Hello everyone!
We couldn’t be more excited to announce Elements of Truth, the game you helped us create!
A few weeks ago, we met many of you in New York for playtesting, then hundreds of you answered a poll about what you'd like to see in the game, and now we’re gearing up to launch on Kickstarter. Elements of Truth...
2025-10-23 21:44:35 +0000 UTC View PostFor our recent video about escalators, writer Darius put together a wooden model of an escalator and attached a motor to make it functional.
Unfortunately this didn't make the final cut, so we thought we'd turn it into a timelapse and share it here instead.
As a disclaimer this is not how escalators work and it's unlikely anyone manufactured this early design, but we found it fun and worth sharing!
We...
The beautiful math behind six degrees of separation.
The simulations are now added below!
To play around with the simulations in the video, you can follow these links: Disease spreading - https://www.veritasium.com/simulation2
Preferential attachment - https://ve42.co/barabasiAlbertSim
2025-10-02 07:58:46 +0000 UTC View PostDEADLINE FOR FEEDBACK 29/09 - 1:00 PM UK TIME
We've got an exciting video coming out very soon!
We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions as we wrap up this video all about Networks!
It's rough around the edges as we still need to shoot some MOTS (Man on the street) and finish final anims etc. but as always we appreciate you watching and reviewing this cut!
Is there anything wrong? Any other questions? Anything more you'd like to see? Explanations you think...
Discover the explosive story of Alfred Nobel.
2025-09-24 14:54:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Hope you're having a great hump day!
As some of you have heard, we've been working on a tabletop learning project for the better part of a year, and we're really excited to be in the final stages of perfecting the experience.
We’d love for you to share your preferences for special question sets.
As members of our Patreon community, your input in this survey is very likely to make it into the final version, so be sure to vote: 2025-09-17 15:51:43 +0000 UTC
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In our recent video about Monsanto team Veritasium interviewed several experts to uncover the full story behind the Monsanto conspiracy and their treatment of farmers.
Here’s an exclusive supercut featuring some of the best moments that didn’t make it into the final edit.
Many thanks to Nate, Carey, and Bart for generously sharing their time and expertise.
DEADLINE FOR FEEDBACK 16/09 - 4:00 PM UK TIME
We've got an exciting video coming out very soon!
We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions as we wrap up this video all about Alfred Nobel!
It's rough around the edges as we still need to shoot some MOTS (Man on the street) and finish final anims etc. but as always we appreciate you watching and reviewing this cut!
Is there anything wrong? Any other questions? Anything more you'd like to see? Explanations yo...
The surprising science of escalators.
Many thanks to all of you who contributed to the work in progress for helping us get this over the line. Enjoy!
We've got an exciting video coming out very soon!
We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions as we wrap up this video all about Escalators (it's still pretty rough around the edges in some places).
Is there anything wrong? Any other questions? Anything more you'd like to see? Explanations you think don't do a good enough job or lack depth? Let us know!
Thank you so much!
-Team Ve
In our recent video about Rubber, team Veritasium interviewed several experts to uncover the full story behind why this material is so important.
Here’s an exclusive supercut featuring some of the best moments that didn’t make it into the final edit.
Many thanks to James, Katrina, and Joe for generously sharing their time and expertise.
This is the history of Monsanto’s herbicides…
2025-09-01 08:10:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe strange natural material that reshaped the world, rubber.
Apologies if you saw this already, this one doesn't have an ad!
Hi all!
Would love to hear your feedback and suggestions as we wrap up work on our video about Monsanto (still pretty rough around the edges — especially the 2nd half)
Please let us know your thoughts!
Thank you so much!
-Team Ve
The strange natural material that reshaped the world, rubber.
2025-08-23 17:39:14 +0000 UTC View PostFor our recent video on the topic of Markov Chains we wrote and filmed a segment where people had to guess how many jellybeans were in a jar. This involved producer Casper counting an amount of beans into the jar and then taking them out on the street to gather a set of both independent and dependent guesses. The point being that 'wisdom of the crowd' works best when people guess independently of each other.
This went as we expected, however, when we coded a website and put this quest...
Hi everyone!
Would you like to join the Veritasium team and your fellow Patreon members for a night of board gaming in New York?
Over six months, we have quietly been working on a science-based tabletop game. We want the Veritasium community to be at the core of how we build this, and would love for you to join us for a round of play testing.
The venue only has so much space, so hang tight while we confirm there is room for you. If more people apply to attend than we have ro...
2025-08-18 16:21:33 +0000 UTC View PostWe’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions as we wrap up work on our next video. Please let us know your thoughts!
Thank you so much for your time and help.
-Team Ve
For decades, a high-energy rechargeable battery seemed impossible - until we managed to tame one of the most volatile metals.
2025-08-08 11:33:37 +0000 UTC View PostWe’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions as we wrap up work on our next video. Please let us know your thoughts!
Thank you so much for your time and help.
-Team Ve
How a feud in Russia led to modern prediction algorithms.
2025-07-28 05:58:39 +0000 UTC View PostWe’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions as we wrap up work on our next video. Please let us know your thoughts!
Thank you so much for your time and help.
-Team Ve
In our recent video about Braess's Paradox, Veritasium producer Gregor visited the AMOLF research institute to look at metamaterials designed to exhibit counter intuitive behaviour, such as an object shrinking when pulled.
Watch our video on YouTube for more on Braess's paradox and why it occurs - https://youtu.be/-QTkPfq7w1A
Special thanks to Paul Ducarme and Bas Overvelde at AMOLF for showing us around.
2025-07-11 06:29:12 +0000 UTC View PostIn our recent video about Goldbach's Conjecture, Veritasium producer Casper spoke with Steven Strogatz, Professor of Mathematics at Cornell University, about the history of the conjecture and the story of those who tried to solve it.
Watch our video on YouTube for more about why this problem still remains unsolved - https://youtu.be/x32Zq-XvID4
How an unlikely physics paradox controls these counterintuitive structures - Braess's Paradox.
2025-07-01 10:28:12 +0000 UTC View PostWe’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions as we wrap up work on our next video. Please let us know your thoughts!
Thank you so much for your time and help.
-Team Ve
Derek and Henry meet 7-time Superbowl winner, Tom Brady, to discuss the physics behind throwing a football.
Watch our video on YouTube for more about why even the GOAT Tom Brady can’t throw a perfect spiral - https://youtu.be/J3i3F2e4IYs
This deceptively simple math problem has stumped mathematicians for almost 300 years - Goldbach's Conjecture.
2025-06-21 15:50:09 +0000 UTC View PostIn preparation for our video on PFAS chemicals, 'How One Company Secretly Poisoned The Planet', writer/director Gregor interviewed multiple experts in this field.
Here are the extended interviews with Henrik Hagemann - Co-founder and Chief Product & Innovation Officer at Puraffinity, Shrina Bhagat - Analytical Scientist at Puraffinity and Leslie Hamilton - Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.
Coming soon: a video about the story behind one of the oldest unsolved problems in mathematics - Goldbach's conjecture.
We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions as we wrap up this video.
Still in progress:
Animations are a work in progress
Placeholders are used for Derek talking to the camera.
Thank you so much for your time and help!
-Team Ve