Beginner's Guide for Stargazing

Hey guys, I just wanted to share something with you. Recently I became quite interested in stargazing and even though telescopes and other equipment is relatively cheap these days, it's still kind of hard to get into stargazing if you're a complete beginner. So while searching for info online on stargazing I found this invaluable video, which is basically a short beginner's guide.

Also check out their other videos. Thanks for reading!

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So What's Going on With Neutrinos These Days?

Remember those crazy neutrinos in Gran Sasso labs? Well the shocking results just got a little more convincing when new results were published  as the guys from the OPERA collaboration released new updated results.

So the results were updated as scientists in the Gran Sasso laboratories repeated their tests in a slightly different way. This time they fired very short and small pulses of neutrinos, which basically made their job at detecting the speed of the particles much easier. What they observed was that neutrinos still travelled faster than the speed of light in vacuum by about 0.00000006 seconds. So the shocking results survived the first test successfully. But don't start burning the books of relativity quite yet, as such profound results must be tested by at least one independent experiment to confirm. Also, even if neutrinos indeed travel faster than light, it's not the end of the world as there are some interesting theories, which suggest why neutrinos might travel faster than light (including time travel and other dimensions). Also check out this video. Cheers

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Watch Through the Wormhole Online

So as you might have already noticed I'm a fan of the Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman series. It's a really great TV show that focuses on various intriguing problems. But what if you like this show but don't have a TV or you can't watch Discovery or Science channels?

Well luckily these days almost every great show can be watched online. So I dug up some places where you can watch this great show online for free. Plus I added a preview of the first episode, which can be found on Youtube.

The links are bellow, but be sure to support the developers of the show and buy the DVD if you really enjoy the show ;]

Links to season 1 and 2 episodes:
Link 1
Link 2

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More Open Yale Courses

Hey I have some great news. The guys from the Yale university added more free courses that are open to the public at their website.

For those of you who don't know what open Yale Courses are - well it's a collection of free university lecture series in a variety of subjects starting with psychology ending with philosophy and physics. In addition to these lectures, the exams, tests and other learning materials are also open to the public.

Here's a preview video of all the new added courses:

And here's the link to the Yale open courses website - LINK

Thanks for reading and good luck learning!

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BBC - Everything And Nothing

Here we have another great documentary from the BBC team. This time is literaly about everything and nothing. It's great as all the other BBC documentaries. Enjoy!

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Richard Feynman Lectures on The Distinction Between the Past & Future

Hey guys, we're back again with some of the coolest physics video from around the web. This time a video that I really enjoyed from the rare video lectures of Richard Feynman. It's a lecture about the distinction of past & future. Enjoy!

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Maths Can Be Fun

So as you might have noticed I've been lately watching a lot of documentaries and lectures about physics, maths and all that stuff. I presented you the Ted Talks channel a while ago, and I still think it's one of the best channels on youtube so feel free to check it out. However, I also found some great docummentaries from BBC a while ago. One if them I would like to share with you. It's called The History of Mathematics.

Now when it comes to maths, I guess I'm like most of you - I don't enjoy spending countless hours solving the same problems and writing everything all over again after making a silly mistake. Yet, at the same time, I realise that there is another side of mathematics. It's like the dark side of the moon, that we never see, yet it's so mysterious and cool. The beauty of maths is all around us, after all, even Galileo once said - maths is the languange of our universe. The ability to use simple equations to understand our universe, calculate amazing things, like distances to stars or mass of the sun using simple techniques that were invented thousands of years ago soung fantastic to me. Unfortunatelly, most of the teachers and school systems simply hide this beautiful side of mathematics under tons of boring homework and bad explanations.

But let's get back to the subject. I found this great documentary, which tells the story of mathematics. It's narated in a very interesting way. Also it shows the more interesting side of mathematics, and how it evolved since the ancient times. I really enjoyed this BBC documentary and I hope you will too. So here's the link (you will find later parts on youtube).

History of Mathematics Part 1

Thanks for reading!


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