16
Numberphile
Discussing about the number 16...
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Read time: 1 minSubmitted by Emanuela Clavarino on 25 November, 2011 - 01:00
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520 days in 15 minutes
Mars 500
ESA's Mars500 crewmembers Diego Urbina and Romain Charles recorded 15 video diaries from all phases of their simulated mission to Mars, plus hundreds of photos and other video clips. Most of these are available on ESA's Mars500 website, but here is a compilation of their YouTube videos.
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Read time: 1 minSubmitted by Emanuela Clavarino on 24 November, 2011 - 20:00
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A galactic adventure projected by italians scientists
The Italian Space Agency realized Next Step Mars. Next Step Mars is a space game, a galactic adventure where the goal is the colonization of Mars.
Unfortunately Next Step Mars is now only in italian, but the english and spanish versions are almost ready to be downloaded.
But let's try it anyway!
For customer support: [email protected]
Video tutorial and previews of the app:
The Elements Song
Periodic Table of Videos
The Periodic Table of Videos version of the most famous chemistry anthem "The Elements" by Tom Lehrer.
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Read time: 1 minSubmitted by Emanuela Clavarino on 24 November, 2011 - 17:00
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What is Dark Matter?
Minute Physics
Minute Physics provides in one minute an energetic and entertaining view of Dark Matter, an exotic type of matter we know very little about, despite the fact that it makes up around 80% of all matter in the universe.
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Read time: 1 minSubmitted by Emanuela Clavarino on 24 November, 2011 - 14:14
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Biology
4 fun
Starting from a biology lesson...
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Read time: 1 minSubmitted by Emanuela Clavarino on 23 November, 2011 - 16:56
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Curiosity's mission to Mars
The Washington Post
The car-sized Mars Science Laboratory, named Curiosity, is scheduled to launch in November 26 at 7:02 a.m. PST (10:02 a.m. EST) and land in Gale Crater on August 2012. The launch window is between November 25 and December 18.
Mars Science Laboratory is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program and is a rover that will assess whether Mars ever was, or is still today, an environment able to support microbial life. Its mission is to determine the planet's "habitability."
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Read time: 1 minSubmitted by Emanuela Clavarino on 23 November, 2011 - 13:00
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Monster Toothpaste
Science Channel
What happens when you mix hydrogen peroxide, detergent, food color and sodium?
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Read time: 1 minSubmitted by Emanuela Clavarino on 23 November, 2011 - 03:00
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High Pressure Water
Periodic Table of Videos
Mourning the passing of Yuri E Gorbaty, the Professor Martyn Poliakoff discusses his old colleague's important work with water under extreme conditions.
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Read time: 1 minSubmitted by Emanuela Clavarino on 23 November, 2011 - 01:00
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255 and Pac-Man
Numberphile
Explaining binary to understand why Pac-Man becomes unplayable after 255 levels.
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Read time: 1 minSubmitted by Emanuela Clavarino on 22 November, 2011 - 22:00
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