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Do People Understand the Scale of the Universe?
People don’t understand the scale of the Universe.
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The Rainiest Place On Earth
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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED
The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea.
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The Trillion Dollar Equation
The most famous equation in finance, the Black-Scholes/Merton equation, came from physics. It launched an industry worth…
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The Oldest Unsolved Problem in Math
Do odd perfect numbers exist?
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How The Most Expensive Swords In The World Are Made
This is a video about how Japanese swords are made – from the gathering of the iron sand, to the smelting of the steel, …
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Why is this number everywhere?
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Something Strange Happens When You Follow Einstein's Math
Einstein was wrong about black holes, what else?
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These Are The Avalanches To Worry About
Avalanches are beautiful, majestic, and completely terrifying – this is a video all about the science of avalanches.
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What Jumping Spiders Teach Us About Color
How jumping spiders reveal an entire secret world of colors.
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Why People Prefer More Pain
We experimented to see how much pain our volunteers could handle.
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The Real Reason Robots Shouldn’t Look Like Humans
The robots of our future may look nothing like humans at all. Huge thanks to Dr. Elliot Hawkes for showing us his robots…
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These Illusions Fool Almost Everyone
Audio illusions show us that hearing is about more than just sensing frequency.
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Why Democracy Is Mathematically Impossible
Democracy might be mathematically impossible – here’s why.
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What Everyone Gets Wrong About Planes
Why are plane doors not locked?
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Exposing The Flaw In Our Phone System
Can you trust your phone?
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How do QR codes work? (I built one myself to find out)
How do QR codes work? The checkerboard patterns taking over the world, demystified.
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Seeing Inside a Thermite Reaction
The world’s first look inside a thermite reaction.
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We Might Find Alien Life In 2333 Days
Europa Clipper is looking for signs of alien life in a very deadly place.
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This Single Rule Underpins All of Physics
A massive thank you to Prof. Steven Strogatz for his expertise and enthusiasm.
A huge thank you to Prof. Haithem Tah…
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On These Questions, Smarter People Do Worse
Being better at math can make you worse at math problems, and it’s completely rational.
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The Quest To Make Unbreakable Glass
Glass is one of the most important materials humans have ever made.
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What Actually Happened To Amelia Earhart?
The mistakes of Amelia Earhart’s final flight, and the physics that could have saved her.
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You’re Probably Wrong About Rainbows
You probably don’t understand how a rainbow really works.
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12,419 Days Of Strandbeest Evolution
The surprising genius of Strandbeests.
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This Musical Instrument Took Eons To Make
This musical instrument is 400,000+ years old and still growing.
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The Man Who Went From Doing Drugs To Saving Millions
LSD-fiend, surfer, maverick — Kary Mullis might be the weirdest person ever to win the Nobel Prize.
