Holding and Explosion at 20,000 fps
AdultsFilmTechnologyScienceExperimentsI always thought firing from the center was the best way to do it. Turns out I'm probably wrong.
Backwards Brain Bike
AdultsSportsGadgetsScienceExperimentsDestin from Smarter Every Day challenged me to learn to ride the Backwards Bran Bike for 50 meters.
Do These Liquids Look Alive?
AdultsFoodPhysicsScienceExperimentsWhy do droplets of food coloring attract, repel, and chase each other?
Pouring Molten salt into Water - Explosion!
AdultsFilmInternet CultureScienceExperimentsI'm so glad I'm able to watch him do this crazily dangerous experiment at my safe, safe home.
Fire Tornado in Slow Motion
AdultsInternet CultureNatureScienceExperimentsGav and Dan combine wind with fire to create a swirling vortex of flames.
Can You Shatter Glass With Your Voice?
AdultsMusicScienceExperimentsPhysics suggests that a voice should be able to break glass. Let's find out...
The Backwards Brain Bicycle
AdultsSportsTransportationEngineeringScienceExperimentsI almost broke my brain with a backwards bicycle for the sake of Science.
Experiment Shows That All Of Us Are Naturally Altruistic
AdultsHumanPhilosophySocietyExperimentsPsychologySciencePut to work at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, Alan Alda finds out how children will help, and like it, while chimps are less inclined to offer enthusiastic assistance.
Mythbusters Water Torture
AdultsHistoryLifeExperimentsHumorOn this episode of mythbusters the team tests out an ancient torture method.
Does Sound Affect Taste?
AdultsFoodScienceExperimentsGreg foot creates an experiment from his kitchen to see if the sounds we listen to can affect the way we taste things.
Which Is Faster: Weaving in Traffic or Staying in One Lane?
AdultsTransportationTVScienceTravelExperimentsThe MythBusters test an old traffic myth that has affected us all. Does weaving in and out of lanes get one to their destination any quicker?
Kevin Delaney Makes a Cloud
AdultsScienceTVEducationExperimentsKevin Delaney from the Museum of Discovery in Little Rock performs some experiments on "The Tonight Show." Science is awesome.
Brian Cox visits the world's biggest vacuum chamber
AdultsPhysicsScienceExperimentsWatch a bowling ball and a feather fall in the giant vacuum chamber. A simple experiment but it's really amazing.
Giant Smoke Rings - Cool Science Experiment
AdultsScienceTVExperimentsEntertainmentSteve and Ellen use a trash can and a fog machine to fire giant vortex smoke rings across the Ellen DeGeneres studio.
Fast Food ADS vs. REALITY Experiment
AdultsFoodVisual DesignExperimentsEntertainmentFast food generally doesn't look anything like its ads, so YouTuber Greg Benson decided to head to fast food chains to see if they could actually make food look like the pictures. You will be surprised they did so well on the second try.
Mousetrap Chain Reaction in Slow Motion
AdultsFilmInternet CultureExperimentsFunGav sets up a chain of 150 mousetraps. Dan sets them off bravely.
Anti-Gravity Wheel?
AdultsInternet CulturePhysicsExperimentsScienceIn this video I attempt to lift a 19kg (42 lbs) wheel over my head one-handed while it's spinning at a few thousand RPM. This replicates an earlier experiment by Professor Eric Laithwaite. He claimed the wheel was 'light as a feather' and could not be explained by Newton's Laws. I wanted to find out for myself what I really felt like.
When Water Flows Uphill
AdultsPhysicsScienceCookingExperimentsIn the Leidenfrost Effect, a water droplet will float on a layer of its own vapor if heated to certain temperature. This common cooking phenomenon takes center stage in a series of playful experiments by physicists at the University of Bath, who discovered new and fun means to manipulate the movement of water.
Amazing Water & Sound Experiment
AdultsPhysicsScienceExperimentsEntertainmentThe effect that you are seeing can't be seen with the naked eye. The effect only works through the camera. However, there is a version of the project you can do where the effect would be visible with the naked eye.
Coke Can Getting Swallowed By Lava
AdultsEnvironmentNatureScienceGeologyExperimentsThis is what happens when a coke can meets some flowing lava.