Earlier this year, I highlighted what I saw as a growing crisis: a glut of “science” spam and scam channels on YouTube that use the veneer of science – and copyrighted footage – for views and ad revenue. It got a tremendous response. What's next? Actually suing content thieves.

I explored the Fukushima Exclusion Zone for 10 days in the April of 2023. When I was there, I was honestly shocked by the amount of contamination. But when I got home, I was challenged by a concerning question: was the evacuation of Fukushima worth it? This is Part 3 of [EXPEDITION FUKUSHIMA].

By 2011, Japanese anesthesiologist Yoshitaka Fujii had over 200 scientific papers to his name. But for more than a decade, his colleagues doubted his output. His data was too “nice.” Noted Science Zaddy Kyle Hill explains how simple statistics made Dr. Fujii the face of scientific misconduct.

Why is rubber so “sticky”? Why does rubber consistently have one of the highest coefficients of friction? What allows rock climbers to literally let their lives depend on the friction provided by climbing shoes? Like the conundrum of why water is wet, it turns out this question is more complicated than you think. Noted Science Zaddy Kyle Hill explains.

On November 17th, 1992 a scientist accidentally stuck his hand in an extremely powerful beam of x-rays at a particle accelerator accelerator facility in Hanoi, Vietnam. This [HALF-LIFE HISTORY] explains what happened next.

If there’s any “upside” to nuclear war in the FALLOUT universe, it’s that you might get such a high dose of radiation that you turn into a “ghoul” – a radiation-eating, skin-not-having, nigh-immortal zombie. Is any part of “ghoulification” actually possible? Noted nuclear zaddy Kyle Hill explains.

New generative A.I breakthroughs are happening almost every week, it seems. The big question is; Are we ready for it? Noted Science Zaddy Kyle Hill explains what’s coming, the “dark forest” theory of the internet, and the steps we humans can take to pass the “Reverse Turing Test.”

There have always been hints that the brain wasn’t evolved to track objective reality, but a new, incredibly popular theory in neuroscience takes everything one step further. Not only is your brain not built for reality, you’ve never even experienced it. Noted Science Zaddy Kyle Hill explains “predictive processing.”

Is fallout's famous Vault Boy actually hiding some accurate nuclear blast survival tactics? Is your thumb a vital piece of equipment in the event of nuclear war? Can it be used as a legitimate way to know if you’ll survive? Noted Nuclear Zaddy Kyle Hill determines whether or not an iconic Fallout image is fact or internet fiction.

Super Earth needs you, Helldiver! But of course, you wouldn’t just willingly jump into a hellpod and drop straight into the heart of battle without asking some important questions about the science and theory behind your new career, right? So sit down, grab a nice hot cup of Liber-tea and let Science Daddy Kyle Hill give you the rundown of Helldivers 2 science. FOR DEMOCRACY!

What is the THREE-BODY PROBLEM? What does it have to do with the award-winning book of the same name? And how can it help us understand problems that are practically… unsolvable? Noted Space Zaddy Kyle Hill explains.

Movie making nerds may have noticed that today’s motion capture suits look… different. They went from dots to intricate geometric patterns, but why? How does geometry help CGI the Hulk into The Avengers? What are fractals? Noted Cinema Zaddy Kyle Hill explains.

This is a nuclear reactor. And it’s made… out of glass. What makes this one special is that it's not producing power. This amazing simulator model is made primarily out of glass so that nuclear engineers can train, teach, and better understand how something that seems as complex as generating nuclear power is actually a lot more simple than it looks. Jetsetting science Zaddy Kyle Hill travels to Essen, Germany to see this magnificent model himself, before it most likely ends up in a junkyard.

There are thousands of visualizations of the “4th dimension” online, the most famous being pictures of so-called “hypercubes” and “tesseracts.” Unfortunately, most of these images also imply that you are in fact seeing a 4-D object. But that’s not true. That’s impossible. Three-dimensional math Zaddy Kyle Hill coming to you from a two-dimensional YouTube video is here to help.

Where are ELDEN RING’s “Lands Between”? Does having a location that is neither here nor there even make sense from a physics perspective? Is there a place in spacetime where you can get one-shotted by bosses that clearly read your controller inputs? Noted gamer zaddy Kyle Hill once again explains the science of EldenRing.

Generative A.I is the nuclear bomb of the Information Age. If the Internet doesn’t feel as creative or fun or interesting as you remember it, you’re not alone. The so-called ‘Dead Internet Theory’ explains why. The rise of artificially generated content killed the internet. How did this happen? Why? And… Is it still possible to stop it?

The Curve of Binding Energy has been called “the most important graph in physics” and while it took nuclear science zaddy Kyle Hill two hours to understand it on stream, he’s here to quite literally flip it on its head, and explain how it can help explain everything from the mass defect, to E=MC^2, to nuclear weapons.

It is generally accepted that we are now at the beginning of a sixth mass extinction. It's caused by humans, and it might be the first that affects the six-legged arthropods among us. Noted Bug Zaddy Kyle Hill explains what’s happening to the insects, and what will happen to us if we let them disappear forever.

The best argument against nuclear power, maybe the only real argument, is that nuclear power is “too slow” to build and is “too expensive” to finance. Is this true? Or is it another myth, like glowing green goo, that needs debunking? Noted Nuclear Zaddy Kyle Hill finally digs into the economics of nuclear power.

RadAway is arguably the most important chemical in the whole FALLOUT universe. But can you really remove radiation like you do in the games? What chemicals would it be made from? Noted Nuclear Zaddy Kyle Hill explains how to make RadAway in the real world.

Plastic pollution has been called “one of the greatest environmental challenges of the 21st century.” Billions of tons of it has entered the ecosystem, and entered YOU, in the form of so-called “microplastics.” But are microplastics actually bad? How would we even figure that out? Noted pollution Zaddy Kyle Hill explains why even when something seems obvious, the science of proving that obviousness can be difficult.

In Nazi Germany in 1939, the Uranverein, or “uranium club,” was trying to beat Oppenheimer to the bomb. The scientist believed all Germany needed was enough of a single, incredibly rare substance critical to advancing nuclear physics: heavy water. This [HALF-LIFE HISTORIES] explains what happened next.

Let's be honest, modern radiation shielding solutions are pretty primitive. What if shielding could be more than just dense rectangles? What if you could make shields of any shape? Yes, I'm talking about 3d-printing radiation protection.

It’s hard to make up a myth about sharks – they are incredible animals you would believe almost anything about. But one myth, perhaps the most harmful myth about any animal ever, is both untrue and devastating. Many believe that “sharks don’t get cancer.” Noted Marine Zaddy Kyle Hill explains where this myth started, and what we can do to stop the harm it has caused.

In 1957, a high-speed camera caught a cast iron cap moving at 66 kilometers per second. It was being accelerated by a nuclear explosion beneath it. Did the Pascal-B nuclear weapons test actually make a manhole cover the first man-made object in space? Noted Nuclear Zaddy Kyle Hill finally does the math to determine what happened to this infamous object. We can stop making videos about this now. Thanks.

Over the last few decades, feral cats have grown to be one of the single largest disruptive invasive species in urban environments. With millions of feral cats and not enough food to go around, ecosystems are struggling to keep up. Join Kyle Hill as he dissects the issue and discusses what can be done.

The hit Netflix and League of Legends crossover show ARCANE’s second season is finally here and with it, so is Hex zaddy Kyle Hill who has been working tireless nights in Victor’s lab trying to analyze whether there is any connection between the magic of the TV series and actual real life science. Is Hextech similar to Nuclear Power? Did the creators get it all right allowing for science and magic to coexist in the twin cities of Piltover and Zaun?

This year, the first next next generation nuclear reactor expected to enter operation passed a huge milestone. Scientists and engineers in China proved that the reactor was, in theory, MELTDOWN-PROOF. How is that possible? Isn’t a meltdown always possible? Noted Nuclear Zaddy Kyle Hill explains the fascinating science behind pebble bed reactors (PBRs).

After its discovery by Marie Curie, the radioactive element radium was incorporated into everything as a “cure all.” The most famous was RADITHOR, a radium-infused tonic that claimed to treat over 150 different ailments. Eben Byers would drink over 1,000 bottles of Radithor in three years. This episode of [HALF-LIFE HISTORIES] explains how Byers’ resulting death would change an entire industry.

You feel like you are free. Free to cross the street when you want to, free to like the color blue more than red, free to watch this video. You decided all this. You chose to be here right now. I disagree. I don’t think you’re free at all. Free will…is an illusion.