A memorable scene from Star Trek TNG, Season 6, Episode 26 The Descent (part 1). Lieutenant Commander Data is playing poker with the most famous Physicists of our recent history: Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein, and Isaac Newton, simulated on the Holo-deck. Newton and Einstein are played by actors, but Hawking gamely played himself.
Legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk joins The Slow Mo Guys to film a rare skate trick he’s only landed a handful times.
Destin of SmarterEveryDay is still obsessing about the physics of falling dominoes.
Destin of SmarterEveryDay went to see a record-breaking domino fall, but ends up breaking down the physics of exactly how dominoes fall with the help of slow-motion cameras.
Destin of SmarterEveryDay paid a visit to Soteria Suppressors, makers of a see-through gun suppressor, and filmed it at work at 110,000 frames per second.
Dan of the The Slow Mo Guys bravely sacrifices himself in the name of… science?
Veritasium goes aboard the Zero-G plane to perform some fun experiments!
Destin of SmarterEveryDay continues his quest to find a high enough caliber bullet that can beat the astounding tensile strength of the Prince Rupert’s Drop.
Destin of SmarterEveryDay digs into a five-year-old personal mystery about the phenomena of “Why Water Walks on Water,” with some help from astronaut Don Pettit! The part about the cello will BLOW YOUR MIND.
Patriot
In corrupt Russia, an erratic Vladimir Putin is determined to forge his country into a formidable superpower once again. He intends to redraw the map of Europe, and will go to impossible extremes to realize his fantasies—including shooting down a civilian airliner packed with tourists bound for China. Kremlin scientists have developed a radical new weapon that could forever alter modern warfare. NATO, locked in a tense standoff over Ukraine, Poland, and Estonia, knows Putin will not hesitate to use it. But there is one man who can bring the world back from the brink: Britain’s foremost intelligence asset, Lord Alexander Hawke.
The intrepid MI6 officer’s latest challenge begins in the Gulf of Aden and soon has him searching for the link to a series of bizarre assassinations. Spies are dying all over the world—from London, Washington, D.C., and Maine, to Moscow, and even the glittering Cote d’Azur. In the murky world of counterterrorism and high-stakes intrigue, the odds have never been higher. Once again, Alex Hawke must save the world . . . one bullet at a time.
