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Inside The Navy's Indoor Ocean

Veritasium · 3 min read

The U.S. Navy’s Carderock Indoor Ocean is built to reproduce ocean wave conditions with lab-grade precision—so ship designs can be tested and...

Indoor Wave BasinWave Maker ControlSuperposition

How Japanese Masters Turn Sand Into Swords

Veritasium · 3 min read

Japanese swordmaking is presented as a tightly linked chain of chemistry, materials engineering, and craftsmanship—starting with iron-rich sand and...

Tatara SmeltingIron Sand ConcentrationCarbon Steel Microstructure

Can you float in concrete?

Veritasium · 3 min read

Concrete is “liquid rock” made from cement plus aggregate—and its density, chemistry, and manufacturing choices explain both why it’s so important...

Cement vs ConcreteRoman ConcreteConcrete Buoyancy

The Explosive Element That Changed The World

Veritasium · 3 min read

Blue ponds in the Utah desert are not a NASA experiment or oversized swimming pools—they’re evaporation basins for potash, a potassium-rich chemical...

Potash ProductionCopper Sulfate PondsPotassium Discovery

People said this experiment was impossible, so I tried it - Thermite Part 1

Veritasium · 3 min read

Thermite’s defining trick isn’t just that it burns hot—it’s that it can be engineered to burn hot on command, then behave predictably enough for...

Thermite ChemistryGoldschmidt ProcessCrucible Separation

34 Years Of Strandbeest Evolution

Veritasium · 3 min read

Wind-powered Strandbeests—Dutch artist Theo Jansen’s walking “skeletons”—have evolved for 34 years into machines that can survive on a beach without...

Strandbeest EvolutionWind-Powered RoboticsEvolutionary Design

My Video Went Viral. Here's Why

Veritasium · 3 min read

YouTube’s viral mechanics are pushing creators into a burnout loop: as the recommendation system changes what it rewards, creators chase shifting...

YouTuber BurnoutRecommendation AlgorithmsClick-Through Rate

Gyroscopic Precession

Veritasium · 2 min read

Gyroscopic precession comes down to a simple vector rule: a torque doesn’t just “make things turn,” it changes an object’s angular momentum in the...

Gyroscopic PrecessionTorque and Angular MomentumRight-Hand Rule

The Future of Veritasium

Veritasium · 3 min read

Veritasium’s future hinges on a shift from one-person production to a scaled, team-based operation—made possible by a 2023 investment deal that...

Creator PrecariousnessElectrify InvestmentTeam Scaling