After his interview with Sunday TODAY‘s Willie Geist, renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson showed off some of the unique items around his desk in his office at the Hayden Planetarium, including his wooden Saturn lamp he made in seventh grade and a very tiny reproduction of The Starry Night. And he even gives Willie a science lesson on planetary scale!
Gav and Dan, The Slow Mo Guys, go medieval on some modern-day items with the help of a massive catapult.
Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76, but his contributions to humanity will live on forever — including what is arguably his life’s most important work … his appearances on The Simpsons.
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.
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Watership Down
Watership Down is the compelling tale of a group of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the world.
A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for more than forty years, Richard Adams's Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.
