YouTube description: Inventor Manu Prakash thinks you can’t understand Earth’s big problems without looking at the (really) tiny things. So he created Foldscope: an origami microscope that brings... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 months ago • 138 views • 2:56

YouTube description: Their skeletons are prized by beachcombers, but sand dollars look way different in their lives beneath the waves. Covered in thousands of purple spines, they have a bizarre diet... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 months 1 week ago • 510 views • 4:23

YouTube description: Voracious, venomous and hella leggy, house centipedes are masterful predators with a knack for fancy footwork. But not all their legs are made for walking, they put some to work... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 507 views • 4:32

An examinination of miracles/magic/science and what it takes for sainthood in a modern world.

posted by nanrod 6 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 30 views • 9:56

We talked to the co-founder of Tesla, JB Straubel, about why giant batteries are crucial to the future of power grids everywhere. Batteries are becoming more useful at powering bigger things like bikes,... continue reading

posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 4 months 1 week ago • 498 views • 6:15

Kurzgesagt on detonating a nuclear bomb in the Marianas Trench.

posted by w1ndex 6 years 5 months ago • 698 views • 6:03

YouTube description: Ferrofluid is a bizarre, NASA-engineered material that was created for spaceships but never used. In this “lab practical” video, we’ll put ferrofluid through its paces, and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 1 week ago • 674 views • 4:26

If you're in Canada, you need good winter boots. But how do you know whether they're actually safe, or whether you'll fall over the first time you step on ice? This is WinterLab, part of the Challenging... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 6 months 1 week ago • 36 views

YouTube description: They may be dressed in black, but crow funerals aren't the solemn events that we hold for our dead. These birds cause a ruckus around their fallen friend. Are they just scared,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 858 views • 4:35

Without neutrons, harnessing nuclear energy would be impossible. Try Audible free for 30 days: http://audible.com/veritasium I have a new documentary coming out in a few months - sign up here to be... continue reading

posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 669 views • 7:38

Powerhouse Museum – Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences in Australia has created an incredible interactive area for kids, including giant wall screens that display scanned drawings made by the children... continue reading

posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 346 views • 1:36

YouTube description: In Göttingen, Germany, there's a four-tonne steel ball that can be raised up a 14-metre tower -- and then dropped in less than two seconds, crashing back to earth. It makes tiny,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months 1 week ago • 725 views • 3:34

I was going to tell a science fiction story about faceswapping, and mass blackmail. Then the news broke about unethical faceswapping videos, and software designed and marketed for creating them: and I... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1,251 views • 6:41

YT - ThePanthNetwork Published on Feb 20, 2012 This video answers the questions "What is Pantheism?" and "What do Pantheists believe?" Please watch this video with your volume up, as it does not... continue reading

posted by Buck 6 years 11 months ago • 67 views • 3:26