What is energy and how does it move around?
What is E = mc^2 in simple terms (American Museum of Natural History)What is E = mc^2 in simple terms (Universe Today)What is E = mc^2 in simple terms (YouTube)Werner Heisenberg (Nobelprize.org)Robert Openheimer (Atomic Archive)"Doc" Brown (Wikipedia)Back to the Future (Wikipedia)The speed of light: 3x10^8 metres per second (Wikipedia)The size of Wales (Wikipedia)The size of Belgium (Wikipedia)Basic principles of energy (University of Illinois)What is energy? (Wikipedia)Potential & kinetic energy (BBC) Different types of energy (BBC)What is sound energy? (Explain That Stuff!)What is heat energy (Science Learning)All the matter & energy in the universe was created in the Big Bang (Exploratorium, CERN)All the matter & energy in the universe was created in the Big Bang (The Physics of the Universe)Best guess...the universe is between 13-14 billion years old (HubbleSite)First law of thermodynamics: Energy in a closed system cannot be gained or lost, just transferred (livescience)First law of thermodynamics - more techy explanation (NASA)Could loads of wind turbines affect local systems? Who knows...here's some potential answers (Earth Science Stack Exchange)Solar energy that reaches the Earth's surface is called 'insolation' (Wikipedia)The amount of solar energy reaching Earth is huge (The Electronic Universe, University of Oregon)Solar irradiation map of the world (Wikipedia)US town rejects solar farm amid worries it would "suck up all the energy from the sun" (Science Alert)Where does the sun's energy come from? (NASA)The sun's energy will run out in about 5 billion years (Phys.org)Simple photosynthesis (Photosynthesis Education)Chemical energy is stored in the bonds of atoms & molecules, plus a big list of types of energy (Quizlet)Muscles & liver store carbohydrate as glycogen until needed for energy (Discovery Learning)How does a microphone work? Simple conversion of sound energy (Explain That Stuff!)How long would you have to yell to heat a cup of coffee? (Physics Central)Old lights bulbs used to give off ~90% of their energy as heat, not light (Energy.gov)What happens when you clap your hands...in space? (Reddit)The motion of atoms & molecules creates heat or thermal energy (EDinformatics)What is a quantum? (Wikipedia)A photon is a quantum of light (Wikipedia)When did we figure out what energy is? (Wikipedia)Light is energy...& photons of light can have different amounts of energy (Johns Hopkins University)A photon's energy determines where it sits on the electromagnetic spectrum (NASA)How do we transfer energy into speech? The acoustic theory of speech production (Yale University)How do we hear? (Dangerous Decibels)No sound in a vacuum, no sound in space (Physics Central)The speed of sound in different media (HyperPhysics, Georgia State University)What is an echo? (Wikipedia)The old 'tree falling in the woods' conundrum...from a quantum theory perspective (Oxford University Press Blog)Sound is a wave (Physics Hypertextbook)How candles burn (National Candle Association)Richard Feynman's wonderful words: What is fire? Plants come from air not dirt. Wood is stored sunlight (YouTube)Burning fossil fuels releases ancient atoms (Wikipedia)Photosynthesis: Plants grab the carbon from carbon dioxide & we get some oxygen (Wikipedia)Humans exhale ~4% to 5.3% carbon dioxide (Wikipedia)Humans breathe out a fair bit of carbon dioxide - maybe we should stop (Small-M)Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas (Wikipedia)Carbon capture & sequestering technologies (MIT)All the jiggling: How heat energy is transferred (xaktly)Temperature is essentially a measure of movement (New York University)Temperature is essentially a measure of movement (HyperPhysics, Georgia State University)What is absolute zero? (Encyclopaedia Britannica)Why can't we get down to absolute zero? (io9)The Large Hadron Collider & absolute zero (Encyclopaedia Britannica)The Large Hadron Collider is colder than deep space (BBC)The temperature in outer space is about 2.7 Kelvin (NASA)How does a vacuum flask work? With a vacuum of course (Explain That Stuff!)How does heat move? A simple description of radiation, conduction & convection (Qualitative Reasoning Group, Northwestern University)Conduction & convection in the home (BBC)Calories are a unit of energy or heat (Encyclopaedia Britannica)Tartan Thermos (Etsy)Curried egg sandwiches recipe (Keen's, McCormick)Apparently crusts won't make your beard curly...but they may have more nutrients than the fluffy bit (How Stuff Works)Insulated glazing (Wikipedia)Vacuum-insulated glass (Windows for high-performance commercial buildings)The vacuum flask or Thermos: Invented by a Scot - uses include storing coffee, rocket fuel & liquid nitrogen (Wikipedia)Thermos® appears to be a registered trademark...thought we'd mention that for legal purposes (Thermos.com)Sir James Dyson (James Dyson Foundation)Elon Musk (Forbes)Outer space isn't very dense - sometimes 1 atom per cubic metre (hypertextbook)Empty space: the birthplace of stars (NASA)Hypothermia: How long can someone survive in frigid water? (Scientific American)Water conducts heat ~25 times more efficiently than air (Wikipedia)Speed of sound in water is ~1,484 metres per second (Wikipedia)Cold people & hot people: Why do some people feel the cold more than others (IFL Science!)Why do some people never feel cold while others never get warm? (Medical News Today)Michelle BridgesKentucky Fried ChickenDeepak ChopraJuly 16 1945: The first atomic test (History.com)Original defence memo from a General who was at the first atomic test (PBS)What happens in an atomic bomb is the same as what happens in the sun (NorthWest Research Associates)The sun is ~93 million miles from Earth (Space.com)Little old Pluto gets about 1/900th the sunlight that we do (Project Pluto)The Kardashev scale: Type I, II & III civilisations (Wikipedia)The physics of extraterrestrial civilisations (Michio Kaku)What is a Dyson Sphere? A theoretical way to capture all the energy from a star (EarthSky)The Star Trek proto-post scarcity economy (Medium)Thankfully, modern nuclear bombs are more efficient than the olden days (GlobalResearch)The fission of 1kg of plutonium-239 can explode with the power equivalent to 20,000 tonnes of TNT (Materials World)E = mc^2 for 1kg of wood is HUGE (E = mc2 Explained)What is cold fusion? (Wikipedia)5 reasons why cold fusion is bunk (Seeker)What is perpetual motion? More bunk (Wikipedia)The "never die" Orbo Power Cube battery that was on display in a Dublin pub...hmmm (E-Cat World)Animation: How a wind turbine works (Energy.gov)Newton's Cradle (balls) (YouTube)The Flat Earth SocietyCheeky review? (If we may be so bold)
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