How to STEAL Elon Musk’s Space Car
Adults Physics
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?
Adults Physics
Today we're dipping our toes into the engineering and physics behind water-powered cars!
The Bizarre Behavior of Rotating Bodies, Explained
Adults Physics
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!
Adults Physics
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?
Adults Physics
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.
World's Lightest Solid!
Adults Physics
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.
Unmixing Color Machine
Adults Physics
Unmixing Color Machine (Ultra Laminar Reversible Flow)
How Hard Can You Hit a Golf Ball? (at 100,000 FPS)
Adults Physics
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?
Adults Physics
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
Adults Physics
Wondering how you can catch the perfect wave? Dive into the fascinating and complex physics of surfing.
Circular Saw Kickback Killer
Adults Physics
We're working on a time-series problem called a Sequence Classification.
Why Earthquakes Are So Hard To Predict
Adults Physics
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
Adults Physics
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?
Adults Physics
Do negative air ions improve mood, anxiety, depression, alertness?
The Inverse Leidenfrost Effect
Adults Physics
Droplets levitate on a bath of liquid nitrogen and are spontaneously self-propelled.
How does a whip break the sound barrier?
Adults Physics
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
Adults Physics
A launch mishap led to the best experimental confirmation of gravitational redshift.
Floating City Physics
Adults Physics
How much would a floating city weigh?
What’s the smallest thing in the universe?
Adults Physics
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
Adults Physics
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
Adults Physics
I shot the skaters with a Phantom MIRO LC320S made by Vision Research.