Curated Video
Light and Shadow
Miss Palomine explains that the reason she is wearing sunglasses is because the sunlight is so bright. This begins a discussion of natural light and shadows. She then transitions to a discussion of man-made light, and encourages the...
Be Smart
Can You Bend Light Like This?
The other day I got bored and noticed this weird thing happened when I held my finger up to my eye, so I had to science it and figure it out! Let me know if you try these light-bending experiments too, especially that last one that I...
Kids Academy
Light and Shadows for Kids: Transparent, Translucent and - Opaque Objects | Science Video for Kids
Learn to Play Chess - Getting out of Check | Kids Academy Learning about light and shadows for kids is an intriguing concept. It improves their outlook on how transparent, translucent, and opaque objects differentiate from each other....
FuseSchool
PHYSICS - Waves - Shadows
It’s important to remember that light travels in straight lines.Transparent materials allow light to pass through them… translucent materials allow some light through, but not all and opaque objects don’t let any light pass through, and...
MinutePhysics
Do Photons Cast Shadows?
This video is about two-photon (gamma-gamma) physics, and how photons can interact with each other - either mediated by a passing lepton, or gravitationally via lensing, or via vacuum fluctuation pair production of vertical particles...
SciShow
Why Solar Eclipses Create Those Crescent-Shaped Lights
Everyone is watching the sky during a solar eclipse, but but if you look down, you'll catch another kind of light show.
Crash Course
Light Is Waves: Crash Course Physics
The way light behaves can seem very counter intuitive, and many physicists would agree with that, but once you figure out light waves it all starts to make more sense! In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini shows us how we know...
Curated Video
What is a shadow?
Find out what makes a shadow. The world around us - Light and sound - Shadows Learning Points A shadow is an area where light cannot reach. This means that shadows form wherever light is blocked. Shadows take a similar shape to the...
National Parks Service
Strenuous Yosemite Valley Day Hikes
In this video, a ranger describes strenuous hikes in Yosemite Valley, including the Yosemite Falls Trail, Mist Trail to the top of Nevada Fall, and Panorama Trail.
NASA
Hubble Spots Giant Flapping Shadow
In 2017, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a huge wing-shaped shadow cast by a fledgling star’s unseen, planet-forming disk. The young star, called HBC 672, is casting the shadow across a more distant cloud in a...
Crash Course Kids
Following the Sun
Have you ever wondered why your shadow is longer sometimes and shorter others? It turns out it all has to do with that marvelous big ball of light in the sky; The Sun! This first series is based on 5th grade science. We're super excited...
TED Talks
Greg Lynn: Organic algorithms in architecture
Greg Lynn talks about the mathematical roots of architecture -- and how calculus and digital tools allow modern designers to move beyond the traditional building forms. A glorious church in Queens (and a titanium tea set) illustrate his...
Science Sparks
Halloween Science Experiments
10 brilliant Halloween Science Experiments for kids. Make ooey gooey slime, light up Halloween houses, pumpkin lava lamps, halloween shadow puppets and lots more spooky science. Read more here:...
Science360
Glowing Squid
The Hawaiian bobtail squid and its resident bacterium, Vibrio fischeri, have a powerful and still somewhat mysterious symbiotic relationship. The luminescent bacteria populate a small pouch on the squid's underside called the light...
SciShow
The Dress: Now with Peer-Reviewed Science!
Researchers have an idea about how your lifestyle affects the way you see the dress, and we've identified a new ancestor to the dinosaurs!
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Kimberly Ennico Smith and Michael Person Talk About Steering SOFIA Through Triton’s Shadow
A conversation with Kimberly Ennico Smith, the project scientist for the SOFIA mission at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, and Michael Person, a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discussing...
Curated Video
Rainforest shadows
Trees in the rainforest create shadows and animals use the shadows to hide! The world around us - Light and sound - Shadows Learning Points A shadow is an area where light cannot reach. This means that shadows form wherever light is...
Bozeman Science
Diffraction Effects
In this video Paul Andersen explains how diffraction can be affected by the size of the wavelength. When waves pass through an opening or move around an obstacle a shadow region is created. The size of the shadow zone will decrease as...
TED Talks
TED: How to take a picture of a black hole | Katie Bouman
At the heart of the Milky Way, there's a supermassive black hole that feeds off a spinning disk of hot gas, sucking up anything that ventures too close -- even light. We can't see it, but its event horizon casts a shadow, and an image of...
TED Talks
Adam Savage: How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries
Adam Savage walks through two spectacular examples of profound scientific discoveries that came from simple, creative methods anyone could have followed -- Eratosthenes' calculation of the Earth's circumference around 200 BC and...
SciShow
Could Solar Panels in Space Solve all Our Energy Needs?
We need more solutions for our energy needs, and one idea is straight out of science fiction: Solar panels, in space.
TED Talks
Jeremy Kasdin: The flower-shaped starshade that might help us detect Earth-like planets
Astronomers believe that every star in the galaxy has a planet, one fifth of which might harbor life. Only we haven't seen any of them -- yet. Jeremy Kasdin and his team are looking to change that with the design and engineering of an...
SciShow
Those Maddening Eyeball Floaters!
Sometimes our eyes do weird things. One of the things that it sometimes does is get floaters. What are they? Where do they come from? Join us today on SciShow as Hank explores the science behind these little specks.
Curated Video
The Fascinating Truth About the Moon: Exploring its Mysteries and Impact on Earth
This video provides fascinating insights into the moon, debunking common misconceptions and revealing intriguing facts. From the existence of the far side of the moon to its impact on Earth's stability and climate, the video explores the...