Month: January 2022

Johnny Ball on the “often missed” Hippocrates of Chios. Check out Brilliant (get 20% off their premium service): https://brilliant.org/numberphile (sponsor) More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ More on Johnny Ball, including his books and live shows: https://www.johnnyball.co.uk See Johnny discuss Russian multiplication: https://youtu.be/HJ_PP5rqLg0 Numberphile is supported by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
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The story of recursion continues as Professor Brailsford explains one of the most difficult programs to compute: Ackermann’s function. Professor Brailsford’s programs: http://bit.ly/1nhKtW4 Follow Up Film from the Prof in response to this film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNACwX-O5lk What on Earth is Recursion?: http://youtu.be/Mv9NEXX1VHc Fibonacci Programming: http://youtu.be/7t_pTlH9HwA Heartbleed, Running the Code: http://youtu.be/1dOCHwf8zVQ VR Series: COMING SOON! Please note,
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It’s leap year time… so what are years, anyway? And what do they have to do with the supermassive black hole in the core of the milky way? Mr. Grey, of course: http://www.youtube.com/cgpgrey Thanks to the UCLA Galactic Center: http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~ghezgroup/gc/ Their images/animations were created by Prof. Andrea Ghez and her research team at UCLA and
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What is perfect pitch, or absolute pitch? Can it be learned? How does timbre, or the type of instrument affect perfect pitch? Physics explains! If you liked this video check out these: Singing this Note is IMPOSSIBLE! How I broke a wine glass with my VOICE (using science!) phyphox app: http://phyphox.org Audio wave website: https://meettechniek.info/additional/additive-synthesis.html
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TWITTER: http://bit.ly/SfQO8X INSTAGRAM: http://instagr.am/jakerawr ***CLICK “SHOW MORE” FOR LINKS*** Vsauce Eyepatch by my friend Lauren: http://www.instagr.am/laurenyes Shine Job scene from Pitch Black: http://goo.gl/BMpyN6 Really interesting journal about the Tapetum Lucidum: http://goo.gl/5xxWKW 1941 video on the eye: http://goo.gl/o3nzXn Cone and Rod imagery: http://goo.gl/sghmyq Aviation Vision reference guide: http://goo.gl/PIVSot Phosphene and lucid dreaming info: http://goo.gl/7d7424 Mastering Averted
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I’m an idiot — and you should be, too. Sometimes. Thinking is hard, and thinking with a free, open mind might be the hardest thing of all. The Einstellung Effect can create cognitive illusions that blind us to different points of view. It prevents us from seeing simpler solutions or alternative ways to solve a
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LINKS: Tweets by tweetsauce http://facebook.com/VsauceGaming music by: http://www.youtube.com/JakeChudnow Sound localization: http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/d/u/duplex%20theory%20of%20localization/source.html Depth perception: http://nathanclarkecommunication.wikispaces.com/Depth+perception Why do we have two nostrils instead of one? http://bit.ly/QXHsLZ http://news.stanford.edu/news/1999/november10/smell-1110.html What does space smell like? http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-01/fyi-what-does-space-smell http://dsc.discovery.com/space/im/smell-space-steve-pearce.html Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycyclic_aromatic_hydrocarbon Raspberry and Rum in space: http://npr.tumblr.com/post/26911769516/sciencesoup-what-does-space-smell-like-its olfactory fatigue: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olfactory_fatigue Memories and smell: http://psychology.about.com/od/memory/ss/ten-facts-about-memory_8.htm Westermarck effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westermarck_effect Name for a
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Silicone oil droplets provide a physical realization of pilot wave theories. Check out Smarter Every Day: http://bit.ly/VeSmarter Support Veritasium on Patreon: http://bit.ly/VePatreon Huge thanks to: Dr. Stephane Perrard, Dr Matthieu Labousse, Pr Emmanuel Fort, Pr Yves Couder and their group site http://dualwalkers.com/ Prof. John Bush: http://math.mit.edu/~bush/ Dr. Daniel Harris Prof. Stephen Bartlett Looking Glass Universe:
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It’s at the heart of Antarctica and on the verge of collapse. Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-lab Man-made climate change is warming the planet’s atmosphere and oceans, and the effects are being felt the most at the poles. In Antarctica, home to the largest chunk of ice on earth, ice shelves and glaciers are
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Explosions on film are made to look good: fireballs and flame. In reality, though, they’re a bit disappointing. Here’s how Hollywood does it. • Produced with an experienced, professional pyrotechnician. Do not attempt. Thanks to Steve from Live Action FX: http://liveactionfx.com/ Filmed safely: https://www.tomscott.com/safe/ Camera: Simon Temple http://templefreelance.co.uk Edited by Michelle Martin: https://twitter.com/mrsmmartin I’m at
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Sign up here https://cen.yt/mbcoldfusion10 for your free daily newsletter – I’ve really enjoyed Morning Brew and I think you will too! My Music Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGkpFfEMF0eMJlh9xXj2lMw — About ColdFusion — ColdFusion is an Australian based online media company independently run by Dagogo Altraide since 2009. Topics cover anything in science, technology, history and business in a
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A weekly show where knowledge junkies get their fix of trivia-tastic information. This week, John looks at some interesting facts behind the food we’re eating for Thanksgiving. Mental Floss Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mf_video Select Images and Footage provided by Shutterstock: www.shutterstock.com —- Website: http://www.mentalfloss.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mental_floss Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mentalflossma… Store: http://store.mentalfloss.com/ (enter promo code: “YoutubeFlossers” for
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This year, science news has understandably focused a lot on COVID-19. But other science has carried on, and there have been plenty of amazing discoveries this year that we think deserve a spotlight, too! Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ———- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on
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Thanks to my grandmother for inspiring this story, and to my mother for helping make it. If you like our videos, please consider supporting MinuteEarth on Patreon! – Alex Bird poop was the gateway fertilizer that turned humanity onto the imported-chemical-based farming system of modern agriculture. Thanks to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth and our YouTube
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Sources: https://sites.google.com/view/sources-argentine-ants In nearly every corner of the Earth, ants wage war against each other. Their weapons are what nature gave them. Some have strong armour, deadly stingers or sharp mandibles. And then there is this tiny, and not very impressive ant. But it rules the biggest empire any ant has ever built. A colony
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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/would-you-sacrifice-one-person-to-save-five-eleanor-nelsen Imagine you’re watching a runaway trolley barreling down the tracks, straight towards five workers. You happen to be standing next to a switch that will divert the trolley onto a second track. Here’s the problem: that track has a worker on it, too — but just one. What do you do?
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Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person
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The science of ‘herd mentality’ Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Learn skills from the world’s top minds at Big Think Edge: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- What can monkeys teach us about stock market bubbles? It turns out that monkeys make decisions much like investors on the trading floor—they develop a herd mentality, mimicking the
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How have we achieved so much despite understanding so little? Whilst individuals know very little, the collective mind knows a lot. Acclaimed cognitive scientist Steven Sloman explains how we survive and thrive despite our mental shortcomings, because we live in a rich community of knowledge. The key to our intelligence lies in the people and
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Matt challenges you to use quantum physics to win the lottery. Are you up to the task? Previous Episode on Quantum Eraser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ORLN_KwAgs Get your own Space Time t­shirt at http://bit.ly/1QlzoBi Tweet at us! @pbsspacetime Facebook: facebook.com/pbsspacetime Email us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com Comment on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsspacetime Support us on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime Help translate
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This problem is adapted from the first round of the 2017 Dutch Maths Olympiad. Special thanks this month to: Robert Zarnke, Marq Short, Kyle, Mike Robertson, Michael Anvari. Thanks to all supporters on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/mindyourdecisions Reddit Math Riddles Simple square puzzle byu/Irratix inmathriddles Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/MindYourDecisions?sub_confirmation=1 Send me suggestions by email (address at end of many
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Matt Parker talks about numbers – as he often does. His book “Humble Pi” is at: http://bit.ly/Humble_Pi More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ The book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2NKposg Numberphile podcast is on your podcast player. Or the website is: https://www.numberphile.com/podcast And it’s on YouTube too: http://bit.ly/Numberphile_Pod_Playlist The Knight’s Tour T-Shirt is in
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Colossus was one of the very first electronic, special purpose, computers and it was created almost two years earlier than the better known ENIAC. We visit Bletchley Park, home of the code breakers, and TNMoC, The National Museum of Computing. Professor Brailsford shows us the Colossus replica. The Most Difficult Program to Compute?: https://youtu.be/i7sm9dzFtEI Computer
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Dianna Cowern from Physics Girl and Simone Giertz take this viral bucket riddle to the real world with a physical test. Which tank will fill first? Subscribe to Physics Girl: http://youtube.com/physicsgirl Subscribe to Simone Giertz! http://youtube.com/simonegiertz Try 23andMe at https://www.23andme.com/physicsgirl If you liked this video check out these: I built an acoustic LEVITATOR! Making liquid
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