PickVidsBest Scientific method & science communication Videos
The 127 Scientific method & science communication videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 2 introductory, 12 intermediate, 113 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are an explainer. What they share is that one picture or analogy is used to supply a missing concept. Channels you will keep seeing include Veritasium, Angela Collier , Christopher Sykes.
vibe physics
Physicist Angela Collier critiques 'vibe physics', the idea that non-experts or billionaires can make scientific discoveries by chatting with AI chatbots, drawing a parallel with vibe coding.
Feynman: 'Greek' versus 'Babylonian' mathematics
A clip of Richard Feynman contrasting the Greek and Babylonian traditions of mathematical reasoning.
The Pope's Astronomer - Sixty Symbols
Brady Haran interviews Brother Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican Observatory, for Sixty Symbols.
Flat Earth "Science" -- Wrong, but not Stupid
Sabine Hossenfelder explains what flat earthers believe and why, arguing that their reasoning is wrong but not stupid.
Richard Feynman: "What's the name of a bird?"
A short clip from a 1973 NOVA episode in which Richard Feynman recalls his father teaching him that knowing the name of a bird in many languages tells you nothing about the bird.
Freeman Dyson - Fermi's rejection of our work (94/157)
Freeman Dyson recounts how Enrico Fermi rejected his team's meson scattering model, noting that it had too many free parameters.
Pentagon officially released 'UFO' videos: BUSTED (Part 3)
Thunderf00t goes through the three UFO videos released by the Pentagon and offers mundane explanations for each.
The Secret of Our Success | Joseph Henrich | Talks at Google
Joseph Henrich's Talks at Google presentation of his book.
Feynman :: Rules of Chess
A three-minute clip of Richard Feynman using the rules of chess as an analogy for how science works, discovering rules by observation and sometimes meeting surprises like castling.
Ken Stanley: Discovery Without Objectives
A 92-minute RMIT University seminar in which Ken Stanley argues that setting an objective can block achieving it.
The Problem with America’s Lab Mice and Why it Should Matter to You
A JRE clip in which Bret Weinstein explains his concern that most American lab mice descend from a single lab lineage.
Are You Eating a Credit Card Every Week?
A vlogbrothers video tracing how the claim that people eat a credit card of plastic every week spread.
The Problem With Sabine Hossenfelder
Professor Dave critiques science communicator Sabine Hossenfelder, arguing that her content has drifted toward anti-establishment rhetoric.
Carl Sagan: If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
A very short clip of Carl Sagan saying that to make an apple pie from scratch you must first invent the universe.
Richard Feynman: Magnets and Why Questions
A clip from a BBC interview in which Richard Feynman is asked why magnets repel and attract.
FREE water from AIR device: BUSTED
Thunderf00t critiques the MIT and Berkeley metal-organic framework device that claims to pull water from air using only solar heating.
Horizon: Richard Feynman - No Ordinary Genius (full version)
The 1993 BBC Horizon documentary on Richard Feynman, using interviews with colleagues and Feynman's own storytelling.
Donald Rumsfeld Unknown Unknowns !
A one-minute clip of Donald Rumsfeld's 'known knowns, unknown unknowns' remarks at a Pentagon briefing.
R. P. Feynman on social sciences
A two-minute clip of Richard Feynman on the social sciences, discussing what counts as real science versus pseudo science.
Resveratrol – The Unfortunate (& Scandalous) Story
Dr Brad Stanfield recounts the research history and scandal around resveratrol, the supposed anti-aging supplement, including problems with the original studies.
Can You Trust Kurzgesagt Videos?
Kurzgesagt addresses whether viewers can trust its videos, describing its research process and how it handles older videos with errors or overstated claims.
Waterseer -BUSTED!
Thunderf00t debunks the Waterseer, a crowdfunded device that claims to condense drinking water from the air using cool ground.
Energy Vault -BUSTED!
A Thunderf00t video debunking Energy Vault, a gravity-based energy storage scheme that stacks concrete blocks with cranes.
I was wrong (and so was everyone)
Tom Scott's correction video on his earlier claim that 18th-century insurance firefighters let uninsured buildings burn.