Posts Tagged ‘It’s Okay To Be Smart’
There Are Almost 8 Billion People On Earth. But How Many Is Too Many? (Video)
August 3, 2018
PBS picks up the conversation topic Bill Gates was speaking on in the post on here from a couple of weeks back – overpopulation.
Is overpopulation real? Is Earth filling up with too many humans? How many people can Earth hold, anyway? As our species approaches 8 billion, human overpopulation is a major concern for many people.
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Tags: Defusing the Population Bomb, It's Okay To Be Smart, overpopulation, PBS | 
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Do Space Battles Make Sense Scientifically? (Video)
August 2, 2018
When science meets science fiction… we get space battle physics! I had to watch this clip all the way through, because ‘Storm Trooper Hot Pockets’ (haha)!
How scientifically accurate is your favorite sci-fi space battle? #Maythe4thBeWithYou
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Posted in Education, Science, Science Fiction (Sci-Fi), Videos | Tags: It's Okay To Be Smart, Newton Strikes Back, PBS, The Physics of Space Battles | No Comments »
Science: Why Don’t Ants Get Stuck In Traffic? (Video)
September 30, 2016
More smart programming produced by PBS Digital Studios. Brilliant insights in this vid on what ants have to teach us about building efficient traffic networks. Such simple solutions, but many seem impossible. Because they are? NO.
Because…us!
Just watch, and maybe remember this the next time you’re stuck in that road jam downtown.
Posted in Animation, Environment, Human Interest, Investigation, Lecture, Science, Series, Technology, Travel, Videos | Tags: Ants, It's Okay To Be Smart, PBS Digital Studios, traffic, Why Don't Ants Get Stuck In Traffic? | No Comments »
