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So, in single variable calculus, if you have a function f of x and you want to find the maximum or the minimum of this function, what you do is you find its derivative and you set that equal to zero. Graphically, this has the interpretation that, you know…

Climate change. It’s real, it’s serious, and it’s up to us to solve it. In the last two decades, we’ve experienced 14 of the hottest 15 years on record. By 2050, drought and chronic water shortages could impact a billion people, while millions more will …

What we’re going to do in this video is focus on the budget process in the U.S. Congress. Just as a reminder, that’s one of the major functions of the United States Congress: to pass a budget for the executive branch—to decide how much money the executive…

Wow, this is what it’s like to be at the launch of a spacecraft! We have this mission launching the Perseverance rover, and the helicopter Ingenuity is going up on a seven-month journey to reach Mars. This is just awesome, man! My first launch of a spacec…

On this journey, we need to carry grains, milk, water, processing number materials directly on a fire. So, I want to make some clay pots. Prior to the invention of pottery, our ancestors used organic containers such as animal stomachs and baskets to store…

I’ve learned to appreciate the quiet in the cold. It’s just not something you did in any other place and in any other season. We’re the loudest things out there, thinking about rare species. They’re such an important part of the landscape and something th…