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Fixed Points

Vsauce | March 5, 2025

My video on Sesame Studios: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTjAiyyG2sw The Curiosity Box by Vsauce: https://www.curiositybox.com/ LINKS TO SOURCES BELOW! My twitter: https://twitter.com/tweetsauce My instagram: https://www.instagram.com/electricpants DONG: https://www.youtube.com/dong Moon Museum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Museum E.A.T. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiments_in_Art_and_Technology Brouwer’s fixed point theorem: http://mathforum.org/mathimages/index.php/Brouwer_Fixed_Point_Theorem https://simanaitissays.com/2015/01/19/combed-coconut-must-have-cowlicks/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brouwer_fixed-point_theorem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86uarqPBJ9s Excellent interactive wolfram demo of Brouwer: http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/BrouwerFixedPointTheorem/ Online graphing calculator used was: https://www.desmos.com/ […]

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Is It Okay to Touch Mars?

Vsauce | March 3, 2025

Watch Nat Geo’s MARS Monday 11/14 at 9/8c: http://makemarshome.com/  Watch Kevin and Jake’s videos! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_MhErD-EA0&index=2&list=PLiyjwVB09t5xDxwO8KpwJA2HTA13xarpf *Thanks to Nat Geo for sponsoring this video* Earth and Mars size comparison: http://www.space.com/16871-how-big-is-mars.html calculate how much you’d weigh on Mars: http://www.exploratorium.edu/mars/yourweight.php Martian ‘sun dial’: http://www.universetoday.com/96930/curiositys-sundial-carries-a-message-of-hope/ http://mars.nasa.gov/multimedia/interactives/revealing-mars-before-after-image-comparison-slider/rover-opportunity/ Touching Mars images (walnut regolith): http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/multimedia/images/2005/dust_devils.html Pascal Lee: http://www.pascallee.net […]

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Spinning

Vsauce | March 2, 2025

GYROSCOPE: https://www.curiositybox.com/products/inqs-gyroscope D!NG (formerly DONG): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClq42foiSgl7sSpLupnugGA **LINKS TO LEARN MORE BELOW** Jake unboxing the latest Curiosity Box (SPOILERS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUK7MUtotw4 Other great videos on this topic: “The gyro effect explained, without math” from Matthias Wandel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQEKhIovKA0 also see http://woodgears.ca/physics/gyro.html “Gyroscopic precession — An intuitive explanation” from TheHue’s SciTech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5bKzBZ7XuM “Gyroscopic Precession” […]

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Showing My Desk to Adam Savage

Vsauce | March 1, 2025

BRAIN CANDY LIVE: http://www.braincandylive.com/tickets FOLLOW: https://twitter.com/BrainCandyLive MY TWITTER: https://twitter.com/tweetsauce MY INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/electricpants/ THE CURIOSITY BOX: https://www.curiositybox.com/ Stirling engine from the wonderful http://www.grand-illusions.com/ Hanayama puzzles: http://www.hanayama-toys.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=65 Ballerby & Co. Globes http://www.bellerbyandco.com https://www.instagram.com/globemakers/ https://twitter.com/globemakers endangered elements: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/greenchemistry/research-innovation/research-topics/endangered-elements.html reddit thread on blinking: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/14s5ck/what_is_the_probability_that_everyone_on_earth/ Music by http://youtube.com/JakeChudnow and http://www.audionetwork.com FEATURING the eye of Eric […]

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Freedom of Choice – Mind Field (Ep 5)

Vsauce | February 28, 2025

We may value having Freedom of Choice, but are we actually happier when we have limited choices…or even no choice at all? Do we truly have control over our decisions, or are they really predetermined by other forces? My fellow YouTubers and I have our minds read by a “box” […]

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Touch – Mind Field (Ep 6)

Vsauce | February 27, 2025

How much of the sensations we feel is determined by our physical bodies? Maybe our minds play a bigger role than we know. I’ll see if people can be tricked into feeling intense physical pain, even though it’s all in their heads. I’ll also look at a machine that makes […]

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In Your Face – Mind Field (Ep 7)

Vsauce | February 26, 2025

How much do we communicate through facial expressions? Are our expressions affected by our moods, or is it the other way around? And what happens to your ability to relate to others when your facial muscles are frozen by Botox? In this episode of Mind Field, I take a look […]

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Do You Know Yourself? – Mind Field (Ep 8)

Vsauce | February 25, 2025

What makes you, you? If even the most basic parts of you, like your memories or your past, can be forgotten or manipulated, how can you know ever really know who “you” are? In this episode of Mind Field I look at how well Do You Know Yourself? Available with […]

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How Much of the Earth Can You See at Once?

Vsauce | February 23, 2025

My shirt is from this quarter’s CURIOSITY BOX: http://www.curiositybox.com/ MY TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce MY INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/electricpants Thanks to Mitchell for the jack-in-the-box! http://brainvenomstudio.com/ 3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw 3Blue1Brown fractal dimension video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB9n2gHsHN4 Mathologer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhbuKbxJsk8 Distance to horizon calculator: http://www.ringbell.co.uk/info/hdist.htm Earth curvature calculator: http://earthcurvature.com/ US cross section: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/22cco7/us_elevation_profile_from_la_to_nyc_oc_1139x442/ Scott Kelly ISS earth pic: […]

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Which Way Is Down?

Vsauce | February 22, 2025

BRAIN CANDY LIVE http://www.braincandylive.com/tickets THE VSAUCE CURIOSITY BOX: https://www.curiositybox.com/ Links to sources and to learn more below! my twitter https://twitter.com/tweetsauce my instagram https://www.instagram.com/electricpants Thanks to Eric Langlay (https://www.youtube.com/user/ericdraven30) for producing, editing, and animating this episode with me. Thanks also to Henry Reich (https://www.youtube.com/user/minutephysics) for his advice and guidance. Universe Sandbox² […]

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