Interesting Science Video Thread - Page 8

Reggo · 11-27-2011, 01:15 AM

I can't find the post to quote it, but to whoever posted the BBC Horizon doco "What Time Is It?" (Retitled "Do You Know What Time It Is?" when rebroadcast on Discovery in the US):

I love that. It's in its full version in vimeo and I used a clever little program to download it. I love Dr Cox, he's like a rockstar to me. I could list the other physicists that are rockstars to me, but the list would get very, very long.

Anyway, watching that prompts me to ponder the nature of time. Einstein said once, "We travel through time at the speed of light." Which makes sense, we can only see things as quickly as it takes for light to enter our eyes and then for those signals to be interpreted in the brain. So, technically, we're always living a fraction of a second in the past. But on the other hand, as one travels through space at the speed of light, time slows down to where it almost stops. And that sort of paradox fascinates me.

deep · 11-27-2011, 01:35 AM

I watched this recently, its pretty good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNjFRcYMFMQ

Reggo · 12-02-2011, 10:20 AM

Ocean Sky on Vimeo

I didn't listen to this with speakers, so apologies if the music sucks, but if I were able to look up at the night sky and see this, well, I dunno what I'd do. this is just incredible.

Jive Turkey · 12-03-2011, 01:13 PM

Not a video, but I don't know where else to put this

Weta insect: Heaviest in the world weighs 3 times more than a mouse | Mail Online

It's so cute!

Reggo · 12-04-2011, 01:31 AM

Jesus Christ, that's a big fucking grasshopper.

Reggo · 12-04-2011, 01:43 AM

Have we all seen SquidBot?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpnLj...layer_embedded

Reggo · 12-06-2011, 01:14 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zVaFjSxAZs

cobl04 · 12-12-2011, 02:12 AM

Higgs boson: Have they found it? � News in Science (ABC Science)

Reggo · 12-13-2011, 04:27 PM

Proba-2: The Sun; 3-Month Time-Lapse [720p] - YouTube

A three-month time-lapse of the Sun as it spins and flares.

Reggo · 12-27-2011, 11:19 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buqtdpuZxvk

Yes, it's Python, but it's Python doing SCIENCE!

Tiger Edge · 12-28-2011, 03:47 PM

This video isn't cool, it's just sad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXIR9ve0JU0

yolland · 01-13-2012, 05:09 PM

This one's an 'interesting animal behavior video.' Apparently filmed by a family living somewhere in Russia, it shows a hooded crow 'sledding' down a nearby roof in an old jar lid it found. One of the commenters, who also seems to be from Russia, claims that these birds are often seen there sliding down roofs on their bellies, like this one but minus the 'sled.'

Crow Sledding on Rooftops in a Jar Lid

Jive Turkey · 01-13-2012, 05:22 PM

hahaha cute!

cobl04 · 01-13-2012, 09:10 PM

That is awesome.

Jive Turkey · 01-17-2012, 03:04 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6w2M...layer_embedded

Jive Turkey · 01-21-2012, 03:10 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxH3Pnknhps

cobl04 · 01-21-2012, 05:01 PM

Incredible man.

yolland · 01-23-2012, 06:03 PM

Saw this on Andrew Sullivan's blog. Via David Attenborough, a rare example of interspecies cooperation between humans (the Boran of East Africa) and a wild animal (the Greater Honeyguide)--humans love honey and are good at stealing it but bad at finding it, honeyguides love bee larvae and beeswax and excel at finding them but suck at stealing them, so over many centuries a cooperative approach has developed, with each party employing vocal and nonvocal signals reserved strictly for communicating with the other:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN5igku_kGk

Jive Turkey · 01-23-2012, 06:55 PM

Amazing! How are things like that not more widely known?

Jive Turkey · 01-23-2012, 11:31 PM

this is pretty awesome. I'm always bummed that so much more money goes toward CG than animatronics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbgzq...layer_embedded

11-27-2011, 01:15 AM	#141
Reggo Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 26,992 Local Time: 08:52 AM	I can't find the post to quote it, but to whoever posted the BBC Horizon doco "What Time Is It?" (Retitled "Do You Know What Time It Is?" when rebroadcast on Discovery in the US): I love that. It's in its full version in vimeo and I used a clever little program to download it. I love Dr Cox, he's like a rockstar to me. I could list the other physicists that are rockstars to me, but the list would get very, very long. Anyway, watching that prompts me to ponder the nature of time. Einstein said once, "We travel through time at the speed of light." Which makes sense, we can only see things as quickly as it takes for light to enter our eyes and then for those signals to be interpreted in the brain. So, technically, we're always living a fraction of a second in the past. But on the other hand, as one travels through space at the speed of light, time slows down to where it almost stops. And that sort of paradox fascinates me. __________________

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12-02-2011, 10:20 AM	#143
Reggo Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 26,992 Local Time: 08:52 AM	Ocean Sky on Vimeo I didn't listen to this with speakers, so apologies if the music sucks, but if I were able to look up at the night sky and see this, well, I dunno what I'd do. this is just incredible.

12-03-2011, 01:13 PM	#144
Jive Turkey ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,646 Local Time: 11:52 AM	Not a video, but I don't know where else to put this Weta insect: Heaviest in the world weighs 3 times more than a mouse \| Mail Online It's so cute!

12-04-2011, 01:31 AM	#145
Reggo Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 26,992 Local Time: 08:52 AM	Jesus Christ, that's a big fucking grasshopper.

12-12-2011, 02:12 AM	#148
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 59,011 Local Time: 01:52 AM	Higgs boson: Have they found it? � News in Science (ABC Science)

12-13-2011, 04:27 PM	#149
Reggo Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 26,992 Local Time: 08:52 AM	Proba-2: The Sun; 3-Month Time-Lapse [720p] - YouTube A three-month time-lapse of the Sun as it spins and flares.

01-13-2012, 05:22 PM	#153
Jive Turkey ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,646 Local Time: 11:52 AM	hahaha cute!

01-13-2012, 09:10 PM	#154
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 59,011 Local Time: 01:52 AM	That is awesome.

01-21-2012, 05:01 PM	#157
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 59,011 Local Time: 01:52 AM	Incredible man.

01-23-2012, 06:55 PM	#159
Jive Turkey ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,646 Local Time: 11:52 AM	Amazing! How are things like that not more widely known?