Veritasium

Season 2025

An element of truth | Science and engineering videos

Veritasium is a channel of science and engineering videos featuring experiments, expert interviews, cool demos, and discussions with the public about everything science.

Where to Watch Season 2025

16 Episodes

  • Why Don’t Railroads Need Expansion Joints?
    E1
    Why Don’t Railroads Need Expansion Joints?How Thermite turned the clickety-clack of railroads into seamless, silent tracks.
  • Why Are Scientists Making Robot Insects?
    E2
    Why Are Scientists Making Robot Insects?What happens when you shrink robots down to the size of insects? Let’s explore the mind-bending physics behind their superpowers!
  • Why Super Glue Is Perfect For Gluing Skin
    E3
    Why Super Glue Is Perfect For Gluing SkinThe invention that's super sticky, a little picky, and easy to unstick only if you know the trick!
  • What if you just keep zooming in?
    E4
    What if you just keep zooming in?Here’s what happens when you just keep zooming in.
  • The Most Useful Thing AI Has Ever Done
    E5
    The Most Useful Thing AI Has Ever DoneThe biggest problems in the world might be solved by tiny molecules unlocked using AI.
  • The Google Interview Question Everyone Gets Wrong
    E6
    The Google Interview Question Everyone Gets WrongAre you smart enough to solve this Google interview question?
  • Something Strange Happens When You Trust Quantum Mechanics
    E7
    Something Strange Happens When You Trust Quantum MechanicsDoes light take all possible paths at the same time?
  • What Happened to the Mars Helicopter?
    E8
    What Happened to the Mars Helicopter?How a helicopter built of phone parts survived Mars for 3 years.
  • The Man Who Almost Broke Math (And Himself...)
    E9
    The Man Who Almost Broke Math (And Himself...)How do you make infinite choices?
  • The Biggest Misconception In Physics
    E10
    The Biggest Misconception In PhysicsWhy does energy disappear in General Relativity?
  • The Most Dangerous Building in Manhattan
    E11
    The Most Dangerous Building in ManhattanHow a single phone call from a student helped uncover a flaw that nearly toppled Citicorp.
  • How One Company Secretly Poisoned The Planet
    E12
    How One Company Secretly Poisoned The PlanetThe science and history behind Teflon and the toxic legacy of “forever chemicals”.
  • Why does every football wobble? (ft. Tom Brady)
    E13
    Why does every football wobble? (ft. Tom Brady)Even the GOAT Tom Brady can’t throw a perfect spiral. Here’s why.
  • The Obviously True Theorem No One Can Prove
    E14
    The Obviously True Theorem No One Can ProveThis deceptively simple math problem has stumped mathematicians for almost 300 years!
  • This mechanism shrinks when pulled
    E15
    This mechanism shrinks when pulledHow an unlikely physics paradox controls these counterintuitive structures.
  • The Strange Math That Predicts (Almost) Anything
    E16
    The Strange Math That Predicts (Almost) AnythingHow a feud in Russia led to modern prediction algorithms.

 

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