Will the Ocean Ever Run Out of Fish?

Will the ocean ever run out of fish? To us the oceans are vast. But, in reality, they are a finite resource. Here are two videos for you to consider:

Will the Ocean Ever Run Out of Fish?:


Ending overfishing:


(note: because this was made in 2012, some of the stats are out-of-date, but the concepts still hold true)

Smells Like Development

A parody of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" all about development and model organisms.

Plants!

The Photosynthesis Song

I love this. Photosynthesis is pretty great.

The DNA Song

A DNA song parody of Trap Queen.

Proteins Do Things for You, Look at 'em Folding

Kids, singing about proteins.....I like it.

Whole New Worlds

What happens when you mix the music of Aladdin with astronomy? Something pretty wonderful:

The Pi Day Song

Happy Pi Day!

Women of Science

This is a wonderful video about some important women of science and the sexism that they faced then as well as today.

Rap Battle: Mitosis vs. Meiosis

We all love a good rap battle. Watch mitosis take on meiosis!


 

Thesis Defense

How did your thesis defense go? Like this? I think its pretty close.

Gym Wildlife

Starting the new year off with a resolution to lose weight and go to the gym more. Here's a little spoof on people at the gym done in the style of a wildlife show. Enjoy and Happy New Year!

Prey (Shake 'em off)

Co-evolution and predator-prey relationships in a Taylor Swift parody. Still ridiculously catchy.

Shake & Vent

Another sciency Taylor Swift parody.

Science Style

A Taylor Swift acapella parody that is pretty frickin' great.

The Martian - A Brilliant Book and Viral Campaign

Wait...you haven't read The Martian yet? Get on that ASAP. It's really really great.

I first heard about the book via The Weekly Space Hangout's talk with author Andy Weir. Andy is one of those guys that likes to calculate orbital dynamics as a hobby. All the science in the book is accurate, including the physics of space travel and the various orbital paths. He actually wrote software to track constant-thrust trajectories. To say that I appreciate that level of scientific detail and accuracy is an understatement. It really shows in the reading and, I think, makes the book that much more gripping.

In this promo video, Neil deGrasse Tyson focuses on The Martian's Ares 3 mission, giving us information about it Cosmos- and Star Talk-style. Neil reports to you as if he is in a real video talking about an actual mission to Mars. The video is part of a quite impressive viral marketing campaign out of 20th Century Fox, the studio filming the adaptation. The film stars Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, and Kate Mara (to name a few) and is released on October 2nd. Can't wait!






Oh, and here's the trailer too:

Beautiful Chemistry

It's all in the title. The Beautiful Chemistry project is a collaboration between the Institute of Advanced Technology at the University of Science and Technology of China and Tsinghua University Press. They used a 4K UltraHD camera and special lenses to capture chemical reactions in astonishing detail. At the molecular scale, they used advanced computer graphics and interactive technology to showcase beautiful chemical structures.

Here are a few of my favorities:


Precipitation: The creation of a solid in a solution or inside another solid during a chemical reaction or by diffusion in a solid. These reactions occur when cations and anions in aqueous solution combine to form an insoluble ionic solid.

This video shows 5 precipitation reactions, each with its own “personality”. The first is a "typical" reaction we see a transparent solution in a test tube at the beginning and a cloudy liquid at the end after adding a few droplets of another solution. However, when we used cubic glass cells to replace test tubes and took a much closer look, their unique beauty was revealed.




Metal Displacement: Oxidation/reduction reactions between metals and metal ions

In this video they dropped zinc metal in silver nitrate (AgNO3), copper sulfate (CuSO4), and lead nitrate (Pb(NO3)2) solutions. Then they recorded the emergence of silver, copper, and lead metals. To preserve the fragile structure of lead metal, they also added sodium silicate (Na2SiO3) and acetic acid (CH3COOH) to the solution to make it gelatinize.




Supramolecular Nanotube:

They made this image based on J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 9434 (2008), an atomic model provided by Prof. Wusong Jin & Prof. Takuzo Aida.



DNA Nano-spaceship:

This model was based on Science 338, 1177 (2012), an atomic model provided by Prof. Yonggang Ke and Prof. Peng Yin.



See lots more over at Beautiful Chemistry.

Chemists Know

An epic chemistry parody of Frozen's "Let It Go"

So good.




(the moles never bothered me anyway...)

Zombie College: The 5 Rules of Lab Safety

What may be the best lab safety video ever.

Higgs to Heavy Metal

What would the Higgs discovery sound like as a heavy-metal song?

As it turns out, pretty good.


Take two figures of Higgs Boson data and turn it into music and you get this:


See more at:

http://cylindricalonion.web.cern.ch/blog/201504/what-would-higgs-discovery-sound-heavy-metal-song

The Universe Unsensored

As my friend Kate put it: "It's worth it, if for no other reason than to hear Bill Nye the Science Guy drop the F-bomb twice. That made my day."