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The other tree that owns itself

Tom Scott | February 21, 2026

The Tree That Owns Itself in Athens, Georgia is well known. The other Tree That Owns Itself in Eufaula, Alabama, really isn’t. It’s the same story in a different place. Why? 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links there too) 📰 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER with […]



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The city of golf carts

Tom Scott | February 11, 2026

Some American cities use buses, or trams, or trains. Peachtree City, Georgia, has a different solution: it’s not quite public transit, but a hundred miles of golf cart tracks helps to keep cars off the road. More about Peachtree City: https://www.peachtree-city.org/ and https://visitpeachtreecity.com Edited by Michelle Martin https://www.youtube.com/@OnTheCrux With thanks […]


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Your New Social Credit Score

Tom Scott | February 9, 2026

From January, every citizen of England and Wales will have a new social credit score. Advice from the Department for Community and Culture. [This video is fiction. See the pinned comment.] ⏩ is a series of YouTube videos from a future. YOUR NEW SOCIAL CREDIT SCORE WRITTEN BY: Tom Scott […]


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The Consequences of Your Code

Tom Scott | February 6, 2026

This is the story of one of the best, and also one of the worst, text messages I’ve ever received. It’s about harm, about consequences, and about the responsibilities that designers, coders and hackers have to make sure we treat other people with care. 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ (you […]


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The canyon that humans made by accident

Tom Scott | February 3, 2026

The tourist guides promote it as Georgia’s Little Grand Canyon: but this is a scar on the Earth, caused by humans either not understanding or not caring about geology. Is it natural? Or man-made? Or both? 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links there […]



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The Fishermen That Hold Their Breath For 10 Minutes

Tom Scott | January 29, 2026

Go subscribe to Medlife Crisis! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgRBRE1DUP2w7HTH9j_L4OQ or start with Rohin’s video on why you shouldn’t test for everything: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kQk9-KLPfU The Bajau people of Borneo can hold their breath longer than almost anyone else on the planet. How? Why? And how can the rest of us learn to hold our breath […]


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How Knot To Hang A Painting

Tom Scott | January 26, 2026

Subscribe to Up and Atom! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSIvk78tK2TiviLQn4fSHaw/ or start with Jade’s video on quantum tunnelling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPZLRtyvEqo You’ve got a painting and two nails. Can you use both nails to hang the painting so that if either nail is removed, the painting falls? That’s the puzzle: in this week’s guest video, Jade’s […]


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This Is Your Brain On Stale Air

Tom Scott | January 24, 2026

Subscribe to Kurtis Baute! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTRM8LE1g6UXrVZKwgw5oEA or start with his one-take video on the history of the universe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObngtuPFI8A Inside his homemade, hermetically-sealed, airtight biodome, Kurtis Baute is already out of breath and surrounded by more carbon dioxide than he should be. And that’s going to affect a lot of things […]



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