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Debunking the Nuclear-Powered Manhole Cover

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In 1957, a high-speed camera caught a cast iron cap moving at 66 kilometers per second.

We Traveled Back in Time. Now Physicists Are Angry.

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Time travel is possible. In fact, you’ve been doing it since the day you were born.

Why the Three-Body Problem is Unsolvable*

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What is the THREE-BODY PROBLEM? What does it have to do with the award-winning book of the same name?

Something Strange Happens When You Follow Einstein's Math Veritasium 15.5M subscribers Subscribe 91K

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Einstein was wrong about black holes, what else?

Brian Cox on quantum computing and black hole physics

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“You’re not meant to understand what I just said, because I don’t understand what I just said…” Physicist Brian Cox on one of the most complex theories in space science.

Why the Hardest Rocks Can Be Easy to Break

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So, rocks are hard. But the scale we use to rank them, the Mohs scale, is only really good at quantifying that for one kind of hardness, and topaz is a perfect stone to talk about to explain that. And you can check it out in our SciShow Rocks Box subscription!

The Trillion Dollar Equation

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The most famous equation in finance, the Black-Scholes/Merton equation, came from physics.

This Nuclear Conspiracy Theory is CRAZY

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When we published a video from Hiroshima, a new kind of conspiracy theorist crawled out of the woodwork.

Brian Cox on how black holes could unlock the mysteries of our universe

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When black holes disappear, what happens to the stuff that fell in? Physicist Brian Cox explains.

The Truth About Space Combat

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George Lucas and the release of Star Wars in the 1970s unintentionally set a precedent for how almost every single piece of sci-fi media would depict space combat.

The Most Misunderstood Concept in Physics

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A huge thank you to those who helped us understand different aspects of this complicated topic - Dr. Ashmeet Singh, Supriya Krishnamurthy, Dr. Jos Thijssen, Dr. Bijoy Bera, Dr. Timon Idema, Álvaro Bermejillo Seco and Dr. Misha Titov.

How This Guy Became The Best Rock Skipper On The Planet | Obsessed | WIRED

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Kurt Steiner is record holding champion stone skipper—and a master of the physics that underpin the sport. A labor of love that's evolved into a world-class passion, see where Kurt harvests his preferred rocks, the qualities he seeks in them, and each factor he considers in order to throw like a pro.

The “afterlife” according to Einstein’s special relativity

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Sabine Hossenfelder discusses the physics of… dead grandmothers?

Scientists Reveal How Time Travel Is Actually Possible

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Is it actually possible to travel through time? Scientists say "Yes", but what does that actually mean?

Can you solve the Big Bang riddle? - James Tanton

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It’s moments after the Big Bang and you’re still reeling. You’re a particle of matter, amidst a chaotic stew of forces, fusion, and annihilation.

How Distant Galaxies Mess With Our Lives

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Tiny particles from distant galaxies have caused plane accidents, election interference and game glitches. This video is sponsored by Brilliant.

How Does A Carburetor Work?

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Air flows into the top of the carburetor from the car's air intake, passing through a filter that cleans it of debris..

Why no one has measured the speed of light

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Physics students learn the speed of light, c, is the same for all inertial observers but no one has ever actually measured it in one direction.

Do You Expand With The Universe?

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As the universe expands, is said to "stretch" photons. But if it stretches photons, does it also stretch molecules, galaxies and you? A portion of this video was sponsored by Salesforce.

Why Gravity is NOT a Force

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The General Theory of Relativity tells us gravity is not a force, gravitational fields don't exist.

The Great Acceleration

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We’re in the middle of a rapid, unprecedented, and world-changing increase in the intensity and scale of human activity on this planet.