SciShow
Fool’s Gold Might Be Better Than the Real Thing
This month's Rocks Box is pyrite, also called fool's gold. But this fool's gold might not be so foolish, since we can use it to get all kinds of other minerals we really need, and it may be a key to getting real gold after all.
SciShow
The Moon is Rusting. It's the Earth's Fault.
The Moon is typically 380,000-ish kilometers from the Earth, so it doesn't seem like they have that much of a direct influence on one another. However, the presence of hematite on the lunar surface suggests our planet is causing the Moon...
SciShow
Found: The Missing Link of Black Holes | SciShow News
Astronomers have been trying to figure out black holes for hundreds of years, and newly published research may hold some big clues! Plus, rust isn’t supposed to happen in dry and airless places like the Moon. Could the elements that...
Curated Video
Redox Reactions
For centuries, humans have been extracting metals from molten ores. Today, the basic technique remains the same, but how does extraction work? Chemistry - Reactions - Learning Points. Metals can be extracted from rocks if they are heated...
Professor Dave Explains
Native Elements, Oxides, Halides, and Sulfides
Different types of rocks contain different classes of minerals, which can tell us a lot about the geological environment in which the rock formed. What are these different mineral classes? What is the common structure of each class? The...
Mazz Media
Mining
In this live-action program viewers will learn Mining is the process of extracting minerals and metals from the earth. Students will come to understand that Minerals are essential to modern technology and that metals and other elements...
Curated Video
Opportunity takes images of bedrock
1. Wide shot of Jet Propulsion Lab briefing
2. Cutaway reporter
3. SOUNDBITE:(English), Dr. Steve Squyres, Chief mission scientist, Cornell University
"When we look hard at the outcrop, from a distance, from mini-test, we don't see high...
Curated Video
Opportunity gets ready to travel to rock formation
1. Briefing room
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Steve Squyres, chief mission scientist:
"What you see here is one of our images. And then overlaid on that in colour is the concentration of hematite. This is the first mineral map done from the...
Curated Video
NASA celebrates as rover rolls onto surface of Mars
1. Staff in control room cheering, clapping (interspersed with incoming photos)
2. Staff hugging
3. Staff cheering
4. Various shots of control room
5. Staff applauding another incoming signal
6. STILL taken from back of Opportunity...