World's Lightest Solid!
AdultsConstructionMediaSciencePhysicsSpace... Aerogels are the world's lightest (least dense) solids. They are also excellent thermal insulators and have been used in numerous Mars missions and the Stardust comet particle-return mission.
How Hard Can You Hit a Golf Ball? (at 100,000 FPS)
AdultsMathMediaPhysicsScience... We used a pressurized vacuum cannon to get the golf ball up to speeds of over 500 miles per hour.
Can You Survive An Elevator Fall By Jumping?
AdultsHumanPhysicsScienceSurvival... Your monthly dose of hypothetical physics scenarios is here, and today we’re dropping Stu, several times, from the top of skyscraper.
The physics of surfing - Nick Pizzo
AdultsNatureScienceSportsPhysics... Wondering how you can catch the perfect wave? Dive into the fascinating and complex physics of surfing.
Why Earthquakes Are So Hard To Predict
AdultsFutureNaturePhysicsScienceNatural Disasters... Scientists are trying to figure out if they can predict big earthquakes by simulating small quakes in labs and studying big quakes under the ocean. Thanks to the University of Rhode Island for sponsoring this video.
How Microwaving Grapes Makes Plasma
AdultsNaturePhysicsScience A bisected grape in the microwave makes plasma. But how does it work? A grape is the right size and refractive index to trap microwaves inside it.
The Inverse Leidenfrost Effect
AdultsMathPhysicsScience Droplets levitate on a bath of liquid nitrogen and are spontaneously self-propelled.
How does a whip break the sound barrier?
AdultsMediaPhysicsScienceEngineering... April Jennifer Choi is a Mechanical Engineer and Professional Whip Artist from Peoria, IL. She has a Master's Degree in Computational Fluid Dynamics as well as several Guinness World Records in Whip Cracking.
The Best Test of General Relativity
AdultsDesignPhysicsScience A launch mishap led to the best experimental confirmation of gravitational redshift.
What’s the smallest thing in the universe?
AdultsData ScienceSpaceWorldSciencePhysics... If you were to take a coffee cup, and break it in half, then in half again, and keep carrying on, where would you end up?
Wormholes Explained - Breaking Spacetime
AdultsScienceSpacePhysics Are wormholes real or are they just magic disguised as physics and maths? And if they are real how do they work and where can we find them?
COLD HARD SCIENCE: SLAPSHOT Physics in Slow Motion
AdultsFilmScienceSportsPhysics... I shot the skaters with a Phantom MIRO LC320S made by Vision Research.
Which Way Is Down?
AdultsPhysicsScienceSpace Vsauce host Michael Stevens digs deep into the ever-changing concept of the direction "down," what causes things to fall, and digs into how masses really, really want to pull towards each other in our universe, thanks to gravitational forces.
Is it possible to create a perfect vacuum? - Rolf Landua and Anais Rassat
AdultsScienceTechnologyPhysics The universe is bustling with matter and energy. Even in the vast, apparent emptiness of intergalactic space, there's one hydrogen atom per cubic meter. But is there such thing as a total absence of everything? Is it possible to make a completely empty space? Rolf Landua and Anais Rassat explain the science behind vacuums.
Einstein's unique way of thinking contributed to his genius
AdultsPhysicsScience Robbert Dijkgraaf is a theoretical physicist and Leon Levy Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He is also the co-author of "The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge." In this video, he explains how Albert Einstein saw the world in a different way from how most scientists see it.
We Found Another State of Matter: The Supersolid!
AdultsScienceTechnologyPhysics Scientists have created, yet another state of matter called a supersolid! But what is it, and what does it do?