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Hear the Martian wind! Perseverance rover’s first sounds captured
NASA’s Perseverance rover’s microphone captured the sound of Martian wind. — Watch the Perseverance rover land on Mars in this epic first-of-its-kind video: https://www.space.com/perseverance-ro…
ESA preview 2021
As the world leaves behind the strange and challenging year of 2020, we look towards 2021 with a mixture of relief and expectation. And this is the same at ESA, where we look forward to a brighter and very exciting … Continue reading
The Brown Note: The Crappiest Sound In The World | Answers With Joe
You’ve heard the myth… A note exists that makes you evacuate your bowels. Obviously it’s not true… or is it? Acoustical weapons exist, could one make you ruin your pants? Let’s check it out.
How civilization could destroy itself — and 4 ways we could prevent it | Nick Bostrom
Humanity is on its way to creating a “black ball”: a technological breakthrough that could destroy us all, says philosopher Nick Bostrom. In this incisive, surprisingly light-hearted conversation with Head of TED Chris Anderson, Bostrom outlines the vulnerabilities we could … Continue reading
HOW TO LAND ON THE MOON – Smarter Every Day 250
A very special thank you to Wayne Ottinger http://www.aletro.org/ Check out the AMAZING website by Ben Feist that synchronizes all Apollo data: https://www.apolloinrealtime.org/ I had to find a lot of archival footage to make this video. Thanks to Devin for … Continue reading
Earth Has Another Magnetic Field
You probably know about the geomagnetic field that protects the earth from solar storms and radiation. But precision satellites have measured ANOTHER magnetic field coming from Earth, and its signals might hold the key to searching for water on other … Continue reading
Walter Isaacson: The History Of The Future
The history of computers is a history of competition and collaboration: Innovators have worked together, but also clashed over the place of computers in society and how they should function. Those clashes—between privacy and openness, businessmen and bohemians—continue to this … Continue reading
Artificial Intelligence | Roger Penrose, Kate Devlin, Martin Rees, Nigel Shadbolt & more
Roger Penrose, Kate Devlin, Martin Rees, Nigel Shadbolt, Marta Halina & David Malone discuss the rise of artificial intelligence. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:38 – Roger Penrose 05:09 – Martin Rees 09:21 – Kate Devlin 12:16 – Marta Halina 18:15 – … Continue reading
The secret origins of purple dye
Curator Hattie Lloyd tells the story of the accidental discovery of the first synthetic chemical dye: Mauveine. Discover more about mauveine via https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/mau… Stories From The Stores goes behind the scenes with our curators to uncover fascinating stories from some … Continue reading
Introduction to Tuning Forks from the National Museum of American History
Meet Steven Turner, curator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, as he discusses the Smithsonian’s scientific instrument collection. This video focuses the science behind and uses for tuning forks, including demonstrations of tuning forks on resonators, the Grand … Continue reading
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