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  • Anti-Gravity Cone?! – EXPLAINED!

    Anti-Gravity Cone?! – EXPLAINED!

    Using a record player, four treadmills, and a beach ball, this video explains how a ball can defy gravity. 

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    See a new experiment (previous video) that, for the first time ever, shows how a ball can roll uphill:https://bit.ly/2TY1FX9

    ** PRODUCTION CREDITS
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    Host, Producer: Greg Kestin
    Filming: Daniel Thomson, Greg Kestin, Lauren Liebhaber, Yasmeen Ketcherside, Kelsey Tsipis, Tim Treuer
    Research, Writing: Greg Kestin, Samia Bouzid
    Editing, Animating: Greg Kestin
    Editorial Input: Julia Cort, Ari Daniel
    Media: Shutterstock
    Special thanks to Entire NOVA team
    From the producers of PBS NOVA
    © WGBH Educational Foundation
    Funding provided by FQXi
    Music provided by APM

  • Anti-Gravity Cone?!

    Anti-Gravity Cone?!

    Einstein thought it impossible: a ball rolling uphill! This new experiment shows, for the first time ever, a ball can actually defy gravity.

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    The next video released will explain how the Anti-Gravity Cone actually works; what force overpowers the force of gravity?

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    Host, Producer: Greg Kestin
    Filming: Daniel Thomson, Greg Kestin, Lauren Liebhaber, Yasmeen Ketcherside, Kelsey Tsipis, Tim Treuer
    Research, Writing: Greg Kestin, Samia Bouzid
    Editing, Animating: Greg Kestin
    Editorial Input: Julia Cort, Ari Daniel
    Media: Shutterstock
    Special thanks to Entire NOVA team
    From the producers of PBS NOVA
    © WGBH Educational Foundation
    Funding provided by FQXi
    Music provided by APM

  • The Coriolis Effect

    The Coriolis Effect

    The Coriolis effect says that anytime you’re rotating—whether it’s on a playground toy or your home planet—objects moving in straight lines will appear to curve. This bizarre phenomenon affects many things, from the paths of missiles to the formation of hurricanes.

    You may have heard that the Coriolis effect makes water in the bathtub spiral down the drain in a certain way, or that it determines the way that a toilet flushes. That’s actually wrong.

    Although, as you may have noticed while tracking a hurricane on the news, storms in the Northern Hemisphere spin counterclockwise, while those in the Southern Hemisphere spin clockwise. Why do storms spin in different directions depending on their location? And why do they spin in the first place? The answer is the Coriolis effect.

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    ** PRODUCTION CREDITS
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    – Host, Producer: Greg Kestin
    – Filming: Greg Kestin
    – Research, Writing: Greg Kestin
    Samia Bouzid

    – Editing, Animating: Samia Bouzid
    Greg Kestin

    – Editorial Input: Julia Cort, Ari Daniel
    – Science consultants: David Holland, Louis Deslauriers, Kerry Emanuel, Daniel Jacob
    – Media: Shutterstock, NASA, ESA
    – Special thanks: Harvard Lecture Demonstration Group (Daniel Davis, Allen Crockett, Daniel Rosenberg)
    – Special thanks: Entire NOVA team
    – From the producers of PBS NOVA © WGBH Educational Foundation – Funding provided by FQXi
    – Music provided by APM

  • Could You Travel to Another Galaxy?

    Could You Travel to Another Galaxy?

    Visiting an outside galaxy—in your lifetime—is possible! The one trick: time dilation.
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    DIY Particle Detector: https://youtu.be/wN_DMMQEhfQ

    PRODUCTION CREDITS

    Host, Producer: Greg Kestin
    Research, Writing: Samia Bouzid, Greg Kestin
    Editing, Animating: Daniel Thomson
    Editorial Input from: Julia Cort, Ari Daniel
    Special thanks: Entire NOVA team
    From the producers of PBS NOVA © WGBH Educational Foundation Funding provided by FQXi Music provided by APM

  • The Deer Illusion – Time Dilation Explained

    The Deer Illusion – Time Dilation Explained

    This illusion tricks your brain into slowing down time. And it can help explain REAL time dilation, thanks to the constant speed of light.

    “How To Travel to Another Galaxy” will be out next week––subscribe so you won’t miss it! https://bit.ly/2o2WYxD

    PRODUCTION CREDITS

    Host, Producer: Greg Kestin
    Filming: Greg Kestin
    Research, Writing: Greg Kestin, Samia Bouzid
    Editing, Animating: Samia Bouzid, Lauren Liebhaber
    Editorial Input from: Julia Cort, Ari Daniel
    Special thanks: Entire NOVA team
    From the producers of PBS NOVA © WGBH Educational Foundation Funding provided by FQXi Music provided by APM

  • 5 of the Biggest Puzzles about the Universe

    5 of the Biggest Puzzles about the Universe

    Test yourself! How well can you solve some of the biggest cosmic puzzles? You get one clue: redshift.
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    Host, Producer: Greg Kestin
    Filming: Greg Kestin
    Research, Writing: Greg Kestin, Samia Bouzid
    Editing, Animating: Daniel Thomson
    Editorial Input from: Julia Cort, Ari Daniel
    Science consultant: Susana Deustua
    Media: Shutterstock, NASA, ESA
    Special thanks: Entire NOVA team
    From the producers of PBS NOVA © WGBH Educational Foundation Funding provided by FQXi Music provided by APM
    Music: APM

  • How Redshift Revealed the Universe

    How Redshift Revealed the Universe

    One small clue revealed the biggest secrets of the universe!
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    Host, Producer: Greg Kestin
    Filming: Greg Kestin
    Research, Writing: Greg Kestin, Samia Bouzid
    Editing, Animating: Samia Bouzid, Greg Kestin
    Editorial Input from: Julia Cort, Ari Daniel
    Science consultant: Susana Deustua
    Media: Shutterstock, NASA, ESA
    Special thanks: Entire NOVA team
    From the producers of PBS NOVA © WGBH Educational Foundation Funding provided by FQXi Music provided by APM

  • What the Physics?! Trailer

    What the Physics?! Trailer

    What the Physics?! is about the fun and amazing physics around you, in you, and of you. With host Greg Kestin, theoretical physicist at Harvard University.
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    Host, Producer: Greg Kestin
    Writing: Greg Kestin, Samia Bouzid
    Editorial Input from: Julia Cort, Ari Daniel
    Filming: Greg Kestin
    Editing: Greg Kestin & Daniel Thomson
    Special thanks: Entire NOVA team
    From the producers of PBS NOVA © WGBH Educational Foundation Funding provided by FQXi
    Music provided by APM

  • Physics Is Erasing Your Memory

    Physics Is Erasing Your Memory

    No memory is safe—whether you store it in your brain, a hard drive, or your diary. Thanks to physics, no memory can last forever.
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    Host, Producer: Greg Kestin
    Research and Writing: Samia Bouzid, Greg Kestin
    Editorial Input from: Julia Cort, Ari Daniel
    Science Consultant: Murti Salapaka, Saurav Talukdar, Abu Sebastian
    Filming, Editing, and Animation: Greg Kestin
    Filming, Writing, & Editing Contributions from: Lauren Liebhaber, Daniel Thomson
    Media: Shutterstock, CytoViva (Nanoparticles in water)
    Brownian Motion Footage courtesy of Sam Snook of Latimer Arts College
    Special thanks: Entire NOVA team
    From the producers of PBS NOVA © WGBH Educational Foundation
    Funding provided by FQXi
    Music provided by APM

  • What Does an Atom Look Like?

    What Does an Atom Look Like?

    You’ve probably seen atoms like this emoji ⚛ everywhere from science textbooks to the logo for The Big Bang Theory. But what does an atom really look like? The truth is much stranger.
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    NOVA Wonders “What’s the Universe Made of?” https://www.pbs.org/video/nova-wonders-whats-the-universe-made-of-2eyoyw/

    More information on electron orbitals: http://www.mesacc.edu/~kev2077170/supplements/Atoms&orbitals.pdf

    Host, Producer: Greg Kestin
    Research and Writing: Samia Bouzid, Greg Kestin
    Editorial Input from: Julia Cort, Ari Daniel
    Science Consultant: Or Hen
    Filming, Editing, and Animation: Greg Kestin
    Media: Shutterstock
    Special thanks: Entire NOVA team
    From the producers of PBS NOVA © WGBH Educational Foundation
    Funding provided by FQXi
    Music provided by APM

  • What Is Dark Energy?

    What Is Dark Energy?

    Galaxies have been flying apart faster and faster since the early universe. Astronomers say the culprit is dark energy. But what is dark energy?

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    Host, Producer: Greg Kestin
    Research, Writing: Samia Bouzid, Greg Kestin
    Editorial Input from: Julia Cort, Ari Daniel
    Filming, Editing, and Animation: Greg Kestin
    Science consultant: Steven A. Rodney, Mark Trodden
    Media courtesy of ESO, NASA
    Special thanks: Entire NOVA team
    From the producers of PBS NOVA © WGBH Educational Foundation
    Funding provided by FQXi
    Music provided by APM

  • Uploading Your Mind Is 100 Percent Fatal

    Uploading Your Mind Is 100 Percent Fatal

    Could you ever make a perfect copy of your brain? Perhaps…but not without a price.

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    Host, Producer: Greg Kestin
    Research: Samia Bouzid, Greg Kestin, Peter Chang
    Writing: Samia Bouzid, Greg Kestin
    Editorial Input from: Julia Cort, Ari Daniel
    Filming, Editing, and Animating: Greg Kestin, Samia Bouzid
    Scientific Consultants: Mark Hillery, Scott Aaronson
    Special thanks: Entire NOVA team
    From the producers of PBS NOVA © WGBH Educational Foundation
    Funding provided by FQXi
    Music provided by APM
    Sound effects: Freesound.org
    Silicone heart footage courtesy of ETH Zürich
    Fireball animation courtesy of Videocopilot.net

  • 3 Ways Black Holes Could Break Physics

    3 Ways Black Holes Could Break Physics

    What if the Earth were swallowed by a black hole? Would humanity’s legacy be gone forever? Or could you somehow get back that information from behind the event horizon?

    There are three possible answers to this question…but they all break physics as we know it!

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    Learn more in NOVA’s two-hour special, “Black Hole Apocalypse”: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/black-hole-apocalypse.html

    CREDITS:
    Host, Producer: Greg Kestin
    Research: Samia Bouzid, Greg Kestin, and Peter Chang
    Writing: Samia Bouzid, Greg Kestin
    Editorial Input from: Julia Cort, Ari Daniel
    Filming, Editing, and Animation: Greg Kestin and Samia Bouzid
    Scientific Consultants: Joe Polchinski, Netta Engelhardt, Steve Giddings
    Special thanks: Entire NOVA team
    From the producers of PBS NOVA © WGBH Educational Foundation
    Funding provided by FQXi
    Music provided by APM
    Sound effects: Freesound.org
    Images: MEDIODESCOCIDO (Stewie Griffin) and Paul Anderson (Grumpy Cat)

  • 360° Dive into a BLACK HOLE

    360° Dive into a BLACK HOLE

    You just jumped into a black hole! Here’s what you’ll see as you hurtle toward the event horizon.

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    Learn more in NOVA’s two-hour special, “Black Hole Apocalypse”: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/black-hole-apocalypse.html

    CREDITS:
    Host, Producer: Greg Kestin
    Researchers: Samia Bouzid, Peter Chang
    Writers: Samia Bouzid, Greg Kestin
    Scientific Consultants: Joe Polchinski, Andrew Hamilton, Netta Engelhardt, Steve Giddings, Ethan Siegel, Janna Levin
    Editorial Input from: Julia Cort, Ari Daniel
    Filming and Editing: Greg Kestin
    Animation: Greg Kestin and Francesco Castelnovo
    Special thanks: Entire NOVA team
    From the producers of PBS NOVA © WGBH Educational Foundation
    Funding provided by FQXi
    Music provided by APM
    Sound effects: Freesound.org

  • BLACK HOLE Choose Your Own Adventure

    BLACK HOLE Choose Your Own Adventure

    Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fall into a black hole? Take a 360° adventure to find out!
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    Learn more in NOVA’s two-hour special, “Black Hole Apocalypse”: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/black-hole-apocalypse.html

    CREDITS:
    Host, Producer: Greg Kestin
    Researchers: Samia Bouzid, Peter Chang
    Writers: Samia Bouzid, Greg Kestin
    Scientific Consultants: Joe Polchinski, Andrew Hamilton, Netta Engelhardt, Steve Giddings, Ethan Siegel, Janna Levin
    Editorial Input from: Julia Cort, Ari Daniel
    Filming and Editing: Greg Kestin
    Animation: Greg Kestin and Francesco Castelnovo
    Special thanks: Entire NOVA team
    From the producers of PBS NOVA © WGBH Educational Foundation
    Funding provided by FQXi
    Music provided by APM
    Sound effects: Freesound.org

    Links to unlisted videos along this adventure:
    Push Greg into Black Hole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpgw0oWLzS8
    Jump into Black Hole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRPpwUA6nQA
    Quantum Death: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiutiEXlS60
    Gravity Death: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIsRZ0nNYcs
    Greg Quantum Death: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEEtfkclPDw
    Greg Gravity Death: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0VdQTkc-78

  • 5 Unbelievable Facts: FAKE? or PHYSICS?

    5 Unbelievable Facts: FAKE? or PHYSICS?

    Test yourself with our April Fools’ Day game: Fake or physics?
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    LINKS AND DETAILS:
    More details:
    #1. Speed of sound: Unlike light, sound needs a medium to travel through, and its speed depends on characteristics of that medium like density and temperature. In the extreme environment of a neutron star’s core, sound can travel extremely fast. But knowing that sound can’t surpass the speed of light, physicists can narrow down their models of neutron stars to include only those where “extremely fast” is less than light speed.

    For more: http://www.phys.utk.edu/news/archives/2015/speed-of-sound.pdf

    #2. Invisibility: The invisibility lens pictured in the video was developed at the University of Rochester. For more on how it works: http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/watch-rochester-cloak-uses-ordinary-lenses-to-hide-objects-across-continuous-range-of-angles-70592/

    A more recent attempt at invisibility: https://www.ft.com/content/c6864c76-de7d-11e7-a0d4-0944c5f49e46

    #3. Relativity rainbows: A team at MIT created a game called “A Slower Speed of Light” that lets you see the world as you would at near-light speeds. Their trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu7jA8EHi_0

    #4. Acoustic levitation: A demo from Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpNbyfxxkWE

    #5: Quantum cloning: A video from MinutePhysics on why quantum mechanics doesn’t allow cloning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owPC60Ue0BE

    CREDITS:
    Host, Producer: Greg Kestin
    Researchers: Greg Kestin, Samia Bouzid
    Writers: Samia Bouzid, Greg Kestin
    Editorial Input from: Julia Cort, Ari Daniel
    Filming: Greg Kestin
    Editing: Greg Kestin, Samia Bouzid
    Media: Hubble, NASA
    Special thanks: Entire NOVA team
    From the producers of PBS NOVA © WGBH Educational Foundation
    Funding provided by FQXi
    Ultrasonic Levitation video footage courtesy Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations
    Ultrasonic Levitation still courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
    Music provided by APM
    Sound effects: Freesound.org

  • Stephen Hawking – His Wisdom, Wit, and Work

    Stephen Hawking – His Wisdom, Wit, and Work

    “The past tells us who we are. Without it, we lose our identity.” —Stephen Hawking

    Today we’re remembering Stephen Hawking, who shone light on the darkest places in the universe.

    Video about information paradox: https://youtu.be/jyFAsbBvZ70

    Credits
    Host, Producer: Greg Kestin
    Researchers: Greg Kestin, Samia Bouzid
    Writers: Samia Bouzid, Greg Kestin
    Editorial Input from: Julia Cort, Ari Daniel
    Black Hole Animations: Edgeworx
    Special thanks: Entire NOVA team
    From the producers of PBS NOVA © WGBH Educational Foundation
    Funding provided by FQXi
    Music provided by APM
    Sound effects: Freesound.org

  • Do Parallel Universes Exist?

    Do Parallel Universes Exist?

    Could we be living in one of many parallel universes? Find out why some physicists think we might.
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    Have questions, ask me:
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    *learn more about electron volts here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronvolt

    Host, Producer: Greg Kestin
    Researchers: Samia Bouzid, Drew Gannon, Peter Chang
    Writers: Samia Bouzid, Greg Kestin
    Fish voices: Tiffany Dill, Arlo Perez
    Scientific Consultant: Alan Lightman, Curtis McCully
    Editorial Input from: Julia Cort, Ari Daniel
    Filming: Greg Kestin
    Animation and Editing: Greg Kestin
    Special thanks: Entire NOVA team
    From the producers of PBS NOVA © WGBH Educational Foundation
    Funding provided by FQXi
    Music provided by APM

  • What is Dark Matter? A New Clue!

    What is Dark Matter? A New Clue!

    Scientists may have found clues to the nature of dark matter in a signal from the universe’s first stars.
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    Here is the research paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25792
    Authors: Judd D. Bowman, Alan E. E. Rogers, Raul A. Monsalve, Thomas J. Mozdzen & Nivedita Mahesh

    This evidence seems to suggest that the dark matter is particles that are less than four times the mass of a proton and are moving at non-relativistic speeds. This is consistent with dark matter particles being so-called WIMPs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weakly_interacting_massive_particles.

    Have questions, ask me:
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    Credits
    Host, Producer: Greg Kestin
    Researchers: Greg Kestin, Samia Bouzid
    Writers: Greg Kestin, Samia Bouzid
    Scientific Consultant: Douglas Finkbeiner
    Editorial input from: Julia Cort, Ari Daniel
    Filming: Greg Kestin
    Animation and Editing: Greg Kestin
    Special thanks: Avi Loeb, entire NOVA team
    Media Courtesy of: NASA, ESO, and CERN
    Dark matter halo footage courtesy of ESO/L. Calçada.
    From the producers of PBS NOVA © WGBH Educational Foundation
    Funding provided by FQXi
    Music provided by APM

  • The Biggest Puzzle in Physics: Quantum 💔 General Relativity

    The Biggest Puzzle in Physics: Quantum 💔 General Relativity

    If Quantum and Gravity were in a relationship…worst Valentine’s day in the Universe!

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    Have questions, ask me:
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    CREDITS:

    Host, Producer: Greg Kestin

    Researcher: Samia Bouzid

    Writers: Samia Bouzid, Greg Kestin

    Scientific Consultants: Sabine Hossenfelder, Dave Goldberg

    Editorial Input from: Julia Cort, Ari Daniel, David Condon

    Filming: Greg Kestin, Peter Chang, Samia Bouzid

    Animation and Editing: Greg Kestin

    Special thanks: Entire NOVA team

    From the producers of PBS NOVA © WGBH Educational Foundation

    Funding provided by FQXi

    Music provided by APM

  • Q&A with Greg – Black Holes, Consciousness, My Research, and More!

    Q&A with Greg – Black Holes, Consciousness, My Research, and More!

    We did something a little different in this episode and answered questions from you, our viewers. If you have a questions about the universe, past videos, or life as a scientist, leave a comment below!

    Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/WhatThePhysics?sub_confirmation=1

    Three of the answers are related to previous videos:
    – How to See Quantum with the Naked Eye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiZP6YpnMds
    – Can We Measure Consciousness? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laOZjSFdj24
    – 3 Things Faster than Light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNqf-FsUMww

    Images courtesy of CERN and ATLAS.

  • How to See Quantum with the Naked Eye

    How to See Quantum with the Naked Eye

    How can you train yourself to be a quantum detector? Quantum interactions happen at impossibly small scales. But the life-size effects are all around you. You can detect quantum mechanics all over — if you know how to look for it.

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    Have questions, ask me:
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    Check out https://www.youtube.com/user/EugeneKhutoryansky, who was kind enough to share his water wave animation with us.

    ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC NOTE: Quantum mechanics would be much more obvious if we had very sensitive eyes. If your eyes identified each photon individually, you would see them land as described in the video, and only build up to this wave pattern. The pattern that we see can be explained classically by waves, it is *ultimately* a quantum phenomenon. The only reason it’s hard to tell is because our light detectors (eyes) aren’t quite sensitive enough.

    CREDITS:

    Host, Producer: Greg Kestin

    Researcher: Samia Bouzid

    Writers: Samia Bouzid, Greg Kestin

    Scientific Consultant: Louis Deslauriers

    Editorial Input from: Julia Cort, Ari Daniel

    Animation and Editing: Greg Kestin

    Special thanks: Entire NOVA team

    From the producers of PBS NOVA © WGBH Educational Foundation

    Funding provided by FQXi

    Music provided by APM

    Footage of bridge and man holding child: Videoblocks

    Sound effects: Freesound.org

  • What’s Inside a Black Hole?

    What’s Inside a Black Hole?

    What’s inside a black hole? Here are three awesome theories.

    Watch “Black Hole Apocalypse” Here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/black-hole-apocalypse.html

    Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/WhatThePhysics?sub_confirmation=1

    Have questions, ask me:
    twitter @gkestin

    Host, Writer, Producer: Greg Kestin

    Scientific Consultant: Samir Mathur

    Editorial Input from: Julia Cort

    Animation: Edgeworx

    Animation and Editing: Greg Kestin

    Special thanks: Entire NOVA team

    From the producers of PBS NOVA © WGBH Educational Foundation

    Funding provided by FQXi

    Music provided by APM

    Sound effects: Freesound.org