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“Our Power is our Pain”
Palestinian Bassam Aramin and Israeli Robi Damelin are unlikely allies. But they share a powerful bond – the loss of a child to the ongoing conflict. Today the joint spokespeople for the Parents Circle Family Forum travel the world sharing … Continue reading
BBC World Service – CrowdScience, How old are the elements?
Can you pick a random atom on earth & tell how old it is, or what its cosmic history is? You are a star. Literally. You are a carbon-based life form and those atoms of carbon in the molecules that … Continue reading
Scouse Phonology and Where it Came From
Honeybone 2007: https://www.pure.ed.ac.uk/ws/portalfi… The Preston letters: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/staffpages/upl… One of the letters referenced in the video contains the line, “e must think as little a bough me as e can fo i ham quite innesent” (‘he must think as little about … Continue reading
Why Vultures Don’t Get Sick When Eating Dead and Rotting Things
[…] In this video: In the video today we’re looking at why vultures can happily eat various dead and rotting things, even when said flesh is disease ridden, all without apparent negative effect on themselves. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.p… … Continue reading
What Are Those Other Weird QR Codes?
Ever wondered why some QR codes don’t scan? ⇒ Become a channel member for exclusive features! Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/ThioJoe/join ▼ Time Stamps: ▼ 0:00 – Intro 0:52 – 1D vs 2D Barcodes 1:31 – Notable 2D Barcodes 2:38 … Continue reading
41 micrometeorites in less than 2 minutes | The Kid Should See This
“The solar system is a dusty place,” explains Project Stardustfounder Jon Larsen in the caption of one of his videos. “Every day approximately 100 tons of cosmic dust fall down on Earth, mainly as micrometeorites…” “Most of these mineral particles (iron, … Continue reading
Homochirality: Why Nature Never Makes Mirror Molecules
Molecules of biological origin always have a fixed handedness or chirality. For example you only ever see right handed sugars and left handed amino acids in nature. But why? Credits: Meteorite image – Art Bromage – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi… RNA and DNA … Continue reading
Why Your Brain Loves Feeling Outraged and Punishing People’s Bad Behavior | Molly Crockett
Why Your Brain Loves Feeling Outraged and Punishing People’s Bad Behavior Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Get mad when you read the news these days? It’s more than … Continue reading
Why all solar panels are secretly LEDs (and all LEDs are secretly solar panels)
Part 2 – explainer video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGUte… LEDs and solar panels are both made of diodes. A diode is just designed to allow electricity to flow in one direction but because we make them out of semiconductors they can … Continue reading
A Satirical New Animation by Greenpeace Swamps Boris Johnson in a Gushing Sea of Plastic | Colossal
Greenpeace’s new campaign opens with a single bottle bouncing off Boris Johnson’s head mid-press conference before a waterfall of plastic overwhelms the prime minister and carries him out to the street. The satirical and pressing animation pours the equivalent of … Continue reading
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