Category Archives: Science
The Origin of the Elements
A one hour lecture by Dr. Edward M. Murphy, University of Virginia given on Nov 13, 2012. One of the finest Science lectures that you will ever attend. Listen for one hour and concentrate, and you will learn much! Highly Recommended.
We Can’t Find Magnetic Monopoles by Dr Brian Keating
Excellent review of the missing Monopole problem in Physics! Physical theory predicts the existence of Magnetic Monopoles, yet they have not been found. If you review the image above, the Red arrow is the flow of electricity, and the Blue lines are the Magnetic flux lines which a flowing electric current will produce. The Blue …
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The Antikythera Mechanism by Dr. Jo Marchant
Ms Jo Marchant in one of the best Science lectures you will ever hear on the Antikythera Mechanism, and No, it was not made by aliens!
What Really is Everything?
Interesting Science video about fundamental Physics by “History of the Universe” “In this video I would like to discuss one of the great unsolved problems in fundamental physics, the famous vacuum energy catastrophe (also known as the cosmological constant problem). What makes the problem so fascinating is that it weaves together two of the most …
Ingenuity – First Flight on Another Planet
Absolutely, history in the making. The first flight on another planet by little Ingenuity, the drone that could!
A Reflection on the Perseverance Rover – “Percy” Landing on Mars 2021-02-18
The video below is CGV (Computer Generated Video), and is not a live recording of the landing event, but rather a demonstration of all the steps the the landing system must perform to land the rover on the surface. Percy weighs in at around 2,000 pounds, and is about the size of a small car. …
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Star Crash: The Explosion that Transformed Astronomy
First Kilonova detection, August 17, 2017 8:41 AM EST. The best presentation of the 2017 Kilonova.