Omg a channel dedicated to scientific advancements and research on food.
This is so interesting.
I don't even know why I've been so obsessed with youtube lately. I've actually put off so much time I could have been studying or updating this blog just to fill my brain with things I don't really need to know. At least it's not mindless reality television. Does The Voice count as reality tv? Because I've been watching a whole lot of that lately.
Anyway.
Besides watching the previously mentioned fitness channels such as Blogilates, BlogilatesTV, Livestrong Woman, and Tone It Up, I've found myself fully immersed in the sciences and some math - which is how I came to find Foodskey, a channel dedicated to the science of food. I first expected it to explain raw food and break down what it has to offer for your body and whatnot, it actually ended up being about how modern technology impacts food. I've only watched a few so far and they're all about how we can increase the shelf life of fruits and vegetables and how to implement those technologies into factories of big companies. As with everything, watching these videos only arises more questions than you initially came in with such as, although the shelf life of the food increases, does the quality decrease in terms of nutritional value and most importantly taste? Questions like those keep me addicted to youtube.
For what got me into Foodskey, I've been watching:
CPG Grey - "complex things explained". I found his channel a few months ago when he only had about 14 videos. I watched them all in one evening.
Minute Physics - physics-y things very briefly explained with stickmen and a voiceover.
Vlog Brothers - brothers with vlogs directed to each other (and the rest of the internet) about things that are important to them.
Vihart - mathy things explained via awesome doodles and a very hypnotic lady voice over. I've been subscribed to her for about a year now and I have no regrets with all the time I've spent watching and rewatching her videos. Especially her videos involving snails and spongebob with a snail. Snail snail snail.
Khan Academy - helping college (and perhaps high school) kids around the world and he recently employed Viheart!!
Nurd Rage - chemistry experiments explained briefly but (I'd like to think) thoroughly with a kind of creepy deep voice. They did this spinoff of "Will It Blend" a long while ago entitled "Will It Oxidize". Their most memorable video is when they used Jacob from Twilight for a try..
VSauce - I don't know if I'd put this into the sciency or mathy part of my youtube obsession but it's pretty interesting. Just a bunch of random facts and sometimes explanations spewed by a man and his mouth.
As for channels I've just started watching this week besides Foodskey, there's Veritasium who's channel is just about science all around. This video is by far my favourite from the very few I've watched from him. It's just got so much love and awe in it. And the host of the show is pretty darn good looking, smart, and not to mention, SPEAKING FRENCH. Hnng.
Then there's Smarter Ever Day, which is just about educating the public. The sidebar on his channel reads:
I explore the world using science. That's pretty much all there is to it. Watch 2 videos. If you learn something AWESOME, subscribe.
The goal is simple. Instead of just setting money aside for my 3 kids' college fund, I spend it on making videos to educate the masses. Any donations I receive or revenue from the videos then becomes the college fund. This makes me more aggressive at saving for their college, and EVERYBODY GETS TO LEARN! If you're interested in being awesome, it's the third link below.
The link to donate to his kids' college fund.
And lastly, Sixty Symbols. "Cool videos about physics and astronomy".
Looks like we're all gonna fail this semester =)
