Tag: veritasium

Oct 28, 2021

Veritasium Rents a Helicopter to Settle a Physics Debate

Veritasium Rents a Helicopter to Settle a Physics Debate

The story of a controversial physics question on the qualifying exam for the 2014 US Physics Olympiad team

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Jul 20, 2021

The Weird Way a Stretched Out Slinky Drops to the Ground

The Weird Way a Stretched Out Slinky Drops to the Ground

I was not expecting that

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May 12, 2021

How An Infinite Hotel Ran Out of Rooms

How An Infinite Hotel Ran Out of Rooms

Apparently some infinities are bigger than others..

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Mar 18, 2021

The World’s Heaviest Weight

The World's Heaviest Weight

How do you measure big forces accurately? By calibrating your force transducer on the world’s biggest weight – 1,000,000 pounds of force

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Mar 4, 2020

Covering Yourself in Aerogel and Jumping Into a Pool Looks So Surreal

Covering Yourself in Aerogel and Jumping Into a Pool Looks So Surreal

Aerogel has extraordinary properties.

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Jun 3, 2019

Aerogels are the World’s Lightest Solids

Aerogels are the World's Lightest Solids

They have been used on Mars missions and the Stardust comet particle-return mission

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