Applied Theoretical Physics [Awkward Spaceship] [HD 3D]

A little quantum mechanics can help you talk your way out of an awkward situation.

Written and directed by Dave Urlakis.
Starring Yadira Correa, Marz Timms, and Dave Urlakis.
Cinematographer — Alex Sherman.
Camera Operator/Camera Assistant — Ben Sherman.
Gaffer — Joe Kosty.
Sound Recordist — Han Yan.
Editor — Ryan DiGiorgi.
Music — Fig Leaf
Rag by Kevin MacLeod — incompetech.com, Romantic Comedic Italian by JewelBeat — jewelbeat.com.
Special thanks to Omar Muniz.

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Butter vs Margarine

What is the difference between Butter and Margarine? And is one better for you than the other?

Written and created by Mitchell Moffit (twitter @mitchellmoffit) and Gregory Brown (twitter @whalewatchmeplz).

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Why Music Moves Us [It’s Okay to be Smart - PBS Digital Studios]

Why does music make us feel happy or sad? Or angry or romantic? How can simple sound waves cause so much emotion? I went from my comfy chair to the streets of Austin to investigate how it might be written into our neuroscience and evolution. Modern neuroscience says our brains may be wired to pick certain emotions out of music because they remind us of how people move!

Humans are the only species we know that creates and communicate using music, but it’s still unclear how or why we do that, brain-wise. Is it just a lucky side effect of evolution, like Steven Pinker says? Or is it a deeper part of our evolutionary history, as people like Mark Changizi and Daniel Levitin argue?

New evolutionary science says that we may read emotion in music because it relates to how we sense emotion in people’s movements. We’ll take a trip from Austin to Dartmouth to Cambodia to hear why music makes us feel so many feels. The connections between movement and music go far beyond dance moves!

What is Multiple Sclerosis?

Millions of people around the world suffer from MS, but what is it? Lets shine a light on this disease in an effort to increase awareness.

Written and created by Mitchell Moffit (twitter @mitchellmoffit) and Gregory Brown (twitter @whalewatchmeplz).

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Ferrofluid - The Magnetic Liquid!

Materials scientist and Christmas Lecturer Mark Miodownik demonstrates some of the weird properties of ferrofluid. This liquid is literally ‘dripping with magnetism’, containing a suspension of ferromagnetic nanoparticles that make the liquid responsive to external magnetic fields, generating unusual patterns, shapes and motion.

Using a strong neodymium magnet and a large steel bolt, Mark demonstrates the strange and beautiful patterns the fluid forms in response to the magnetic field. Ferrofluids do not tend to maintain their behaviour in the absence of an external magnetic field and are therefore known as superparamagnets.

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Have You Ever Seen an Atom?

Scientists at the University of California Los Angeles have found a way to create stunningly detailed 3D reconstructing of platinum nanoparticles at an atomic scale. These are being used to study tiny structural irregularities called dislocations.

Read the paper here: nature.com/nature/journal/v496/n7443/full/nature12009.html

Controlled Flight of a Robotic Insect

What Would Happen If The World Lost Oxygen For 5 Seconds?

Sources:

quora.com/Hypothetical-Questions/What-would-happen-if-oxygen-were-to-disappear-for-5-seconds
quora.com/Earth/What-would-happen-if-the-amount-of-oxygen-is-doubled-instantly