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From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. The insane machines that make the most advanced computer chips. Sponsored by Brilliant – To learn for free for a full 30 days, go to https://brilliant.org/veritasium and get started. Plus, our viewers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription for unlimited daily access to all Brilliant courses. If you’re looking…
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…
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