From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. How an unlikely physics paradox controls these counterintuitive structures. Use code veritasium at https://incogni.com/veritasium to get an exclusive 60% off. If you’re looking for a molecular modeling kit, try Snatoms, a kit I invented where the atoms snap together magnetically – https://ve42.co/SnatomsV ▀▀▀ A huge thank you to Paul Ducarme…

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From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. Even the GOAT Tom Brady can’t throw a perfect spiral. Here’s why. 🌏 Get exclusive NordVPN deal here ➵ https://NordVPN.com/veritasium It’s risk free with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee!✌ If you’re looking for a molecular modelling kit, try Snatoms, a kit I invented where the atoms snap together magnetically –…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. The science and history behind Teflon and the toxic legacy of “forever chemicals”. Go to https://groundnews.com/Ve to see through media misconceptions and get all sides of every story. Subscribe to save 40% off the unlimited Vantage Plan access through our link. If you’re looking for a molecular modelling kit, try…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. How a single phone call from a student helped uncover a flaw that nearly toppled Citicorp. Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code veritasium at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/veritasium If you’re looking for a molecular modeling kit, try Snatoms, a kit I…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. Recently we published a series of videos on @veritasium all about the principle of least action. At the end of part 2, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJZ1Ez28C-A, we asked our viewers to submit their questions to writer/director Casper Mebius and the founder of Veritasium – Derek Muller. This is was all done via our…

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From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. How do you make infinite choices? 👉 To try everything Brilliant has to offer for free for a full 30 days, visit http://brilliant.org/veritasium. You’ll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. Try Snatoms! A molecular modelling kit I invented where the atoms snap together. https://ve42.co/SnatomsV ▀▀▀ A huge thank…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. How a helicopter built of phone parts survived Mars for 3 years. Use code veritasium at https://incogni.com/veritasium to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan. Try Snatoms! A molecular modelling kit I invented where the atoms snap together. https://ve42.co/SnatomsV ▀▀▀ A massive thank you to the team at…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. How a helicopter built of phone parts survived Mars for 3 years. Use code veritasium at https://incogni.com/veritasium to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan. Try Snatoms! A molecular modelling kit I invented where the atoms snap together. https://ve42.co/SnatomsV Correction: 0:12, we say that ingenuity is 680g which…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. Does light take all possible paths at the same time? 🌏 Get exclusive NordVPN deal here ➵ https://NordVPN.com/veritasium It’s risk free with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee!✌ A massive thank you to Dr. Andrew Mitchell for all his help and expertise. If you want to delve further into this topic…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. Does light take all possible paths at the same time? 🌏 Get exclusive NordVPN deal here ➵ https://NordVPN.com/veritasium It’s risk free with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee!✌ A massive thank you to Dr. Andrew Mitchell for all his help and expertise. If you want to delve further into this topic…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. Are you smart enough to solve this Google interview question? Use code veritasium at https://incogni.com/veritasium to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan. A massive thank you to Dan Goldman, Jeff Aguilar, Daniel Soto and Georgia Tech’s Complex Rheology And Biomechanics Lab We’re incredibly grateful to Carl Zimmer,…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. The biggest problems in the world might be solved by tiny molecules unlocked using AI. Take your big idea online today with https://ve42.co/hostinger – code VE at checkout. A huge thank you to John Jumper and Kathryn Tunyasuvunakool at Google Deepmind; and to David Baker and the Institute for Protein…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. Here’s what happens when you just keep zooming in. Use code veritasium at https://incogni.com/veritasium to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan. A big thank you to Magnus Garbrecht from the University of Sydney for showing us around the lab and for his feedback on the script. Special…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. The invention that’s super sticky, a little picky, and easy to unstick only if you know the trick! Get a little smarter every day with Brilliant. Visit https://brilliant.org/veritasium for a 30-day free trial and 20% off your annual premium subscription. A heartfelt thank you to Dr. Allison Christy and Dr.…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. What happens when you shrink robots down to the size of insects? Let’s explore the mind-bending physics behind their superpowers! Engineers get Onshape Professional free up to 6 months: go to https://www.onshape.pro/veritasium to create CAD models and bring your ideas to life. ▀▀▀ 00:00 The Problem Of Surface Tension 3:16…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. How Thermite turned the clickety-clack of railroads into seamless, silent tracks. Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code veritasium at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/veritasium A massive thank you to everyone at Goldschmidt for making this possible. With special thanks to Dr. Axel…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. LSD-fiend, surfer, maverick — Kary Mullis might be the weirdest person ever to win the Nobel Prize. Get a little smarter every day with Brilliant. Visit https://brilliant.org/veritasium to get 20% off your annual premium subscription. A massive thank you to Tom White, Hudson Freeze, and Henry Erlich for their time…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. This musical instrument is 400,000+ years old and still growing. 🌏 Get exclusive NordVPN deal here ➵ https://NordVPN.com/veritasium It’s risk free with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee!✌ Special thanks to Luray Caverns – https://luraycaverns.com/ A massive thanks to Rob Scallon, please check out his YouTube channel — he posts some…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. The surprising genius of Strandbeests. Fight the data brokers with Incogni. Head over to https://incogni.com/veritasium to get 60% off your annual subscription. A massive thank you to Theo Jansen, to learn more about him and his Strandbeests check out: https://www.strandbeest.com/ A special thank you to Adam Savage, check out his…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. You probably don’t understand how a rainbow really works. Get a little smarter every day with Brilliant. Visit https://brilliant.org/veritasium to get 20% off your annual premium subscription. Special thanks to Mats Vermeeren. 00:00 Most people don’t understand rainbows 01:08 Light refraction explained 08:20 How does a rainbow form? 13:10 Circular…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. The mistakes of Amelia Earhart’s final flight, and the physics that could have saved her. Use code VERITASIUM to get 50% off your 1st club crate when you join a club for kids aged 3+ or go to https://kiwico.com/veritasium 00:00 Amelia Earhart’s final flight 03:33 Who was Amelia Earhart? 05:36…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. Glass is one of the most important materials humans have ever made. Try out Saily by heading to https://saily.com/veritasium and remember to use coupon code veritasium to get 15% off your first purchase. 00:00 Glass and our place in the universe 01:23 How Gorilla Glass works 04:35 What is glass?…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. Researchers spend much of their time writing grant applications, which adds up to a lot of wasted resources. Is there a better way to fund science? Special thanks to Profs. Kevin Gross and Carl T. Bergstrom. Their paper "Contest models highlight inherent inefficiencies of scientific funding competitions" https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.03732

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. A study just published reveals the moon experienced a dramatic increase in cratering rates about 300 million years ago. This corroborates evidence of a similar increase in Earth impacts. The paper is: The Earth and Moon impact flux increased at the end of the Paleozoic Sara Mazrouei, Rebecca R. Ghent,…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. The main reason I don’t like social media. What do you think? Do you agree with me or not? I noticed a few years ago that on Facebook I was doing complicated calculations like: Do I actually like this post? Yes/No Do I want the person to know I like…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. Filming in UV requires removing a filter, getting UV-transparent lenses and getting a good filter to block all other light. I got my hot mirror removed here: http://ve42.co/UVcam That is an affiliate link so by ordering through the link, LifePixel will give a commission back to me. If you don’t…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. How turbulent convection currents in Earth’s outer core make its magnetic field This video is a prequel to one that will appear here: http://ve42.co/Spin Huge thank you to Prof. Jon Aurnou who spent a lot of time explaining how planetary magnetic fields are created. He changed a lot of my…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. When spun on a screwdriver, magnets climb up its length, but why? This video brought to you by my friend Steve Mould: http://ve42.co/SteveMould This all started with a question on twitter, when someone wanted to know why a chain of neodymium magnets climbs up a screwdriver when the screwdriver is…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. Based on The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn Check out our new series! Paradigms: http://vrv.co/paradigms

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. In short, yes they will, continuing the trend of humans working less. This video was sponsored by "Robot-Proof" written by Northeastern University’s President, Joseph E. Aoun. Learn more here: https://goo.gl/hqBDLA When I think about robots taking our jobs, I am neither of the opinion that we need to panic amidst…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. Almost four years ago I made a video about quality vs quantity on YouTube. Reflecting on how the platform is working in 2017 I find that quantity (frequency) has become significantly more important and quality less so. I’m not saying this is my recommendation for how people should make channels,…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. I’ve heard a lot of reasons for withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement but none of them makes sense to me. Here are some links that support my thinking: BC Carbon tax and impact: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_carbon_tax Popular opinion about the Paris Climate Agreement: Was Trump’s Paris Exit Good Politics? Majorities of…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. I love science but not necessarily the process of doing science. I partnered with National Geographic Channel for the launch of Genius New episodes Tuesdays at 9/8c, and catch-up On Demand at http://natgeotv.com #sponsored

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. Reflecting on the implications for education of Gunn and Drew. Original video: http://ve42.co/GunDrew Did you notice that Gunn and Drew were named that way so they rhyme with one and two, helping reduce any sort of confusion you might have in associating each character with the right system. Thinking Fast…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. Scientists have created living bacteria with two extra letters of genetic code, nicknamed X, and Y for short. Help me make Sciencium: http://ve42.co/JoinUs For more info: http://ve42.co/SAsynthEcoli Animated by Kyle Norby Life has been evolving on earth for about 3.7 billion years. In spite of its diversity, all living things…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. MAKE SCIENCIUM WITH ME: http://ve42.co/JoinUs Supported by Google Making & Science: http://youtube.com/makingscience Submit video topic suggestions: http://ve42.co/GotIdeas A frog’s tongue can get prey into its mouth in less time than it takes for you to blink – just seven hundredths of a second. The bug is whipped through the air…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. Answering questions about why I made a third channel: http://bit.ly/Sciencium Help me make Sciencium: http://bit.ly/ScJoinUs Suggest topics: http://bit.ly/VeIdeas Thanks to Panasonic for sending me a GH5! Other gear shown in the video: Lights: Fiilex K301 https://bhpho.to/2lk7nm0 Teleprompter: http://parrotteleprompter.com Filmed by Raquel Nuno

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. The outer layer of the sun is slowing down, something we’ve known for decades but haven’t been able to figure out until now. Supported by Google Making & Science: http://youtube.com/makingscience References: A Poynting-Robertson-like drag at the Sun’s surface Ian Cunnyngham, Marcelo Emilio, Jeff Kuhn, Isabelle Scholl, Rock Bush https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1612/1612.00873.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poynting–Robertson_effect…

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. Observations over millenia and numerous experiments claim that warmer water freezes faster than cold water under identical conditions. Supported by Google Making & Science #ScienceGoals http://youtube.com/makingscience References: Mpemba Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpemba_effect Questioning the Mpemba Effect: http://www.nature.com/articles/srep37665 Royal Society of Chemistry competition: http://www.rsc.org/learn-chemistry/resource/res00001018/the-mpemba-effect?cmpid=CMP00007615 Edited by Trevor Carlee

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. I find the story of gravitational wave detection fascinating, particularly as it shows the deep skepticism of scientists. First, disbelieve. The absurd physics of gravitational wave detection: https://youtu.be/iphcyNWFD10 Music from http://www.epidemicsound.com "Trapped in Cello 1"

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. What have you been putting off? And what do you think helps videos connect? I feel like scripts and time delays inhibit connection and I want to address that. Veritasium on Patreon: http://bit.ly/VePatreon

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. Prominent YouTubers have recently complained about decreasing views on their videos despite high subscriber numbers. Ring the bell: http://youtube.com/veritasium Pewdiepie’s video: http://bit.ly/VePewds

From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. Same video as on Veritasium, except not animated. Better or worse? Let me know in comments. Snatoms are available again: http://www.snatoms.com Support Veritasium on Patreon: http://bit.ly/VePatreon Animated version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgrXd0NM2y8 Original video about Celsius: http://bit.ly/VeCelsius