find ourselves in data | Giorgia Lupi
Giorgia Lupi uses data to tell human stories, adding nuance to numbers. In this charming talk, she shares how we can bring personality to data, visualizing even the mundane details of our daily lives and transforming the abstract and...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The infinite life of pi - Reynaldo Lopes
The ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter is always the same: 3.14159 and on and on (literally!) forever. This irrational number, pi, has an infinite number of digits, so we'll never figure out its exact value no matter how...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you solve the feeding frenzy riddle? | Henri Picciotto
As Numberland's best detective, you thought you'd seen it all. But the desiccated corpses of prominent natural numbers have been showing up all over the city. A lockdown is ordered from sundown to sunrise, and it's still not enough to...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Claws vs. nails | Matthew Borths
Consider the claw. Frequently found on animals around the world, it's one of nature's most versatile tools. Bears use claws for digging as well as defense. An eagle's needle-like talons can pierce the skulls of their prey. Even the...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you find the next number in this sequence? - Alex Gendler
1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221. These are the first five elements of a number sequence. Can you figure out what comes next? Alex Gendler reveals the answer and explains how beyond just being a neat puzzle, this type of sequence has practical...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you solve the Leonardo da Vinci riddle? - Tanya Khovanova
You've found Leonardo da Vinci's secret vault, secured by a series of combination locks. Fortunately, your treasure map has three codes: 1210, 3211000, and. . . hmm. The last one appears to be missing. Can you figure out the last number...
SciShow
Having Six Fingers Is a Dominant Trait
Genetics are extremely complicated—so complicated that having an extra finger or toe, for example, is exceedingly rare despite it being caused by a dominant gene.
Crash Course
Plots, Outliers, and Justin Timberlake Data Visualization Part 2 - Crash Course Statistics
Today we’re going to finish up our unit on data visualization by taking a closer look at how dot plots, box plots, and stem and leaf plots represent data. We’ll also talk about the rules we can use to identify outliers and apply our new...
PBS
How to Break Cryptography
Only 4 steps stand between you and the secrets hidden behind RSA cryptography. Find out how to crack the world's most commonly used form of encryption.
Bozeman Science
Significant Digits
Mr. Andersen explains significant digits and shows you how to use them in calculations.
Curated Video
Practical Cyber Hacking Skills for Beginners - Launching a Mask Attack
The mask attack is the last and most sophisticated type of attack, a combination of letters, cases, numbers, and symbols.
Curated Video
Learn Midjourney For Your Future 6 Figure Career - Exclude Words with This Command
After learning about word weights and how it can prioritize certain prompts while generating content, you will learn about excluding certain words in prompts to change the outcome of the content or change the emphasis of certain aspects...
Curated Video
Apoptosis
Programmed cell death, which is the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual...