Arvin Ash Courses

How Molten Salt Reactors Could Revive Nuclear Power

Explores molten salt nuclear reactors as a potential solution to energy challenges, discussing their advantages over conventional reactors in safety, efficiency, and waste reduction.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Earth's Tilt - Impact on Climate, Life, and Human Evolution

Explore Earth's axial tilt impact on climate, seasons, and life evolution. Learn how a tiltless Earth would affect weather patterns, ecosystems, and human development, potentially leading to a snowball effect.

• YouTube
• 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Inside a Black Hole - From the Event Horizon to the Singularity

Explore the mysteries of black holes, from their formation to the enigmatic singularity. Discover what an astronaut might experience inside, including time dilation and gravitational effects.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Surprising Truth About the Higgs Boson Discovery at CERN

Explore the intricacies of the Higgs boson discovery, its creation at CERN, and the challenges in detecting this elusive particle. Uncover the surprising truth behind particle physics measurements and their significance.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Insane Power of a Hypernova - Second Only to the Big Bang

Explore the mind-blowing power of hypernovas, their formation, and potential cosmic threats. Discover how these stellar explosions create intense gamma-ray bursts that could impact Earth.

• YouTube
• 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How the Delayed Choice Quantum Eraser Really Works - Debunking Retrocausality

Explores misconceptions about the Delayed Choice Quantum Eraser experiment, debunking retrocausality claims and explaining quantum mechanics principles through double-slit experiments and entanglement.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How Did Life Arise from Increasing Entropy?

Explores how life and evolution align with increasing entropy, discussing energy dissipation, complexity formation, and the potential physics behind life's origins in the universe.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How Space and Time Form Spacetime - Understanding the 4D Universe

Explore how space and time unite in spacetime, the foundation of modern physics. Discover the math, implications, and reasons behind our 3+1 dimensional universe.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Why No One Knows If Photons Really Are Massless - What If They Aren't?

Explores the possibility of photons having mass, challenging assumptions about light speed and its implications for physics, causality, and our understanding of the universe.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Five Science "Facts" That Are Widely Believed but Wrong

Debunking common science misconceptions: gravity in space, speed of light limits, bee flight physics, human evolution from chimps, and Big Bang theory origins. Explore the truth behind these widely believed "facts".

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How Light Slows Down in Media While Photons Maintain Speed - Explained

Explore how light's speed changes in different media while individual photons maintain constant velocity. Uncover the fascinating interplay of electromagnetic waves and quantum mechanics in this illuminating physics lesson.

• YouTube
• 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How Our Universe Violates the Law of Energy Conservation

Explore how the universe may violate energy conservation, examining quantum mechanics, general relativity, and cosmic expansion to challenge our understanding of this fundamental law.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How the Brain of an AI Works - Understanding Neural Networks

Explore the inner workings of AI neural networks, from basic mathematical equations to complex layered structures, and understand their potential impact on society and employment.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How Science Predicts Emergence in Human and Animal Behavior

Explore how physics principles predict group behavior in humans and animals, from crowd movements to bird flocks, revealing emergent patterns and universal laws of collective dynamics.

• YouTube
• 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Startling Reason Entropy and Time Only Go One Way

Explore the fascinating connection between entropy, probability, and the unidirectional flow of time. Discover why natural phenomena tend towards lower energy states and how this relates to the universe's increasing disorder.

• YouTube
• 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video