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After ten years, it's time to stop making videos.
- Published_at:2024-01-01
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: Find me here: ❓ LATERAL, free weekly podcast: https://lateralcast.com/ https://youtube.com/lateralcast 📰 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER https://www.tomscott.com/newsletter/ 🟥➕ TOM SCOTT PLUS: https://youtube.com/tomscottplus 👥 THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES:...
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0-100 in less than a second. And I'm driving.
- Published_at:2023-10-23
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: AMZ Racing's "mythen" holds the world record for electric vehicle acceleration: 0-100km/h in 0.956 seconds. And they let me drive it. ■ AMZ: https://www.amzracing.ch/en https://www.instagram.com/amzracing/ ■ Their world record video:...
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there’dn’t’ve
- Published_at:2023-10-16
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: This script was a nightmare to pronounce. • Written with Molly Ruhl and Gretchen McCulloch. Gretchen's podcast has an episode all about this: https://lingthusiasm.com/post/662535562508517376/lingthusiasm-episode-60-thats-the-kind-of • More Language...
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I finally rode the weird, curved German elevator.
- Published_at:2023-10-09
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: At the New Town Hall, the Neues Rathaus, in Hanover, there's a strange elevator where the track curves unevenly. For years, people from Germany have been emailing me about it: well, I finally visited. ■ More about the Hall:...
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Spherical houses weren't a great idea.
- Published_at:2023-09-25
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: The Bolwoningen, in Den Bosch, in the Netherlands, are experimental architecture: the surprising part is that people still live there. Local producer: Jasper Deelen Camera: Jeroen Simons Thanks to @NotJustBikes for the Rotterdam cube house footage ...
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Why are adverts so loud?
- Published_at:2023-09-04
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: This was so much more complex than I thought. ■ AD: 👨💻 NordVPN's best deal is here: https://nordvpn.com/tomscott - with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Graphics by William Marler https://wmad.co.uk Written with Sean M Elliott...
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Storing dead people at -196°C
- Published_at:2023-07-31
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: In Switzerland, there's a new cryonics company: and they invited me to have a look around. I had questions: legal, practical, and ethical, and I want to be clear: this is not an endorsement. I just wasn't going to turn down that invitation. ■ Tomorrow...
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A bear found my GoPro and took a selfie
- Published_at:2023-07-24
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: An unexpected update! Thanks to @KarenPuzzles for handling the GoPro ■ The Center: https://www.grizzlydiscoveryctr.org/ ■ Certified bear-resistant products: https://www.igbconline.org/programs/bear-resistant-products ■ The raw footage, public domain:...
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If this survives for an hour, it passes the Bear Test.
- Published_at:2023-07-17
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: At the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana, you can get a product certified as bear-resistant... by actual bears. ■ The Center: https://www.grizzlydiscoveryctr.org/ Camera by Erik Resel at Backcountry Media...
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I thought this rotating house was impossible.
- Published_at:2023-07-10
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: Near San Diego, California, there's a rotating house: and somehow, all the utilities, the electricity, gas and water, work even on the rotating part. How's that possible? ■ Al's site: https://rotatinghome.com ■ The real estate listing:...
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Six months from now, this channel stops.
- Published_at:2023-07-01
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: 💡 VIDEO SUGGESTIONS: https://tomscott.com/lastcall/ | ❓ LATERAL the podcast: https://lateralcast.com or highlights at https://youtube.com/lateralcast | 📰 NEWSLETTER: https://tomscott.com/newsletter/ | 💥 THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES:...
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The first jungle gym was meant to hack kids' brains
- Published_at:2023-06-26
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: Well before the first climbing frame was patented as "jungle gym", mathematician Charles Hinton thought they might be able to teach kids four-dimensional thinking. ■ Thanks to the Winnetka Historical Society! More from them:...
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This is an excuse to show you a really good tunnel
- Published_at:2023-05-29
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: The Catesby Tunnel, in the UK, is an old Victorian railway tunnel that has a new use: a secretive car testing facility, like a wind tunnel but in reverse. So rather than just show it to the world, I thought I'd answer a question: if you stick a camera...
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It's the Matrix, but for locusts.
- Published_at:2023-04-17
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: At the Department of Collective Behaviour, part of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, researchers are putting locusts into simulated worlds, both virtual and physical, in the hope that they can figure out how devastating swarms form and...
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This tiny hovercraft went viral.
- Published_at:2023-04-10
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: Hideyasu Ito runs the Micro Hovercraft Laboratory, and I got to meet him and ride his incredible four-bubble hovercraft. ■ The Laboratory: @hideito9042 http://mhlabo.web.fc2.com/ or https://twitter.com/microhovercraft Local producer: Yasuharu...
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I rode the world's fastest train.
- Published_at:2023-04-03
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: I thought maglev trains were a dead-end technology: but it looks like I was wrong. At JR Central's Yamanashi Maglev Test Track, I rode Japan's new maglev. ■ The maglev: https://scmaglev.jr-central-global.com/ ■ The exhibition centre:...
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This is “impossible”, but New Zealand is trying anyway.
- Published_at:2023-02-27
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: The common wisdom is that, once an invasive species is truly established, it can't be eradicated — but I talked to the team from Predator Free Wellington, who think they can do just that. ■ Predator Free Wellington: https://www.pfw.org.nz/ Predator...
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I tried using AI. It scared me.
- Published_at:2023-02-13
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: I just wanted to fix my email. ■ AD: 👨💻 NordVPN's best deal is here: https://nordvpn.com/tomscott - with a 30-day money-back guarantee. ■ Code and full conversation: https://www.tomscott.com/fix-gmail-labels-threads/ Script assistant: Laura Conlon...
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Google gave the Shweeb $1,000,000.
- Published_at:2023-02-06
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: At Velocity Valley in Rotorua, New Zealand, there's the Shweeb: a pedal-powered monorail. It's a fun ride: but in 2010, Google gave it a million dollars as a potential "future of transit". ▪ Thanks to Velocity Valley: https://velocityvalley.co.nz/ ...
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Why Australia bottles up its air
- Published_at:2023-01-30
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: Every few months, when the wind's blowing in the right direction, a bottle of air is taken from Kennaook / Cape Grim, at the northern tip of Tasmania, and saved for science. Here's how and why. ▪ More about the Cape Grim Air Archive:...
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I took a ride on a moving radio telescope
- Published_at:2023-01-23
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: The Parkes Radio Telescope, Murriyang, part of CSIRO, is one of the most famous telescopes in the world: and it's got a unique way of getting equipment up and down from the central section. ▪ More about the Telescope:...
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I was wrong (and so was everyone)
- Published_at:2022-12-19
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: Did 18th century firefighters really let buildings burn? Sources below. ■ AD: 👨💻 NordVPN's best deal is here: https://nordvpn.com/tomscott - with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Here's the full, thoroughly referenced report:...
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The US government is giving out free wasps
- Published_at:2022-12-12
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: The brown marmorated stink bug is an invasive pest. To help deal with its numbers, the Oregon Department of Agriculture is releasing its natural enemy: the tiny samurai wasp. There's a lot of work that goes into it. ▪ Thanks to all the team at the...
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I can't do this forever.
- Published_at:2022-11-02
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: 💡 VIDEO SUGGESTIONS: https://tomscott.com/help/ ❓ LATERAL the podcast: https://lateralcast.com or highlights at https://youtube.com/lateralcast 💥 THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: https://youtube.com/techdif 📰 NEWSLETTER: https://tomscott.com/newsletter/ ➕...
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The government approves of this shark now.
- Published_at:2022-10-24
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- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: The Headington Shark, in Oxford, UK, is a local icon: but it was protest art, put up without permission. Now, the local government wants to protect it. ▪ The Shark House: https://www.headingtonshark.com/ Edited by Michelle Martin...
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This 1970s tank simulator drives through a tiny world
- Published_at:2022-10-17
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- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: At the Swiss Military Museum in Full, there's the last remaining example of a 1970s tank-driving simulator. But there's no virtual worlds here: it's connected to a real camera and a real miniature model. ■ More about the museum:...
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Why do YouTubers clap at the start of videos?
- Published_at:2022-09-19
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: It's about synchronisation, right? Well, not exactly... I'm at https://tomscott.com on Twitter at https://twitter.com/tomscott on Facebook at https://facebook.com/tomscott and on Instagram as tomscottgo
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How much helium does it take to lift a person?
- Published_at:2022-09-12
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: The Aéroplume, in France, is a helium blimp sized for one person. €60 gets you half an hour's flight. I had to try it. ■ More about Aéroplume: https://aeroplume.fr ■ This isn't sponsored: I paid for my flight at the normal price, I was the one to...
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Why the US Army electrifies this water
- Published_at:2022-08-22
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- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: The Chicago and Sanitary Ship Canal is the path that invasive carp would take to reach the Great Lakes. So to stop them, the US Army Corps of Engineers has installed an electric barrier. Although for obvious reasons, I didn't get to see it close up. ...
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I took the world's shortest flight. It was underwhelming.
- Published_at:2021-08-30
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- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: The flight between Papa Westray and Westray takes 80-90 seconds and covers about 2km. Why does it exist? And what's it like? On a rainy day in the Orkney Islands, I went to find out. Thanks to Sam from Wendover Productions!...
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