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October 10 The Universe in a Chalice of Wine (Richard Feynman Remixed)
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A poet once said, "The whole universe is in a glass of wine." We will probably never know in what sense he said that, for poets do not write to be understood. But it is true that if we look in glass of wine closely enough we see the entire universe There are the things of physics: the twisting liquid which evaporates depending on the wind and weather, the reflections in the glass, and our imagination adds the atoms. The glass is a distillation of the earth's rocks, and in its composition we see the secrets of the universe's age, and the evolution of the stars. What strange array of chemicals are in the wine? How did they come to be? There are the ferments, the enzymes, the substrates, and the products. There in wine is found the great generalization: all life is fermentation. Nobody can discover the chemistry of wine without discovering the cause of much disease. How vivid is the claret, pressing its existence into the consciousness that watches it!
If in our small minds, for some convenience, divide this glass of wine, this universe, into parts - physics, biology, geology, astronomy, psychology, and so on - remember that nature does not know it! So let us put it all back together, not forgetting ultimately what it is for. Let us give one more final pleasure: drink it and forget it all!
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"The Universe in a Glass of Wine" ... a poem by Richard Feynman, as delivered in the Feynman Lectures on physics. Watch them all here: http://io9.com/watch-a-series-of-seven-brilliant-lectures-by-richard-f-5894600
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October 10 The Impossible Hugeness of Deep Time
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Uploaded 12-02-19

Humans have a hard time with really big numbers, especially when it comes to DEEP TIME. The history of the Earth took a lot longer than you think, trust me. But I’m here to help you put it in perspective. With some string.

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October 10 The Foundations of Energy
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The world of energy is a confusing place. What's better, nuclear or solar? What's the difference between fluorescent bulbs and LEDs? What's the difference between energy and power? And what the heck is a kilowatt-hour?!
In this video, we give you a tour of the essential principles behind the energy machine that puts fuel in our tanks and brings electricity to our homes. To be a good energy citizen, you need to speak the language
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Special thanks to Sheril Kirshenbaum and the Webber Energy Group at the University of Texas at Austin for their help with this series. http://www.webberenergygroup.com/
Check out their awesome online course "Energy 101" to learn about energy and energy policy from A to Z! http://www.energy101.com/
And to find out what people think about energy, check out the UT Energy Poll: http://www.utenergypoll.com/
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Last week's video:
Does the Moon Orbit the Earth? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cJ3AemeUFM
More videos:
Why Does February Have 28 Days? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgKaHTh-_Gs
Why Vaccines Work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aNhzLUL2ys
Why Are Some People Left-Handed? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPvMUpcxPSA
Where Does the Smell of Rain Come From? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGcE5x8s0B8

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October 10 Something Strange Happens When You Flatten the Earth…
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Uploaded 21-04-26

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Imprisoned for heresy, Gerardus Mercator later created a map that transformed navigation forever. We explore why his projection distorts the world, how it solved a deadly problem for sailors, and the astonishing mystery of how he used math that hadn’t even been invented yet to do it all.

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References: https://sites.google.com/view/mercator-mystery-references/home

0:00 A Prisoner of the Inquisition
1:52 The Navigation Crisis
4:22 Who Was This Mercator Guy, Anyway?
8:02 Globes and Heresy
10:45 Why Flat Maps Are Mathematically Impossible
13:27 The Math Mystery Behind the Mercator Map
16:11 How Mercator Used Math That Didn't Exist Yet
19:40 You're Using This Map Right Now
22:56 Is This Map Harmful?

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October 10 Why Sports Fans' Brains are Formed Different (with @smartereveryday)
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Humans can develop intense relationships, even obsessions, with the things we’re fans of. A huge part of our identities, our emotions, and our lives get tied up in these things. Why are we like this?
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October 10 Can a Billion Oysters Restore New York City?
Heroes on the half shell… Oyster power?
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When people picture New York City they see skyscrapers, subways, and a concrete jungle. But the Big Apple is really a seaside city built on an archipelago. In the wake of a century of industrial pollution and climate change-fueled superstorms like Hurricane Sandy, New York’s waterways need help. Learn how Billion Oyster Project is working to restore one of the world’s greatest lost ecosystems in order to clean up New York’s water and protect it from an uncertain climate future.
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October 10 Do Other Planets Have Seasons Too?
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Uploaded 25-08-17

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Earth has seasons, but what about the rest of the planets in the solar system? Let’s take a tour from Mercury to Pluto and see what seasons would be like on all our planetary neighbors. Bring a sweater!

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NASA Planet Fact Sheet:
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/

Winds of Mars:
http://bit.ly/2wvlH3p

Lakes of Titan:
https://sites.google.com/site/alexanderghayes/Research/Titans-Lakes
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v481/n7379/full/nature10666.html?foxtrotcallback=true#ref7

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October 10 Why Don't Woodpeckers Develop Concussions?
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-References/Learn More-
Daneshvar, Daniel H., et al. "The epidemiology of sport-related concussion." Clinics in sports medicine 30.1 (2011): 1-17.
Gibson, L. J. "Woodpecker pecking: how woodpeckers avoid brain injury." Journal of Zoology 270.3 (2006): 462-465.
Haldane, John BS. "On being the right size." Harper’s Magazine 152 (1926): 424-427.
Maroon, Joseph C., et al. "Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in contact sports: a systematic review of all reported pathological cases." PloS one 10.2 (2015): e0117338.
May, Philip RA, et al. "Woodpecker drilling behavior: an endorsement of the rotational theory of impact brain injury." Archives of Neurology 36.6 (1979): 370-373.
Schwab, Ivan R. "Cure for a headache." British Journal of Ophthalmology86.8 (2002): 843-843.
Wang, Lizhen, et al. "Why do woodpeckers resist head impact injury: a biomechanical investigation." PloS one 6.10 (2011): e26490.
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October 10 How Enormous is the Solar System?
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I took a trip to one of Austin's famous moontowers so I could put the enormity of our solar system into perspective. With the help of a grapefruit, and a lot of walking, you'll get an idea of just how tiny everything is out there!!
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Veritasium "How Far Away Is The Moon?" http://youtu.be/Bz9D6xba9Og
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October 10 How Physics Could Bring About Doomsday
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Uploaded 03-10-17

…or how I learned to study physics and start fearing the bomb
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Nuclear weapons represent the darker side of E=mc^2. Science has given us the ability to understand what will happen if these weapons are ever used again… and what will happen if they are *never* used again.

Atomic test footage from the archives of the Department of Energy, the United States Air Force, the United States Army, and the Nevada Nuclear Testing Archive:
https://archive.org
https://www.nnss.gov/pages/resources/NuclearTestingArchive.html

Turco, R. P., Toon, O. B., Ackerman, T. P., Pollack, J. B., and Sagan, C. (1983). Nuclear winter: global consequences of multiple nuclear explosions. Science, 222.

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