Veritasium

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2024
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Do People Understand the Scale of the Universe?
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People don’t understand the scale of the Universe.
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The Rainiest Place On Earth
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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED
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The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea.
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The Trillion Dollar Equation
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The most famous equation in finance, the Black-Scholes/Merton equation, came from physics. It launched an industry worth trillions of dollars and led to the world’s best investments.
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The Oldest Unsolved Problem in Math
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Do odd perfect numbers exist?
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How The Most Expensive Swords In The World Are Made
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This is a video about how Japanese swords are made – from the gathering of the iron sand, to the smelting of the steel, to the forging of the blade.
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Why is this number everywhere?
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Something Strange Happens When You Follow Einstein's Math
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Einstein was wrong about black holes, what else?
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These Are The Avalanches To Worry About
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Avalanches are beautiful, majestic, and completely terrifying – this is a video all about the science of avalanches.
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What Jumping Spiders Teach Us About Color
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How jumping spiders reveal an entire secret world of colors.
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Why People Prefer More Pain
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We experimented to see how much pain our volunteers could handle.
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The Real Reason Robots Shouldn’t Look Like Humans
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The robots of our future may look nothing like humans at all. Huge thanks to Dr. Elliot Hawkes for showing us his robots over the years, and for the update on what they’re doing now!
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These Illusions Fool Almost Everyone
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Audio illusions show us that hearing is about more than just sensing frequency.
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Why Democracy Is Mathematically Impossible
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Democracy might be mathematically impossible – here’s why.
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What Everyone Gets Wrong About Planes
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Why are plane doors not locked?
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Exposing The Flaw In Our Phone System
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Can you trust your phone?
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How do QR codes work? (I built one myself to find out)
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How do QR codes work? The checkerboard patterns taking over the world, demystified.
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Seeing Inside a Thermite Reaction
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The world’s first look inside a thermite reaction.
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We Might Find Alien Life In 2333 Days
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Europa Clipper is looking for signs of alien life in a very deadly place.
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This Single Rule Underpins All of Physics
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A massive thank you to Prof. Steven Strogatz for his expertise and enthusiasm. A huge thank you to Prof. Haithem Taha, Prof. Anthony Bloch, Dr. Carl-Fredrik Nyberg Brodda, Dr. Sarah .. show full overview
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On These Questions, Smarter People Do Worse
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Being better at math can make you worse at math problems, and it’s completely rational.
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The Quest To Make Unbreakable Glass
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Glass is one of the most important materials humans have ever made.

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