VeritasiumSeizoen 2022

An element of truth - videos about science, education, and anything else I find interesting.

Where to Watch Veritasium • Seizoen 2022

18 Episodes

  • Future Computers Will Be Radically Different
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    Future Computers Will Be Radically DifferentOriginal Title: We're Building Computers Wrong (for artificial intelligence) Digital computers have served us well for decades, but the rise of artificial intelligence demands a totally new kind of computer: analog.
  • How Horses Save Humans From Snake Bites
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    How Horses Save Humans From Snake BitesAlternate Title: "Milking The World's Most Venomous Snake" To make antivenom, you first need to collect venom from the world’s most deadly snakes.
  • The Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History
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    The Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In HistoryOne scientist caused two environmental disasters and the deaths of millions.
  • How Electricity Actually Works
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    How Electricity Actually Works
  • Why It Was So Hard To Take This Picture (Very Long Baseline Interferometry)
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    Why It Was So Hard To Take This Picture (Very Long Baseline Interferometry)Original Title: A Picture of the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole This is an image of the supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
  • The Absurd Search For Dark Matter
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    The Absurd Search For Dark MatterAstronomers think there should be 5 times as much dark matter as ordinary matter – a shadow universe that makes up most of the mass in the universe. But after decades of trying, no experiments have found any trace of dark matter – except one.
  • The Riddle That Seems Impossible Even If You Know The Answer
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    The Riddle That Seems Impossible Even If You Know The AnswerThe 100 Prisoners Riddle feels completely impossible even once you know the answer.
  • The Man Who Killed Millions and Saved Billions
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    The Man Who Killed Millions and Saved BillionsFritz Haber is the scientist who arguably most transformed the world.
  • The 4 things you need to be an expert
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    The 4 things you need to be an expertWhich experts have real expertise?
  • World's Highest Jumping Robot
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    World's Highest Jumping RobotThis tiny robot can jump higher than anything else in the world.
  • How Dangerous is a Penny Dropped From a Skyscraper?
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    How Dangerous is a Penny Dropped From a Skyscraper?
  • The Remarkable Story Behind The Most Important Algorithm Of All Time
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    The Remarkable Story Behind The Most Important Algorithm Of All TimeThe Fast Fourier Transform is used everywhere but it has a fascinating origin story that could have ended the nuclear arms race.
  • What If A Star Explodes Near The Earth?
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    What If A Star Explodes Near The Earth?People have witnessed supernovae for millennia, but what threat do they pose to life on Earth?
  • The world depends on a collection of strange items. They're not cheap
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    The world depends on a collection of strange items. They're not cheapThe US Government Sells Human Poop This government warehouse keeps our entire society up to standard.
  • Inside The Navy's Indoor Ocean
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    Inside The Navy's Indoor OceanThe US Navy has an indoor ocean that can simulate any wave in the world.
  • How To Measure The Tiniest Forces In The Universe
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    How To Measure The Tiniest Forces In The UniverseThis lab measures the tiniest forces in the universe.
  • I tested the US Military’s secret space weapon
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    I tested the US Military’s secret space weaponAn engineer came up with a plan to drop tungsten telephone poles from space - the idea has been seriously considered on multiple occasions, so we tested it.
  • 3 Ways Of Seeing Invisible Air Flow
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    3 Ways Of Seeing Invisible Air FlowIn this lab, they use different flow visualization techniques to help detect contraband, residues, and develop trace particle detection methods. Alternative Title: This fake dog nose makes chemical sensors 18x better

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