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How Much Does The Internet Weigh?

Vsauce · 2 min read

The Internet’s data—emails, images, videos, and other stored information—has a physical mass so tiny it’s effectively hard to imagine: roughly 0.2...

Internet MassElectron StorageFlash Memory

STOPPED CLOCK ILLUSION

Vsauce · 2 min read

A quick glance can make time feel like it pauses: the “Stopped Clock Illusion” happens because the brain edits out the blur created by eye movements....

SaccadesVisual PerceptionTime Illusions

This Is Only Red

Vsauce · 2 min read

A striking image made entirely from red light becomes a lesson in how the brain “corrects” color—often producing convincing but false perceptions....

Color ConstancyLand EffectRaindrop Physics

How Many Calories are on a Smudgy Screen?

Vsauce · 2 min read

Smudgy screens aren’t just annoying—they can carry enough biological residue to be estimated in calories. Fingerprints form because friction ridges...

FingerprintsSkin OilsCalories

How Many Photos Have Been Taken?

Vsauce · 3 min read

Photography has become so ubiquitous that humanity’s total output is now measured in trillions: one estimate puts the number of photographs taken...

Photo VolumeDegrees of SeparationSmall-World Networks

What's Left?

Vsauce · 2 min read

Left-handedness is rare, biologically rooted, and tied to how the brain manages efficiency—while “what’s left” also becomes a pivot to the dwindling...

HandednessBrain LateralizationCorpus Callosum

Why Is Yawning Contagious?

Vsauce · 3 min read

Yawning isn’t just a reflex for “needing more air”—it’s closely tied to brain temperature regulation and social synchronization. The core idea is...

YawningBrain TemperatureContagious Behavior

Conformity - Mind Field (Ep 2)

Vsauce · 2 min read

Conformity can overpower what people see, hear, and even believe—often within minutes—and the pressure doesn’t just come from fear of embarrassment....

ConformityAsch ExperimentBystander Effect

Divergent Minds

Vsauce · 3 min read

Atypical brains don’t just produce unusual abilities—they reveal how the mind is built, what parts of the brain do specific jobs, and how perception...

BlindsightLanguage ModulesTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation

ENGLISH.

Vsauce · 2 min read

English didn’t just evolve—it was repeatedly reshaped by conquest, borrowing, and migration, leaving behind quirks that still show up in everyday...

English OriginsNorman ConquestEtymology

Truth Serums and False Confessions

Vsauce · 2 min read

The pursuit of “truth” from human minds runs into a hard limit: methods designed to force answers—whether drugs or interrogation tactics—can produce...

Truth SerumFalse ConfessionsInterrogation Tactics

Your Brain on Tech

Vsauce · 2 min read

Hours of 3D video gaming appear to sharpen adults’ spatial memory and improve real-world navigation performance—without requiring brain implants or...

HippocampusSpatial MemoryVideo Games

How Much Money is LOVE Worth?

Vsauce · 2 min read

Love can’t be bought—but if it could be priced, the value depends on what kind of love is being measured. The discussion draws a sharp line between...

LimerenceHappiness EconomicsMarriage Benefits

WHY IS THERE A MOON? .... and more!

Vsauce · 2 min read

The Moon’s existence makes less sense than its neighbors—because it’s made of Earth-like crust and mantle material but lacks Earth’s dense metal...

Moon FormationTheia ImpactContinental Drift

SOUNDS.

Vsauce · 2 min read

Sound isn’t just something people hear—it’s a measurable phenomenon that can be captured, reconstructed, and even “felt” in places where conventional...

Sound RecordingPhonautographScratching Frequencies

Artificial Intelligence - Mind Field (Ep 4)

Vsauce · 3 min read

A growing wave of AI companions is blurring the line between simulated affection and real emotional attachment—raising questions about consent,...

AI CompanionsVirtual DatingTuring Test

FIRST Photo on the INTERNET ... and other things too.

Vsauce · 2 min read

The earliest photographic images—and what they reveal about humans, technology, and even the internet—take center stage, tying together a handful of...

Parasitic WormsIrish Potato FamineEarly Photography

Behavior and Belief

Vsauce · 3 min read

Uncertainty doesn’t just make people uneasy—it pushes them to invent explanations that restore a sense of control. In “Behavior and Belief,” Michael...

Superstitious BehaviorOperant ConditioningPlacebo Effects

The Electric Brain

Vsauce · 3 min read

Electricity runs the nervous system—and that same electrical language is now being used to record brain activity, bypass damaged pathways, and even...

NeuroscienceElectrophysiologyBrain-Machine Interfaces

Touch - Mind Field (Ep 6)

Vsauce · 3 min read

A set of carefully staged touch experiments makes one point hard to ignore: pain and even “pain-like” sensations are often products of the brain’s...

Thermal Grill IllusionNocebo EffectTickle Machine

How to Make a Hero

Vsauce · 3 min read

Heroism isn’t a cape-and-spotlight personality trait—it’s a set of choices shaped by ethics, social pressure, and training. The through-line is that...

HeroismBystander EffectWhistleblowing

How Much Is A Bird in The Hand Worth?

Vsauce · 2 min read

“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush” sounds like practical wisdom, but the math turns out to be more specific—and a bit more generous to the...

Loss AversionBehavioral EconomicsValuation Studies

Slow-Mo Hand in MOUSETRAP! ... And DONGs

Vsauce · 2 min read

A slow-motion hand-and-mouse-trap experiment kicks off the segment, but the real through-line is how perception, motion, and learning can be probed...

High-Speed MotionPerception IllusionsMelody Recognition

Talking With Attenborough

Vsauce · 3 min read

A recorded song from an extinct bird became a lesson in what humans can preserve—and what that preservation obliges them to do. The transcript opens...

Extinction MemoryNature DocumentaryEthics of Intervention

OpenAI o3 & o4-mini

OpenAI · 3 min read

OpenAI is rolling out two new reasoning models—o3 and o4-mini—positioned as a qualitative jump because they behave like tool-using AI systems rather...

Tool-Using ReasoningMultimodal Image ReasoningBenchmark Results

A quick tour of Capacities (2023)

Capacities · 2 min read

Capacities organizes personal knowledge around “objects” and then connects them through bottom-up linking—so content becomes a navigable network...

ObjectsBottom-Up LinkingGraph View

OpenAI Town Hall with Sam Altman

OpenAI · 3 min read

AI-driven software creation is likely to expand the software economy rather than shrink it, but the job description for engineers will change...

Jevons ParadoxAgent InterfacesGo-To-Market

The Ultimate Guide to Building a Lifestyle Business

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

A lifestyle business is built for “fun, fulfillment, and freedom,” not for chasing maximum revenue at any cost—and the practical path to it starts...

Lifestyle Business FrameworkNiche TargetingPerson Problem Solution

KGC23 Keynote: The Future of Knowledge Graphs in a World of LLMs — Denny Vrandečić, Wikimedia

The Knowledge Graph Conference · 3 min read

Large language models can answer questions, but knowledge graphs deliver the same kind of factual reliability far more cheaply—especially when...

Knowledge GraphsLarge Language ModelsWikidata

Unlock AI Superpowers in Your Notes (Mem Case Studies!)

Tiago Forte · 3 min read

AI becomes genuinely useful when it’s treated like a customizable collaborator built from a person’s own notes—turning generic outputs into plans,...

Mem Second BrainAI Task PlanningSMART Goals

I Joined an AI Hosted Podcast with Google Veo 3

All About AI · 2 min read

AI hosted podcasting and agent-style tooling are moving from novelty to practical workflow—driven by model choices like long-context Gemini and...

Model SelectionContext WindowMCP Integration

How to Find / Select Research Group/Supervisor for MS, PhD Scholarship | Dr Rizwana Mustafa

Dr Rizwana Mustafa · 3 min read

MS और PhD के लिए रिसर्च ग्रुप/सुपरवाइजर चुनने का सबसे बड़ा नियम यह है कि आपका रिसर्च प्रश्न और उस ग्रुप की चलती रिसर्च—दोनों के बीच “ओवरलैप” जितना...

Research Group SelectionPhD ScholarshipKeyword Search

Capacities AMA with Steffen and Michael!

Capacities · 3 min read

Capacities positions itself less as a Notion replacement and more as a “studio for your mind”—a calm, intuitive workspace for individuals to connect...

Studio for Your MindMiddle Layer NotesSimplicity vs Customization