Veritasium - Season 17 / Year 2025

Veritasium - Season 17 / Year 2025

Season 17 / Year 2025

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DatesJan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2025
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Episodes

Why Don't Railroads Need Expansion Joints?
Year 2025Episode 127 min

Why Don't Railroads Need Expansion Joints?

How Thermite turned the clickety-clack of railroads into seamless, silent tracks.

Jan 1, 2025
Why Are Scientists Making Robot Insects?
Year 2025Episode 221 min

Why Are Scientists Making Robot Insects?

What happens when you shrink robots down to the size of insects? Let's explore the mind-bending physics behind their superpowers!

Jan 21, 2025
Why Super Glue Is Perfect For Gluing Skin
Year 2025Episode 326 min

Why Super Glue Is Perfect For Gluing Skin

Why does superglue always stick to your hands and never what you want it to? 

Jan 28, 2025
What if you just keep zooming in?
Year 2025Episode 421 min

What if you just keep zooming in?

Here's what happens when you just keep zooming in.

Feb 5, 2025
The Most Useful Thing AI Has Ever Done
Year 2025Episode 525 min

The Most Useful Thing AI Has Ever Done

The biggest problems in the world might be solved by tiny molecules unlocked using AI.

Feb 10, 2025
The Google Interview Question Everyone Gets Wrong
Year 2025Episode 620 min

The Google Interview Question Everyone Gets Wrong

Are you smart enough to solve this Google interview question? 

Feb 18, 2025
Something Strange Happens When You Trust Quantum Mechanics
Year 2025Episode 733 min

Something Strange Happens When You Trust Quantum Mechanics

Does light take all possible paths at the same time? 

Mar 4, 2025
What Happened to the Mars Helicopter?
Year 2025Episode 829 min

What Happened to the Mars Helicopter?

Why Did The Mars Helicopter Disappear?

How a helicopter built of phone parts survived Mars for 3 years.

Mar 20, 2025
The Man Who Almost Broke Math (And Himself...)
Year 2025Episode 933 min

The Man Who Almost Broke Math (And Himself...)

Apr 2, 2025
The Biggest Misconception In Physics
Year 2025Episode 1027 min

The Biggest Misconception In Physics

Apr 14, 2025
The Most Dangerous Building in Manhattan
Year 2025Episode 1133 min

The Most Dangerous Building in Manhattan

How a single phone call from a student helped uncover a flaw that nearly toppled Citicorp.

Apr 26, 2025
How One Company Secretly Poisoned The Planet
Year 2025Episode 1254 min

How One Company Secretly Poisoned The Planet

The biggest chemical cover up in history. PFAS has polluted the entire global water system. Now, potentially dangerous forever chemicals are being found in the entire US population. Go to https://groundnews.com/Ve to get all sides of every story.

May 14, 2025
The Biggest Misconception in Football (ft. Tom Brady)
Year 2025Episode 1327 min

The Biggest Misconception in Football (ft. Tom Brady)

Even the GOAT Tom Brady can't throw a perfect spiral. Here's why.

Jun 1, 2025
The Obviously True Theorem No One Can Prove
Year 2025Episode 1442 min

The Obviously True Theorem No One Can Prove

This deceptively simple math problem has stumped mathematicians for almost 300 years!

Jun 20, 2025
This mechanism shrinks when pulled
Year 2025Episode 15

This mechanism shrinks when pulled

Jun 30, 2025
The Strange Math That Predicts (Almost) Anything
Year 2025Episode 16

The Strange Math That Predicts (Almost) Anything

Jul 26, 2025
The Perfect Battery Material Is Dangerous
Year 2025Episode 17

The Perfect Battery Material Is Dangerous

Aug 7, 2025
This is the natural disaster to worry about
Year 2025Episode 18

This is the natural disaster to worry about

Aug 22, 2025
Why Farmers Can't Legally Replant Their Own Seeds
Year 2025Episode 19

Why Farmers Can't Legally Replant Their Own Seeds

Aug 31, 2025
The Most Dangerous Escalator in Rome
Year 2025Episode 20

The Most Dangerous Escalator in Rome

Sep 11, 2025
This liquid explodes when shaken
Year 2025Episode 21

This liquid explodes when shaken

Sep 21, 2025
Something Strange Happens When You Trace How Connected We Are
Year 2025Episode 22

Something Strange Happens When You Trace How Connected We Are

Oct 1, 2025
The Most Controversial Idea in Biology
Year 2025Episode 23

The Most Controversial Idea in Biology

Oct 31, 2025
The Most Dangerous Cognitive Bias
Year 2025Episode 24

The Most Dangerous Cognitive Bias

Nov 12, 2025
Why don't jet engines melt?
Year 2025Episode 25

Why don't jet engines melt?

Nov 16, 2025
You've (Likely) Been Playing The Game of Life Wrong
Year 2025Episode 26

You've (Likely) Been Playing The Game of Life Wrong

Nov 26, 2025
Something Weird Happens When E=-mc²
Year 2025Episode 27

Something Weird Happens When E=-mc²

Dec 5, 2025
The Most Controversial Experiment in Quantum Physics
Year 2025Episode 28

The Most Controversial Experiment in Quantum Physics

Dec 18, 2025
The Ridiculous Engineering Of The World's Most Important Machine
Year 2025Episode 2955 min

The Ridiculous Engineering Of The World's Most Important Machine

Dec 31, 2025

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