Veritasium: How Audio Illusions Trick Our Brains. “Audio illusions show us that hearing is about more than just sensing frequency. Which ones trick you every time?” (YouTube, 25min)
Category Archives: Science
Photographing the Solar Eclipse 2024
Smarter Every Day: I Accidentally Photographed Something Unknown During the Eclipse. (YouTube, 23:40min)
I’m already looking forward to finding out if someone is able to identify the satellites.
Here’s the earlier video which he did in preparation for the eclipse: April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Here’s what you need to know. (YouTube, 22:55min) It includes a lot of information about things you can observe during the partial phases, like how shadows change or why small clouds will disappear.
There’s more information and a link to the eclipse app at Destin’s website: Smarter Every Day – Eclipse.
I haven’t experienced a total solar eclipse, only a few partial ones, but I hope to be able to see one in the future.
Testing Space Suits for the Artemis Program
Smarter Every Day: I Swam at NASA’s NBL to Observe a Lunar Spacesuit Test – It was AMAZING. (YouTube, 1 hour 18 minutes)
“This was an incredible opportunity. I decided to go all in and discuss everything in detail.”
This is quite a bit longer than Destin’s videos usually are, but worth every second. Fascinating!
Die kleinste gemeinsame Wirklichkeit
Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim: Statement. (YouTube, 8:47)
ZDF – Mai Think X: “Wie populistische Politiker uns verarschen”. (Mediathek, 27:52min) Eine um das Intro gekürzte Fassung mit einem Nachspann zum ersten Video gibt es auf YouTube. Der entscheidende Teil beginnt hier.
Red + Green + Blue = White
Veritasium: Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED. “The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea.” (YouTube, 33:44min)