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We sent a camera to space to film the solar eclipse
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Is spider web really stronger than steel?
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Google Maps is unreasonably fast. Let me explain
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The Crystal That Could Destroy All Medicine
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The Fastest Maze-Solving Competition On Earth
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Something Strange Happens When You Follow Einstein's Math
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Why Parallel Universes Are Probably Real
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The Snowflake Myth
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The Surprising Secret of Synchronization
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3 Perplexing Physics Problems
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The Biggest Misconception About Electricity
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The Closest We’ve Come to a Theory of Everything
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A Physics Professor Bet Me $10,000 I'm Wrong
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Math
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The Oldest Unsolved Problem in Math
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What happens if you just keep squaring?
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The SAT Question Everyone Got Wrong
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How An Infinite Hotel Ran Out Of Room
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The Insane Math Of Knot Theory
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Math's Fundamental Flaw
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The Infinite Pattern That Never Repeats
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How Imaginary Numbers Were Invented
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Engineering
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You (likely) don't understand how a sewing machine works
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The Rainiest Place On Earth
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Why Airships Might Make A Comeback
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How To Measure The Tiniest Forces In The Universe
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The Genius of 3D Printed Rockets
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How To Earthquake-Proof A House
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What Everyone Gets Wrong About Planes
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This Unstoppable Robot Could Save Your Life
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People said this experiment was impossible, so we tested it
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Space
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The Universe is Hostile to Computers
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The Absurd Search For Dark Matter
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Does Planet 9 Exist?
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What if a star explodes near Earth?
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Half the universe was missing... until now
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Do people understand the scale of the universe?
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What Actually Expands In An Expanding Universe?
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Controversies and misconceptions
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18,000,000 views
Why No One Has Measured The Speed Of Light
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The Biggest Misconception About Electricity
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How They Caught The Golden State Killer
10,000,000 views
How Electricity Actually Works
12,000,000 views
This is why we can't have nice things
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On These Math Problems, Smarter People Do Worse
6,000,000 views
Do Salt Lamps Work?
7,100,000 views
The Most Controversial Problem in Philosophy
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The Problem With Science Communication
3,500,000 views
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Why You Should Want Driverless Cars On Roads Now
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Experiments
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I got buried in concrete to explain how it works
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Why People Prefer More Pain
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I Waterproofed Myself With Aerogel!
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The US Military's Worst Idea
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How Electricity Actually Works
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Can You Swim in Shade Balls?
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I Rented A Helicopter To Settle A Physics Debate
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A Physics Professor Bet Me $10,000 I'm Wrong
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Risking My Life To Settle A Physics Debate
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Psychology
Why is this number everywhere?
12,000,000 views
These Illusions Fool Almost Everyone
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Why Democracy Is Mathematically Impossible
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Pushing The Limits Of Extreme Breath-Holding
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I took an IQ test to explain what's wrong with them
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The Expert Myth
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The Illusion Only Some People Can See
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Why Being Delusional is a Superpower
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The Science of Thinking
9,200,000 views
The Biggest Myth In Education
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Testing if 60 minutes of silence drives you crazy
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Collaborations
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The Obviously True Theorem No One Can Prove
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What Everyone Gets Wrong About Planes
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