Tag: educational

September 19, 2015 at 11:39 am

“The Convincer” Simulates a 5 MPH Crash to Promote Seatbelt Safety

"The Convincer" Simulates a 5 MPH Crash to Promote Seatbelt Safety

The Connecticut State Police brought “The Convincer” to the the University of Hartford. Students were able to experience what a 5 MPH car accident would feel like.

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July 7, 2015 at 8:29 am

The Physics of How Bikes Stay Upright

The Physics of How Bikes Stay Upright

The crew at Minute Physics explain the three key factors that help a bicycle stay upright.

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June 29, 2015 at 10:40 am

32 Maps That Will Teach You Something New About the World

32 Maps That Will Teach You Something New About the World

Our world is a complex network of people, places and things. Here are 32 maps will teach you something new about our diverse and interconnected planet.

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June 15, 2015 at 11:17 am

Proportional Pie Chart of the World’s Most Spoken Languages

Proportional Pie Chart of the World's Most Spoken Languages

There are at least 7,102 known languages alive in the world today. Twenty-three of these languages are a mother tongue for more than 50 million people. The 23 languages make up the native tongue of 4.1 billion people.

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June 8, 2015 at 4:10 pm

Microbiologist Takes Handprint of Her Son After Playing Outside and Incubates the Results

Microbiologist Takes Handprint of Her Son After Playing Outside and Incubates the Results

Microbiologist and teacher, Tasha Sturm, recently took a handprint of her son after he had been playing outside and incubated and photographed the results.

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May 1, 2015 at 12:14 pm

You Can’t Ride This Backwards Bicycle

You Can't Ride This Backwards Bicycle

How learning to ride a backwards bicycle teaches us about knowledge, understanding, bias and neuralplasticity.

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April 29, 2015 at 5:29 pm

How To Control Someone Else’s Arm With Your Brain

How To Control Someone Else's Arm With Your Brain

Neuroscientist and TED Senior Fellow, Greg Gage, is on a mission to make brain science accessible to all. In this fun, kind of creepy demo, Gage uses a simple, inexpensive DIY kit to take away the free will of an audience member. It’s not a parlor trick; it actually works. You have to see…

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January 21, 2015 at 3:27 pm

Want Kids to Eat More Fruits and Veggies? Make Recess Before Lunch

Want Kids to Eat More Fruits and Veggies? Make Recess Before Lunch

Photograph by another sergio on Flickr A new study has shown a simple, no-cost trick to increasing fruit and vegetable consumption by as much as 54%—switching recess to before lunch in elementary schools. Photograph by USDA on Flickr Joseph Price, an economics professor at Brigham Young University, collaborated with Corenell’s David Just…

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November 5, 2014 at 1:31 pm

Rosetta and Philae Prepare for Comet Landing

Rosetta and Philae Prepare for Comet Landing

After a ten-year journey Rosetta and Philae have finally reached their destination, Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Rosetta and the ESA spent the last few weeks studying the comet to find the best place for Rosetta’s lander, Philae, to land. If all goes according to plan, Philae will land on a site named Agilkia on November 12,…

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October 20, 2014 at 11:42 am

Gandalf Offers Sage Advice to Group of School Students

Gandalf Offers Sage Advice to Group of School Students

Sir Ian McKellen channels his inner Gandalf to offer some sage advice to a group of students that gathered outside of the Chew Valley School library in Somerset, England.

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