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More than 500 hours of video were uploaded to YouTube every minute. It is utterly difficult to sort out the helpful and high quality videos from the useless ones.
The videos that Abakcus team choose every week most likely will be able to teach you more than you could ever learn in college.
Abakcus is the collection of perfect videos, short films and documentaries about mathematics and science.
Chameleon Robot Changes Colour to Blend In
A rapid colour-changing display has let researchers mimic a chameleon, and could one day be used for adaptive camouflage.
Ballet Rotoscope
This work is an experimental video created from a research about “Rotoscope” and “Computer Geometry”. Rotoscope is known as an traditional technique for creating animation invented in 1905 by Max…
Walking Snowflake: Planthopper Nymph from Ecuador
This tiny Flatid Planthopper Nymph from the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador is covered with waxy filaments for protection.
Floating Cube
Most of the time your brain is right. But not in the case of this illusion. You might need to watch it twice.
A Pattern in Prime Numbers
Stanislaw Ulam stumbled upon a visual pattern in prime numbers. Maybe this was an option to predict them without having to calculate them.
How to Brush Your Teeth in Space?
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield shows how astronauts brush their teeth in space. You might be surprised by what he reveals!
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How to Survive a Fall Through Ice
Learn a life-saving self-rescue skill essential for all outdoors people who venture out into winter. By learning how to reduce your cold shock and get yourself out of the water…
How do vaccines work?
Learn the science behind how vaccines trigger an immune response and teach our bodies to recognize dangerous pathogens.
Flowers Opening Time-Lapse
A lovely short film from David De Los Santos Gil. After nine months and 50,000 photographs, he captures the delicate dance of flowers in bloom.
Carl Sagan Describing Books
A short but sweet clip of Carl Sagan describing books. Taken from the excellent television series “Cosmos.”
The Geometry of Sound
Japanese artist Kenichi Kanazawa visualizes sound by manipulating multicolored sand atop a steel tabletop. The study of visible sound is apparently known as cymatics and, in this case, is demonstrated…
Amazing Water & Sound Experiment
Amazing water and sound experiment by brusspup. This is a great science project idea for your STEM festival.
Powers of Ten™
In the classic short documentary, Powers of Ten, we happen upon a couple in a park, enjoying a picnic and a nap. The camera zooms out.
BLOOMS: Strobe Animated Sculptures
Blooms: John Edmark's 3D printed strobe animated sculptures show us a delightful balance between math and art.
Manchester Orchestra – Simple Math
Simple Math is the third studio album from Atlanta-based indie rock band Manchester Orchestra.
How to Play Soccer in Space?
In anticipation of the World Cup, which the crew of the ISS will be watching, United States astronauts Reid Wiseman, Steve Swanson and German astronaut Alexander Gerst show off their…
How to Sleep in Space?
It’s bedtime on the ISS. CSA Astronaut Chris Hadfield shows us how astronauts sleep in space.
Glassified Ruler
“Glassified” ruler by MIT Media Lab automatically measures angles, volume, and shape properties.
Compressed 02
Kim Pimmel combined everyday soap bubbles with exotic ferrofluid liquid to create an eerie tale, using macro lenses and time lapse techniques. Black ferrofluid and dye race through bubble structures,…
Why Common Core Math Problems Look So Weird?
There's a pretty good reason why parents are confused by their kids' new math homework. This video gives attention to the fact there are a lot of ways and not…
The Feynman Technique
Richard Feynman was a physicist and he was notorious for asking others to explain concepts in simple language to test their understanding.
Sisyphus Machine
Bruce Shapiro’s kinetic drawing machine, Sisyphus Machine, uses magnets to drag rolling marbles through a thin layer of sand to create mesmerizing geometric patterns in sand.
What Happens When an Architect Sees the Movie “Parasite”
An architect sees the movie Parasite and does a fascinating DIY project. The amount of brain cells, patience and time needed for this.
Meteor
2014 Meteor Reel. A collection of time-lapse shots from the past 7 years of meteor showers. The footage was shot during the Perseid, Geminid and Leonid Meteor showers.
CYMATICS: Science Vs. Music
When music meets physics. Nigel Stanford’s “Cymatics” might be the coolest physics and math video on the internet.
Geometry
This animation is the compilation of the visual ideas of the fantastic work by Tilman Zitzmann from GEOMETRY DAILY.
How to Take Pictures from Space?
Throughout his ISS mission, CSA Astronaut Chris Hadfield has been taking some of the most incredible photos of Earth ever seen. In this video, the Station Commander takes us to…
How to Cook Spinach in Space?
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield shows how vacuum sealed dehydrated spinach is prepared to eat aboard the International Space Station.
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