From YouTube, "Here in the Kurzgesagt labs, we test very important ideas to see what happens when you blow things up or play with black holes. Many of you suggested that we look into an idea that sounds... continue reading
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How Does Kodak Make Film Light Sensitive? (How Film is Made, Part 2) I had no idea Kodak uses LAMINAR FLOW to make film. Imagine my surprise when I walked in and saw this beautiful waterfall and realized... continue reading
posted by BSR 1 year 9 months 2 weeks ago • 32 views • 59:57From Youtube, "Bowling has been reinvented many times over the past seven thousand years but especially in the last 30. This is the fascinating physics of balls, oil, lane and pins. Huge thanks to... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 2 years 7 months 1 week ago • 485 views • 28:01"The idea came to me in a dream I had this morning. I didn't really like how the classic Sesame Street "Ladybug's Picnic" song (a staple from my childhood) was performed on the new stop-motion version... continue reading
posted by ant 2 years 10 months ago • 34 views • 57 secs"Why some Americans’ votes count more than others. Watch more of our election coverage: http://vox.com/ElectionVideos In the 2000 US presidential election, the Democratic candidate got half a million... continue reading
posted by ant 3 years 6 months ago • 86 views • 8:09From Youtube, "By the end of the 21st century, humanity is becoming desperate. Decades of heatwaves and droughts have led to unusually poor harvests, while the warming oceans yield fewer fish each year.... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 3 years 6 months 1 week ago • 510 views • 9:10https://www.iter.org/ In southern France, 35 nations* are collaborating to build the world's largest tokamak, a magnetic fusion device that has been designed to prove the feasibility of fusion as a... continue reading
posted by eric3579 3 years 9 months 1 week ago • 930 views • 7:59The toughest, most dominant canine gets the resources and respect - or at least that's the idea that caught on culturally. Turns out, that's not necessarily how it works. -yt
posted by eric3579 3 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,066 views • 6:02YouTube description: Why does shaken soda explode? Does ice melt first in fresh or salt water? This video features experiments that have been shown to me by science teachers over the years. Does... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 991 views • 13:59YouTube description: Hi :) I’m a student in Network & Systems Engineering (Robots, networks and programming and stuff) and I built a dinosaur in my spare time. I got the idea in my head, thought... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 1,278 views • 2:37From Youtube, "This video is called How Would Bach Play Crazy Train? A counterpoint adaption of the classic Randy Rhoads riff. We'll use Bach's Prime, Inversion, Retrograde and Retrograde Inversion to... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 5 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 152 views • 4:55YouTube description: It's a terrible idea to try to extinguish burning metal with a water or CO2 fire extinguisher. Steve Mould shows why.
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 1,518 views • 7:25"Elevator. It’s a fascination and a fear for many. Countless action movies and TV shows feature stuck elevators, fights in elevators, and, of course falling elevators. How many times when an elevator... continue reading
posted by ant 5 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 219 views • 7:36When it's too hot you gotta refresh!!
posted by bjornenlinda 5 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 750 views • 3:24I may be one of the largest repositories of random, useless knowledge but I had absolutely no idea this happened.
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 8 months 1 week ago • 581 views • 12:17The idea of this video is to specifically reach people who are against decriminalization and to take them seriously. There is an abundance of pro arguments and content on the internet – and while they... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 756 views • 9:40Without 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 ago • 666 views • 7:38Coined in 1990 by author and attorney Mike Godwin, Godwin’s Law was originally, to quote Godwin “a project in memetic engineering”, partially inspired by a 1980s article he read in Whole Earth Review... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 1 month ago • 19 views • 5:38