The World's Heaviest Weight
How do you measure big forces accurately? By calibrating your force transducer on the world's biggest weight - 1,000,000 pounds of force. This machine ensures planes don't break apart, jets provide re
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Building a Secret Moon Base
Deep inside the Moon’s permanently shadowed craters lies a hidden treasure: ice. If we can harness it for water, fuel, and construction, these frozen, lightless pits could become the perfect place for
Why does every mammal get 1 billion heartbeats in their life?
The hidden math that governs life. Sponsored by Brilliant - Try Brilliant for free, plus get 20% off an annual Premium subscription at https://brilliant.org/veritasium Last year, we launched the Eleme
The 64 sugar cubes puzzle
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The Deadliest Thing in Your Kitchen
Sugar, salt, cinnamon, saffron... which common kitchen ingredient is the deadliest? #kurzgesagt #inanutshell #kurzgesagt_inanutshell #learnwithshorts #science #poison #nutritionscience #nutritionfacts
The Most Controversial Thought Experiment In Physics
Put a cat in a box with a radioactive atom. Add a radiation detector that triggers the release of poisonous cyanide gas. Schrödinger's thought experiment was supposed to be a criticism of quantum mec
Why Waves Travel Faster At The Top
Why do objects travel with waves? We're taught waves only transfer energy, not material, but objects wash ashore all the time. How does this work? #veritasium #science #physics
The Universe Has Been Expanding Since the Big Bang. Just Not How We Thought.
Check out the Space Time Merch Store https://www.pbsspacetime.com/shop Last year, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument—DESI—made headlines around the world. Its enormous map of the Universe hinted
But what is cross-entropy? | Compression is Intelligence Part 2
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The Scariest Chart in Electrical Engineering
Why is the Smith Chart one of the scariest charts in electrical engineering? Sponsored by Incogni - use code veritasium at https://incogni.com/veritasium to get an exclusive 60% off your annual subscr
The Google Interview Question Everyone Gets Wrong
The blender problem. Do you think you know the answer? Comment below!
How does light 'know' the shortest path?
Light is the fastest thing in the universe. In order to be this fast it always needs to take the shortest path (as it's speed cannot change). So how does it always know what the shortest path is?
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The True Cost of War
War costs far more than weapons and destroyed buildings. It leaves countries poorer, disrupts education, drives migration, and passes trauma to future generations. Some of its highest costs are paid d
The Quantum Experiment That Breaks Time
Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord! https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime Modern physics is weird. In quantum mechanics we have the Schrodinger’s cat thought experiment, a cat i
What is El Niño?
First noticed by South American fishermen in the 1600s, El Niño can affect the weather significantly! #kurzgesagt #inanutshell #kurzgesagt_inanutshell #learnwithshorts #science #elninoeffect #weathere
The World’s Most Average Person
If you averaged all 8 billion people together, what would you get? Meet the world’s most average person: where he lives, what he earns, what he eats, and how he’ll change over the next century. #kurzg
Lukáš Palatinus | Praemium Academiae 2025
Dr. rer. nat. Lukáš Palatinus získal prestižní ocenění Praemium Academiae 2025. Lukáš Palatinus z Fyzikálního ústavu AV ČR v krystalografii usiluje o to, aby získal 3D obraz nepravidelných materiálů v
Filip Křížek | Lumina quaeruntur 2025
Ing. Filip Křížek, Ph.D. z Fyzikálního ústavu AV ČR vyvíjí nové hybridní materiály pro kvantové technologie a hledá cesty k supravodivým součástkám nové generace. Jak uvedl, v mnoha ohledech je jakýms
Processed Food Won’t Kill You
From bread and yogurt to frozen vegetables, most of us eat processed food every day. The real story is more complicated than “processed = bad”, and some processing can even make food safer and more nu