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Just How Screwed Are We If Thwaites Glacier Collapses? | Lightning Round
[…] Today I’m taking questions from the Answerphiles on Patreon. From questions about privacy to quantum physics to cosmology to the Antarctic Thwaites glacier that could doom us all, here’s the quick and dirty lightning round answers for you. […]
Can animals sense earthquakes?
[…] Earthquakes don’t just shake the earth! They also affect the earth’s magnetic field, the ionosphere, and the van Allen belts. Besides this, in this video we also look at what researchers have found about the idea that animals sense … Continue reading
Scientists Made an “Everlasting Bubble” That Lasted 465 Days | My Modern Met
By Madeleine Muzdakis on January 28, 2022 You might be thinking “THIS is what scientists are working on?!” but there’s actually value to this experiment. Bubbles are more scientifically complex than one might think. The popular children’s activity of … Continue reading
How To Survive Falling From A Plane Without A Parachute! DEBUNKED
You wake and suddenly you’re no longer on the plane! But what are your chances and how do you increase your odds of surviving a fall from the cruising altitude of an airliner? […]
Tree Root System Drawings | Kottke
The Wageningen University & Research houses a collection of almost 1200 drawings of the root systems of trees, grasses, crops, shrubs, weeds, flowers, and other plants. These drawings were done of plants in Europe, mostly in Austria, over a period … Continue reading
True hope takes a hard look at reality, then makes a plan | Aeon Essays
A general practitioner speaks to his patient’s palliative care nurses in Saint-Chamond, Loire, France, March 2021. Photo by Bastien Doudaine/Hans Lucas/Headpress Even when you know that prospects are grim, hope can help. It’s not just a feeling, but a way … Continue reading
Why Everything You Thought You Knew About Quantum Physics is Different – with Philip Ball
Quantum physics has a reputation as one of the most obscure and impenetrable subjects in science. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Philip’s book “Beyond Weird” is available now: https://geni.us/Fdybs5 Philip Ball will talk about what quantum theory really means … Continue reading
Why the volcanic eruption in Tonga was so violent, and what to expect next | The Conversation
Shane Cronin Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Auckland AAP/Japan Meteorology Agency The eruption is akin to a weapons-grade chemical explosion, and there could be several weeks or even years of major volcanic unrest to follow. The Kingdom of Tonga … Continue reading
Light and the Quantum – with Serge Haroche
The properties of light which could not be explained through classical physics helped to kick-start the quantum revolution.Then came the strange quantum phenomena… Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the Q&A here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMdTb… The properties of light which could … Continue reading
Animals can be detected from DNA in the air | BBC Newsround
Associate Professor Kristine Bohmann collects air samples at Copenhagen Zoo Researchers have found that by testing the air they can work out which animals have been in an area. Scientists analysed environmental DNA (eDNA) and found that the animals give … Continue reading
Entropy: Origin of the Second Law of Thermodynamics
How did Clausius create entropy and why? I read his original papers to follow how possibly the most confusing concept in Classical Physics was created. My Patreon Page (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/user?u=15291200 The music is from the awesome Kim Nalley of course … Continue reading
