Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/mysimpleshow Every day we perceive many visual impressions. We can differentiate a multitude of colors in a bunch of flowers, and we can respond in a matter of seconds when driving a car. But what do we actually know about visual perception? Learn t
What are advanced materials, and are they safe? In this second video in the Risk Bites series on advanced materials, we look at the emergence of increasingly advanced materials over the 20th century, and the development of multi-scale materials design and engineering, from the nanoscale to the macro
Learn the basics about what designer polymers are, some examples of them, and how chemical properties are used to perform a particular function. Polymers have been around for a long time. Some of the commonly named examples are found in clothes, things like nylon, polyesters and acrylic. Others ar
What are advanced materials, and are they safe? In this third video in the Risk Bites series on advanced materials, we provide a brief introduction to the emerging field of advanced materials, and designer materials more broadly. Risk Bites was created by Andrew Maynard. This week's video was pr
For more Science Videos: https://lt.org/ * Individuals and governments often do not have as much time or experience as they would like when they need to make a decision. In this video, SARAH AUSTER explores the mechanism by which such decisions are made. * Building a game theoretical model that dr
In this video segment from NOVA: "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial," paleontologist Neil Shubin recounts a fossil discovery that added another compelling piece to the body of evidence that supports evolution. Shubin's find of a well-preserved skeleton, a "fishapod," represents a transitiona
Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/FuseSchool Learn the basics about Green Chemistry - Principle 10, as a part of environmental chemistry. On a global scale, a lot of waste is produced. Unless the waste is recycled, it fills up in our landfills, destroys habitats, and will be a very
Learn about in advances in powered exoskeletons—a kind of wearable robot—in this video adapted from NOVA scienceNOW. Correspondent and New York Times technology columnist David Pogue explores the development of sophisticated robots that can be integrated with the human body. The company Ekso Bionics
In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, meet Franklin Chang-Díaz, an astronaut and scientist. Learn how he has been interested in rockets and space travel since he was a child in Costa Rica, and how he immigrated to the United States to pursue his dream of becoming an astronaut. Hear how
In this video excerpt from NOVA’s "Making Stuff: Smarter", host and New York Times technology columnist David Pogue visits Virginia Tech, where scientists are developing an artificial jellyfish that will act as an inconspicuous motion-detecting buoy for the Navy. The jellyfish is propelled by a shap
The definitions of didactics in the narrow and broad sense as well as methodology are presented and visualized. Original: "Sports didactics simply explained" (Humboldt University of Berlin, Department of Sports Didactics and Teaching Research) Original: German. All translations in this video have
Explore the complex process of designing and building a satellite using the MAVEN mission to Mars as an example. Plans for the MAVEN satellite went through a thorough review of the concept, budget, and risk analysis before proceeding to the next step of the process. Even after the design review is a
