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Why Super Glue Is Perfect For Gluing Skin - our latest video, ad-free!

The invention that's super sticky, a little picky, and easy to unstick only if you know the trick!

Patreon Exclusive: Mini Robots Interview With Cameron Aubin - Extended Cut

Assistant Professor of Robotics at the University of Michigan, Cameron Aubin, talks more in depth about his research and penny sized combustion engines.

Original video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6q6pYZ9Fho

WIP video about Superglue - Kindly Requesting Feedback

Coming soon: a video all about superglue!

We'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions as we wrap up this video.
Animations are still in progress and pictures are used in place of videos at times.

Is there anything wrong? Any other questions? Anything more you'd like to see? Any fun stories about the time you stuck your hand to a table with superglue? Let us know!

Thank you so much for your time and help!
-Team Ve

Why Are Scientists Making Robot Insects? - our latest video, ad-free!

WIP Video about Mini-Robots - Kindly Requesting Feedback

Coming soon: a video about mini-robots and solving a google interview question!

We'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions as we finalise this video.
Animations are still in progress and pictures are used in place of videos at times.

Still a lot of work to be done but would love to get some early thoughts.

Thank you so much!
-Team Veritasium

Patreon Exclusive: Behind The Scenes Look At Storyboards And Final Assets Side By Side - From The Kary Mullis PCR Video

For those who enjoyed our recent video, The Man Who Took LSD And Changed The World, here's a look at how the animations came together, from storyboarding through to the final version.

Why Don’t Railroads Need Expansion Joints? - our latest video, ad-free!

How the weirdest guy saved billions with an infinite DNA glitch - our latest video, ad-free!

LSD-fiend, surfer, maverick — Kary Mullis might be the weirdest person ever to win the Nobel Prize.

This Musical Instrument Took Eons To Make - our latest video, ad-free!

WIP Video about PCR - Kindly Requesting Feedback

Coming soon: a video about the man who took LSD and saved millions!

We'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions as we finalise this video.
Animations are still in progress, but we've included storyboards to give a sense of what we'll be showing.

Thank you so much!
-Team Veritasium

Coming Soon - Cave Organs

Hello!

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend. The team has been working hard on a lot of videos recently -- here's a short and fun one. Was such a cool experience to film this one! Some of the editing isn't quite final, and we're still using my voice over instead of Derek's, but hopefully it gives you a good idea.

Let me know what you think!

Thanks,

Petr on behalf of the Ve team.

Patreon Exclusive: Strandbeests Interview With Adam Savage - Extended Cut

By popular demand - the Strandbeest song in full!

Since our Strandbeest video went out on YouTube, we've had tons of comments from people asking to hear the outro song in full. So here it is. If the chorus gets stuck in your head all day, we can only apologise.

Why Are There Walking Skeletons On This Beach? - our latest video, ad-free!

You're Probably Wrong About Rainbows - our latest video, ad-free!

Strandbeests - WIP Video - Kindly requesting feedback

Hi all!

This is a preview for our upcoming video about strandbeests. We've had a lot of fun making this and would love to hear your thoughts on it!

Is there anything we got wrong? Anything you'd tweak? Or anything you'd like to cut or would like to see? Please let us know!

We plan to publish this video towards the end of next week.

Thank you so much for your continued support and help! We're incredibly grateful for it.

Casper and the whole team here at Ve

Amelia Earhart video - exclusive bonus content

Here's an extended cut of the loop direction finding demo!

We also wanted to point out the insightful comment made by Thomas Biersack on the WIP of our Earhart video. Radio navigation was very difficult back then! Especially for planes.

This demo makes it look fairly easy to navigate but notice how often Derek had to stop and find the null- you can't do that in a plane! Even when you found the null, you would have to either adjust your bearing immediately (and perfectly) or cons...

Amelia Earhart’s Final Flight - And One Thing That Could Have Saved Her - our latest video, ad-free!

Our newest video is up! a closer look at the mistakes behind Amelia Earhart’s final flight and the physics that might have saved her.

Please enjoy this ad-free version and thank you for your continued Patreon support. Enjoy!

-Team Veritasium

Principle Of Least Action - exclusive bonus video!

Steven Strogatz is an incredible interviewee. He had so many insights on Least Action, aka the Strange Physics Principle That Shapes Reality. It was a shame we couldn't include them all in our recent YouTube video on the subject - so we thought we'd post the full interview here on Patreon. Enjoy!

-Team Veritasium

WIP Video - we’d love your feedback

Coming soon: the physics that doomed Amelia Earhart. We'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions as we finalise this video.

Thank you so much!

-Team Veritasium

New video - ad free! The Quest To Make Unbreakable Glass

Glass is one of the most important materials humans have ever made.

Please enjoy this ad-free version and thank you for your continued Patreon support. Enjoy!

-Team Veritasium

The Quest To Make Unbreakable Glass - feedback requested

A final version of this will go out on YouTube in a few days, but there's still time to make changes. Does it all make sense? Is there anything you'd tweak, add, leave out? I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Thanks as always for your input and support.

Petr and Team Veritasium

On These Questions, Smarter People Do Worse - our latest video, ad-free!

Our newest video is live! in our latest video, we explore why politics makes math feel impossible.

Please enjoy this ad-free version, and thank you for your continued support on Patreon. Enjoy!

-Team Veritasium

New video - ad free! - This Single Rule Underpins All of Physics

Our newest video is up! Discover the equation that replaces all of physics.

Please enjoy this ad-free version, and thank you for your continued support on Patreon. Enjoy!

- Team Veritasium

New video coming out soon! Kindly requesting feedback

Coming soon: our video on one of the most fundamental principles in all of physics - The Principle of Least Action.

This is a work-in-progress version. We'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions as we finalize this video.

Thank you so much!

Casper and Team Veritasium

"Oh no, the GoPro!" - Thermite bonus video

Hi all!

In our last video we got extremely close to a thermite reaction, which unfortunately led to the demise of one of our GoPro's.

However, it kept recording all the way through!

You can watch the GoPro's full, first-hand, experience here. We hope you enjoy!

Casper and Team Veritasium

How To Make Your Own QR Code - a step-by-step guide

In a recent video, Derek made a workable QR code by hand. If you'd like to try making one yourself, I've put together this guide https://ve42.co/Q

Have fun!

Sumeet, on behalf of Team Veritasium.

A video about Europa Clipper - Preview

Hey!

We have a new video coming out about NASA's newest mission - launching in just a few days.
Some assets are still missing, but we'd love to hear your feedback!

Gregor and Team Veritasium

The Wondrous World Of Thermite - New video! Ad-free!

This was so much fun to work on.

I can't wait to share the next video in our series on thermite with you all - watch this space!

Casper and Team Veritasium.

Making Molten Metal In A Bucket 🔥 - Preview

Hi all, here is a preview of our next video, in which Derek conducts an experiment that has never been tried before. Would love to hear what you think!

Casper and Team Veritasium