Instructional Video14:32
PBS

Will Wormholes Allow Fast Interstellar Travel?

12th - Higher Ed
From Stargate to Interstellar, wormholes are our favorite method for traveling across fictional universes. But they are also a very serious field of study for some of our greatest minds over the last century. So what’s the holdup? When...
Instructional Video12:33
PBS

Is Time Travel Impossible?

12th - Higher Ed
Time travel stories are cool because both the past and future are somehow more interesting that the present and because everyone wants a redo. But so far it appears we’re doomed to live consumed by regret in the eternal, boring present....
Instructional Video11:28
PBS

The Nature of Nothing

12th - Higher Ed
It turns out that "nothing" is one of the most interesting somethings in all of physics.
Instructional Video14:43
Curated Video

What Is Dark Energy Made Of? Comparing Leading Theories

12th - Higher Ed
It’s one of the biggest mysteries in science. It makes up the majority of the universe. What is dark energy? What is dark energy made of? What is quintessence? Is Dark energy the cosmological constant?...
Instructional Video11:27
Curated Video

The Alcubierre Drive: Is Warp Speed Scientifically Possible?

12th - Higher Ed
Alcubierre warp drive - faster than light travel? Is Warp speed possible? Enterprise from Star Trek can go 9000 times the speed of light. By comparison, the fastest manmade object, the Juno probe goes 0.0002 times...
Instructional Video1:15
Curated Video

The Casimir Effect: Exploring Attraction Between Mirrors in a VacuumToday 1088

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Scientists at the University of Leicester are researching the Casimir effect, a phenomenon predicted by physicist Hendrik Casimir over 50 years ago. By studying the attraction generated between two mirrors placed very close together in a...