On a coastline that’s steadily sinking under the waves, the Wax Lake Delta is rising: which is a wonderful thing for researchers.Historically, every time humans try …
Tom Scott
I’ll say this about this week’s Game Garage: we definitely had fun. Thanks to Toby: https://www.youtube.com/birdkeepertoby and Inés: …
The International Phonetic Alphabet: one sound for each symbol, and one symbol for each sound. Except for the sounds we can’t make. Pull down the …
This game turned out a lot more stressful than we thought it would. Thanks to ASHENS and the POLYBIUS HEIST crew, you can watch their first movie here: …
What those boxes are for, and why you might not have to click them soon. • Sponsored by Dashlane —try 30 days for free at: https://www.dashlane.com/tomscott …
We’re back! New games, same garage. Thanks to the crew from SOME LOVELY BOARD GAMES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfeCp3-_U8M Dodie: …
Aerosparx are a British aerobatics team that perform displays with fireworks attached to their wings. This is how they do it. More about Aerosparx: …
Time to tell a story about idempotency, computer science, and the Night of the Multiple Orders. • Sponsored by Dashlane —try 30 days for free at: …
“Hello!” “Thank you!” “You’re welcome!” These are all phatic expressions, and people can argue about them. Pull down the description for the references! MORE …
The fetch-execute cycle is the basis of everything your computer or phone does. This is literally The Basics. • Sponsored by Dashlane —try 30 days for free at: …
A decade ago, engineers found the Humber Bridge had the same problem as many of the world’s suspension bridges: unexpectedly fast corrosion. Here’s how …
Language changes over time, and that’s fine. Time for a dose of descriptivism, as the Language Files return. Pull down the description for the references! MORE …
Watch all 15 episodes right now: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGJu6skU4TBYrIWxggkZBrF5 • This educational series is sponsored by …
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Watch all the episodes in this series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGJu6skU4TBYrIWxggkZBrF5 • This educational series is sponsored by …
Watch all the episodes in this series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGJu6skU4TBYrIWxggkZBrF5 • This educational series is sponsored by …
Watch all the episodes in this series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGJu6skU4TBYrIWxggkZBrF5 • This educational series is sponsored by …
Watch all the episodes in this series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGJu6skU4TBYrIWxggkZBrF5 • This educational series is sponsored by …
Watch all the episodes in this series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGJu6skU4TBYrIWxggkZBrF5 • This educational series is sponsored by …
Watch all the episodes in this series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGJu6skU4TBYrIWxggkZBrF5 • This educational series is sponsored by …
If you believe the hype, then the Metropolitan Area Underground Discharge Channel stops Tokyo flooding. It doesn’t. But it is one colossal part of a huge network …
I went to a place called Coober Pedy to tell a story about water. • Sponsored by Audible: Go to http://audible.com/trustme or text ‘trustme’ to 500 500 to get started …
The Byron Bay Railroad Company runs the world’s first 100% solar-powered train. It wouldn’t work everywhere – but in the bright sunshine of Australia, it might …
Olds Engineering, a traditional workshop and foundry, sits in Maryborough, Australia. It’s not the sort of place you’d expect to find a new industrial invention in the …
Near Hindon, on the South Island of New Zealand, there’s one of only two remaining one-lane road-rail bridges in the country. No barriers, no lights, no sirens: if …
Baldwin Street in Dunedin, New Zealand, has the Guinness World Record for “steepest paved road over a continuous distance of more than ten metres”.
If you invent a new theme park or amusement ride, how do you test it to make sure it’s safe? There’s no Federal Bureau of Zip Lines. I visited one of the …
Mount Taranaki, on the North Island of New Zealand, is a large-scale circle that’s visible from space: a stratovolcano with six miles of forest around it. But that …