Why do spikes form on ice cubes? Without them the world would be vastly different. Awesome Jingle by Accent: Thanks to Prof. Stephen Morris from UofT: Filmed in part by Martin Marek in Olomouc, Czech Republic Time lapse of a growing ice spike by Lesley Hill, Russ Sampson and Edward Lozowski, with technical help by […]
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Why Are 96,000,000 Black Balls on This Reservoir?
I took a boat through 96 million black plastic balls on the Los Angeles reservoir to find out why they’re there. The first time I heard about shade balls the claim was they reduce evaporation. But it turns out this isn’t the reason they were introduced. Huge thanks to LADWP for arranging this special tour […]
Bill Nye Destroys Noah's Ark
Bill Nye debunks the Bible’s mythical story of Noah’s Ark during a debate with Creationist Ken Ham at the Creation Museum in Kentucky. Subscribe to TDC on YouTube Facebook Google+ Twitter source
What If We Drained the Oceans?
What if we found the way to drain all the Earth’s oceans through some mysterious portal at the bottom of the Mariana Trench? How long would it take? Years? Centuries? Millennia? Would there be any life left on Earth when the pumping was over? What if it happened overnight? Oceanic water makes up 70% of […]
What Would Happen If The Moon Disappeared
Our moon is on the move. Each year, it drifts an estimated 1.5 inches further away from Earth. And in the process, Earth’s rotation is actually slowing down. What if one night, the moon simply disappeared? Would we miss it? A full moon is on average 14,000 times brighter than the next brightest night-sky object, […]
Where did Earth’s water come from? – Zachary Metz
View full lesson: Water covers over 70% of the Earth, cycling from the oceans and rivers to the clouds and back again. It even makes up about 60% of our bodies. But in the rest of the solar system, liquid water is almost impossible to find. So how did our planet end up with so […]
Earth 101 | National Geographic
Earth is the only planet known to maintain life. Find out the origins of our home planet and some of the key ingredients that help make this blue speck in space a unique global ecosystem. ➡ Subscribe: #NationalGeographic #Earth #EarthDay About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. […]
Guns in Space
There’s more over on MinutePhysics’ channel RIGHT HERE: Follow Michael Stevens: I’m pretty sure that subscribing to MinutePhysics was one of Newton’s Laws: Music by Jake Chudnow: music by Jake Chudnow: Jake’s channel: Planet size comparrison: Gravity’s pull from different altitudes: shoot gun on moon / in space: Paris Gun: Fusion: An episode I made […]
The mysterious origins of life on Earth – Luka Seamus Wright
Where on Earth did life begin? Explore the hydrothermal vents in Earth’s crust as simple compounds gave way to complex life. — Billions of years ago, simple organic compounds assembled into more complex coalitions that could grow and reproduce. At the time, Earth had widespread volcanic activity and a hostile atmosphere that made it almost […]