The Science Asylum

  • Rank #
  • Premiered: Jul 2013
  • Episodes: 231
  • Followers: 0
  • Running
  • YouTube
  • Unknown
  • Documentary

You need to be logged in to mark episodes as watched. Log in or sign up.

Season 2014
2014x1
Physics of Hockey (Part 2)
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 02, 2014
This is part 2 in a 3-video series on the physics of hockey... yes, hockey the sport. Emphasis in this video is on Newton's Second Law of Motion.
2014x2
Physics of Hockey (Part 3)
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 09, 2014
This is part 3 in a 3-video series on the physics of hockey... yes, hockey the sport. Emphasis in this video is on Newton's Third Law of Motion.
2014x3
Why Are There Seasons?
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 25, 2014
Yes, it has to do with Earth's tilt, but it's slightly more complicated than that. Mostly, it's about light intensity.
2014x4
What the HECK are Fields?!?
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 17, 2014
In Electromagnetism, they're always talking about fields... but what are they really? Standard textbook often misrepresent them, which may be part of the confusion.
2014x5
Why Does Entropy Even Matter?!?
Episode overview
Air date
May 05, 2014
Some of you were a little confused even after the last video on Entropy, so this should clear things up.
2014x6
Centrifugal Force Does NOT Exist!!
Episode overview
Air date
May 09, 2014
When it comes to rotation, things get really REALLY weird... so weird, in fact, that you experience things that play tricks on your perception. In this video, I demonstrate this by having fun on a merry-go-round.
2014x7
How Does Science Work?
Episode overview
Air date
May 15, 2014
A lot of people just don't get how science works, so they say things like "Well, it's just a theory." The word "theory" has a very different meaning among scientists and that's not even half the problem. The real problem is deeper.
2014x8
What is the Coriolis Effect?
Episode overview
Air date
May 24, 2014
Centrifugal force is not the only fictitious force to rear its ugly head in a rotating frame of reference. There's another one called the Coriolis force that affects moving things and it makes things even weirder.
2014x9
Ecuador: Amazon Rainforest
Episode overview
Air date
May 31, 2014
The Amazon Rainforest is huge, so I couldn't hope to cover it in one video. This is just a list of some of the things AwkwardM got to see while she was in Ecuador's Rainforest.
2014x10
Ecuador: Andes Highlands
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 08, 2014
The highlands of the Andes are a much different environment than the rainforest. The higher elevation makes the air dryer and cooler. As a result, there are completely different life forms there.
2014x11
Ecuador: Galapagos Islands
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 21, 2014
The Galapagos islands (off the coast of Ecuador) have some really cool organisms and a heck of a lot of history. Charles Darwin went there! It's partially responsible for the discovery of natural selection!
2014x12
BONUS: Darwin and the Galapagos
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 25, 2014
What made the Galapagos famous? Technically, the strange exciting organisms that lives there... but the data Charles Darwin collected there was vital to the discovery of natural selection and the start of evolutionary theory.
2014x13
Mass? Energy? What's The Difference?!
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 10, 2014
In 1905, Einstein came up with his famous equation showing a relationship between energy and mass... but what does it really mean? The answer might surprise you.
2014x14
The Gravity of the Situation
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 30, 2014
So most of us know that gravity comes from mass and that it's always attractive... but what the heck is the mechanism behind it?! This is the simplest I can make the answer without just being wrong.
2014x15
4 Crazy Things About Quantum Physics
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 12, 2014
I've been thinking a lot about quantum physics lately, so I thought I'd give you a list of the top 4 craziest concepts I've come across.
2014x16
Why is Time Relative?
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 28, 2014
One of the major consequences of Einstein's special theory of relativity is that time is not absolute. The passage of time depends on the observer, so we all have our own clocks. It .. show full overview
2014x17
The Uncertainty Principle is NOT about "Uncertainty"
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 21, 2014
The uncertainty principle was suggested by Werner Heisenberg in 1927. His version was only about position and momentum, but it's much broader than that. In fact, it happens anytime you model waves.
2014x18
1000 Subscribers!!!
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 30, 2014
Thank you all so much for being part of this community. I look forward to future growth. You're all my fellow crazies.
2014x19
Why is Lightning a Thing?
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 15, 2014
Lightning is a static charge phenomenon that occurs all over the Earth. It's highly dangerous (sometimes deadly). I try to shed some light on where it comes from, how powerful it is, and how to possibly survive.
2014x20
Why is Light the Fastest Thing?
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 13, 2014
Light is the only thing we've observed to travel at the speed of light, though there are some theoretical particles that do the same... But why does it go so fast? and why can't everything go that fast? Watch to find out.
2014x21
Crazy Quicky: What is Pressure?
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 24, 2014
There's not much to say about pressure, but here's a quick definition and some facts. CRAZY QUICKY TIME!
2014x22
What is Dark Matter?
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 01, 2014
Dark matter tends to be something which is misused a lot in sci-fi. It's mostly ordinary stuff, but that doesn't make it any less important.
2014x23 Season finale
Understanding Quantum (Part 1): Double-Slit Experiment
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 29, 2014
Double-slit experiments have been around for over 200 years. They've been the standard for drawing the line between wave and particle. Unfortunately, since Feynman used it as a thought experiment on quantum physics in the 1960s, things got weird.

If there are missing episodes or banners (and they exist on TheTVDB) you can request an automatic full show update:

Request show update