Month: May 2022

Most of the cases we call “electrocutions” are actually electric shocks: an electric current running through a body. Whether an electric shock becomes an electrocution depends on the nature of the current involved. We’re conducting a survey of our viewers! If you have time, please give us feedback: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SciShowSurvey2017 Hosted by: Hank Green ———- Support
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In this fun, short talk from TEDYouth, lexicographer Erin McKean encourages — nay, cheerleads — her audience to create new words when the existing ones won’t quite do. She lists out 6 ways to make new words in English, from compounding to “verbing,” in order to make language better at expressing what we mean, and
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Renowned psychotherapist, author and broadcaster, Philippa Perry visits the RSA to give tips for any parent looking to navigate their past, avoid repeating their own parents’ mistakes, and ensure they don’t saddle their children with life-long issues. Watch psychotherapist and author, Philippa Perry in our latest RSA Spotlight – the edits which take you straight
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Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/DonateSPACE Thank you to Brilliant for sponsoring this episode! To find out more, visit: https://brilliant.org/SpaceTime We’ve established by now that black holes are weird. The result of absolute gravitational collapse of a massive body: a point of hypothetical
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There’s an incredible method to calculate the square root of a perfect square in your head. MIT Entrace Exam Arithmetic 1876 WayBackMachine: https://web.archive.org/web/20190404065722/https://libraries.mit.edu/archives/exhibits/exam-entrance1876/arithmetic1876.html Square root method Burning Math http://burningmath.blogspot.com/2013/09/extracting-square-roots-mentally-at.html Square root method proof Math StackExchange https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2069192/why-does-this-method-for-finding-the-square-root-of-a-number-work Square root method Grey Matters http://gmmentalgym.blogspot.com/2010/10/root-extractions.html#rtsqr Hindu-Arabic numeral system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu%E2%80%93Arabic_numeral_system Laplace quote https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Hindu%E2%80%93Arabic_numeral_system#Impact_on_arithmetic Laplace picture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Laplace,_Pierre-Simon,_marquis_de.jpg Abacus picture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacus#/media/File:Houghton_Typ_520.03.736_-_Margarita_philosophica.jpg
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Why did the US military dig a tunnel in the Alaskan tundra? What is the tunnel used for now? Visit https://www.kiwico.com/physicsgirl30 to get 30% off your first month of any subscription! Support Physics Girl videos → https://www.patreon.com/physicsgirl Special thank you to our X-Ray tier patrons: Carlos Patricio, David Cichowski, Eddie Sabbah, Fabrice Eap, Gil Chesterton,
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Plain old soap and water absolutely annihilate coronavirus. Support Vox by joining the Video Lab at http://vox.com/join or making a one-time contribution here: http://vox.com/contribute You’ve been told a thousand times: wash your hands to stop the spread of COVID-19. But why does this work so well? It has to do with the way the soap
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A weekly show where knowledge junkies get their fix of trivia-tastic information. This week, Mike Rugnetta takes a look at some inventions that just weren’t meant to be. Like Mike and want more? Check him out at: https://www.youtube.com/user/pbsideachannel http://www.infiniteguest.org/reasonably-sound/ Mental Floss Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mf_video Select Images and Footage provided by Shutterstock: www.shutterstock.com Intellivision courtesy
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Offset your carbon footprint with Wren! They’ll protect 5 extra acres of rainforest for each of the first 100 people who sign up at https://www.wren.co/join/minuteearth. Optimal foraging theory means that turning down food is sometimes more efficient than eating it – but even then, what’s “wasted” doesn’t necessarily go to waste. LEARN MORE ************** To
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Seventy thousand years ago, our human ancestors were insignificant animals, just minding their own business in a corner of Africa with all the other animals. But now, few would disagree that humans dominate planet Earth; we’ve spread to every continent, and our actions determine the fate of other animals (and possibly Earth itself). How did
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Paul Ekman: Outsmart Evolution and Master Your Emotions New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Renowned psychologist and emotion-guru Paul Ekman describes how introducing conscious awareness to facial expressions can help one override and control their emotions. What’s the Big Idea? As Ekman
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Author and consultant Nicholas Lovell offers a new approach to engaging with followers, fans and customers, and a new way of understanding pricing and value in the 21st century internet economy. Listen to the podcast of the full event including audience Q&A: http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0005/1534478/20131031NicholasLovell.mp3 For more information about the event go to the RSA event page
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PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateSPACE ↓ More info below ↓ With the large hadron collider running out of places to look for clues to a deeper theory of physics, we need a bigger particle accelerator. We have one – the galaxy. Watch Two Cents
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*MATH UPDATE: It should be ~160 Empire State Buildings NOT 13. I played too much beercade before making this episode 🙁 * ***CLICK “SHOW MORE” FOR LINKS TO BITS *** Vsauce3 Twitter: http://bit.ly/SfQO8X Vsauce3 Facebook: http://on.fb.me/10FyOKb WesterosCraft (0:08) Footage of WesterosCraft: http://goo.gl/AYDkg Game of Blocks Series: http://goo.gl/C99Wr WesterosCraft Website: http://goo.gl/FDmBh E.T. the Game (0:42) Atari
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My Discord: http://bit.ly/SantoroLounge | My Twitch: http://bit.ly/MattsTwitch Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubToMattSantoro | Website: http://MatthewSantoro.com Catch up on my latest uploads! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe7K6kDBf74EgSlmhy6Wavip716_-JRPG&playnext=1&index=1 Watch more: Creepy, Scary, and Chilling Topics! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe7K6kDBf74HK4A_zHEB-aQLNEErSikq5&playnext=1&index=2 50 Amazing Facts to Blow Your Mind! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe7K6kDBf74Hp_q_-bs6g5Ulju0Lp__Ss&playnext=1&index=2 Mysterious, Cryptic, and Mystical Topics! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe7K6kDBf74F_S6Jt4inbGZM6kfZ4Y2ar&playnext=1&index=2 Fascinating, Amazing, and Funny Topics! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe7K6kDBf74GbkIhmSYCfb0Ctc1sl8-v5&playnext=1&index=2 All-Time Most Popular Videos! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe7K6kDBf74GcJABXEUfqDHSIlBojZZQO&playnext=1&index=2 Sources: https://pastebin.com/ybjk0YW7
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Behind-the-scenes stories from blockbuster movies can tell us a bit about the process of filmmaking or just make for some silly stories. You’ll learn about “blockbusters” in terms of success (like The Godfather) along with summer popcorn flicks. The List Show is a weekly show where knowledge junkies get their fix of trivia-tastic information. This
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Family chart: http://www.cgpgrey.com/blog/family-tree Footnote * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6ViKuXd5qQ Special thanks: Shaun May Gustavo Maronato Ryan Hendry Dawid van Zyl Tom Bradley Amit Shankar Sander Groenendijk Gabriela Cervantes Celhay Wes Bandemer Michael Head Jordan Smith Ben Smith Andrew Escobar Navarr Barnier
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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/debunking-the-myths-of-ocd-natascha-m-santos There’s a common misconception that if you like to meticulously organize your things, keep your hands clean, or plan out your weekend to the last detail, you might be OCD. In fact, OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) is a serious psychiatric condition that is frequently misunderstood by society and mental health professionals
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Pioneering medical scientist Dr Kevin Fong shows how our exploration of the physical world has run in parallel with advances in our understanding of the human body’s capacities and limits. But can human exploration go much further? Listen to the podcast of the full event including audience Q&A: http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/2013/extremes-exploring-lifes-limits Follow the RSA on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thersaorg
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Take the Space Time Fan Survey Here: https://forms.gle/wS4bj9o3rvyhfKzUA PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to:http://to.pbs.org/DonateSPACE Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord! https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime Fermilab physicists really care about the mass of the W boson. They spent nearly a decade recording collisions in
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Thanks to Matej for suggesting this problem! This is from a math competition for 14 year olds in Croatia. While the problem is challenging, “you should be able to solve it” using elementary geometry and algebra. Can you figure it out? Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/MindYourDecisions?sub_confirmation=1 Playlist to watch all videos on MindYourDecisions: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUHnj59g7jezwTy5GeL8EA_g This is the only
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