Does Antimatter Create Anti-Gravity?

January 17th, 2024

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From hoverboards to flying cars to cloud cities, anti-gravity is a staple of science fiction and our dream of a less Earth-bound future. But in the real universe gravity appears to be a purely attractive force. Feels like its main MO is keeping us stuck to the surface of this lonely rock. But maybe if we science hard enough we can remove the fiction from science fiction. For the sake of our flying cars we should at least try. And for many years, physicists have wondered whether a certain well-known exotic material may experience gravitational repulsion from the Earth. That material is antimatter, and physicists at CERN have just completed a very long and very difficult experiment to answer a seemingly simple question: does antimatter fall down, or does it fall up?

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Do people understand the scale of the universe?

January 15th, 2024

Do you really know how big the universe is? There’s a data driven way to read the news: go to https://ground.news/veritasium to get 30% off the Vantage plan and see through sensationalized reporting.

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Fun video by RealLifeLore about the scale of the Universe – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy7NzjCmUf0&pp=ygUkcmVhbCBsaWZlIGxvcmUgc2NhbGUgb2YgdGhlIHVuaXZlcnNl
Moon Facts via NASA – https://ve42.co/NASAMoon
Titan Facts via NASA – https://ve42.co/Titan
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Why Pluto is no Longer a Planet, BBC News via YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIk29MnzZWA&pp=ygUYcGx1dG8gbm8gbG9uZ2VyIGEgcGxhbmV0
Pluto, Wikipedia – https://ve42.co/WikiPluto
Eris, Wikipedia – https://ve42.co/WikiEris
Brown, M. E., & Schaller, E. L. (2007). The mass of dwarf planet Eris. Science, 316(5831), 1585-1585. – https://ve42.co/Brown2007
Trans-Neptunian object, Wikipedia – https://ve42.co/WikiTNO
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Solar System Moons via NASA – https://ve42.co/NASAMoons
Solar System Asteroids via NASA – https://ve42.co/Asteroids
Solar System, Wikipedia – https://ve42.co/WikiSolarSystem
How many stars are in the Universe via ESA – https://ve42.co/ESAStars
Catalog of Exoplanets via exoplanet – https://ve42.co/ExoplanetCatalog
Crowther, T. W., Glick, H. B., Covey, K. R., Bettigole, C., Maynard, D. S., Thomas, S. M., … & Bradford, M. A. (2015). Mapping tree density at a global scale. Nature, 525(7568), 201-205. – https://ve42.co/Crowther2015
Galaxy, Wikipedia – https://ve42.co/WikiGalaxy
Counting Galaxies with the Hubble Space Telescope via NASA – https://ve42.co/CountingGalaxies
Conselice, C. J., Wilkinson, A., Duncan, K., & Mortlock, A. (2016). The evolution of galaxy number density at z8 and its implications. The Astrophysical Journal, 830(2), 83. – https://ve42.co/Conselice2016
Sagan, C., & Druyan, A. (2011). Pale blue dot: A vision of the human future in space. Ballantine books.

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Clip of Titan’s Surface, NASA via YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn3-0a19sC8
Clips of Pluto Had it Coming, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert via YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nqT7XrYRPc
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Traveling to the Lost Maya City on a boat – Piedras Negras

January 7th, 2024

The Journey to Piedras Negras, Guatemala to see the Mayan Ruins along the Usumacinta river was absolutely epic. This is one of the best travel adventures I have ever done.

I originally taveled to this place to film my documentary “Refugees From Atlantis” – https://youtu.be/dzdDZ3t10so?si=YZ8j3couHk5nMnFl

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This game theory problem will change the way you see the world

December 23rd, 2023

This is a video about the most famous problem in Game Theory, the Prisoner’s Dilemma. Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial, and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription.

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References:
Excellent game on the evolution of trust by Nicky Case – https://ve42.co/Case2023
Summary of Axelrod’s work by This Place – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOvAbjfJ0x0
How to outsmart the Prisoner’s Dilemma by TED-Ed – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emyi4z-O0ls&pp=ygUScHJpc29uZXIncyBkaWxlbW1h
Tit for Tat by radiolab – https://ve42.co/T4T
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Golden Balls – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0qjK3TWZE8
Zotti, G., et al. (2021). The Simulated Sky: Stellarium for Cultural Astronomy Research – https://ve42.co/Stellarium
Newspapers from 1980s via Newspapers.com – https://ve42.co/Newspapers
Decommisioned nuke image via The Moscow Times – https://ve42.co/MT2012
Soviet inspection image via Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – https://ve42.co/Krzyzaniak2019
Decommissioning nuclear weapon via ShareAmerica – https://ve42.co/Kaufman2014

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What experts think AI will look like in 2024

December 21st, 2023

The headline of this article, “AI trends: What experts, execs think artificial intelligence will look like in 2024“, makes an point. In most industries, what things will look like next year is what they look like this year… but AI is different. AI will move fast. Then, very fast. Though some companies, institutions and individuals have been researching and developing AI for decades, the race is now properly on. Buckle your seatbelts, folks, and pray for a good outcome.

“AI trends: What experts, execs think artificial intelligence will look like in 2024”
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How To Earthquake-Proof A House

December 19th, 2023

How does Japan prepare for its devastating earthquakes? With this giant simulator. For a free trial to Shopify go to https://www.shopify.com/veritasium.

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Nakashima, M., et al. (2018). Experiences, accomplishments, lessons, and challenges of E‐defense. Tests using world’s largest shaking table. Japan Architectural Review, 1(1), 4-17. – https://ve42.co/Nakashima
Suganuma, K. (2005). 3-D Full-Scale Earthquake Testing Facility (E-Defense). NISTEP Science & Technology Foresight Center. – https://ve42.co/Suganuma
Ohtani, K., et al. (2004). Construction of E-Defense (3-D full-scale earthquake testing facility). In Thirteenth World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (Vol. 189). – https://ve42.co/Ohtani
Horiuchi, T., et al. (2022). Contributions of E-Defense Shaking Table to Earthquake Engineering and its Future. Journal of Disaster Research, 17(6), 985-999. – https://ve42.co/Horiuchi
Nakamura, I., et al. (2008). E-Defense experiments on full-scale wooden houses. In Proceedings of the 14th World conference on earthquake engineering, Beijing, China (pp. 12-17). – https://ve42.co/Nakamura
Japan: The Next Big Quake. Financial Times. – https://ve42.co/BigQuake

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Kobe earthquake compilation – https://ve42.co/Kobe

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Biden & FCC’s Unfair Treatment of Elon Musk’s Starlink

December 15th, 2023

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December 5th, 2023

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A Crazy Hike to the World’s Longest Dinosaur Tracks

December 5th, 2023

150 million ago, Southeastern Colorado was a tropical climate with dinosaurs roaming the land. The Apatosaurus and Allosaurus have left remnants of their presence in the ground with over 1900 footprints that have been preserved in the rock. The location of the tracks was previously a muddy bank of a lake during the Jurassic era. Today, the Comanche National Grassland hosts North America’s largest dinosaur track site, which are found along the shores of the Purgatoire river, forming over 130 trackways.

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November 30th, 2023

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