To the Scientists of the Future: Materials science with EUPHRATES
Created by EUPHRATES and Masahiko Sato for Japan’s National Institute for Material Science (NIMS), these three “To the Scientists of the Future” short films are a mesmerizing combination of materials...
View ArticleThe Hammer-Feather Drop in the world’s biggest vacuum chamber
…though in this case, “the hammer” is a bowling ball. In this excellent clip from the BBC’s Human Universe: Episode 4, Professor Brian Cox visits NASA’s Space Power Facility in Ohio, home of the...
View ArticleWhat happens when you pour ball pit balls onto an escalator?
They bounce down, they’re carried up, they bounce down, they’re carried up… how long can this go on?! This is what happens when someone pours a huge bag of ball pit balls onto an escalator. (P.S....
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Gravity Glue: Balanced rock sculptures by Michael Grab
Michael Grab has been balancing rocks since 2008, and has since gone viral from what seems to be the gravity-defying nature of his balanced stone sculptures. In fact, Grab’s meditative art works with...
View ArticlePhysics Girl: The Stacked Ball Drop (and Supernovas)
How is a supernova like a basketball, a bouncy ball, and a golf ball all stacked together? It’s all in what happens when you drop them. In this video, Physics Girl Dianna Cowern demonstrates the...
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Beam Drop Inhotim, 2008, Brazil – Chris Burden
A large space in the dirt is cleared, a pit is dug and filled with wet concrete, and a huge crane lifts and drops 100 locally sourced steel I-beams into the pit. This is the work of late American...
View ArticleSpace X’s Falcon 9 falls back to Earth to The Blue Danube
To the tune of Johann Strauss II‘s Blue Danube waltz, Space X‘s Falcon 9 falls majestically back to Earth in real time. Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket that transports satellites into orbit, and powers...
View ArticleSurprising Applications of the Magnus Effect – Veritasium
When you drop a basketball from a great height, in this case, 415 feet (126.5 m) off of Tasmania’s Gordon Dam, the basketball will generally fall down into the area below where it was dropped. But what...
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World Record Group Skydive – 164-Person Formation
This incredible world record video includes 164 hand-picked pro and amateur skydivers, 7 planes, and a remarkable hand-in-hand group formation assembled within 75 seconds of free fall. Event...
View Article“Flying” spiders that can glide through the air from tree to tree
Flying? Falling? Gliding with control! The arboreal Selenops spider can steer itself with a fair amount of accuracy as it “flies” through the air, as demonstrated in the drop tests above. The large,...
View ArticleSurfing the ‘World’s Heaviest Waves’– Teahupo’o, Tahiti by drone
Watch top surfers ride the French Polynesian waves just off the coast of Tahiti‘s Teahupo’o, reportedly pronounced ‘cho-po’ by surfers and ‘tear-hoo-poh-oh’ by locals. With massive swells, heavy boat...
View ArticleRock Swing Cup & more DIY playground physics
Next time you’re on the swings, think about what it might be like if you were swinging on the moon, free from air resistance. AP Physics teacher Jared Keester had that in mind during this experiment:...
View ArticleSpirals and rainbows built from 17,500 dominoes
From domino aficionado Flippycat, watch dominoes fall into colorful spirals, circles, and twisting patterns in this series of 10 domino and mini-domino setups. We also love that there are blooper clips...
View ArticleExploring the surface of a comet or asteroid with Hedgehog
When you’re exploring a comet or asteroid, you’ve got to contend with a microgravity environment and some seriously rugged terrain, two huge challenges for a traditional rover. Enter Hedgehog, a jump,...
View Article202 skydivers set a world record over Perris, California
On Sept. 29, 2015, day 4 of a multi-day jump event, 202 skydivers joined together like a snowflake at 7,000 feet (2,130 meters) to set a world record for the largest sequential skydiving formation....
View ArticleBuster Keaton – The Art of the Gag
Buster Keaton was known as ‘The Great Stone Face’, a reference to the deadpan expression he wore during some of the most incredible physical comedy scenes known in film. His artistry as a vaudevillian,...
View ArticleZero Gravity 360° + Weightless Water Experiments
Go on a zero gravity parabolic flight, also known as the ‘vomit comet’, in this 360º video from The Royal Institution. Drag the video in any direction using any modern browser or the YouTube mobile...
View ArticleAshima Shiraishi, one of the best rock climbers in the world
A veteran rock climber at just 14 years old — she started scaling boulders at the age of six — New Yorker Ashima Shiraishi is considered to be one of the strongest and most talented climbers on the...
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Upside Down & Inside Out – OK Go in zero-g
Filmed in one long take, thanks to 20 flights aboard a Russian S7 Airlines parabolic flight, stunt-video aficionados OK Go present Upside Down & Inside Out, all filmed in zero gravity with, as they...
View ArticleThe next generation of Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot
If you happen to meet a seemingly delightful, untethered robot who is casually rearranging 10 lb boxes in a warehouse space, please don’t push it with a hockey stick or knock it over unkindly. This...
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