Uploaded May 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
What is entropy? We try to explain it to ya!
Why is it that disorder in our lives always seems to be increasing? No matter how much we try to maintain order, we are all subject to the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics and a little something called Entropy.
Entropy Playlist
What is Entropy? bit.ly/1oJIqy2
The Death of the Universe bit.ly/1py4g8F
Can We Stop Aging? bit.ly/11PLQ9q
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Rob Scallon: youtube.com/robscallon
Jason Shaw: audionautix.com
Driftless Pony Club: driftlessponyclub.com
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Craig Benzine, Sam Grant, Matt Weber, David Wolff and Ryan Wolff
What is entropy? We try to explain it to ya!
Why is it that disorder in our lives always seems to be increasing? No matter how much we try to maintain order, we are all subject to the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics and a little something called Entropy.
Entropy Playlist
What is Entropy? bit.ly/1oJIqy2
The Death of the Universe bit.ly/1py4g8F
Can We Stop Aging? bit.ly/11PLQ9q
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Music by
Rob Scallon: youtube.com/robscallon
Jason Shaw: audionautix.com
Driftless Pony Club: driftlessponyclub.com
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Craig Benzine, Sam Grant, Matt Weber, David Wolff and Ryan Wolff



![Can We Find an Earth-Like Planet?
Exoplanet research is a young science but it is growing up fast. Barely 25 years old, and weve already pinpointed over 2000 exoplanets orbiting distant stars. But can we find an Earth-like planet? Yes! But not exactly like Earth. But that may be coming soon . . . . How do we find exoplanets? Is there another Earth?
Special Thanks to:
Laura Kreidberg, Dr. Jacob Bean, and the Bean Exoplanet group
http://astro.uchicago.edu/~jbean/
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Conquering Space playlist!
Lunar rover: http://bit.ly/1OeeDpk
Exoplanets: http://bit.ly/1NGe1rU
Can we build a warp drive: http://bit.ly/1Qrz7j3
Space Camp: http://bit.ly/1TZhszl
Music by:
Jake Chudnow
https://soundcloud.com/jakechudnow
Todd Umhoefer (Old Earth)
http://oldearthcontact.bandcamp.com/
Image/Video Credits:
Water Streaks On Mars, By NASA, JPL, Malin Space Science Systems ODEvidence for Recent Liquid (Great Images in NASA Description) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Evidence_for_Recent_Liquid_Water_on_Mars GPN-2000-001430.jpg
Enceladus,By NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, By NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Enceladusstripes_cassini.jpg
Solar System, By The International Astronomical Union/Martin Kornmesser [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_System_%28annotated%29.jpg
Space Station, By NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AArtistic_depiction_of_a_NASA_lunar_base.jpg
Earth Like Planet Artist Rendering, By Ph03nix1986 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEarth-like_planet_(2).jpg
GJ1214b, Tyrogthekreeper at en.wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], from Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Planet_GJ_1214_b.png
51 Pegasi b, Debivort at the English language Wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A51_Pegasi_b_v3.jpg
telescope ccd detector, By NASA and Ball Aerospace [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AKepler_CCD_matrix.jpg
Kepler Planets, By NASA Ames/W Stenzel [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KeplerExoplanets-NearEarthSize-HabitableZone-20150106.png
Earth from Apollo 17, By NASA/Apollo 17 crew; taken by either Harrison Schmitt or Ron Evans [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg
Image of Mars, By NASA/JPL/MSSS [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AWater_ice_clouds_hanging_above_Tharsis_PIA02653_black_background.jpg
James Webb mirrors, By NASA/MSFC/David Higginbotham/Emmett Given (http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/images_mirror45.html) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Webb_Space_Telescope_Mirror37.jpg
James Webb Mirrors, Nasa, http://jwst.nasa.gov/mirrors.html
Gerard Dou Painting, Gerrit Dou [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGerard_Dou Astronomer WGA06646.jpg
Jan Matejko Painting, Jan Matejko [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AJan_Matejko-Astronomer_Copernicus-Conversation_with_God.jpg,
people with telescope, Halfblue at the English language Wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAstronomy_Amateur_3_V2.jpg
planet orbiting star, ESA/Hubble [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AArtists_impression_of_an_ultra-short-period_planet.jpg Can We Find an Earth-Like Planet?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i4Hrmh6LJ0Q/mqdefault.jpg)
![Is The Universe A Hologram?
According to Leonard Susskind (Bad Boy of Physics), our reality is much stranger than it appears to be and life, the universe, EVERYTHING, might just be a holographic projection! Is the universe a hologram? Is reality an illusion?? Will we ever comprehend the vastness of outer space?
Special Thanks to:
Books by Leonard Susskind
http://www.amazon.com/Leonard-Susskind/e/B001IGHNBE
Seeing Isnt Believing Videos:
James Randi vs The Supernatural - http://bit.ly/1I14Zax
What Are The Limits Of Your Perception? - http://bit.ly/1RN4QxV
Are We Alone In The Universe? - http://bit.ly/1OzdhHj
Is The Universe A Hologram? - http://bit.ly/1eQRRco
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Music by:
Jason Shaw
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Driftless Pony Club
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Rob Scallon
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Image Credits:
Leonard Lecturing, via UCSC, http://hipacc.ucsc.edu/IPC2013.html
Albert Einstein Headshot, By Photograph by Oren Jack Turner, Princeton, N.J. Modified with Photoshop by PM_Poon and later by Dantadd. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg
Warped Spacetime with Gravity Probe, http://www.space.com/17661-theory-general-relativity.html
Quantum Mechanics Conference, Benjamin Couprie [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solvay_conference_1927.jpg
Young Stephen Hawking, http://www.discoveryuk.com/web/stephen-hawkings-grand-design/photos/the-life-and-times-of-stephen-hawking/
Stephen Hawking, https://www.flickr.com/photos/lwpkommunikacio/13774836353
Juan M. Maldacena, https://www.flickr.com/photos/birdtracks/3112831060
Hawking at University, https://www.flickr.com/photos/lwpkommunikacio/16043158229
Gerard ‘t Hooft, By Wammes Waggel (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Gerard_%27t_Hooft.jpg
Stephen Hawking in Cambridge, By Doug Wheller [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Stephen_Hawking_in_Cambridge.jpg
Atomic Laboratory Experiment on Atomic Materials, By NASA/Paul Riedel (Great Images in NASA Description) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atomic_Laboratory_Experiment_on_Atomic_Materials GPN-2000-000663.jpg
Large Telescope, By ESO/José Francisco Salgado (josefrancisco.org) (http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1050a/) [CC BY 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) or CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/ESO_Very_Large_Telescope.jpg
Pure Mathematics Formula, By Wallpoper [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Pure-mathematics-formul%C3%A6-blackboard.jpg Is The Universe A Hologram?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iNgIl-qIklU/mqdefault.jpg)
![How to Start a Fire the Old Fashioned Way
The Good Stuff Crew drops Craig in the middle of the woods and makes him attempt to start a fire the way our ancestors did thousands of years ago. Without a lighter, without matches, without the conveniences of modern civilization, could you start a fire?
Also, Matt tries to spear a fish using only what nature provides!
Could Matt and Craig survive alone in the wilderness? Do we really have the control over the environment that we think we do?
Humans vs. Nature Playlist:
Inside The Worlds Largest Earth Science Experiment - http://bit.ly/1Ovon3I
The Rare Albino Squirrels of Olney, IL - http://bit.ly/1QQ0hyo
Can We Make a Pet Dinosaur? - http://bit.ly/1O5qMSX
How to Start a Fire the Old Fashioned Way - http://bit.ly/1iARViq
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Music by:
Oscillator Bug
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Jason Shaw
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Driftless Pony Club
http://www.driftlessponyclub.com/
Rob Scallon
https://www.youtube.com/robscallon
Image/Video Credits:
Cave Family, Wikimedia commons, Courtesy of NASA,
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Neanderthals Artists_rendition_of_Earth_approximately_60%2C000_years_ago.jpg
Font De Gaume (Cave Men,) Charles Robert Knight [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFont-de-Gaume.jpg
Cavemen Display, By Nathan McCord, U.S. Marine Corps [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ADiorama%2C_cavemen National_Museum_of_Mongolian_History.jpg
Bushmen, Isewell [CC BY-SA 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABushmenSan.jpg How to Start a Fire the Old Fashioned Way](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iQbCFiKjwv4/mqdefault.jpg)

![What Is The Power Grid?
Joe Hanson from Its Okay To Be Smart gives Craig the rundown on energy and the electrical grid. Where does our electricity come from? How are fossil fuels formed? What is the largest machine in the world?
Special Thanks to:
Joe Hanson http://www.youtube.com/itsokaytobesmart
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ENERGY PLAYLIST! http://bit.ly/1VolAJW
What is the Power Grid: http://bit.ly/1VolAJW
Why We need an Energy Storage Revolution: http://bit.ly/1O3OgoO
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Music by:
Jason Shaw
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Rob Scallon
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Jake Chudnow
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Todd Umhoefer (Old Earth)
http://oldearthcontact.bandcamp.com/
Image/Video Credits:
Font de Gaume, Charles Robert Knight [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFont-de-Gaume.jpg
Hartmann Maschinenhalle Factory, Norbert Kaiser [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hartmann_Maschinenhalle_1868_%2801%29.jpg
Steam Locomotive, By Petar Milošević (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steam_locomotive_running_gear.jpg
Coal Pile, By Robby George (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coal_pile_at_the_North_Tyneside_Steam_Railway.JPG
Natural Gas Well, By ReAl (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solohiv_natural_gas_plant christmas_tree_1.jpg
Sunset Oil Well, By Eric Kounce TexasRaiser (Located south of Midland, Texas) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_Texas_Pumpjack.JPG
Dualit Toaster, By SimonTrew (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dualit_toaster.JPG
Syronics Television, By High Contrast (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 de (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SYRONICS_television_set.JPG
C64C System, By Bill Bertram (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C64c_system.jpg
Cern Aerial View, By Maximilien Brice (CERN) (CERN Document Server) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CERN_Aerial_View.jpg
United States Grid, By Rolypolyman (talk)Rolypolyman at en.wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UnitedStatesPowerGrid.jpg
Dutch Windmills, By Detroit Publishing Co., under license from Photoglob Zürich [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dutch_windmills,_Holland,_ca._1905.jpg What Is The Power Grid?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iattHLRbE0Y/mqdefault.jpg)


![What if The Civil War Were Tweeted? | Time Capsule
The American Civil War was a huge news story. If you weren’t fighting in the war, you probably knew somebody who was. Reporters all over the United States were not only racing to keep up with the war, but they also had to contend with the public’s demand for up-to-the-minute news. Just as social media and the internet have changed the way news is delivered today, there was one technological innovation that allowed the media of the time to be able to communicate and report the news faster than ever before: the telegraph.
Learn more about the Civil War at PBS Learning Media
http://pbslearningmedia.org/teachcivilwar
For a more dramatic take on the Civil War, check out Mercy Street on PBS
http://www.pbs.org/mercy-street
Time Capsule is made in association with PBS Learning Media. In each video we will take a look at the past, and find out how what happened way back then made what happens in the here and now possible!
Special Thanks to:
John Powell, Sonya Gavankar and The Newseum
http://www.newseum.org/
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Driftless Pony Club
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Jake Chudnow
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Image/Video Credits:
German Factory, See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hartmann_Maschinenhalle_1868_%2801%29.jpg
Wall Street 1867, See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wall_street_1867.jpg
Six Cylinder Press, By N. Orr (History of the Processes of Manufacture 1864) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoes_six-cylinder_press.png
Morse w/ Telegraph, Mathew Brady [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mathew_B._Brady Photo_of_Samuel_F.B._Morse_%28c.1850%29.jpg
Old Telegraph, By John Schanlaub from Lafayette,IN, USA (Wallace Study-Telegraph) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wallace_Study-Telegraph.jpg
Adelaide Telegraph Line, By Mart Moppel [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adelaide-Darwin_Telegraph_Line.jpg
Transcontinental Telephone Line, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. The New York Public Library, http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-b15c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Pacific Telegraph Route, By J. Calvin Smith, J. M. Atwood, map engraver. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pacific_Telegraph_Route map,_1862.jpg
Military Telegraph Station, Mathew Brady [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Military_telegraph_station_at_Wilcoxs_Landing NARA 530479.jpg
Pony Express, By Actual author unknown (Pony Express) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pony_Express_Poster.jpg
Overland Pony Express, By Wood engraving after George M. Ottinger (d. 1919) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Overland_Pony_Express.jpg
Assassination of Lincoln, By Currier & Ives, 1865. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Assassination_of_President_Lincoln Currier_and_Ives_2.png
Learning to Set Type, Public Domain, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJT4aVrmSw0 What if The Civil War Were Tweeted? | Time Capsule](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ipIt4ve6cDM/mqdefault.jpg)