How Does the Butterfly Effect Work?

When every minute counts, search-and-rescue dogs can help locate disaster victims far faster than humans alone. Learn about how they're trained in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/sar-dog.htm/printableSee omnystudio ...  Show more

The tradition of dropping a ball in Times Square to mark the beginning of a new year only goes back about a century. Learn about the history -- plus four weird things that other cities drop instead -- in this classic episode of BrainStuff.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i ...  Show more

The butterfly effect is the idea that a small change in one part of the world can have huge consequences in another. It is often used as a metaphor for how our actions can shape the future in unpredictable ways. The term was coined by the American mathematician and meteorologist ...  Show more

In this episode of Thick & Thin, we discuss the butterfly effect & the concept of small things making a big difference (or not!). Can the flap of a butterfly's tiny wing in one part of the world create a hurricane in another? Listen and decide for yourself. // Follow me on IG: in ...  Show more

Can physicists discover new particles by watching how muons wiggle in magnetic fields?

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There's been a huge resurgence in three-dimensional special effects in the world of film -- but how do these effects work? In this episode, Jonathan and Chris break down the science behind 3-D technology.