This is a video of natefromtheinternet popping a balloon full of Heinz ketchup to demonstrate its unique properties. Namely, that it’s a non-Newtonian fluid (a fluid whose viscosity changes depending on the amount of force or pressure applied to it), and, unlike cornstarch and water which becomes almost solid under

This is a video of doctor of evolutionary biology ChuckDarwin (I guess he was cryogenically frozen?) discussing the extra ocelli (Latin: little eyes) some insects have, and their purpose. According to research, the simple eyes only gather information about light and dark, and help flying insects maintain their orientation to

This is a video of “PhD in mathematical physics, leftie, and Trekkie” Dr. Blitz doing his best to explain quantum computing simply in under 3 minutes. Do I understand quantum computing now? Absolutely not. I do think I understand it better than I did, but before I just thought it

This is a video of fun-loving Finnish crushers Lauri and Hanna of the Hydraulic Press Channel pitting a 10,000 brick LEGO block against their 300-ton press. Obviously, hydraulic press has quickly moved to the #1 spot on my Christmas list this year. Will Santa be able to fit it down

Determined to make it happen for reasons I’ll never understand, this is a video of Youtuber Engineezy designing and building a machine that harvests the energy of falling marbles to charge a phone. Does the device consume more electric energy lifting the marbles than it produces? What do you think?

This is some footage from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) of Bathydevius caudactylus, aka the mystery mollusc. It lives in the midnight zone (1000 – 4000m) of Monterey Bay, and is recognized as a swimming sea slug. But can it really be a slug if it can swim?

Above: Producing an indigo colored plasma by radiating an indium alloy. This is a video of Youtuber/electrical mad scientist StyroPyro constructing and experimenting with a 20,000 watt microwave oven, roughly 20x more powerful than the one above your stove. It can fully cook a frozen Hot Pocket in 10 seconds,

With Halloween only 10 days away (and Christmas already in full swing at most retailers), this is a video of engineer Fabricio H. Franzoli’s quartet of Tesla coils performing the Halloween standard ‘Spooky Scary Skeletons’. Should he have called it ‘Shocky Sparky Skeletons’ instead? Yes, and I should have been