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Heat in the Environment Mini Unit Overview
by LOUISE VAILLANCOURT. Can understanding particle theory and heat transfer modes help you build efficient devices to improve our daily lives? Learning goal Heat is a form of energy that can be transformed and transferred. These processes can be explained using...
Coral reefs around globe being pummelled by climate change: study – Globe and Mail
Time between bleaching events has shrunk, leaving coral with insufficient time to recolonize Source: Coral reefs around globe being pummelled by climate change: study
How your digestive system works TED-Ed
https://youtu.be/Og5xAdC8EUI Across the planet, humans eat on average between 1 and 2.7 kilograms of food a day, and every last scrap makes its way through the digestive system. Comprised of ten organs covering nine meters, this is one of the most complicated systems...
Why has it been so cold? Here’s what science says – CBC
Why has it been so cold? Is this unusual? Is the polar vortex to blame? And how can it be this cold if there's global warming? Here are the answers to your questions. Source: Why has it been so cold? Here's what science says
Origins Of The Anus – Earth Unplugged
https://youtu.be/x69Ft5fgNp0 We all have an anus, but there was a time in our evolutionary past when our distant ancestors did not. In this video, Maddie Moate talks you through the origins and why we have what we have. Subscribe to Earth Unplugged for more amazing...
The Science of Snowflakes
https://youtu.be/fUot7XSX8uA Snowflakes are infinitely beautiful, but are they infinitely unique? Here's all the science behind Earth's favorite cold crystal. Click here to go to the source for more details
pH Rainbow Tube
Introduction In this demo, the teacher creates a beautiful rainbow of colours in a demonstration tube using universal indicator and a dilute acid and base. Discussion Universal indicator can be used to illustrate an entire range of pH conditions because it is made up...
What is a photon?
https://youtu.be/73XdlgzSKws A photon is a purely quantum mechanical object representing the smallest piece of energy (or quanta) for light. Every quantum particle is a packet of energy though, so how do we tell photons apart from electrons, quarks, and neutrinos?...
Breakthrough of the Year, 2017
https://youtu.be/tjzzH2xikNA Check out what Science's editors deemed the top results of 2017, including our Breakthrough of the Year! Read more at: http://vis.sciencemag.org/breakthroug...
Are we going too fast on driverless cars?
Many questions remain about the impact of autonomous vehicles on our lives. Learn more: http://scim.ag/2AU96GC, http://scim.ag/2C1mZ53
Feast your mind: Try The Globe’s 2017 science quiz
From the quirky to the profound, 2017 was full of discoveries, innovations and revelations across many fields of intellectual endeavour. Now it’s time to look back on the year that was and put some reason in the season Source: Feast your mind: Try The Globe’s 2017...
Christmas Turkey Chemistry
Special thanks to Kris L. for this submission! Source: 19 December – Christmas Turkey Chemistry