Category Archives: Science

A Physics Prof Bet Me $10,000 I’m Wrong | Veritasium

Posted on July 4, 2021 by agogo22

A UCLA Physics Professor bet me $10,000 that my video about going downwind faster than the wind was wrong. This video is sponsored by Brilliant. The first 200 people to sign up via https://brilliant.org/veritasium get 20% off a yearly subscription. … Continue reading →

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String Theory

Posted on July 4, 2021 by agogo22

How can we reconcile gravity with quantum physics? Why are there different types of particles? How can we verify the existence of additional dimensions? All these answers in 16 minutes! 0:00 – Introduction 2:17 – Strings and vibrations 4:03 – … Continue reading →

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What happens to your brain during a migraine – Marianne Schwarz

Posted on July 3, 2021 by agogo22

Find out what’s happening in the brain when you have a migraine and what we still don’t know about this complex disorder. — A throbbing, pounding headache. Bright zigzagging lines across your field of vision. Sensitivity to light, lingering fatigue, … Continue reading →

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Dark Fish | Kottke

Posted on June 24, 2021 by agogo22

Sometimes you run across an aspect of reality and it just completely blows your mind. You’ve heard of dark matter, right? Well, meet dark fish: biologists suspect that up to 95% of the world’s total fish population lives in a … Continue reading →

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This is what we get wrong about wildfires

Posted on June 23, 2021 by agogo22

Fire is as natural as wind and rain in large forest— and, in fact, needed. The 2020 wildfire season was the worst in California’s recorded history, with more than four million acres burned and almost 10,500 structures destroyed across the … Continue reading →

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What Do Protons Taste Like?

Posted on June 18, 2021 by agogo22

[…] Our sense of taste is amazing. The way for detect sweet, sour, bitter, salt and savory (umami) flavours is really clever. […]

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Why so many Covid-19 variants are showing up now

Posted on June 17, 2021 by agogo22

And what that tells us about the pandemic. Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Like any virus, SARS-CoV-2 has been mutating constantly since the beginning of the pandemic. Until November of 2020, though, … Continue reading →

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The Longest-Running Evolution Experiment

Posted on June 17, 2021 by agogo22

If you ran evolution all over again, would you get humans? How repeatable is #evolution? This video is sponsored by @BountyBrand. #biology #science #QPU #HygieneBeginswithBounty #BountyPartner Special thanks to Prof. Richard Lenski and team for showing me around the lab … Continue reading →

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The Entire Human Genome Finally Sequenced! Here’s What This Means

Posted on June 13, 2021 by agogo22

[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the revelation in regards to human genome project T2T: https://github.com/marbl/CHM13#telome… Paper: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.11… […]

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This Is Your Brain on Language

Posted on June 12, 2021 by agogo22

You have a lot of choices if you’re looking to learn a new language, from Spanish to coding, or even whistling! And there are some broad similarities and patterns in the ways our brains process these different forms of communication. … Continue reading →

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