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Quantum Gravity theory with professor Erik Verlinde

Gravity theory with professor Erik Verlinde Credit @Erik Verlinde

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How Fungi Can Help Clean Up Pollution

The team at Novobiom wanted to develop an environmental remediation process that is natural and more effective, and they found inspiration in healthy, living soil ecosystems. Novobiom is tapping the potential of fungi-based remediation solutions; and in this video, we … Continue reading

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Joe Got Corrected For Correcting Neil deGrasse Tyson

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I Misunderstood the Greenhouse Effect. Here’s How It Works.

How does the greenhouse effect work? Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, prevent infrared radiation from escaping to outer space. This warms the surface of earth. More greenhouse gas means more warming. Simple enough! Alas, if you look … Continue reading

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The Agate Mystery: Why We Can’t Synthesize This Common Gem

If you know where to look, agates aren’t particularly hard to find, and people have been examining them for thousands of years — but yet, they’re one of the only major gemstones scientists can’t synthesize in the lab. Here’s the … Continue reading

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Everything – Yes, Everything – is a SPRING! (Pretty much)

[…] Science Asylum video on Schrodinger Equation: JOIN our PATREON (Members help pay for the animations. THANK YOU so much!): https://www.patreon.com/arvinash RECOMMENDED READING: Schwartz, “Quantum Field Theory and the Standard model” https://amzn.to/3HmWdYt CHAPTERS: 0:00 The most important motion in the … Continue reading

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The True Meaning of Schrödinger’s Equation

Schrödinger’s equation governs the behavior of tiny quantum particles by treating them as wave functions. But is Schrödinger’s equation actually a wave equation? Maybe not. Check out Arvin Ash’s video: ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS Heat Flow with a Thermal Camera: Atomic … Continue reading

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How Rutherford Found the Age of the Earth with Alexis Dahl : A Bit of Historical Context

Alexis Dahl is a science communicator on a quest to understand and marvel at the world outside her door. Kathy will delve into the intersection of geology, theology, physics, and radioactivity in this fascinating story of how we learned how … Continue reading

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Nothing

In this StarTalk video, we’re talking about nothing. Not in the Seinfeldian sense, but in the science sense. What is nothing? Neil explains how our usual definition of something being “nothing” is dictated by our senses. What if you wanted … Continue reading

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MinuteEarth Explains: Stuff That…Isn’t

[…] n this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we find out that lots of what we thought we knew about the world around us isn’t quite right. We originally created the videos in the “MinuteEarth Explains” series for another project. … Continue reading

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