The uncomfortable effort of thinking: how we learn and why we sometimes make stupid mistakes.
Some of these scenes were shot in early 2015 - I have been trying to make this video since then, but I n...
2017-03-02 17:21:55 +0000 UTC View Post
I learned a lot of things working on this video - and I used it to test out a new format that I'm using on a brand new channel!
It's called Sciencium and it will use this 'studio' format to explore ...
2017-02-08 16:54:50 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm launching a new video tomorrow about the Mpemba Effect - the idea that warm water can freeze faster than cold water (does it?)
Even more exciting than that - this video is on a new channel that ...
2017-02-08 06:26:18 +0000 UTC View Post
I have seen versions of electromagnetic levitation before, like at the Palais de la Decouverte in Paris: a huge alternating electromagnet levitates a light aluminum plate. What makes this device speci...
2017-01-30 17:26:49 +0000 UTC View Post
This video was sponsored by BMW. They asked me to come to CES and take a ride in their self-driving car and I agreed. I also insisted on having full editorial control over the video. The thing I wante...
2017-01-20 01:01:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Last year I got up close with a working 1:100 scale version of LIGO, the gravitational wave detector that made the first discovery of G-waves. In an interview with Caltech Prof Rana Adhikari, I found ...
2017-01-05 16:18:05 +0000 UTC View Post
This video is an unpaid post because it's a bit of an experiment. I filmed this at a meetup in Stockholm, Sweden and it's normally the sort of thing I would post on my second channel, 2016-12-20 17:11:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey! I'm currently at a conference in Sweden so I'm only now getting a chance to post this video. I learned a lot about polymer chemistry to make this video. It opens with a pretty awesome video from ...
2016-12-07 07:51:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Celsius vs. Fahrenheit debate aside, I have found the history of temperature measurement fascinating. For example did you know Fahrenheit was orphaned at 15? That an arrest warrant was issued while he...
2016-11-28 16:10:22 +0000 UTC View Post
I built this little apparatus for under $100 where you can get oil droplets to bounce and replicate some of the key phenomena of quantum mechanics!
Single slit interference: check
Double slit ...
2016-11-02 15:16:21 +0000 UTC View Post
In the early days of the space age, scientists thought cold welding would be a serious problem. If two bare metals are pressed together in vacuum, they weld together without the need for heating or me...
2016-10-26 17:58:20 +0000 UTC View Post
A few years ago I got obsessed with the idea of virtual particles - these quantum fluctuations are responsible for the best and worst prediction in science (as I covered in my last video) and they may...
2016-10-03 20:35:48 +0000 UTC View Post
... are both based on the same underlying theory of virtual particles.
I got obsessed with this idea two years ago and I interviewed some of my favourite physicists including Nobel Laureate Bria...
2016-09-08 16:16:45 +0000 UTC View Post
I consider evidence for the reproducibility crisis and what we can do about it.
I've been thinking a lot lately about the things that get repeated. A body of research suggests the simple act of repetition makes things seem more true, more likeable, and better valued. This is just...
2016-07-21 16:41:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for supporting Veritasium on Patreon! In case you missed it, here is my thank you video, which shows some behind the scenes from the anti-gravity wheel video. It was really hard getting it t...
2016-07-05 01:20:08 +0000 UTC View Post
New video where you will see the most amazing yo-yo tricks you never thought possible. How can you release a yo-yo off its string and then pull it back to you by re-attaching the string mid-flight? Th...
2016-06-28 16:53:19 +0000 UTC View Post
To all those celebrating with your dads, sons or daughters I hope you have an amazing day, just as I am here reading (singing) the astronomically correct version of Twinkle Twinkle by Henry and Zach. ...
2016-06-19 17:04:44 +0000 UTC View Post
But I did want to let you know about a brand new mailing list I am launching to keep in touch with supporters. There are some really big projects coming up in the next few months so if you don't want ...
2015-08-15 15:07:06 +0000 UTC View Post
