Spinning magnets near copper sheets create levitation! Try Audible free for 30 days: http://bit.ly/AudibleVe Special thanks to Hyperloop One for showing me around. Thanks to Patreon supporters: Nathan Hansen, Donal Botkin, Tony Fadell, Saeed Alghamdi, Zach Mueller, Ron Neal, Perry cl, Bryan Baker Support Veritasium on Patreon: http://bit.ly/VePatreon Filmed by Raquel Nuno, Edited by Trevor […]
Monthly Archives: January 2017
Kiss Your Phone? — Mind Blow #111
The Curiosity Box: https://www.curiositybox.com Mind Blow features the latest news in science, technology and amazing! *** LINKS TO EVERYTHING *** A Drone That Flies Almost Like A Bird, EPFL (0:00) SALTO Leaping Robot (0:10) Kissenger (0:25) http://kissenger.mixedrealitylab.org/ Mind Blow 16 Mind Blow 46 Lovotics Kissenger http://kissenger.lovotics.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSckuNlzQdM BAE Systems Atmospheric Lens (1:05) WaveOptics Augmented Reality […]
38 Facts about NASA – mental_floss List Show Ep. 502
A weekly show where knowledge junkies get their fix of trivia-tastic information. This week, Mike shares some facts about NASA! For more of Mike check out: https://www.youtube.com/user/pbsideachannel http://reasonablysound.com/ Subscribe for new episodes of mental_floss every Wednesday! —- WE’RE ON SNAPCHAT! Username: mental.floss Mental Floss Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mf_video —- Website: http://www.mentalfloss.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mental_floss Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mentalflossmagazine […]
The Real Moral Dilemma of Self-Driving Cars
We talk about all the potentially challenging situations autonomous cars could get into but not about how human drivers are not very good. Tens of thousands die on the roads every year in collisions, most of which could be prevented by autonomous vehicles. Sponsored by BMW I wanted to make a video about autonomous cars […]
The Millions Year War (Man vs Dragon)
“Vitality — that is the test; and, whatever its components, mere truth is not necessarily one of them. A dragon, for instance, is a more enduring animal than a pterodactyl. I have never yet met anyone who really believed in a pterodactyl; but every honest person believes in dragons — down in the back-kitchen of […]
25 Facts about Fitness – mental_floss List Show Ep. 501
Welcome to season 5! A weekly show where knowledge junkies get their fix of trivia-tastic information. This week, John shares some facts about fitness! Check out 100 Days: https://www.youtube.com/100days What’s your fitness age? https://www.worldfitnesslevel.org/#/ Subscribe for new episodes of mental_floss every Wednesday! —- WE’RE ON SNAPCHAT! Username: mental.floss Mental Floss Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mf_video —- […]
Why do we close our eyes when we sneeze? – Big Questions – (Ep. 228)
A monthly show where we endeavor to answer one of your big questions. This week, Hajera Fatima asks, “Why do we close our eyes when we sneeze?” — Mental Floss Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mf_video Want more of Craig? https://www.youtube.com/wheezywaiter https://www.youtube.com/thegoodstuff —- Website: http://www.mentalfloss.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mental_floss Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mentalflossma… Store: http://store.mentalfloss.com/ (enter promo code: “YoutubeFlossers” for 15% […]
What I learned from 100 days of rejection | Jia Jiang
Jia Jiang adventures boldly into a territory so many of us fear: rejection. By seeking out rejection for 100 days — from asking a stranger to borrow $100 to requesting a “burger refill” at a restaurant — Jiang desensitized himself to the pain and shame that rejection often brings and, in the process, discovered that […]
The Absurdity of Detecting Gravitational Waves
A head-vaporizing laser with a perfect wavelength detecting sub-proton space-time ripples. Huge thanks to Prof Rana Adhikari and LIGO: http://ligo.org Here’s how he felt when he learned about the first ever detection: https://youtu.be/ViMnGgn87dg Thanks to Patreon supporters: Nathan Hansen, Donal Botkin, Tony Fadell, Saeed Alghamdi, Zach Mueller, Ron Neal Support Veritasium on Patreon: http://bit.ly/VePatreon A […]