Veritasium: Celsius Didn’t Invent Celsius. (YouTube) “Celsius never devised nor used the scale that now bears his name.”
Category Archives: Science
Modern medicine
Radiolab podcast: 23 Weeks 6 Days.
“When Kelley Benham and her husband Tom French finally got pregnant, after many attempts and a good deal of technological help, everything was perfect. Until it wasn’t. Their story raises questions that, until recently, no parent had to face… and that are still nearly impossible to answer.”
There’s also an epsiode with an Update: 23 Weeks 6 Days.
Kelley Benham, the mother, also wrote a series of gripping articles for the Tampa Bay Times about her experience: Never let go. “She came four months early, straining the limits of what is possible and what is right.”
The parents have written a book about their experiences that will be released on September 13, 2016.
Warning: You should probably not follow any of the links if you are pregnant right now.
Why 2D solar systems in 3D universe?
MinutePhysics: Why is the Solar System Flat? (YouTube)
The History of the Universe in 8 minutes
MinutePhysics: A Brief History of Everything, feat. Neil deGrasse Tyson. (YouTube)
Tour of the ISS
Smarter Every Day: International Space Station Tour on Earth. (YouTube, 13 minutes) “Goal: A simple, elegant tour of the Space Station that makes sense to Earth Bound Humans.”
The video has lots and lots of links to other interesting film clips, which are repeated in the description.
