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How to Fall from ANY HEIGHT and Survive

AdultsHealthPhysicsScience...
Some creatures can theoretically survive a fall from ANY height. How? Kyle explains the science of fall damage.

The Great Acceleration

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

How to STEAL Elon Musk’s Space Car

AdultsPhysicsScienceSpace...
What would it take to steal the only road car currently crossing the cosmos? Kyle outlines a villainous plan that he totally doesn’t approve of.

Why Don't We Have Water Powered Cars Yet?

AdultsCreativityIndustryScience...
Today we're dipping our toes into the engineering and physics behind water-powered cars!

The Bizarre Behavior of Rotating Bodies, Explained

AdultsConstructionCreativityScience...
Spinning objects have strange instabilities known as The Dzhanibekov Effect or Tennis Racket Theorem - this video offers an intuitive explanation.

Making Liquid Nitrogen From Scratch!

AdultsEducationPhysicsScience...
I used a nitrogen membrane and Stirling cryocooler to liquefy nitrogen out of the air. For this video I partnered with Starbucks to celebrate their Nitro Cold Brew.

Can You Swim in Shade Balls?

AdultsEducationIndustryScience...
I bought 10,000 shade balls and tried to swim in them. They appear to act like a non-Newtonian fluid: rigid under high shear stress, but they flow like a liquid under low shear.

Unmixing Color Machine

AdultsMediaPhysicsScience...
Unmixing Color Machine (Ultra Laminar Reversible Flow)

How Hard Can You Hit a Golf Ball? (at 100,000 FPS)

AdultsMathMediaPhysics...
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?

AdultsHumanPhysicsScience...
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

AdultsNatureScienceSports...
Wondering how you can catch the perfect wave? Dive into the fascinating and complex physics of surfing.

Circular Saw Kickback Killer

AdultsFilmMachine LearningPhysics...
We're working on a time-series problem called a Sequence Classification.

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.

Are Negative Ions Good For You?

AdultsFilmPhysicsScience...
Do negative air ions improve mood, anxiety, depression, alertness?

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?

AdultsMediaPhysicsScience...
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.