Science Fact:

There are as many hairs per square inch on your body as a chimpanzee. Most of them are just too fine and light to see.

Derek Shirlaw | Video

A selection of videos made by scientists for scientists and the general public. From humourous to heart-breaking, awe-inspiring to awful!

  • PCR Song
  • LHC Rap
  • The Elements
  • Carl Sagan
  • YouTube Science
  • Putting Faith in its Place

The PCR Song

"Scientists for Better PCR" a Bio-Rad Music Video for the all new 1000-Series Thermal Cyclers.

Large Hadron Rap

Rap describing the world's largest experiment taking place at Cern in September 2008.

The Elements

Animation emulating the flash animation by Mike Stanfill. Music: "The Elements" By Tom Lehrer.

Pale Blue Dot

Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot. There are several different versions of "The Pale Blue Dot" on-line. The actual words were taken from Carl Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot" audio-book, the music was performed by Vangelis but was extracted from the Cosmos DVD (English audio track 2 has no narration, just the background sounds and the music.)

YouTube science

A rough selection of science videos from YouTube.

Putting Faith in its Place

Faith has no place demanding agreement or punishing disagreement.

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