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  What do programmers actually do? 22.09.2026 9λ

  What do programmers actually do?    
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  This phenomenon only happens in Hawaii . . . and Cuba & Nigeria & Indonesia & Peru & Sudan & Laos &… 22.09.2026 4λ

  There are only certain parts of the year and certain times of day when you can experience the subsolar point or Lahaina noon. There appears to be no shadow because the sun is directly overhead. This phenomenon happens twice a year for latitudes between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn at solar noon, when the sun is highest in the sky. But you have to be in the right place at the right time with no clouds! The photos and clips in this video were taken by my mom, Cathy, and friend Noel Liddell in Wailua, Po’ipu and Lawai, HI on July 11th (one day before exact Lahaina noon) and July 12th.
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  Ballistic Ping Pong Ball vs. Tennis Ball at 450km/h! 22.09.2026 15λ

  What happens when you shoot a ballistic ping pong ball going 450kph at a tennis ball?
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  How Fluid Can Climb Upward! SLIME EXPERIMENT 21.09.2026 6λ

  Slime exhibits some crazy unusual properties, like viscoelasticity, because it's a non-newtonian fluid.
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  How to float a ping pong ball on air - The Coandă Effect 21.09.2026 1λ

  Widely explained using the Bernoulli principle, this phenomenon is actually dominated by the Coanda effect.
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  What do programmers actually do? 21.09.2026 9λ

  I left a physics job to do software engineering. Was it worth it? What do software engineers actually do?
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  How does your reflection flip when you bend a spoon inward? 21.09.2026 8λ

  How does your reflection flip when you bend a spoon inward?
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  Seeing the Smallest Thing in the Universe 21.09.2026 5λ

  Beyond molecules and atoms, how far down can we see below the wavelength of visible light? What is the smallest possible scale in the universe?
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  Tricky Spool Riddle SOLUTION - ft Anne Wojcicki 21.09.2026 5λ

  Tricky Spool Riddle SOLUTION - ft Anne Wojcicki    
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  What's in the darkest part of the sky? The Hubble Deep Field 20.09.2026 2λ

  What happens when you point the Hubble Space Telescope at the darkest part of the sky for 10 consecutive days? Besides using up extremely valuable time, what would you find?
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  Singing plates - Standing Waves on Chladni plates 20.09.2026 4λ

  Use physics to create cool patterns on a vibrating plate. How is this like a guitar string or a singing wine glass?
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  Glaciers Are Disappearing Almost As Fast As You Can Ski Down Them | Climate Games 20.09.2026 9λ

  How badly is our planet heating up? I’ve put together an experiment that asks: How much of an olympic-sized swimming pool would be filled with glacial meltwater in the time it takes to ski down a glacier? Helping me - by actually skiing down a glacier - is JT Holmes. And you won’t believe the final answer.
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  SLOW MOTION SCIENCE! Ferrofluid dropping on magnet 20.09.2026 7λ

  See ferrofluid falling on a magnet filmed at 1000fps. How does the science of falling ferrofluid droplets mimic speghettification while falling into a black hole?
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  Gravitational Waves Discovered for the First Time! 18.09.2026 4λ

  In the press conference heard round the world, they showed the tell-tale waveforms indicating that huge event in which two black holes merged 1.3 billion lightyears away, had created waves that passed by the LIGO detectors and were finally heard. Einstein predicted the existence of these waves in his 1915 theory of general relativity. But it took a long time for us to come up with the technology to detect them. For one, we had to invent lasers! This video discusses why this discovery is important, what it means for astronomy, and what’s next. If you can’t tell, I’m very excited.
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  How does laser cooling work? 18.09.2026 5λ

  How can light be used to cool atoms and molecules ? Lasers are known to burn things, fix eyes, and dance on powerpoint presentations. But they can also be used to cool objects to some of the coldest temperatures in the universe.
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  How science explains monster waves 18.09.2026 6λ

  Rogue waves - enormous, spontaneous surface waves in the open ocean - were once the tall tales of sailors. They are waves that reach 2-3x taller than the largest average waves in the area, reaching heights of 75 – 100ft. With the help of a ESA satellite survey, the scientific community now accepts they happen frequently. What causes rogue waves?
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  Craziest eclipses in the solar system 18.09.2026 5λ

  Craziest eclipses in the solar system. .....
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  Experiments with $100,000+ Speakers 18.09.2026 7λ

  new show SoundField as they experiment with giant $100,000 speakers and aim them at your body parts looking for resonance, at oobleck, at googly eyes, and at candles to explore the physics of sound.
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  Can you take perfect 3D photos? 18.09.2026 5λ

  3D movies and TV are is increasing in popularity, but is any of it truly 3D? How true is the 3D in movie theaters? How do glassess-less 3D TVs work? Try catching a ball with one eye closed. If you find it easy, try having the ball thrown a couple of feet in front of you, or from further away. It becomes increasingly difficult when the throw is off.
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  New Horizons first probe to reach pluto! 18.09.2026 5λ

  The New Horizons probe reached its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015 at 7:49 EST. We have received more and more detailed images and data about the dwarf planet and its largest moon, Charon. Very exciting times!