The Most Radioactive Place On Earth
From Veritasium. Where comes to mind when you think of radioactivity? Chernobyl? Hiroshima? A banana? The most radioactive place isn’t actually where you think…
Can you steal $10,000 from a locked iPhone?
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How Secure Is Tap To Pay?
From Veritasium. How we hacked MKBHD! Sponsored by Incogni – Use code veritasium at https://incogni.com/veritasium to get an exclusive 60% off. If you’re looking for a molecular modelling kit, try Snatoms, a kit I invented where the atoms snap together magnetically – https://ve42.co/SnatomsV Sign up for the Veritasium newsletter for weekly science updates – https://ve42.co/Newsletter…
Exposing the flaw in tap to pay
From Veritasium. How we hacked MKBHD! Sponsored by Incogni – Use code veritasium at https://incogni.com/veritasium to get an exclusive 60% off. If you’re looking for a molecular modelling kit, try Snatoms, a kit I invented where the atoms snap together magnetically – https://ve42.co/SnatomsV Sign up for the Veritasium newsletter for weekly science updates – https://ve42.co/Newsletter…
Can something go faster than it’s pushed?
From Veritasium. A UCLA Physics Professor bet Derek $10,000 that his video about going downwind faster than the wind was wrong. Here’s a demonstration you can do at home to see why something can move faster than the force pushing it.
This Factory Makes The World’s Most Expensive Stuff
From Veritasium. The factory that makes the world’s most volatile substance. Sponsored by SoFi – Join SoFi Plus today and get more for your money! Visit https://sofi.com/veritasium If you’re looking for a molecular modelling kit, try Snatoms, a kit I invented where the atoms snap together magnetically – https://ve42.co/SnatomsV Sign up for the Veritasium newsletter…
The World’s Only Antimatter Factory
From Veritasium. The factory that makes the world’s most volatile substance. Sponsored by SoFi – Join SoFi Plus today and get more for your money! Visit https://sofi.com/veritasium If you’re looking for a molecular modelling kit, try Snatoms, a kit I invented where the atoms snap together magnetically – https://ve42.co/SnatomsV Sign up for the Veritasium newsletter…
How We Make Antimatter
From Veritasium. The factory that makes the world’s most volatile substance. Sponsored by SoFi – Join SoFi Plus today and get more for your money! Visit https://sofi.com/veritasium If you’re looking for a molecular modelling kit, try Snatoms, a kit I invented where the atoms snap together magnetically – https://ve42.co/SnatomsV Sign up for the Veritasium newsletter…
The Bizarre Behaviour Of Rotating Bodies
From Veritasium. What you are looking at is known as the Dzhanibekov effect or the tennis racket theorem or the intermediate axis theorem. It involves arguably the best mathematician alive, Soviet era secrets, and the end of the world. So in 1985, cosmonaut Vladimir Dzhanibekov was tasked with saving the Soviet space station Salyut 7…
The Secret Spy Tech Inside Every Credit Card
From Veritasium. How safe are the cards we use? Sponsored by Saily – Prepare for your next destination today! Download the Saily app now or go to https://saily.com/veritasium and use code ‘veritasium’ for 15% off. Share your referral code with friends and family to collect more credit for your next trip. If you’re looking for…
How Pressure Can Come From *Nothing*
From Veritasium. If you went to the emptiest part of the universe and took 2 uncharged objects with you, something really strange happens… They snap together almost by magic! This is called the Casimir Effect and the explanation is still an ongoing debate in physics!
Why are these 3 letters on almost all of my zippers?
From Veritasium. How do zippers work? Sponsored by Hostinger. Host OpenClaw on a Hostinger VPS plan: https://www.hostinger.com/veritasiumopenclaw – and use code ‘veritasium’ for an extra discount. If you’re looking for a molecular modelling kit, try Snatoms, a kit I invented where the atoms snap together magnetically – https://ve42.co/SnatomsV Sign up for the Veritasium newsletter for…
The Shadow Illusion
From Veritasium. Cut any shape hole into a piece of cardboard and hold it up to the sunlight. When sunlight shines through this hole, it casts a circular image on the wall regardless of the shape of the hole. Why does this happen? The size of the hole also doesn’t affect the size of the…
This Paradox Splits Smart People 50/50
From Veritasium. Two boxes, one choice, and $1,000,000. Sponsored by Brilliant – To learn for free on Brilliant for a full 30 days, go to https://brilliant.org/veritasium. Our viewers also get 20% off an annual Premium subscription, which gives you unlimited daily access to everything on Brilliant. If you’re looking for a molecular modelling kit, try…
You Can’t Feel Wet
From Veritasium. Put on a glove and dip your hand into icy water. You’ll notice it still feels wet? But the glove is waterproof, how does this work? That’s because wet isn’t a feeling, we use other sensory information to feel water…
The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster and No One Knew
From Veritasium. How a single hack infected the world’s most important operating system. Sponsored by NordVPN – 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 – https://ve42.co/SnatomsV Sign…
The Crazy Physics of Jet Engines
From Veritasium. This is one of the most powerful jet engines in the world, and it runs at temperatures more than 250 degrees celsius hotter than the melting point of the materials that make it up. So why doesn’t it melt?
Asbestos is a bigger problem than we thought
From Veritasium. How asbestos ended up everywhere, and why we’re still using it today. Sponsored by Ground News – Go to https://ground.news/Ve for 40% off the unlimited Vantage plan, to catch how major public health stories are covered across the political spectrum and spot media bias for yourself. If you’re looking for a molecular modelling…
Rubber used to be useless…
From Veritasium. The strange natural material that reshaped the world. Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/AFXLZ7FEJc4?si=OaiAz42CzKGSPOYh Written by Sulli Yost and @casper_mebius Produced and Directed by Sulli Yost Hosted by Derek Muller and @henry.vandyck #science #veritasium #physics #engineering #experiment
World’s Largest Spiderweb
From Veritasium. This is the world’s largest spiderweb. Entirely underground, it’s home to an entire ecosystem. But how does it work?
This Common Substance Was Once Worth Millions
From Veritasium. The rise and fall of a forgotten frozen empire. Sponsored by Brilliant. To learn for free on Brilliant for a full 30 days, go to https://brilliant.org/Veritasium/. Our viewers also get 20% off an annual Premium subscription, which gives you unlimited daily access to everything on Brilliant. If you’re looking for a molecular modelling…
The Tiny Donut That Proved We Still Don’t Understand Magnetism
From Veritasium. What this strange quantum effect reveals about potentials. Sponsored by Planet Wild. Want to restore the planet’s ecosystems and see your impact in monthly videos? The first 150 people to join Planet Wild will get the first month for free at: https://planetwild.com/r/veritasium/join If you want to get to know them better first, check…
How They Prevented The Citicorp Disaster
From Veritasium. The Citicorp centre once had a 67% chance of falling over! Repairs were beyond necessary but William LeMessurier and his team had to construct supports secretly at night so as not to cause panic.