Veritasium

2013x1
Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle Explained
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Heisenberg's uncertainty principle tells us that it is impossible to simultaneously measure the position and momentum of a particle with infinite precision. In our everyday lives we .. show full overview

2013x2
How To Make Colour With Holes
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Scientists are being inspired by nature to design the next generation of security devices. Arrays of nanoscale holes create beautiful reflected colours that are almost impossible to forge.

2013x3
Why Do Venomous Animals Live In Warm Climates?
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As a Canadian-Australian, I have always wondered why it is that Australia has so many venomous animals that can kill you while Canada has virtually none. But it's not just Australia - it .. show full overview

2013x4
The Original Double Slit Experiment
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Light is so common that we rarely think about what it really is. But just over two hundred years ago, a groundbreaking experiment answered the question that had occupied physicists for centuries. Is light made up of waves or particles?

2013x5
What Can Frogs See That We Can't?
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What would you see if you were drifting through space, looking back at the sun? Well its light intensity would decrease as the inverse square of distance from the sun. And you would .. show full overview

2013x6
Single Photon Interference
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What happens when single photons of light pass through a double slit and are detected by a photomultiplier tube? In 1801 Thomas Young seemed to settle a long-running debate about the .. show full overview

2013x7
World's Roundest Object!
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The world's roundest object helps solve the longest running problem in measurement -- how to define the kilogram.

2013x8
Epic Slow-Mo Drum Implosions!
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